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Nov. 8, 2016

Republican Donald Trump was elected America’s 45th president, defeating Democrat Hillary Clinton in an astonishing victory for a celebrity businessman and political novice. Republicans kept their majorities in the Senate and House.

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1892

Former President Grover Cleveland defeated incumbent Benjamin Harrison, becoming the first chief executive to win nonconsecutive terms to the White House.

1923

Adolf Hitler launched his first attempt at seizing power in Germany with a failed coup in Munich that came to be known as the “Beer-Hall Putsch.”

1932

New York Democratic Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated incumbent Republican Herbert Hoover for the presidency.

1950

During the Korean War, the first jet-plane battle took place as U.S. Air Force Lt. Russell J. Brown shot down a North Korean MiG-15.

1960

Massachusetts Sen. John F. Kennedy defeated Vice President Richard M. Nixon for the presidency.

1966

Edward W. Brooke became the first black candidate to be elected to the U.S. Senate by popular vote.

1972

The premium cable TV network HBO made its debut with a showing of the movie “Sometimes a Great Notion.”

1974

A federal judge in Cleveland dismissed charges against eight Ohio National Guardsmen accused of violating the civil rights of students who were killed or wounded in the 1970 Kent State shootings.