Today in History 11/08 (JFK)

Election year: Nov 08, 1960

Presidential election results map. Blue denotes states won by Kennedy/Johnson, red denotes those won by Nixon/Lodge, orange denotes the electoral votes for Byrd/Thurmond by Alabama and Mississippi unpledged electors, and a vote for Byrd/Goldwater by an Oklahoma faithless elector. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes allotted to each state.
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(1960) John F. Kennedy elected president.
Also on this day,
1889 | Montana becomes the 41st US state
Also on this day,
1889 | Montana becomes the 41st US state
President Benjamin Harrison announces the admission of the 41st state in the union. Leaders in Montana, the name of which is derived from the Spanish word montaña (mountain), had been working toward statehood since the early 1860s.1939 | Adolf Hitler narrowly makes it out alive as assassination fails
On the 16th anniversary of his failed coup attempt known as the Beer Hall Putsch, the Nazi leader is scheduled to speak when a bomb detonates in the hall. But Hitler, and others in the Nazi leadership, had left several minutes before the explosion.1971 | Led Zeppelin releases ‘Stairway to Heaven’ album
The officially unnamed fourth album from the British rock band becomes known as Led Zeppelin IV. The album will be a phenomenal success and contains some of Zeppelin’s greatest hits: ‘Black Dog,’ ‘Rock and Roll,’ and, of course, ‘Stairway to Heaven.’
Today in History 11/08/17

Born: Jan 04, 1903 · Hermaringen, Germany
Died: Apr 09, 1945 · Dachau concentration camp, Germany
Georg Elser, Munich
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