November 8
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'''November 8''' is the 312th day of the year (313th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 53 days remaining. {| align=right id=toc style="margin-left: 15px;" |- style="background:#ccccff" |colspan="7" align="center" bgcolor="#ccccff"|Oct – '''November''' – Dec |- style="background:#ccccff; text-align:center;" |width=14%| Su |width=14%| Mo |width=14%| Tu |width=14%| We |width=14%| Th |width=14%| Fr |width=14%| Sa |- style="text-align:center;" | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |- style="text-align:center;" | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |- style="text-align:center;" | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |- style="text-align:center;" | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |- style="text-align:center;" | 28 | 29 | 30 ||colspan=4| |- style="background:#ccccff" |colspan="7" align="center" bgcolor="#ccccff"| 2004 day arrangementAll days |} ==Events== *1519 - Hernn Corts enters Tenochtitln 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 Rntgen 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 - Csar 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 {| border="0" id="toc" style="margin: 0 auto" align=center |align=center| January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December |} af:11-08 bg:8 ноември ca:8 de novembre cy:8 Tachwedd da:8. november de:8. 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