Today is Saturday, Nov. 8, the 313th day of 2008. There are 53 days left in the year. On this date

November 8, 2008 at 12:00a.m.

Today is Saturday, Nov. 8, the 313th day of 2008. There are 53 days left in the year. On this date in 1923, Adolf Hitler launches his first attempt at seizing power with a failed coup in Munich, Germany, that comes to be known as the “Beer-Hall Putsch.”

In 1308, Scottish-born theologian and philosopher John Duns Scotus dies in Germany. (Scotus and his adherents come under attack by critics in the 16th century, giving rise to the term “dunce.”) In 1837, Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, a college exclusively for women, opens in South Hadley, Mass. In 1889, Montana becomes the 41st state. In 1933, President Roosevelt creates the Civil Works Administration, designed to create jobs for more than four million unemployed. In 1942, Operation Torch, resulting in an Allied victory, begins during World War II as U.S. and British forces landed in French North Africa. In 1960, Massachusetts Sen. John F. Kennedy defeats Vice President Richard M. Nixon for the presidency. In 1966, Edward W. Brooke, R-Mass., becomes the first black candidate to be elected to the U.S. Senate by popular vote. In 1983, Democrat W. Wilson Goode is elected the first black mayor of Philadelphia; Democrat Martha Layne Collins is elected the first female governor of Kentucky. In 1988, Vice President George Bush wins the presidential election, defeating Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis.

November 8, 1983: Operations at Carbon Limestone Co. cease after its properties near Lowellville were turned over by Pickans Mather & Co. to SME Limestone Co. Nearly l,100 employees are idled.

An engineering study says signs of structural instability were observed in a bridge near Findlay, Ohio, as early as seven years before it collapsed, killing five people.

November 8, 1968: Newly elected Mahoning County Commissioner John A. Palermo says he will resign from the Youngstown Police Department when he receives his certificate of election to the commissioner’s post.

The Youngstown School District is in the minority of 20 percent of school districts in Ohio that saw levies defeated. The passage rate was the highest in 10 years.

George D. “Duke” Tablack, 65, former state legislator for 20 years, is appointed county administrator by Mahoning County commissioners.

November 8, 1958: John A. Logan, president of Magnethermic Corp., is named a member of the National Defense Executive Reserve Organization which will mobilize American industry in case of a national emergency.

The Mahoning County Budget commissioner certifies the Youngstown tax rate for the 1959 tax year. It will be 32 mills, or $32 per $1,000 valuation, which includes $20.30 for schools, $6.50 for the city, $4.20 for the county, 50 cents for Mill Creek Park and 50 cents for the state.

The worst auto crash in the three-year history of the Ohio Turnpike claims seven lives near Norwalk, including six members of a New York family. A Detroit man was driving east in the westbound lanes, causing a head-on crash.

November 8, 1933: After a hard-fought campaign, the repeal of Youngstown’s city charter is defeated with 17,411 for repeal and 24,831 against.

Dr. H.E. Patrick is elected to the Youngstown Board of Education to the seat vacated by William Rowney. Re-elected to the board are T. Lamar Jackson and Warren Williamson.

Mrs. Victoria Pete, 26, and five of her children die in a fire caused by an oil stove explosion in the family home outside McDonald. Her husband, John, 33, saves one son, John Jr., age 6.