MAPS OF HISTORY · ON THIS DAY · November 8
THE DAY IN HISTORY · NOVEMBER 8
November 8 in history
1864 — The election of 1864
8 Nov 1864 — In the middle of a civil war, the Union votes. Lincoln takes 55% and 212 electoral votes; soldiers vote overwhelmingly for the man who will not let them stop short of victory. No nation had held a free election in wartime like it.
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1942
Operation Torch: American and British forces land across French North Africa — America’s first blow against Germany.
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