WEDNESDAY, Nov. 8, 2023

1864 — Abraham Lincoln elected to his second term as President

1895 — Wilhelm Rontgen discovers x-rays

1950 — First jet-plane battle of Korean War

1956 — U.N. demands USSR leave Hungary

1960 — JFK (MA-D-Sen) beats VP Richard Nixon (R) for president

1979 — ABC broadcasts "Iran Crisis: American Held Hostage" with Frank Reynolds (the forerunner to "Nightline")

1984 — Anna Fisher becomes the 1st "mom" to go into orbit

1987 — 11 die as a bomb planted by the Irish Republican Army exploded at Ulster Remembrance Day Service

1988 — 900 die as earthquake hits China

1990 — 100,000 additional U.S. troops are sent to the Persian Gulf

1990 — Saddam fires his army chief & threatens to destroy Arabian Peninsula

1994 — Republicans regain control of U.S. Congress

2016 — Donald John Trump (R) beats Hillary Clinton (D) to become the 45th President of the United States.