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On this date in history, November 8, in 1892 former President Grover Cleveland beat incumbent Benjamin Harrison, becoming the only president to win non-consecutive terms in the White House. In 1932 New York Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected president over incumbent Herbert Hoover. In 1960 Massachusetts Sen. John F. Kennedy defeated Vice President Richard M. Nixon in the presidential election. In 1988 Vice President George H.W. Bush won the presidential election, beating Democrat Michael Dukakis. In 1997 Chinese engineers diverted the Yangtze River to make way for the Three Gorges Dam.
Posted on: Sat, 08 Nov 2014 14:15:43 +0000

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