this day in history On November 8 1793 The Louvre Museum, in Paris, opened to the public for the first time. 1880 French actress, Sarah Bernhardt, made her American stage debut in Adrienne Lecouvreur in New York City. 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. 1942 During World War II, Operation Torch began as U.S. and British forces landed in French North Africa. 1956 After turning down 18,000 names, the Ford Motor Company decided to name their new car the Edsel, after Henry Fords only son. 1965 The soap opera, Days of Our Lives, debuted on NBC-TV. 1966 Edward W. Brooke of Massachusetts became the first African-American elected to the U.S. Senate by popular vote. 1990 President Bush ordered that more troops be sent to the Persian Gulf, adding about 150,000 soldiers to the multi-national force fighting against Iraq. 1991 The European Community and Canada imposed economic sanctions on Yugoslavia in an attempt to stop the Balkan civil war. 1992 About 350,000 people rallied in Berlin against racist violence. 1993 Five Picasso paintings and other artwork were stolen from the Museum of Modern Art in Stockholm, Sweden. The works were valued at $52 million. 1997 Chinese engineers diverted the Yangtze River to make way for the Three Gorges Dam. 2000 In Florida a statewide recount began to decide the winner of the 2000 U.S. presidential election. 2000 Waco special counsel John C. Danforth released his final report that absolved the government of wrongdoing in the 1993 seige of the Branch Davidian compound in Texas. 2001 The Homage to Van Gogh: International Artists Pay Tribute to a Legend exhibit opened at the Appleton Museum of Art in Florida.
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