Today is Thursday, Nov. 8, the 312th day of 2018. There are 53 days left in the year.

November 8, 2018 at 12:00a.m.

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On this date in:

1923: Adolf Hitler launches his first attempt at seizing power in Germany with a failed coup in Munich that comes to be known as the “Beer-Hall Putsch.”

1932: New York Democratic Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt defeats incumbent Republican Herbert Hoover for the presidency.

1960: Massachusetts Sen. John F. Kennedy defeats Vice President Richard M. Nixon for the presidency.

1966: Edward W. Brooke, R-Mass., becomes the first black candidate to be elected to the U.S. Senate by popular vote.

1974: A federal judge in Cleveland dismisses 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.

2000: A statewide recount begins in Florida, which emerged as critical in deciding the winner of the 2000 presidential election between Democrat Al Gore and Republican George W. Bush.

2016: Republican Donald Trump is elected America’s 45th president, defeating Democrat Hillary Clinton in an astonishing victory for a celebrity businessman and political novice.

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1993: An exhibit at the Youngstown Historical Center of Industry and Labor commemorates the legacy of A. Philip Randolph in the labor and civil-rights movement. Randolph, who died in 1979 at 90, taught that citizens have a duty to be involved, says George Freeman of Youngstown, president of the Ohio chapter of the A. Philip Randolph Institute.

A group of seventh- and eighth-grade girls at Austintown Middle School form “The Glass Slippers,” a club that promotes equal rights for women and an environment in which Cinderella could marry a prince and run the kingdom if she wishes.

Hubbard Mayor Albert J. Sauline says the city should get out of the business of pumping water from wells and processing it and instead pipe water in from the Shenango Valley Water Co.

1978: Republican Lyle Williams defeats incumbent Charles J. Carney in the 19th Congressional District, 71,267 to 69,375.

Democrat Richard F. Celeste carries Mahoning County by 14,624 votes, but James A. Rhodes is elected to a fourth term as Ohio governor by a 45,000-vote statewide margin.

Atty. Joseph J. Vukovich, assistant Youngstown law director, a Democrat, defeats Republican Margaret A. Takach, 18,752 to 8,965 for the 52nd Ohio House seat, which had been held by George D. Tablack.

1968: Three armed bandits hit the South Side Branch of the Dollar Savings & Trust Co, escaping with $20,611.

George Tablack, former state legislator for 20 years, is appointed Mahoning County administrator. He succeeds his son, Atty. William Tablack, who was killed in an auto crash.

Newly elected Mahoning County Commissioner John Palermo will resign from the Youngstown Police Department when he receives his certificate of election as commissioner.

1943: Democrat Ralph O’Neill now has a six-vote margin over Republican Arthur Williams in the Youngstown mayoral race, but a recount of all 225 precincts is likely.

Sheriff Ralph Elser says he’s now seen everything: Donald B. “Moosey” Caputo, slot-machine king, received a beautifully wrapped box of flowers in his cell, sent by “a friend.”

General Motors employees at four Warren plants will see company President Charles Wilson when he inspects the local division of the corporation. Plant 4 is receiving a Navy “E” pennant for efficiency in war production.