THE DAY IN HISTORY · NOVEMBER 8
November 8 in history
What happened on November 8: 3 moments from the Maps of History atlases, in 1519, 1864 and 1942, each linked to the map that shows it.
— Meeting of Moctezuma and Cortés
8 November 1519 — Moctezuma II came out with his nobles to meet Hernán Cortés at Huitzillan, near where the southern causeway entered the city, and lodged the Spaniards in a palace beside the sacred precinct. Their astonished accounts describe the city at its height.
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— Lincoln re-elected
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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Operation Torch: American and British forces land across French North Africa — America’s first blow against Germany.
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