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 with his nobles to meet Hernán Cortés at Huitzillan, near the point where the southern causeway entered Tenochtitlan. He 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 — The Union holds an election in the midst of civil war. Lincoln wins 55% and 212 electoral votes, and soldiers vote overwhelmingly for the president committed to continuing until victory. No nation had held a free wartime election 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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