On this day: November 8
POSTED: 10:52 PM PST Nov 07, 2012
UPDATED: 11:00 PM PST Nov 07, 2012
Gunslinger Doc Holliday dies, the X-ray is discovered by accident, John F. Kennedy is elected president, the Florida recount begins, and the "Guitar Hero" craze is born, all on this day.
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
1966: Actor Ronald Reagan is elected governor of California, his first public office. He would go on to be re-elected in 1970 and then seek the Republican presidential nomination in 1968 and 1976 before winning both the nomination and general election in 1980, defeating incumbent President Jimmy Carter.
