November 8 is the 312th day of the year (313th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 996 - Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk Bishop of Freising which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi Events 1570 - A Tidal wave in the North Sea devastates the coast from Holland to Jutland, killing more than 1000 Events 644 - Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Muslim Caliph, is killed by a Persian slave in Medina. Events 1333 - Flood of the Arno River, causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani Events 1499 - Publication of the Catholicon in Treguier ( Brittany) Events 355 - Roman Emperor Constantius II promotes his cousin Julian to the rank of Caesar, entrusting him with Events 1492 - The Ensisheim Meteorite the oldest Meteorite with a known date of impact strikes the Earth around noon in a Wheat Events 694 - Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims sentencing all Events 1444 - Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Vladislaus III of Varna (aka Ulaszlo I of Hungary and Wladyslaw Events 308 - The Congress of Carnuntum: Attempting to keep peace within the Roman Empire, the leaders of the Tetrarchy declare Events 764 - Tibetan troops occupy Chang'an, the capital of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, for fifteen days Events 1002 - English king Ethelred orders the killing of all Danes in England, known today as the St Events 1533 - Conquistadors from Spain under the leadership of Francisco Pizarro arrive in Cajamarca, Inca Events 655 - Battle of Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria. Events 534 - A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published Events 284 - Diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers Events 326 - The old St Peter's Basilica is consecrated 1302 - Pope Boniface VIII issues the Papal bull Events 1095 - The Council of Clermont, called by Pope Urban II to discuss sending the First Crusade to the Holy Land Events 284 - Diocletian was chosen as Roman Emperor. 762 - Bögü Khan of the Uyghurs, Events 164 BC - Judas Maccabaeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family restores the Temple in Jerusalem. Events 498 - Kofi Aseidu- After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Events 800 - Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of Events 380 - Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal Events 1034 - Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots dies Donnchad, the Events 43 BC - The Second Triumvirate alliance of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus ("Octavian" later "Caesar Augustus" Events 1095 - Pope Urban II declares the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont For the town in Argentina, see 28 de Noviembre. Events Events 1777 - San Jose California, is founded as el Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe Events 1700 - Battle of Narva — A Swedish army of 8500 men under Charles XII defeats 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common November 2007 is the eleventh month of that year It began on a Thursday and 30 days later ended on a Friday PortalCurrent events News collections and sources See WikipediaNews collections and sources. November 2004: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September November 8, 2003 November 2003 - please do not remove or delink the the date header November 2002: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - November 2001: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - November 2000: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing one or more extra days (or in the case of Lunisolar calendars an extra month in order to keep the The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today There are 53 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
- 1519 - Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with great a celebration as would befit a returning god. Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro 1st Marqués del Valle de Oaxaca ( 1485&ndash December 2, There are some towns in Mexico which are spelled "Tenochtitlán" like San Lorenzo Aztec is a term used to refer to certain ethnic groups of central Mexico, particularly those groups who spoke the Nahuatl language and who achieved political Moctezuma, also known as Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin (Motēuczōma Xōcoyōtzin|mo God is the principal or sole Deity in Religions and other belief systems that worship one deity.
- 1520 - Stockholm Bloodbath begins: A successful invasion of Sweden by Danish forces results in the execution of around 100 people. The Stockholm Bloodbath, or the Stockholm Massacre (Swedish Stockholms blodbad, Danish Det stockholmske blodbad) took place as the result of a successful "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe
- 1576 - Eighty Years' War: Pacification of Ghent - The States-General of the Netherlands meet and unite to oppose Spanish occupation. The Dutch Revolt, Eighty Years' War or the Revolt of the Netherlands (1568—1648 was the revolt of the Seventeen Provinces in the Low Countries The Pacification of Ghent, signed on November 8, 1576, was an alliance of the provinces of the Habsburg Netherlands for the purpose of driving mutinying The States-General ( Staten-Generaal) is the Parliament of the Netherlands. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.
- 1602 - The Bodleian Library at Oxford University is opened to the public. The Bodleian Library ( the main Research library of the University of Oxford, is one of the oldest libraries in Europe, and in England The University of Oxford (informally "Oxford University" or simply "Oxford" located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England is the
- 1620 - The Battle of White Mountain takes place near Prague, ending in a decisive Catholic victory in only two hours. The Battle of White Mountain, November 8, 1620 ( Bílá hora is the name of White Mountain in Czech was an early Battle in the Prague (ˈprɑːg Praha (ˈpraɦa see also other names) is the Capital and Largest city of the Czech Republic. Catholic is an Adjective derived from the Greek adjective '' / 'katholikos' meaning "whole" or "complete".
- 1793 - In Paris, the French Revolutionary government opens the Louvre to the public as a museum. Year 1793 ( MDCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city The French Revolution (1789–1799 was a period of political and social upheaval in the History of France, during which the French governmental structure previously an The Louvre Museum (Musée du Louvre located in Paris is the world's most visited art museum a historic monument and a national museum of France A museum is a "permanent institution in the service of society and of its development open to the public which acquires conserves researches communicates and exhibits the
- 1837 - Mary Lyon founds Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, which later becomes Mount Holyoke College. Year 1837 ( MDCCCXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Mary Mason Lyon ( 28 February 1797 - 5 March 1849) was a pioneer in women's education in America Mount Holyoke College is a liberal arts women's college in South Hadley, Massachusetts.
- 1861 - American Civil War: The "Trent Affair" – The USS San Jacinto stops the United Kingdom mail ship Trent and arrests two Confederate envoys, sparking a diplomatic crisis between the UK and US. Year 1861 ( MDCCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South Britain in the American Civil War The Trent Affair, also known as the Mason and Slidell Affair, was an international diplomatic incident that occurred during the European service 1852-1854 No record of San Jacinto's commissioning ceremony has been found but her first commanding officer Captain Thomas Crabbe, reported The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The Confederate States of America (also called the Confederacy, the Confederate States, and CSA) formed as the government set up from 1861
- 1889 - Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Montana ( is a state in the Western United States. One-third of the state in the western part contains numerous mountain ranges (approximately 77 named of the northern A US state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States of America that share Sovereignty with the federal government
- 1892 - The New Orleans general strike begins, uniting black and white American trade unionists in a successful four-day general strike action for the first time. Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year The New Orleans general strike was a General strike in the US African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa White People is the second album by Handsome Boy Modeling School. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A trade union or labour union is an organization of workers who have banded together to achieve common goals in key areas such as wages hours and working conditions forming Strike action, often simply called a strike, is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal by Employees to perform work.
- 1895 - While experimenting with electricity, Wilhelm Röntgen discovers the X-ray. Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (27 March 1845 &ndash 10 February 1923 was a German physicist, who on 8 November 1895 produced and detected Electromagnetic X-radiation (composed of X-rays) is a form of Electromagnetic radiation.
- 1901 - Bloody clashes take place in Athens following the translation of the Gospels into demotic Greek. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Athens (ˈæθənz Αθήνα Athina,) the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery as one of the world's This article is about the canonical books of the New Testament Dimotiki (δημοτική, " of the people" or Demotic is the modern Vernacular form of the Greek language.
- 1917 - The People's Commissars give authority to Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky, and Joseph Stalin. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Leon Trotsky ( Russian:, Lev Davidovich Trotsky, also transliterated Leo, Lyev, Trotskii, Trotski, Trotskij Joseph Stalin ( ნამდვილი გვარი ჯუღაშვილი|Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili; March 5 1953 was General Secretary of the Communist Party
- 1923 - Beer Hall Putsch: In Munich, Adolf Hitler leads the Nazis in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the German government. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Beer Hall Putsch (also known as the Munich Putsch) was a failed Coup d'état that occurred between the evening of Thursday November 8 Munich (München; Minga is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. Hi and welcome to Wikipedia! Please understand that this article is frequently vandalized and vandalism is reverted immediately Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe.
- 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. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The New Deal was the name that United States President Franklin D The Civil Works Administration was established by the New Deal during the Great Depression to create jobs for millions of unemployed
- 1935 - A dozen labor leaders come together to announce the creation of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), an organization charged with advancing industrial unionism. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A trade union or labour union is an organization of workers who have banded together to achieve common goals in key areas such as wages hours and working conditions forming The Congress of Industrial Organizations, or CIO, proposed by John L Industrial unionism is a labor union organizing method through which all workers in the same industry are organized into the same union—regardless of skill or trade—thus
- 1935 - Fernand Bouisson becomes Prime Minister of France. Fernand Bouisson (16 June 1874 Constantine Algeria - 28 December 1959 Antibes) was a French politician of the Third Republic, who served as This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.
- 1937 - The Nazi exhibition Der ewige Jude ("The Eternal Jew") opens in Munich. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German The Eternal Jew is a 1940 Propaganda film. Its title in German is Der ewige Jude, the German term for the character of PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ Munich (München; Minga is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany.
- 1937 - The Chinese Youth Journalist Association is created in Shanghai. Shanghai ( 上[[wikt 海|海]] is the largest city in China in terms of population and one of the largest urban areas in the world with over 20 million It is now known as Chinese Journalist Day.
- 1938 - A pogrom against the Jews of Germany and Austria takes place in response to the assassination of a German diplomat in Paris. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A pogrom is a form of Riot directed against a particular group whether ethnic religious or other and characterized by destruction of their Homes Businesses Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city
- 1939 - Venlo Incident: Two British agents of SIS are captured by the Germans. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Venlo Incident in 1939 was a Gestapo -engineered capture of two British SIS agents in the early months of World War II, on November 9, The Secret Intelligence Service ( SIS) colloquially known as MI6 is the United Kingdom 's external Intelligence agency.
- 1939 - In Munich, Adolf Hitler narrowly escapes an assassination attempt while celebrating the 16th anniversary of the Beer Hall Putsch. Munich (München; Minga is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. Hi and welcome to Wikipedia! Please understand that this article is frequently vandalized and vandalism is reverted immediately AssassiNation is the sixth album by Krisiun, released in 2006 on Century Media. The Beer Hall Putsch (also known as the Munich Putsch) was a failed Coup d'état that occurred between the evening of Thursday November 8
- 1941 - The Albanian Communist Party is founded. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Party of Labour of Albania ( Partia e Punës e Shqipërisë, PPSh in Albanian was the sole legal Political party in Albania during
- 1942 - Holocaust: In Ternopil, western Ukraine, the German SS deport about 2,400 Jews from Ternopil ghetto to the Belzec death camp, in the so called "Second Aktion". Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Holocaust (from the Greek el ''ὁλόκαυστον'' (el-Latn holókauston holos, "completely" and kaustos, "burnt" also known as Ternopil (Тернопіль translit Ternopil’, Tarnopol Тернополь translit Ukraine (Україна Ukrayina, /ukrɑˈjinɑ/ is a country in Eastern Europe. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The ( German for "Protective Squadron" abbreviated SS - or ( Runic)- was a major Nazi organization under Adolf Hitler and the PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ Ternopil (Тернопіль translit Ternopil’, Tarnopol Тернополь translit A ghetto is described as a "portion of a city in which members of a minority group live especially because of social legal or economic pressure Belzec (Bełżec approximate Polish pronunciation bew-zhets) was the first of the Nazi German Extermination camps created for implementing When the Germans captured Ternopil, about 18,000 Jews lived in the city. The German people (Deutsche are an Ethnic group, in the sense of sharing a common German culture, descent and speaking the German language as Ternopil (Тернопіль translit Ternopil’, Tarnopol Тернополь translit PLEASE TAKE NOTE************
- 1942 - World War II: Operation Torch - United States and United Kingdom forces land in French North Africa. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Operation Torch (initially called Operation Gymnast) was the British - American invasion of French North Africa in World War II The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located France was a dominant empire in the world from the 1600s to the late 1960s possessing many colonies in various locations around the world
- 1942 - World War II: French resistance coup in Algiers, in which 400 civilian French patriots neutralize Vichyist XIXth Army Corps after 15 hours of fighting, and arrest several Vichyst generals, allowing the immediate success of Operation Torch in Algiers. Operation Torch (initially called Operation Gymnast) was the British - American invasion of French North Africa in World War II
- 1950 - Korean War: United States Air Force Lt. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Korean War refers to a period of military conflict between North Korean and South Korean regimes with major hostilities lasting from June 25 1950 until the Russell J. Brown shoots down two North Korean MiG-15s in the first jet aircraft-to-jet aircraft dogfight in history. North Korea is the commonly used short form name for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (or DPRK) a State located in East Asia, WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout A jet aircraft is an Aircraft propelled by Jet engines Jet aircraft fly much faster than Propeller -powered aircraft and at higher altitudes -- as high as A dogfight or dog fight is Aerial combat between Fighter aircraft.
- 1957 - Operation Grapple X, Round C1: Britain conducts its first successful hydrogen bomb test over Kiritimati in the Pacific. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Operation Grapple, and operations Grapple X, Grapple Y and Grapple Z, were the names of British nuclear tests The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The Teller–Ulam design is a Nuclear weapon design which is used in Megaton -range Thermonuclear weapons and is more colloquially referred to as "the Kiritimati or Christmas Island is a Pacific Ocean Atoll in the northern Line Islands and part of the Republic of Kiribati. The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth 's Oceanic divisions Two tests earlier that year were publicly hailed as successful, but in fact largely failed. Operation Grapple, and operations Grapple X, Grapple Y and Grapple Z, were the names of British nuclear tests
- 1965 - The British Indian Ocean Territory is created, consisting of Chagos Archipelago, Aldabra, Farquhar and Des Roches islands. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. The Chagos Archipelago (formerly Oil Islands) is a group of seven Atolls comprising more than 60 individual tropical Islands roughly in the centre of Aldabra is a raised Coral Atoll in the Aldabra Group of islands in the Indian Ocean that form part of the Seychelles. The Farquhar Group belong to the Outer Islands of the Seychelles, lying in the southwest of the island nation more than 700 kilometres southwest the capital
- 1965 - The Murder (Abolition of the Death Penalty) Act 1965 is given Royal Assent, formally abolishing the death penalty in the United Kingdom. Under English law, the Murder (Abolition of the Death Penalty Act 1965 is a statute abolishing the Death penalty for Murder in the United Kingdom Capital punishment, the death penalty or execution, is the Killing of a person by judicial process as Punishment.
- 1965 - The 173rd Airborne is ambushed by over 1,200 Viet Cong in Operation Hump during the Vietnam War. The 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team is an airborne Infantry Brigade combat team of the United States Army based in Vicenza Operation Hump was a Search and destroy operation initiated on 5 November 1965 Royal Australian Regiment, deployed south of the Dong Nai The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, or the Vietnam Conflict, occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia
- 1966 - Former Massachusetts Attorney General Edward Brooke becomes the first African American elected to the United States Senate. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. Edward William Brooke III (born October 26, 1919) is an American Politician and was the first African American to be elected African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives
- 1966 - U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs into law an antitrust exemption allowing the National Football League to merge with the upstart American Football League. The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by The National Football League ( NFL) is the largest professional American football league. Note There were three earlier and unrelated major American professional football leagues of the same name One in 1926, one in 1936-1937 and one in 1940-1941
- 1973 - The right ear of John Paul Getty III is delivered to a newspaper together with a ransom note, convincing his father to pay 2. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. The ear is the sense organ that detects Sounds The Vertebrate ear shows a common biology from Fish to Humans with variations Jean Paul Getty III (born 4 November, 1956) was the first of four children of Paul Getty and Gail Harris A newspaper is a written Publication containing News, information and Advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called Newsprint. 9 million USD. The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been
- 1976 - A series of earthquakes spreads panic in the city of Thessaloniki, which is evacuated. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth 's crust that creates Seismic waves Earthquakes are recorded with a Seismometer Thessaloniki (Θεσσαλονίκη), Thessalonica, or Salonica is the second-largest city in Greece and the capital of Macedonia
- 1977 - Manolis Andronikos, a Greek Archaeologist and professor at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, discovers the tomb of Philip II of Macedon at Vergina. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Manolis Andronikos (Μανώλης Ανδρόνικος ( October 23, 1919 &ndash March 30 1992) was a Greek Archaeologist Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία Archaeology, archeology, or archæology (from Greek grc ἀρχαιολογία archaiologia – grc ἀρχαῖος archaīos The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (often called the Aristotelian University) named after the philosopher Aristotle, is the largest university of For the New York prison see The Tombs. A Tomb is a repository for the remains of the dead. Philip II of Macedon, ( Greek: Φίλιππος Β' ο Μακεδών &mdash φίλος = friend + ίππος = Horse Vergina (in Greek Βεργίνα) is a small town in northern Greece, located in the prefecture of Imathia, Central Macedonia
- 1979 - The Chilean Communist Party (Proletarian Action) is formed. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Chilean Communist Party (Proletarian Action (in Spanish: Partido Comunista Chileno (Acción Proletaria) is a Communist party, originating from the pro-
- 1987 - Remembrance Day Bombing: In Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, an Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb explodes, at a ceremony honoring Britain's war dead, killing twelve people. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) The Remembrance Day bombing, also known as the Enniskillen bombing or the Poppy Day massacre, occurred on 8 November 1987 in Enniskillen Enniskillen ( is the county town (and largest town in County Fermanagh and the west of Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a Country within the United Kingdom, lying in the northeast of The Provisional Irish Republican Army (Óglaigh na hÉireann ( IRA; also referred to as the PIRA, the Provos, or by some of its supporters as the
- 1989 - Hong Kong's MTR Lam Tin Station comes into service. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Hong Kong ( officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located on China 's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders MTR, or Mass Transit Railway, is the Rapid transit Railway system in Hong Kong. Lam Tin is a station on the Hong Kong MTR built as a part of the extension to Quarry Bay.
- 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". See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. The issue of Iraq's disarmament reached a crisis in 2002-2003 when U United Nations Security Council Resolution 1441 is a resolution by the UN Security Council, passed unanimously on November 8, 2002 For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti ( Arabic: ar صدام حسين عبد المجيد التكريتي --> April 28 1937 &ndash December 30 Disarmament refers to the act of reducing limiting or abolishing Weapons.
- 2004 - War in Iraq: More than 10,000 U.S. troops and a small number of Iraqi army units participate in a siege on the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " The 2003 invasion of Iraq, from March 20 to May 1 2003 was spearheaded by the United States, backed by British forces and smaller contingents from Australia The United States of America —commonly referred to as the For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. For other meanings see Fallujah (disambiguation. Fallujah (الفلوجة sometimes transliterated
Births
- 35 - Nerva, Roman Emperor (d. Year 35 was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Julian calendar. Marcus Cocceius Nerva was also the name of a Roman emperor NERVA is an acronym for Nuclear Engine for Rocket The Roman Emperor was the ruler of the Roman State during the imperial period (starting at about 27 BC 98)
- 1342 - Julian of Norwich, English saint (d. Year 98 was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Julian calendar. Julian of Norwich (c November 8, 1342 – c 1416 is considered one of the greatest English mystics Little is known of her life aside 1416)
- 1431 - Vlad III the Impaler, Wallachian prince (d. 1476)
- 1491 - Teofilo Folengo, Italian poet (d. Teofilo Folengo ( November 8, 1491 - December 9, 1544) who wrote under the pseudonym of Merlino Coccajo or Merlinus Coccaius 1544)
- 1622 - King Charles X of Sweden (d. Charles X Gustav (Karl X Gustav (8 November 1622 – 13 February 1660 was King of Sweden from 1654 until his death 1660)
- 1656 (N. S. ) - Edmond Halley, British astronomer and mathematician (d. Edmond Halley FRS (ˈɛdmənd ˈhɔːlɪ ( November 8, 1656 &ndash January 14, 1742) was an English Astronomer 1742)
- 1706 - Johann Ulrich von Cramer, German judge and philosopher (d. Year 1742 ( MDCCXLII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1706 ( MDCCVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Johann Ulrich von Cramer ( 8 November, 1706 - 18 June, 1772) was an eminent German Judge, legal Scholar 1772)
- 1710 - Sarah Fielding, English writer (d. Year 1772 ( MDCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1710 ( MDCCX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year Sarah Fielding ( November 8, 1710 &ndash April 9 1768) was a British author and sister of the novelist Henry Fielding 1768)
- 1715 - Elisabeth Christine von Braunschweig-Bevern, wife of Frederick II of Prussia (d. Year 1768 ( MDCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1715 ( MDCCXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Elizabeth Christine of Brunswick-Bevern, Queen of Prussia ( November 8 1715, Wolfenbüttel &ndash January 13 1797) was Frederick II (Friedrich II January 24 1712 August 17 1786) was a King of Prussia (1740&ndash1786 from the 1797)
- 1723 - John Byron, British naval officer (d. Year 1797 ( MDCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1723 ( MDCCXXIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Vice-Admiral John Byron, RN ( November 8, 1723 – April 10, 1786) was an English Vice-admiral. 1786)
- 1768 - Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom, (d. Year 1786 ( MDCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1768 ( MDCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a The Princess Augusta Sophia (8 November 1768 – 22 September 1840 was a member of the British Royal Family second daughter of George III and Queen Charlotte. 1840)
- 1777 - Désirée Clary, queen of Sweden (d. Year 1840 ( MDCCCXL) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1777 ( MDCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Desideria Clary ( November 8, 1777 &ndash December 17, 1860) was the wife of King Charles XIV John of Sweden and 1860)
- 1836 - Milton Bradley, American game manufacturer (d. Year 1860 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year starting Year 1836 ( MDCCCXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Milton Bradley ( November 8, 1836 – May 30, 1911) an American game pioneer was credited by many with launching the 1911)
- 1847 - Jean Casimir-Perier, French politician (d. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1847 ( MDCCCXLVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Jean Paul Pierre Casimir-Perier (8 November 1847 - 11 March 1907 was a French Politician, fifth president of the French Third Republic. 1907)
- 1847 - Bram Stoker, Irish novelist (d. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Abraham "Bram" Stoker (8 November 1847 – 20 April 1912 was an Irish writer of novels and short stories who is best known today for his 1897 horror 1912)
- 1848 - Gottlob Frege, German mathematician and logician (d. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Year 1848 ( MDCCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Friedrich Ludwig Gottlob Frege ( 8 November 1848, Wismar, Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin  &ndash 26 July 1925 1925)
- 1854 - Johannes Rydberg, Swedish physicist (d. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1854 ( MDCCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Johannes Robert Rydberg, (‘Janne’ to his friends ( November 8, 1854 &ndash December 28, 1919) was a Swedish Physicist 1919)
- 1866 - Herbert Austin, English automobile pioneer (d. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Herbert 'PA' Austin 1st Baron Austin KBE ( November 8, 1866 – May 23, 1941) was an English Automobile designer 1941)
- 1868 - Felix Hausdorff, German mathematician (d. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1868 ( MDCCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Felix Hausdorff ( November 8, 1868 &ndash January 26, 1942) was a German Mathematician who is considered to be one of the founders 1942)
- 1869 - Zinaida Gippius, Russian woman-poet in exile in France (d. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1869 ( MDCCCLXIX) is a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Zinaida Nikolaevna Gippius, Зинаида Николаевна Гиппиус (1869 - 1945 was a Russian Symbolist poet and author 1945)
- 1883 - Arnold Bax, English composer (d. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, KCVO ( 8 November 1883 &ndash 3 October 1953) was an English Composer and poet 1953)
- 1884 - Hermann Rorschach, Swiss psychiatrist (d. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Hermann Rorschach heɐman ʁoɐʃax ( 8 November 1884 Zurich - 2 April 1922 Herisau) was a Swiss Freudian 1922)
- 1885 - Hans Cloos, German geologist (d. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Hans Cloos ( November 8, 1885 &ndash September 26, 1951) was a prominent German structural Geologist. 1951)
- 1885 - Tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese general (d. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January General was a General of the Japanese Imperial Army during the World War II. 1946)
- 1885 - Emil Fahrenkamp, German architect (d. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Emil Fahrenkamp ( November 8, 1885 - May 24 1966) was a German architect and professor one of the most prominent architects of the interwar 1966)
- 1893 - Clarence Williams, American composer (d. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common 1965)
- 1893 - Prajadhipok, Rama VII, king of Thailand (d. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Prajadhipok ( Rama VII, พระปกเกล้าเจ้าอยู่หัว Phra Pokklao Chaoyuhua) ( November 8, 1893 - 1941)
- 1895 - Photios Kontoglou, Greek writer, painter and iconographer (d. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Photis Kontoglou (Φώτης Κόντογλου occasionally signed also as Kontoglous-b 1965)
- 1896 - Bucky Harris, baseball player (d. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Stanley Raymond "Bucky" Harris ( November 8, 1896 – November 8, 1977) was a Major League Baseball player manager 1977)
- 1897 - Dorothy Day, social activist (d. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Dorothy Day ( November 8, 1897 – November 29, 1980) was an American Journalist turned anarchist, social activist 1980)
- 1898 - Marie Prevost, Canadian actress (d. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Marie Prevost (November 8 1898 - January 21 1937 was a Canadian-born actress of the early days of cinema. 1937)
- 1900 - Margaret Mitchell, American author (d. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell Marsh ( November 8 1900 – August 16 1949) popularly known as Margaret Mitchell was an American 1949)
- 1900 - Charlie Paddock, American athlete (d. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Charles ("Charlie" William Paddock ( August 11, 1900 &ndash July 21, 1943) was an American athlete and twofold 1943)
- 1904 - Cedric Belfrage English-born writer (d. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Cedric Henning Belfrage ( November 8, 1904 &ndash June 21, 1990) was a Socialist, author journalist translator and co-founder of 1990)
- 1908 - Martha Gellhorn, American writer (d. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Martha Gellhorn ( 8 November 1908 - 15 February 1998) was an American Novelist, Travel 1998)
- 1913 - June Havoc, American actress
- 1918 - Hermann Zapf, German designer
- 1919 - P. L. Deshpande, Indian author (d. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common June Havoc (born November 8, 1913) is an American actress dancer writer and theater director Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Hermann Zapf (born November 8, 1918) is a German Typeface designer who lives in Darmstadt, Germany Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Purushottam Laxman Deshpande (पुरुषोत्तम लक्ष्मण देशपांडे (8 November 1918 &ndash 12 June 2000 was a Marathi writer 2000)
- 1920 - Esther Rolle, American actress (d. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Esther Rolle ( November 8, 1920 &ndash November 17, 1998) was an American actress of stage and television 1998)
- 1920 - Eugênio de Araújo Sales, Brazilian cardinal
- 1922 - Christiaan Barnard, South African heart surgeon (d. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Christiaan Neethling Barnard ( November 8, 1922 &ndash September 2, 2001) was a South African cardiac surgeon, famous for 2001)
- 1922 - Ademir Marques de Menezes, Brazilian footballer (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. For another Brazilian footballers named Ademir, see Ademir da Guia and Ademir Roque Kaefer. 1996)
- 1923 - Jack Kilby, American electrical engineer, Nobel laureate (d. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jack St Clair Kilby ( November 8, 1923 - June 20, 2005) was a Nobel Prize laureate in Physics in 2000 for his invention The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 2005)
- 1924 - Joe Flynn, American actor (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Joe Flynn ( November 8, 1924 &ndash July 19, 1974) was an American Character actor best known for his participation 1974)
- 1927 - Ken Dodd, English comedian
- 1927 - Nguyen Khanh, Prime Minister of South Vietnam
- 1927 - Patti Page, American singer
- 1929 - António Castanheira Neves, Portuguese philosopher
- 1929 - Bobby Bowden, American football coach
- 1931 - Darla Hood, American actress (d. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kenneth Arthur Dodd OBE (born November 8, 1927) is a veteran English Comedian and Singer Songwriter, famous Nguyễn Khánh (born November 8, 1927) is a former Chief of State and Prime minister of South Vietnam. Clara Ann Fowler (born November 8, 1927) known by her professional name Patti Page, is an American singer one of the best-known female artists Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. António Castanheira Neves (born November 8 1929 in Tábua) is a Portuguese legal philosopher and a professor emeritus Robert Cleckler Bowden (born November 8, 1929 in Birmingham Alabama) better known as Bobby Bowden, is the current head College football Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Darla Jean Hood ( November 8, 1931 &ndash June 13, 1979) was an American Child actress, best known for her lead roles 1979)
- 1931 - Morley Safer, Canadian journalist
- 1933 - Peter Arundell, British racing driver
- 1935 - Alain Delon, French actor
- 1935 - Alfonso López Trujillo, Colombian Cardinal Bishop
- 1938 - Driss Basri, Moroccan Interior Minister (d. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Morley Safer (born November 8, 1931) is a Reporter and Correspondent for CBS News. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Peter Arundell (born 8 November 1933 in Ilford, Essex) is a former Racing driver from England, who raced in Formula Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Alain Delon (born 8 November 1935) is a César Award -winning French Actor. Alfonso Cardinal López Trujillo ( 8 November 1935 – 19 April 2008) was a Colombian Cardinal Bishop of the Roman Catholic Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Driss Basri (إدريس البصري, November 8 1938 – August 27, 2007) was a Moroccan politician Interior minister 2007)
- 1942 - Angel Cordero Jr., Puerto Rican jockey
- 1943 - Martin Peters, English footballer
- 1944 - Bonnie Bramlett, American singer (Delaney, Bonnie & Friends)
- 1945 - Don Murray, American musician (The Turtles)
- 1946 - Guus Hiddink, Dutch football coach
- 1946 - Roy Wood, English songwriter and musician (Electric Light Orchestra, The Move, Wizzard)
- 1947 - Minnie Riperton, American singer (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Angel Cordero Jr born ( November 8, 1942 in Santurce, Puerto Rico) is one of the leading Thoroughbred Horse racing Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Martin Stanford Peters MBE, (born 8 November 1943 in Plaistow, London) was a football player and member of the victorious Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Delaney & Bonnie and Friends was a rock / Soul revue fronted by husband-and-wife singer/songwriters Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar The Turtles are an American pop and Folk rock band which produced at least a dozen memorable radio-friendly chart singles but remain best known for The Turtles are an American pop and Folk rock band which produced at least a dozen memorable radio-friendly chart singles but remain best known for Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Guus Hiddink (born 8 November 1946 in Varsseveld) is a Dutch former professional football player and manager, currently the manager of the Roy Wood (born Roy Adrian Wood 8 November 1946, Kitts Green, Birmingham, West Midlands, England) is a Songwriter The Move were one of the leading British rock bands of the 1960s from Birmingham, England, and were among the most popular British bands to not find any success Wizzard were a Birmingham -based band formed by Roy Wood, former member of The Move and co-founder of Electric Light Orchestra Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Minnie Julia Riperton (November 8 1947 – July 12 1979 was an American singer and songwriter noted for her five-and-a-half Octave Vocal range, with her 1975 1979)
- 1949 - Bonnie Raitt, American singer
- 1949 - Wayne LaPierre, Executive Vice Presidenf of the National Rifle Association. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bonnie Lynn Raitt (born November 8, 1949) is an American Blues Singer-songwriter who was born in Burbank, California Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Wayne LaPierre (born November 8, 1949) is a prominent American Author and Second Amendment Advocate. The National Rifle Association, or NRA, is a non-profit ( 501(c(4) group dedicated to the protection of the Second Amendment of the
- 1950 - Mary Hart, American television personality
- 1951 - Alfredo Astiz, Argentine general
- 1952 - Jan Raas, Dutch cyclist
- 1952 - Jerry Remy, American Baseball Player, color commentator, and President of Red Sox Nation
- 1952 - Christie Hefner, CEO of Playboy Enterprises
- 1952 - John Denny, American baseball player
- 1953 - Alfre Woodard, American actress
- 1954 - David Bret, Anglo-French biographer and broadcaster
- 1954 - Michael D. Brown, U. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mary Hart may refer to Mary Hart (TV personality Mary Seymour, daughter of Queen Katherine Parr sixth wife of Henry VIII and of Thomas Seymour Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Alfredo Ignacio Astiz (born 8 November 1951) was a Captain and Intelligence officer in the Argentine Navy during the dictatorial rule of Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jan Raas (born November 8, 1952, Heinkenszand) is a Dutch former professional cyclist whose 115 wins include the 1979 World Road Race Championship Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Christie Ann Hefner, CEO (born November 8, 1952, in Chicago, Illinois) is the Chairman and Chief executive officer Playboy Enterprises Inc ( also organized as New Playboy Inc ( is the company founded by Hugh Marston Hefner to manage the Playboy magazine empire John Allen Denny (born November 8, 1952 in Prescott Arizona) is a former righthanded Major League Baseball pitcher from to for the St Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Alfre Ette Woodard (born November 8, 1952) is an American actress. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) David Bret (born 8 November 1954 in Paris) is a French -born Author of Showbiz Biographies. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Michael DeWayne Brown (born November 8, 1954) was Undersecretary of Emergency Preparedness and Response (EP&R a division of the Department of Homeland S. Federal Emergency Management Agency director
- 1954 - Kazuo Ishiguro, British author
- 1954 - Rickie Lee Jones, American singer
- 1954 - Jeanette McGruder, American musician (P Funk)
- 1956 - Steven Miller, American record producer
- 1956 - Richard Curtis, British screenwriter
- 1957 - Porl Thompson, British musician (The Cure)
- 1957 - Alan Curbishley, English football manager
- 1958 - Don Byron, American clarinetist
- 1960 - Oleg Menshikov, Russian actor
- 1960 - Michael Nyqvist, Swedish actor
- 1961 - Leif Garrett, American singer
- 1965 - Jeff Blauser, American baseball player
- 1965 - Craig Chester, American actor and screenwriter
- 1966 - Gordon Ramsay, British chef and reality television personality
- 1967 - Courtney Thorne-Smith, American actress
- 1967 - Henry Rodriguez, Dominican Republic baseball player
- 1968 - Parker Posey, American actress
- 1968 - Zara Whites, Dutch actress
- 1968 - Sergio Porrini, Italian footballer
- 1969 - Roxana Zal, American actress
- 1970 - Tom Anderson, co-founder of MySpace
- 1970 - José Francisco Porras, Costa Rican footballer
- 1970 - Diana King, Jamaican singer
- 1971 - Carlos Atanes, Spanish film director
- 1971 - Aaron Yates (Tech N9NE), American rapper
- 1972 - Gretchen Mol, American actress
- 1974 - Masashi Kishimoto, Japanese manga author
- 1974 - Seishi Kishimoto, Japanese manga author
- 1975 - Tara Reid, American actress
- 1975 - José Pinto, Spanish footballer
- 1976 - Brett Lee, Australian cricketer
- 1976 - Colin Strause, American director
- 1977 - Bucky Covington, American entertainer
- 1977 - Jully Black, Canadian R&B singer
- 1977 - Nick Punto, American baseball player
- 1978 - Ali Karimi, Iranian footballer
- 1978 - Júlio Sérgio Bertagnoli, Brazilian footballer
- 1978 - Tim de Cler, Dutch footballer
- 1978 - Maurice Evans, American basketball player
- 1978 - Spyros Gogolos, Greek footballer
- 1979 - Aaron Hughes, Northern Irish footballer
- 1979 - Dania Ramírez, Dominican actress
- 1980 - Ana Vidovic, classical guitarist
- 1981 - Joe Cole, English footballer
- 1982 - Mika Kallio, Finnish Grand Prix motorcycle racer
- 1983 - Kat Shoob, British television presenter
- 1983 - Blanka Vlašić, Croatian high jumper
- 1983 - Remko Pasveer, Dutch footballer
- 1985 - Jack Osbourne, English television star
Deaths
- 911 - Louis the Child, last Carolingian ruler of the East Franks (b. Kazuo Ishiguro (カズオ・イシグロ ( Kazuo Ishiguro) or ja 石黒 一雄 ( Ishiguro Kazuo) born November 8, 1954) is a British Rickie Lee Jones (born November 8, 1954) is a two-time Grammy Award -winning Vocalist, Musician, Songwriter, and producer Jeanette McGruder (born November 8, 1954) is a Singer. As a child McGruder discovered a natural ability to sing P-Funk (also spelled P Funk or P Funk) is a shorthand term for the repertoire and performers associated with George Clinton and the Parliament-Funkadelic Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Steven Miller (born November 8, 1956 in New Jersey) is an American Record producer and executive Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For the former state representative from Washington State see Richard Curtis (politician Richard Whalley Anthony Curtis, CBE (born Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Porl Thompson (born Paul Stephen Thompson, November 8 1957, in Wimbledon, England) is an English Musician The Cure are an English rock band that formed in Crawley, West Sussex in 1976 Llewellyn Charles 'Alan' Curbishley (born 8 November 1957 in Forest Gate, East London) is a former football manager and former professional player Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Don Byron (born November 8 1958) is a composer Jazz Clarinet, Bass clarinet and Saxophone player Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Oleg Evgenyevich Menshikov (Оле́г Евге́ньевич Ме́ньшиков b Michael Nyqvist (born November 8, 1960 in Stockholm) is a Swedish Actor. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Leif Garrett (born Leif Per Nervik on November 8, 1961) is an American Singer and Actor of Norwegian descent Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Jeffrey Michael Blauser (born November 8, 1965 in Los Gatos California) is a former Shortstop in Major League Baseball for the Craig Chester (born November 8, 1965 in West Covina California) is an American Actor and Screenwriter. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Gordon James Ramsay, OBE, (born 8 November 1966 is a Chef, Television personality and Restaurateur. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Courtney Thorne-Smith (born November 8, 1967) is an American actress. Henry Anderson Rodríguez Lorenzo (born November 8 1967 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) is a former Major League Baseball Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Parker Christian Posey (born November 8 1968 is an American actress. Zara Whites is the best known alias of the former Dutch porn actress Esther Spincer née Kooiman. Sergio Porrini (born 8 November 1968 in Milan) is an Italian footballer who played for Atalanta, Juventus Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Roxana Zal (born November 8, 1969) is an American actress. Zal was born and raised in Malibu California, the daughter of Maureen Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Tom Anderson may refer to Tom Anderson (MySpace, the co-founder of MySpace Tom Anderson (politician, a former member of the Alaska MySpace is a popular social networking Website offering an interactive user-submitted network of friends personal profiles blogs groups photos music and Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. José Francisco Porras (born 8 November 1970) is a Costa Rican footballer who plays for Deportivo Saprissa in Costa Rica Diana King (born November 8 1970 in Spanish Town) is a Jamaican R&B, pop, Reggae, and Dancehall Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Carlos Atanes (born November 8, 1971) is an Spanish Film director and Writer. Aaron Dontez Yates (born November 8 1971 in Kansas City Missouri) better known by his Stage name Tech N9ne (also Tech N9NE Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gretchen Mol (born November 8, 1972) is an American actress. Early life Mol was born in Deep River Connecticut where Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. (born 8 November 1974 is a Japanese manga artist, most well known for creating the Manga series Naruto. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. is a Japanese manga artist and the younger twin brother of Masashi Kishimoto (creator of Naruto) Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Tara Reid (born November 8 1975 is an US Actress. She is known for her roles in the films The Big Lebowski (1998 American Pie José Manuel Pinto Colorado, commonly known as Pinto (born 8 November 1975 in El Puerto de Santa María, Cádiz) is a Spanish Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Brett Lee (born 8 November 1976 in Wollongong, New South Wales) is an Australian Cricketer Style Lee is an express bowler Brothers Greg and Colin Strause (known as Brothers Strause) are a directing duo and Special effects Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Bucky Covington (born William Joel Covington III, November 8, 1977) is an American country music singer Jully Black (ˈdʒuːliː or " Julie " (born Jully Ann Inderia Gordon on November 8, 1977 in Toronto, Ontario) Nicholas Paul Punto (born November 8, 1977, in San Diego California) is a 5' 9" Major League Baseball Infielder. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Mohammad Ali Karimi Pashaki ( born on 8 November 1978 is an Iranian Professional footballer, who plays as a Midfielder. Júlio Sérgio Bertagnoli (born 8 November 1978 in Ribeirão Preto) is a Brazilian football player who plays in goal for Tim de Cler (born 8 November 1978 in Leiden) is a Dutch footballer who currently plays as a Left back for Feyenoord Rotterdam Maurice Eugene Evans (born November 8 1978, in Wichita Kansas) is an American professional Basketball player currently under Spyros Gogolos ( Greek: Σπύρος Γόγολος is an experienced defender playing for PAS Giannina. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Aaron William Hughes (born November 8, 1979) is a Northern Irish footballer who plays for Fulham. Dania Ramírez (born November 8, 1979) is an Actress from the Dominican Republic, most recently known for two roles on television playing Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Ana Vidović is one of the youngest Virtuoso guitarists in the world Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Joseph John "Joe" Cole (born 8 November 1981 in Islington, London) is a professional footballer who plays for Chelsea of the English Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Mika Kallio (born November 8, 1982 in Valkeakoski) is a Finnish Grand Prix motorcycle racer. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Katherine Elizabeth Shoob (born 8 November 1983 in Rochford, Essex) is an English Television Blanka Vlašić ˈʋlaʃitɕ}} (born November 8 1983 in Split, Croatia) is a Croatian High jumper and current world Remko Pasveer (born November 8, 1983 in Enschede) is a Dutch footballer, currently playing for Go Ahead Eagles, on loan Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Jack Joseph Osbourne (born 8 November 1985 is an English Television personality, known as the son of musician Ozzy Osbourne and music manager Sharon Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. The Lady Louise Windsor (Louise Alice Elizabeth Mary born 8 November 2003 is a member of the British Royal Family. Events By Place Europe Autumn — Charles the Simple agrees to the Treaty of St Louis the Child (893 &ndash 20/ 24 September 911) sometimes called Louis IV or Louis III, was the last Carolingian ruler of 893)
- 955 - Pope Agapetus II
- 1171 - Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut (b. This article refers to the year 893 The number 893 can also refer to Japanese traditional organized crime groups Yakuza. Events By Place Europe August 10 — Battle of Lechfeld: Otto I the Great defeats the Magyars, halting Agapetus II (born in Rome; died October 955 was Pope from May 10, 946 until his death in 955 at the time when Alberic II (932&ndash954 Baldwin IV (1108 &ndash November 8 1171) was Count of Hainaut from 1120 to his death 1108)
- 1195 - Conrad of Hohenstaufen
- 1226 - King Louis VIII of France (b. Conrad of Hohenstaufen (c 1135 &ndash 8 November 1195) was the first hereditary Count Palatine of the Rhine. Louis VIII the Lion ( 5 September 1187 – 8 November 1226) reigned as King of France from 1223 to 1226 1187)
- 1246 - Berenguela of Castile, wife of Alfonso IX of Castile (b. Berenguela (or Berengaria) (1180 &ndash November 8, 1246) was briefly queen of Castile and León. Alfonso IX of Leon and Galicia ( August 15, 1171 &ndash September 23 or 24 1230 first cousin of Alfonso VIII of Castile and numbered next 1180)
- 1308 - Duns Scotus, Scottish philosopher
- 1517 - Francisco Cardinal Jiménez de Cisneros, Spanish statesman (b. 1436)
- 1527 - Jerome Emser, German theologian (b. Jerome (or Hieronymus) Emser ( March 20, 1477 - November 8, 1527) antagonist of Luther, was born of a good family 1477)
- 1599 - Francisco Guerrero, Spanish composer (b. Francisco Guerrero ( October 4 (? 1528 – November 8, 1599) was a Spanish composer of the Renaissance. 1528)
- 1600 - Natsuka Masaie, Japanese warlord (b. was a Daimyo in the Azuchi-Momoyama period and one of the Go-Bugyo, or five commissioners, appointed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi. 1562)
- 1605 - Robert Catesby, English conspirator (b. Robert Catesby (1573 &ndash November 8, 1605) born in Lapworth, Warwickshire, or possibly in Northamptonshire to a strongly Roman 1573)
- 1658 - Witte Corneliszoon de With, Dutch naval officer (b. Witte Corneliszoon de With ( 28 March 1599, Den Briel - 8 November 1658, Oresund) was a famous Dutch 1599)
- 1674 - John Milton, English poet (b. John Milton ( 9 December, 1608 – 8 November, 1674) was an English Poet, Prose Polemicist and 1608)
- 1719 - Michel Rolle, French mathematician (b. Year 1719 ( MDCCXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Michel Rolle ( April 21, 1652 - November 8, 1719) was a French Mathematician. 1652)
- 1817 - Andrea Appiani, Italian painter (b. Year 1817 ( MDCCCXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Andrea Appiani ( May 31, 1754 - November 8 1817) was an Italian neoclassical painter. 1754)
- 1830 - King Francis I of the Two Sicilies (b. Year 1754 ( MDCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or For the game see 1830 (board game. Year 1830 ( MDCCCXXX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display Francis I ( Francesco Gennaro Giuseppe, August 14, 1777 &ndash November 8, 1830) was King of the Two Sicilies from 1777)
- 1887 - Doc Holliday, American gambler and gunfighter (b. Year 1777 ( MDCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common John Henry "Doc" Holliday ( August 14, 1852 &ndash November 8, 1887) was an American dentist 1851)
- 1890 - César Franck, Belgian composer and organist (b. 1851 ( MDCCCLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common César Franck (December 10 1822 – November 8 1890 a Composer, Organist and music teacher of Belgian and German origin who lived in France 1822)
- 1905 - Victor Borisov-Musatov, Russian painter (b. Year 1822 (MDCCCXXII was a Common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Sunday of the Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Victor Elpidiforovich Borisov-Musatov (Виктор Эльпидифорович Борисов-Мусатов ( -) was a Russian painter prominent for his unique 1870)
- 1917 - Colin Blythe, English cricketer (b. Year 1870 ( MDCCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Colin Blythe (born May 30, 1879 in Deptford; died in World War I on the Forest Hall to Pimmern military railway line Belgium 1879)
- 1921 - Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Slovak poet (b. Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav (* February 2, 1849 in Vyšný Kubín (Felsőkubin † November 8, 1921 in Dolný Kubín (Alsókubin 1849)
- 1934 - Carlos Chagas, Brazilian physician (b. Year 1849 ( MDCCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Carlos Justiniano Ribeiro Chagas, or Carlos Chagas ( pron. kahlus ʃagɐs ( July 9, 1879, Oliveira 1879)
- 1944 - Walter Nowotny, Austrian/German fighter pilot (b. Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Major Walter "Nowi" Nowotny ( December 7, 1920 &ndash November 8, 1944) was an Austrian -born German A fighter aircraft is a Military aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air combat with other Aircraft, as opposed to a Bomber, which is designed 1920)
- 1945 - August von Mackensen, German field marshal (b. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Anton Ludwig August von Mackensen (December 6 1849 &ndash November 8 1945 born August Mackensen, was a German soldier and field marshal. 1849)
- 1949 - Cyriel Verschaeve, Belgian clergyman (b. Year 1849 ( MDCCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Cyriel Verschaeve ( April 30, 1874 - November 8, 1949) was a noted Flemish clergyman and writer who was condemned for collaboration 1874)
- 1953 - Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin, Russian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin ( Ива́н Алексе́евич Бу́нин) (— November 8, 1953) was the first Russian writer to win the The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred 1870)
- 1953 - John van Melle, South African author (b. Year 1870 ( MDCCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common John van Melle ( February 11, 1887, Goes - November 8, 1953) was the Pen name of a Dutch -born South African 1887)
- 1959 - Frank Sherman Land, founder of DeMolay International (b. Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. DeMolay International (Also known as the Order of DeMolay) founded in Kansas City Missouri in 1919 is an international youth fraternity for young men DeMolay International (Also known as the Order of DeMolay) founded in Kansas City Missouri in 1919 is an international youth fraternity for young men 1890)
- 1965 - Dorothy Kilgallen, American newspaper columnist (b. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Dorothy Mae Kilgallen (July 3 1913—November 8 1965 was an American Journalist and television Game show panelist known nationally for her coverage 1913)
- 1968 - Wendell Corey, American actor (b. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Wendell Corey ( March 20, 1914 – November 8, 1968) was an American Actor. 1914)
- 1970 - Huw Thomas Edwards, Welsh trade unionist and politician (b. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Huw Thomas Edwards ( 19 November 1892 – 8 November 1970) was a Welsh Trade union leader and politician 1892)
- 1974 - Ivory Joe Hunter, American R&B singer, pianist and songwriter (b. Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. For the Motown producer-songwriter see Ivy Joe Hunter. Ivory Joe Hunter ( October 10, 1914 &ndash November 8, 1974) was 1914)
- 1977 - Bucky Harris, baseball player (b. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Stanley Raymond "Bucky" Harris ( November 8, 1896 – November 8, 1977) was a Major League Baseball player manager 1896)
- 1978 - Norman Rockwell, American illustrator (b. Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Norman Percevel Rockwell ( February 3, 1894 &ndash November 8, 1978) was a 20th century American painter and Illustrator 1894)
- 1979 - Yvonne de Gaulle, wife of Charles de Gaulle (b. Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Yvonne de Gaulle ( May 22, 1900 &ndash November 8, 1979) born as Yvonne Charlotte Anne Marie Vendroux, was the wife of Charles Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle ( ( 22 November 1890 – 9 November 1970) was a French General and statesman who led the Free French 1900)
- 1983 - Mordecai Kaplan, Rabbi, founded Reconstructionist Judaism (b. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Mordecai Menahem Kaplan ( June 11, 1881 &ndash November 8, 1983) was a Rabbi and the founder of Reconstructionist Judaism 1881)
- 1985 - Nicolas Frantz, Luxembourgish cyclist (b. Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Nicolas Frantz ( November 4, 1899 - November 8, 1985) born in Mamer, Luxembourg, was a bicycle racer with 60 professional 1899)
- 1986 - Vyacheslav Molotov, Russian politician (b. Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Molotov redirects here For other uses see Molotov (disambiguation. 1890)
- 1993 - Andrey Nikolayevich Tychonoff, Russian mathematician (b. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Andrey Nikolayevich Tychonoff (Андрей Николаевич Тихонов ( October 30, 1906, Gzhatsk &ndash November 8, 1993 1906)
- 1994 - Michael O'Donoghue, American writer (b. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Michael O'Donoghue ( January 5, 1940 - November 8, 1994) was a 20th century American writer and performer 1940)
- 1998 - Jean Marais, French actor (b. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) 1913)
- 1999 - Lester Bowie, American jazz trumpet player (b. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Lester Bowie ( 11 October 1941 &ndash 8 November 1999) was an American Jazz Trumpet player and Composer. 1941)
- 1999 - Leon Štukelj, Slovenian gymnast (b. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Leon Štukelj (12 November 1898 &ndash 8 November 1999 was a Yugoslav Gymnast of Slovene nationality Olympic gold medalist and athlete 1898)
- 2002 - Jon Elia, Pakistani scholar, poet and philosopher (b. Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Jaun Elia (also transliterated into English as Jon and Joan) ( Urdu: جون ایلیا) ( 1931)
- 2003 - Bob Grant, English actor (b. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Bob Grant, usually known as (born Robert St Clair Grant 14 April, 1932 &ndash 8 November, 2003) was an English Actor, 1932)
- 2003 - C. Z. Guest, American socialite (b. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Lucille Douglas Cochrane ( February 19, 1920 in Boston, Massachusetts &ndash November 8, 2003 in Old Westbury 1920)
- 2003 - Guy Speranza, American singer, original Riot frontman (b. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Guy Speranza (b 1956 - November 8, 2003 in Orlando Florida) was an American Singer, best known as New York Riot is a heavy metal band formed in New York City in 1975 by guitarist Mark Reale 1956)
- 2005 - David Westheimer, American novelist (b. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. David Westheimer ( April 11, 1917 in Houston Texas – November 8, 2005) was an American novelist best known for writing the 1964 1917)
- 2005 - Alekos Alexandrakis, Greek actor (b. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Alekos Alexandrakis Αλέκος Αλεξανδράκης (born in Athens, 27 November 1928 - died 8 November 2005 1928)
- 2006 - Basil Poledouris, American film score composer (b. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Basilis "Basil" Konstantine Poledouris ( August 21, 1945 - November 8, 2006) was a Greek American film Composer A film score is a broad term referring to the music in a film which is generally categorically separated from songs used within a film 1945)
- 2007 - Dulce Saguisag, Filipino politician and former DSWD Secretary. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Dulce Quintanas-Saguisag ( September 5, 1943 &ndash November 8, 2007) was a Filipino politician and former Secretary of the Department (b. 1943)
- 2007 - Chad Varah founder of charity The Samaritans (b. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Edward Chad Varah, CH, CBE ( 12 November 1911 &ndash 8 November 2007) was an English Anglican 1911)
Holidays and observances
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- Mundus patet: a harvest feast involving the dead. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The Roman calendar changed its form several times in the time between the foundation of Rome and the fall of the Roman Empire. The lapis manalis ( Latin: "stone of the Manes " was a name given to two sacred stones used in the Roman religion.
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