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.

OTD November 8 - 1892 election
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Library of Congress

1892: Former President Grover Cleveland beats incumbent President Benjamin Harrison in a rematch of the closely contested 1888 election, becoming the only president to win non-consecutive terms in the White House.

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