Today in History: November 8, thousands flee wildfire that destroys Northern California community

Today is Friday, Nov. 8, the 313th time of 2024. There are 53 days near successful the year.

Today successful history:

On Nov. 8, 2018, tens of thousands of radical fled a fast-moving wildfire successful Northern California that would go the state’s deadliest ever, sidesplitting 86 radical and astir destroying the assemblage of Paradise.

Also connected this date:

In 1864, President Abraham Lincoln won reelection arsenic helium defeated Democratic challenger George B. McClellan.

In 1889, Montana was admitted to the Union arsenic the 41st state.

In 1923, Adolf Hitler launched his archetypal effort astatine seizing powerfulness successful Germany with a failed coup successful Munich that came to beryllium known arsenic the “Beer-Hall Putsch.”

In 1942, the Allies launched Operation Torch successful World War II arsenic U.S. and British forces landed successful French North Africa.

In 1950, during the Korean War, the archetypal jet-plane conflict took spot arsenic U.S. Air Force Lt. Russell J. Brown changeable down a North Korean MiG-15.

In 1960, John F. Kennedy won the U.S. statesmanlike predetermination implicit Vice President Richard M. Nixon.

In 1974, a national justice successful Cleveland dismissed charges against 8 Ohio National Guardsmen accused of violating the civilian rights of students who were killed oregon wounded successful the 1970 Kent State shootings.

In 2000, a statewide recount began successful Florida, which emerged arsenic captious successful deciding the victor of the 2000 statesmanlike election. The recount would officially extremity connected Dec. 12 upon orders from the U.S. Supreme Court, delivering Florida’s electoral votes and the presidency to George W. Bush.

In 2012, Jared Lee Loughner was sentenced to beingness successful situation without parole for the January 2011 shootings successful Tucson, Arizona, that killed six radical and wounded 13 others, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.

In 2013, Typhoon Haiyan, 1 of the astir almighty storms ever recorded, slammed into the cardinal Philippines, leaving much than 7,300 radical dormant oregon missing, flattening villages and displacing much than 5 million.

In 2016, Republican Donald Trump was elected America’s 45th president, defeating Democrat Hillary Clinton successful an astonishing triumph for a personage businessman and governmental novice.

Today’s Birthdays:

• Racing Hall of Fame jockey Angel Cordero Jr. is 82.
• Singer Bonnie Raitt is 75.
• TV property Mary Hart is 74.
• Actor Alfre Woodard is 72.
• Singer-songwriter Rickie Lee Jones is 70.
• Nobel Prize-winning writer Kazuo Ishiguro is 70.
• Filmmaker Richard Curtis is 68.
• Chef and TV property Gordon Ramsay is 58.
• Actor Courtney Thorne-Smith is 57.
• Actor Parker Posey is 56.
• Actor Gretchen Mol is 52.
• News anchor David Muir is 51.
• Actor Matthew Rhys is 50.
• Actor Tara Reid is 49.
• TV property Jack Osbourne is 39.
• Actor Jessica Lowndes is 36.
• Baseball subordinate Giancarlo Stanton is 35.
• R&B vocalist SZA is 35.