November November 8 is the 312th day of the year (313th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 53 days remaining.
Events
- 1519 - Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with great pomp as would befit a returning god.
- 1520 - Stockholm Bloodbath begins: A successful invasion of Sweden by Danish forces results in the execution of around 100 persons.
- 1576 - Eighty Years' War: Pacification of Ghent - The States-General of the Netherlands meet and unite to oppose Spanish occupation.
- 1793 - In Paris, the French Revolutionary government opens the Louvre to the public as a museum.
- 1837 - Formation of Mount Holyoke Seminary, first US college founded for women
- 1861 - American Civil War: The "Trent Affair" – The USS San Jacinto stops the United Kingdom mailship Trent and arrests two Confederate envoys, sparking a diplomatic crisis between the UK and US.
- 1864 - U.S. presidential election, 1864: Abraham Lincoln is reelected in an overwhelming victory over George McClellan.
- 1889 - Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state.
- 1892 - U.S. presidential election, 1892: Grover Cleveland is elected over Benjamin Harrison and James B. Weaver to win the second of his non-consecutive terms.
- 1895 - While experimenting with electricity Wilhelm Röntgen discovers x-rays.
- 1923 - Beer Hall Putsch: In Munich, Adolf Hitler leads the Nazis in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the German government.
- 1932 - U.S. presidential election, 1932: Franklin D. Roosevelt defeats Herbert Hoover in a landslide victory.
- 1933 - Great Depression: New Deal - US President Franklin D. Roosevelt unveils the Civil Works Administration, an organization designed to create jobs for more than 4 million of the unemployed.
- 1935 - A dozen labor leaders come together to announce the creation of the Congress for Industrial Organization (CIO), an organization charged with pushing the cause for industrial unionism.
- 1935 Fernand Bouisson becomes Prime Minister of France
- 1939 - Venlo Incident: Two British agents of SIS are captured by the Germans.
- 1939 - In Munich, Adolf Hitler narrowly escapes an assassination attempt while celebrating the 16th anniversary of the Beer Hall Putsch.
- 1942 - World War II: Operation Torch - United States and United Kingdom forces land in French North Africa.
- 1950 - Korean War: United States Air Force Lt. Russell J. Brown shoots down two North Korean MiG-15s in the first jet aircraft-to-jet aircraft dog fight in history.
- 1960 - U.S. presidential election, 1960: John F. Kennedy is elected over Richard M. Nixon, becoming the youngest man elected to that office.
- 1965 - The British Indian Ocean Territory is created, consisting of Chagos Archipelago, Aldabra, Farquhar and Des Roches islands.
- 1965 - The soap opera Days of Our Lives debuts.
- 1966 - Former Massachusetts Attorney General Edward Brooke becomes the first African-American elected to the United States Senate.
- 1974 - In Salt Lake City, Utah, Carol DaRonch narrowly escapes abduction by serial killer Ted Bundy.
- 1987 - Enniskillen massacre: In Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, an Irish Republican Army bomb explodes, at a ceremony honoring Britain's war dead, killing eleven people.
- 1988 - U.S. presidential election, 1988: George H. W. Bush is elected over Michael Dukakis.
- 1994 - For the first time in 40 years the United States Republican Party takes control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate in midterm congressional elections.
- 2002 - Iraq disarmament crisis: UN Security Council Resolution 1441 – The United Nations Security Council unanimously approves a resolution on Iraq, forcing Saddam Hussein to disarm or face "serious consequences".
Births
- 35- Nerva, Roman emperor
- 1622 - Charles X Gustav, king of Sweden
- 1656 - Edmond Halley, British astronomer, mathematician (birthday according to the Gregorian calendar)
- 1836 - Milton Bradley, manufacturer, lithographer, game maker (d. 1911)
- 1847 - Bram Stoker, Irish novelist ("Dracula") (d. 1912)
- 1848 - Gottlob Frege, German mathematician and logician
- 1866 - Herbert Austin, automobile pioneer (Austin-Healey)
- 1868 - Felix Hausdorff, German mathematician (d. 1942)
- 1883 - Arnold Bax, composer
- 1884 - Hermann Rorschach, psychiatrist
- 1893 - Clarence Williams, American jazz pianist and composer (d. 1965)
- 1896 - Bucky Harris, Baseball Hall of Famer (d. 1977)
- 1898 - Marie Prevost, actress (d. 1937)
- 1900 - Margaret Mitchell, American author (d. 1949)
- 1900 - Charlie Paddock, American athlete
- 1914 - Norman Lloyd, actor
- 1918 - Hermann Zapf, German designer
- 1919 - P.L. Deshpande, Indian author
- 1920 - Esther Rolle, actress (d. 1998)
- 1922 - Christiaan Barnard, South African heart surgeon
- 1927 - Patti Page, singer
- 1927 - Nguyen Khanh, Prime Minister of South Vietnam
- 1931 - Morley Safer, journalist
- 1931 - Darla Hood, actress (d. 1979)
- 1935 - Alain Delon, actor
- 1949 - Bonnie Raitt, American singer
- 1953 - Alfre Woodard, actress
- 1954 - Jeanette McGruder, musician (P Funk)
- 1954 - Rickie Lee Jones, singer, composer
- 1967 - Courtney Thorne-Smith, actress
- 1968 - Parker Posey, actress
- 2003 - Lady Louise Windsor, daughter of Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex
Deaths
- 911 - Louis the Child, last Carolingian ruler of the East Franks
- 955 - Pope Agapetus II
- 1226 - Louis VIII of France
- 1308 - Duns Scotus, Scottish philosopher
- 1674 - John Milton, English poet
- 1719 - Michel Rolle, mathematician (b. 1652)
- 1887 - Doc Holliday, dentist, gunfighter
- 1890 - César Franck, composer and organist
- 1953 - John van Melle, Dutch/South African author
- 1977 - Bucky Harris, Baseball Hall of Famer (b. 1896)
- 1978 - Norman Rockwell, American illustrator
- 1986 - Vyacheslav Molotov, Soviet politician
- 1990 - Anya Seton, American author
- 1998 - Rumer Godden, novelist
- 1998 - Jean Marais, actor
- 2002 - James Coburn, actor
- 2002 - Rudolf Noelte, theatre director
- 2002 - Jost Schillemeit, literature researcher
Holidays and observances
November 7 - November 9 - October 8 - December 8 -- listing of all dates
af:11-08
bg:8 ноември
ca:8 de novembre
cy:8 Tachwedd
da:8. november
de:8. November
et:8. november
es:8 de noviembre
eo:8-a de novembro
fr:8 novembre
fy:8 novimber
hr:8. studenog
is:8. nóvember
it:8 novembre
[[he:8 בנובמבר]]
lt:Lapkričio 8
lb:8. November
hu:November 8
nl:8 november
ja:11月8日
no:8. november
oc:8 de novembre
pl:8 listopada
ro:8 noiembrie
ru:8 ноября
sl:8. november
fi:8. marraskuuta
sv:8 november
tr:8 Kasım
uk:8 листопада
zh:11月8日
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