History for November 8 - On-This-Day.com1966 -
Republican Edward W. Brooke of Massachusetts became the
first African-American elected to the U.S. Senate by popular vote.
- 1805 - The "Corps of Discovery" reached the Pacific Ocean. The expedition was led by William Clark and Meriwether Lewis.
- 1895 - Wilhelm Roentgen while experimenting with electricity discovered the scientific principle involved and took the first X-ray pictures.
- 1923 - Adolf Hitler made his first attempt at seizing power in Germany with a failed coup in Munich that came to be known as the "Beer-Hall Putsch."
- 1966 - Edward W. Brooke of Massachusetts became the first African-American elected to the U.S. Senate by popular vote.
- 1966 - Ronald Reagan was elected governor of California.
- 1979 - U.S. Senators John Warner (R-VA) and Mac Mathias (R-MD) introduced legislation to provide a site on the National Mall for the building of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
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