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November 8th


- Earliest day on which Remembrance Sunday can fall, while November 14 is the latest; celebrated on the second Sunday in November. (United Kingdom)
- Christian Feast Day:
- One of the Mundus patet (Roman Empire)
- Synaxis of the Archangel Michael and the other Bodiless Powers of Heaven (Eastern Orthodox Church)
- World Urbanism Day (International)

November 8th


- 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.
- 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".
- 1987 - Remembrance 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.
- 1977 - Manolis Andronikos, a Greek archaeologist and professor at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, discovers the tomb of Philip II of Macedon at Vergina.
- 1976 - A series of earthquakes spreads panic in the city of Thessaloniki, which is evacuated.
- 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.
- 1966 - Former Massachusetts Attorney General Edward Brooke becomes the first African American elected to the United States Senate since Reconstruction.
- 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.
- 1965 - The British Indian Ocean Territory is created, consisting of Chagos Archipelago, Aldabra, Farquhar and Des Roches islands.
- 1965 - The Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act 1965 is given Royal Assent, formally abolishing the death penalty in the United Kingdom.
- 1965 - The 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 Vietcong at the Battle of Gang Toi.
- 1960 - John F. Kennedy defeats Richard Nixon in one of the closest presidential elections of the twentieth century to become the 35th president of the United States.
- 1957 - Operation Grapple X, Round C1: Britain conducts its first successful hydrogen bomb test over Kiritimati in the Pacific.
- 1950 - Korean 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.
- 1942 - World War II: Operation Torch – United States and United Kingdom forces land in French North Africa.
- 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.
- 1939 - Venlo Incident: Two British agents of SIS are captured by the Germans.
- 1939 - In Munich, Adolf Hitler narrowly escapes the assassination attempt of Georg Elser while celebrating the 16th anniversary of the Beer Hall Putsch.
- 1937 - The Nazi exhibition Der ewige Jude ("The Eternal Jew") opens in Munich.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1923 - Beer Hall Putsch: In Munich, Adolf Hitler leads the Nazis in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the German government.
- 1917 - The People's Commissars give authority to Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky, and Joseph Stalin.
- 1901 - Bloody clashes take place in Athens following the translation of the Gospels into demotic Greek.
- 1895 - While experimenting with electricity, Wilhelm Röntgen discovers the X-ray.
- 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.
- 1889 - Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state.
- 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.
- 1837 - Mary Lyon founds Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, which later becomes Mount Holyoke College.
- 1793 - In Paris, the French Revolutionary government opens the Louvre to the public as a museum.
- 1745 - Charles Edward Stuart invades England with an army of ~5000 that would later participate in the Battle of Culloden.
- 1620 - The Battle of White Mountain takes place near Prague, ending in a decisive Catholic victory in only two hours.
- 1602 - The Bodleian Library at Oxford University is opened to the public.
- 1576 - Eighty Years' War: Pacification of Ghent – The States-General of the Netherlands meet and unite to oppose Spanish occupation.
- 1520 - Stockholm Bloodbath begins: A successful invasion of Sweden by Danish forces results in the execution of around 100 people.
- 1519 - Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with a great celebration.

November 8th


- 2003 - Lady Louise Windsor, British royal
- 1989 - Luca Ceppitelli, Italian footballer
- 1988 - Jessica Lowndes, Canadian actress
- 1987 - Sam Bradford, American football player and winner of the 2008 Heisman Trophy
- 1986 - Jamie Roberts, Welsh and British & Irish Lions rugby player
- 1985 - Jack Osbourne, English television star
- 1983 - Katharina Molitor, German javelin thrower
- 1983 - Remko Pasveer, Dutch footballer
- 1983 - Blanka Vlaši?, Croatian high jumper
- 1982 - Mika Kallio, Finnish Grand Prix motorcycle racer
- 1982 - Ethan Ruan, Taiwanese Model and Actor
- 1982 - Lynndie England, former U.S. Army reservist, associated with Abu Ghraib
- 1982 - Sam Sparro, Australian producer, songwriter, performer, former child actor
- 1982 - Ted DiBiase Jr., Professional wrestler in WWE
- 1981 - Joe Cole, English footballer
- 1981 - Azura Skye, American actress
- 1981 - Yann Kermorgant, French footballer
- 1980 - Ana Vidovic, classical guitarist
- 1980 - Luis Fabiano, Brazilian footballer
- 1979 - Aaron Hughes, Northern Irish footballer
- 1979 - Dania Ramírez, Dominican actress
- 1979 - Andrea Benatti, Italian rugby 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 - Shyne (Moses Michael Leviy), Belizean born rapper
- 1977 - Bucky Covington, American entertainer
- 1977 - Jully Black, Canadian R&B singer
- 1977 - Nick Punto, American baseball player
- 1976 - Brett Lee, Australian cricketer
- 1976 - Colin Strause, American director
- 1975 - Brevin Knight, American basketball player
- 1975 - José Pinto, Spanish footballer
- 1975 - Tara Reid, American actress
- 1974 - Matthew Rhys, Welsh actor
- 1974 - Masashi Kishimoto, Japanese manga author
- 1974 - Seishi Kishimoto, Japanese manga author
- 1974 - Penny Heyns, South African swimmer
- 1973 - Vanesa Littlecrow, Puerto Rican cartoonist, dancer, writer and model
- 1972 - Gretchen Mol, American actress
- 1971 - Carlos Atanes, Spanish film director
- 1971 - Aaron Yates (Tech N9NE), American rapper
- 1970 - Tom Anderson, co-founder of MySpace
- 1970 - José Francisco Porras, Costa Rican footballer
- 1970 - Diana King, Jamaican singer
- 1969 - Roxana Zal, American actress
- 1968 - Parker Posey, American actress
- 1968 - Keith Jones, Canadian hockey player
- 1968 - Zara Whites, Dutch actress
- 1968 - Sergio Porrini, Italian footballer
- 1968 - Jose Offerman, Dominican baseball player
- 1967 - Henry Rodriguez, Dominican Republic baseball player
- 1967 - Courtney Thorne-Smith, American actress
- 1967 - Kamar de los Reyes, American actor
- 1966 - Toralf Arndt, German footballer
- 1966 - Gordon Ramsay, British chef and reality television personality
- 1965 - Jeff Blauser, American baseball player
- 1965 - Craig Chester, American actor and screenwriter
- 1961 - Micky Adams, English football manager
- 1961 - Leif Garrett, American singer
- 1960 - Oleg Menshikov, Russian actor
- 1960 - Michael Nyqvist, Swedish actor
- 1959 - Chi Chi LaRue, American pornographic producer
- 1958 - Don Byron, American clarinetist
- 1957 - Porl Thompson, British musician (The Cure)
- 1957 - Alan Curbishley, English football manager
- 1956 - Steven Miller, American record producer
- 1956 - Richard Curtis, British screenwriter
- 1954 - David Bret, Anglo-French biographer and broadcaster
- 1954 - Michael D. Brown, U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency director
- 1954 - Kazuo Ishiguro, British author
- 1954 - Rickie Lee Jones, American singer
- 1954 - Jeanette McGruder, American musician (P Funk)
- 1954 - Thanasis Pafilis, Greek politician
- 1953 - John Musker, American animation director
- 1952 - Albert Bittlmayer, German footballer (d. 1977)
- 1952 - John Denny, American baseball player
- 1952 - Christie Hefner, CEO of Playboy Enterprises
- 1952 - Jan Raas, Dutch cyclist
- 1952 - Jerry Remy, American baseball player, color commentator
- 1952 - Alfre Woodard, American actress
- 1951 - Alfredo Astiz, Argentine general
- 1950 - Mary Hart, American television personality
- 1949 - Wayne LaPierre, Executive Vice President of the National Rifle Association.
- 1949 - Bonnie Raitt, American singer
- 1947 - Minnie Riperton, American singer (d. 1979)
- 1946 - Guus Hiddink, Dutch football coach
- 1946 - Roy Wood, English songwriter and musician (Electric Light Orchestra, The Move, Wizzard)
- 1944 - Bonnie Bramlett, American singer (Delaney, Bonnie & Friends)
- 1943 - Martin Peters, English footballer
- 1942 - Angel Cordero Jr., Puerto Rican jockey
- 1938 - Driss Basri, Moroccan Interior Minister (d. 2007)
- 1935 - Alain Delon, French actor
- 1935 - Alfonso López Trujillo, Colombian Cardinal Bishop (d. 2008)
- 1933 - Peter Arundell, British racing driver
- 1931 - Darla Hood, American actress (d. 1979)
- 1931 - Morley Safer, American journalist
- 1929 - António Castanheira Neves, Portuguese philosopher
- 1929 - Bobby Bowden, American football coach
- 1927 - Ken Dodd, English comedian
- 1927 - Nguyen Khanh, Prime Minister of South Vietnam
- 1927 - Patti Page, American singer
- 1924 - Joe Flynn, American actor (d. 1974)
- 1923 - Jack Kilby, American electrical engineer, Nobel laureate (d. 2005)
- 1922 - Christiaan Barnard, South African heart surgeon (d. 2001)
- 1922 - Ademir Marques de Menezes, Brazilian footballer (d. 1996)
- 1920 - Esther Rolle, American actress (d. 1998)
- 1920 - Eugęnio de Araújo Sales, Brazilian cardinal
- 1919 - P. L. Deshpande, Indian author (d. 2000)
- 1918 - Hermann Zapf, German designer
- 1912 - June Havoc, American actress (d. 2010)
- 1908 - Martha Gellhorn, American writer (d. 1998)
- 1905 - Ivy Bean, English internet celebrity (d. 2010)
- 1904 - Cedric Belfrage English-born writer (d. 1990)
- 1900 - Margaret Mitchell, American author (d. 1949)
- 1900 - Charlie Paddock, American athlete (d. 1943)
- 1898 - Marie Prevost, Canadian actress (d. 1937)
- 1897 - Dorothy Day, social activist (d. 1980)
- 1896 - Bucky Harris, baseball player (d. 1977)
- 1895 - Photios Kontoglou, Greek writer, painter and iconographer (d. 1965)
- 1893 - Clarence Williams, American pianist and composer (d. 1965)
- 1893 - Prajadhipok, Rama VII, king of Thailand (d. 1941)
- 1888 - David Monrad Johansen, Norwegian composer (d. 1974)
- 1885 - Hans Cloos, German geologist (d. 1951)
- 1885 - Tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese general (d. 1946)
- 1885 - Emil Fahrenkamp, German architect (d. 1966)
- 1884 - Hermann Rorschach, Swiss psychiatrist (d. 1922)
- 1883 - Arnold Bax, English composer (d. 1953)
- 1869 - Zinaida Gippius, Russian woman-poet in exile in France (d. 1945)
- 1868 - Felix Hausdorff, German mathematician (d. 1942)
- 1866 - Herbert Austin, English automobile pioneer (d. 1941)
- 1854 - Johannes Rydberg, Swedish physicist (d. 1919)
- 1848 - Gottlob Frege, German mathematician and logician (d. 1925)
- 1847 - Jean Casimir-Perier, French politician (d. 1907)
- 1847 - Bram Stoker, Irish novelist (d. 1912)
- 1836 - Milton Bradley, American game manufacturer (d. 1911)
- 1777 - Désirée Clary, queen of Sweden (d. 1860)
- 1768 - Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom, (d. 1840)
- 1723 - John Byron, British naval officer (d. 1786)
- 1715 - Elisabeth Christine von Braunschweig-Bevern, wife of Frederick II of Prussia (d. 1797)
- 1710 - Sarah Fielding, English writer (d. 1768)
- 1706 - Johann Ulrich von Cramer, German judge and philosopher (d. 1772)
- 1656 - Edmond Halley, British astronomer and mathematician (d. 1742)
- 1622 - King Charles X of Sweden (d. 1660)
- 1491 - Teofilo Folengo, Italian poet (d. 1544)
- 1342 - Julian of Norwich, English saint (d. 1416)
- 30 - Marcus Cocceius Nerva, Roman Emperor (d. 98)