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This day in history: 8 November

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438 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 8 November.
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2020: Myanmar holds the 2020 general election, re-electing a government led by the National League for Democracy, which is deposed by the Burmese military the following February during the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état.

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day: Blessed John Duns Scotus

Christian feast day: Four Crowned Martyrs

Christian feast day: Godfrey of Amiens

Christian feast day: Johann von Staupitz (Lutheran)

Christian feast day: November 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: Saint Elizabeth of the Trinity (Roman Catholic Church)

Christian feast day: Saints and Martyrs of England (Church of England)

Christian feast day: Tysilio

Christian feast day: Willehad of Bremen

International Day of Radiology (European Society of Radiology)

Intersex Day of Remembrance (New South Wales, Australia)

National Aboriginal Veterans Day (Canada)

Events

2020Myanmar holds the 2020 general election, re-electing a government led by the National League for Democracy, which is deposed by the Burmese military the following February during the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état.

2017The Louvre Abu Dhabi was inaugurated by the French president Emmanuel Macron and then-crown prince of Abu Dhabi Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

2016Donald Trump is elected the 45th President of the United States, defeating Hillary Clinton, the first woman ever to receive a major party's nomination.

2016Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi publicly announces the withdrawal of ₹500 and ₹1000 denomination banknotes.

2013Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest tropical cyclones ever recorded, strikes the Visayas region of the Philippines; the storm left at least 6,340 people dead with over 1,000 still missing, and caused $2.86 billion (2013 USD; equivalent to

2011The potentially hazardous asteroid 2005 YU55 passes 0.85 lunar distances from Earth (about 324,600 kilometres or 201,700 miles), the closest known approach by an asteroid of its brightness since 2010 XC15 in 1976.

2006Israeli-Palestinian conflict: The Israeli Defense Force kill 19 Palestinian civilians in their homes during the shelling of Beit Hanoun.

2004Iraq War: 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.

2002Iraq 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".

1999Bruce Miller is killed at his junkyard near Flint, Michigan. His wife Sharee Miller, who convinced her online lover Jerry Cassaday to kill him (before later killing himself) was convicted of the crime, in what became the world's first Inter

1997Eritrea adopts the nakfa as its official currency.

1994Republican Revolution: On the night of the 1994 United States midterm elections, Republicans make historic electoral gains by securing massive majorities in both houses of Congress (54 seats in the House and eight seats in the Senate, addit

1988U.S. Vice President George H. W. Bush is elected as the 41st president.

1987Remembrance Day bombing: A Provisional IRA bomb explodes in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland during a ceremony honouring those who had died in wars involving British forces. Twelve people are killed and sixty-three wounded.

1983TAAG Angola Airlines Flight 462 crashes after takeoff from Lubango Airport killing all 130 people on board. UNITA claims to have shot down the aircraft, though this is disputed.

1981Aeroméxico Flight 110 crashes near Zihuatanejo, Mexico, killing all 18 people on board.

1977Manolis Andronikos, a Greek archaeologist and professor at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, discovers the tomb of Philip II of Macedon at Vergina.

1973The right ear of John Paul Getty III is delivered to a newspaper outlet along with a ransom note, convincing his father to pay US$2.9 million.

1972American pay television network Home Box Office (HBO) launches.

1968The Vienna Convention on Road Traffic is signed to facilitate international road traffic and to increase road safety by standardising the uniform traffic rules among the signatories.

1966Former Massachusetts Attorney General Edward Brooke becomes the first African American elected to the United States Senate since Reconstruction.

1966U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs into law an antitrust exemption allowing the National Football League to merge with the upstart American Football League.

1965American Airlines Flight 383 crashes in Constance, Kentucky, killing 58.

1965The 173rd Airborne is ambushed by over 1,200 Viet Cong in Operation Hump during the Vietnam War, while the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment fight one of the first set-piece engagements of the war between Australian forces and the Vi

1965The British Indian Ocean Territory is created, consisting of Chagos Archipelago, Aldabra, Farquhar and Des Roches islands.

1965The Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act 1965 is given Royal Assent, formally abolishing the death penalty in the United Kingdom for almost all crimes.

1963Finnair's Aero Flight 217 crashes near Mariehamn Airport in Jomala, Åland, killing 22 people.

1960John F. Kennedy is elected as the 35th President of the United States, defeating incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon, who would later be elected president in 1968 and 1972.

1957Operation Grapple X, Round C1: The United Kingdom conducts its first successful hydrogen bomb test over Kiritimati in the Pacific.

1957Pan Am Flight 7 disappears between San Francisco and Honolulu. Wreckage and bodies are discovered a week later.

1950Korean War: United States Air Force Lt. Russell J. Brown, while piloting an F-80 Shooting Star, shoots down two North Korean MiG-15s in the first jet aircraft-to-jet aircraft dogfight in history.

1942World 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 Vichyist generals, allowing the immediate success of Operation Torch

1940Greco-Italian War: The Italian invasion of Greece fails as outnumbered Greek units repulse the Italians in the Battle of Elaia–Kalamas.

1939In Munich, Adolf Hitler narrowly escapes the assassination attempt of Georg Elser while celebrating the 16th anniversary of the Beer Hall Putsch.

1939Venlo Incident: Two British agents of SIS are captured by the Germans.

1937The Nazi exhibition Der ewige Jude ("The Eternal Jew") opens in Munich.

1936Spanish Civil War: Francoist troops fail in their effort to capture Madrid, but begin the three-year Siege of Madrid afterwards.

1933Great Depression: New Deal: US President Franklin D. Roosevelt unveils the Civil Works Administration, an organization designed to create jobs for more than four million unemployed.

1932Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected as the 32nd President of the United States, defeating incumbent president Herbert Hoover.

1923Beer Hall Putsch: In Munich, Adolf Hitler leads the Nazis in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the German government.

Born on this day

2004Ilyas Ansah, German footballer

2000Jade Pettyjohn, American actress

2000Jasmine Thompson, English singer

1999Isaac Bonga, German basketball player

1999Katherine Uchida, Canadian rhythmic gymnast

1997Akram Tawfik, Egyptian footballer

1997Leonardo Fernández, Uruguayan footballer

1996Jens Stage, Danish footballer

1994Lauren Alaina, American singer and songwriter

1993Fraser Mullen, Scottish footballer

1993Przemek Karnowski, Polish basketball player

1992Christophe Vincent, French footballer

1991Aaron Fotheringham, American wheelchair athlete

1991DanTDM, English YouTube personality and pro gamer

1991Jack Littlejohn, Australian rugby league player

1991Riker Lynch, American actor and singer

1990Flavinha, Brazilian politician

1990Ingrid Puusta, Estonian sailor

1989Giancarlo Stanton, American baseball player

1989Morgan Schneiderlin, French footballer

1989SZA, American singer-songwriter

1988Jessica Lowndes, Canadian actress and singer

1988Lucia Slaničková, Slovak heptathlete

1988Malcolm Thomas, American basketball player

1988Yasmani Grandal, Cuban-American baseball player

1987Édgar Benítez, Paraguayan footballer

1987Mohd Faiz Subri, Malaysian footballer

1987Sam Bradford, American football player

1986Aaron Swartz, American computer programmer and activist (died 2013)

1986Jamie Roberts, Welsh rugby player

1986Patricia Mayr-Achleitner, Austrian tennis player

1985Jack Osbourne, English-American television personality

1985Magda Apanowicz, Canadian actress

1985Míchel, Spanish footballer

1984Keith Lee, American wrestler

1984Kuntal Chandra, Bangladeshi cricketer (died 2012)

1984Steven Webb, English actor

1984Yoko Mitsuya, Japanese model and actress

1983Danielle Valore Evans, American short story writer

1983Katharina Molitor, German javelin thrower

Died on this day

2025Graham Richardson, Australian politician (born 1949)

2024Elizabeth Nunez, American novelist (born 1944)

2024June Spencer, English actress (born 1919)

2024Trevor Sorbie, Scottish hairdresser (born 1949)

2020Alex Trebek, Canadian-American television personality and longtime host of Jeopardy! (born 1940)

2018Dennis Wrong, Canadian-born American sociologist (born 1923)

2015Joseph Cure, American ice hockey player and actor (born 1984)

2015Maduluwawe Sobitha Thero, Sri Lankan monk and activist (born 1942)

2015Om Prakash Mehra, Indian air marshal and politician (born 1919)

2015Rhea Chiles, American philanthropist, founded the Polk Museum of Art (born 1930)

2015Rod Davies, Australian-English astronomer and academic (born 1930)

2014Don Paul, American football player and sportscaster (born 1925)

2014Ernie Vandeweghe, Canadian-American basketball player and physician (born 1928)

2014Hugo Sánchez Portugal, Spanish-Mexican footballer and sportscaster (born 1984)

2014Luigi Gorrini, Italian soldier and pilot (born 1917)

2014Phil Crane, American academic and politician (born 1930)

2013Amanchi Venkata Subrahmanyam, Indian journalist and actor (born 1957)

2013Arnold Rosner, American composer (born 1945)

2013Chiyoko Shimakura, Japanese singer and actress (born 1938)

2013Penn Kimball, American journalist and academic (born 1915)

2013William C. Davidon, American physicist, mathematician, and academic (born 1927)

2012Lee MacPhail, American businessman (born 1917)

2012Peggy Vaughan, American author (born 1936)

2012Pete Namlook, German composer and producer (born 1960)

2011Bil Keane, American cartoonist (born 1922)

2011Heavy D, Jamaican-American rapper, producer, and actor (born 1967)

2010Emilio Eduardo Massera, Argentinian admiral (born 1925)

2010Jack Levine, American soldier and painter (born 1915)

2010Quintin Dailey, American basketball player (born 1961)

2009Vitaly Ginzburg, Russian physicist and astrophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1916)

Quote of the day

“You have power over your mind, not outside events. Realise this, and you will find strength.”

Marcus Aurelius

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