Your American History Reference Guide! - November 8
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.
Events
1500-1899
1900-1999
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
1937 - The Nazi exhibition Der ewige Jude ("the eternal Jew ") opens in Munich .
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 on NBC in the United States .
1966 - Former Massachusetts Attorney General Edward Brooke becomes the first African American elected to the United States Senate .
1973 - The right ear of John Paul Getty III is delivered to a newspaper together with a ransom note, convincing his father to pay 2.9 million USD .
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 .
1991 - Sonny Bono is elected to the U.S. Congress ; at the same time, Marion Barry is reelected mayor of Washington, D.C. .
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.
1997 - US president Bill Clinton speaks at a dinner sponsored by the Human Rights Campaign , the USA 's largest gay rights organisation.
1997 - A newborn baby is found at a toilet in Walt Disney World 's "Magic Kingdom"; the mother remains unknown.
2000-2099
Births
1-1899
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 )
1900-1999
1900 - Margaret Mitchell , American author (d. 1949 )
1900 - Charlie Paddock , American athlete
1904 - Cedric Belfrage writer, socialist
1907 - Katharine Hepburn actress (d. 2003 )
1908 - Martha Gellhorn , American writer and journalist (d. 1998 )
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
1927/1929 - Lal Krishna Advani , Indian politician
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
1968 - Zara Whites , Dutch porn actress
2000-2099
Deaths
911 - Louis the Child , last Carolingian ruler of the East Franks
955 - Pope Agapetus II
1226 - Louis VIII of France (b. 1187 )
1308 - Duns Scotus , Scottish philosopher
1674 - John Milton , English poet (b. 1608 )
1719 - Michel Rolle , mathematician (b. 1652 )
1887 - Doc Holliday , American gambler and gunfighter (b. 1851 )
1890 - César Franck , Belgian composer and organist
1917 - Colin Blythe , Kent and England left arm spinner (b. 1879 )
1945 - August von Mackensen , German Field Marshal (b. 1849 )
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 - Rudolf Noelte , theatre director
2002 - Jost Schillemeit , literature researcher
Holidays and observances
External links
November 7 - November 9 - October 8 - December 8 -- listing of all dates