November 8th, 2009

November 8th in History

1994:
For the first time in 40 years the United States Republican Party takes control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate in midterm congressional elections.

1965:
The soap opera Days of Our Lives debuts on NBC in the United States.

1937:
The Nazi exhibition Der ewige Jude ("the eternal Jew") opens in Munich.

1932:
U.S. presidential election, 1932: Franklin D. Roosevelt defeats Herbert Hoover in a landslide victory.

1620:
The Battle of White Mountain, the first battle in the Thirty Years' War, takes place near Prague, ending in a decisive Catholic victory in only two hours.