November 8 is the 312th day of the year.
Events
1955, Tuesday:
Original Timeline
- The Hill Valley 1955 Election takes place, it's unknown if Red Thomas wins the election or not.
- George McFly misses all day of school.
- Biff Tannen scolds George McFly for entering Lou's Cafe, since he told him three days earlier never to come back there again, Lorraine Baines McFly is witnessing it happen along with her best friend Babs.
- Biff Tannen later leaves Lou's Cafe along with his friends (Match, 3-D and Skinhead) and possibly comments on a manure truck that he spots while driving.
Revised Timeline
- In the early morning, Marty, in a radiation suit as "Darth Vader from the planet Vulcan", visited George to try and convince him to take Lorraine to the dance that Saturday.
- George tried to ask Lorraine out at the cafe, but when Biff interrupted, Marty defeated him in a skateboard chase around Courthouse Square causing him to crash into a manure truck.
- Doc used a demonstration model to explain to Marty his plan to use lightning to power the flux capacitor, and Lorraine asked Marty to ask her to the Enchantment Under the Sea dance.
Real-world
- 1955, Tuesday: As the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, this would have been election day.
- In Back to the Future, Marty had been witness to Mayor Red Thomas's campaign for re-election on November 5, 1955. The outcome of the election is not mentioned in the film.
Behind the scenes
- 2017, Wednesday: IDW's Biff to the Future trade paperback is released.
