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.
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2002: The hip-hop drama "8 Mile," starring rapper Eminem, Mekhi Phifer, Brittany Murphy, Taryn Manning and Kim Basinger, and directed by Curtis Hanson, premieres in theaters. The movie would prove to be a critical and financial success and Eminem would win the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Lose Yourself" the following year.
