What are the important events that happened on November 8? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
November 8: Facts & Myths About This Day
November 8 is the 312nd day of the year 2017 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 53 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is October 26, 2017 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,510,099,200 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectadecadigon’ day.
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Scorpio is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Topaz is the modern birthstone for this month. Pearl is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 103 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 1,783 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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November 8 Historical Events
- 1520 –Stockholm Bloodbath begins: A successful invasion of Sweden by Danish forces results in the execution of around 100 people.
- 1605 –Robert Catesby, ringleader of the Gunpowder Plotters, is killed.
- 1745 –Charles Edward Stuart invades England with an army of ~5000 that would later participate in the Battle of Culloden.
- 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.
- 1937 –The Nazi exhibition Der ewige Jude (“The Eternal Jew”) opens in Munich.
- 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.
- 1957 –Operation Grapple X, Round C1: Britain conducts its first successful hydrogen bomb test over Kiritimati in the Pacific.
- 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.
- 1976 –A series of earthquakes spreads panic in the city of Thessaloniki, which is evacuated.
Who were born on November 8?
- 1885 –Hans Cloos, German geologist (d. 1951)
- 1912 –Stylianos Pattakos, Greek army officer and member of the Greek military junta of 1967–1974
- 1927 –Chris Connor, American jazz singer (d. 2009)
- 1931 –Darla Hood, American actress (d. 1979)
- 1932 –Stéphane Audran, French actress
- 1935 –Alfonso López Trujillo, Colombian Cardinal Bishop (d. 2008)
- 1943 –Martin Peters, English footballer
- 1971 –Aaron Yates (Tech N9NE), American rapper
- 1978 –Shyne (Moses Michael Leviy), Belizean-born rapper
- 1980 –Ana Vidović, Croatian virtuoso classical guitarist
Who died on November 8?
- 1719 –Michel Rolle, French mathematician (b. 1652)
- 1830 –King Francis I of the Two Sicilies (b. 1777)
- 1917 –Colin Blythe, English cricketer (b. 1879)
- 1953 –John van Melle, South African author (b. 1887)
- 1979 –Yvonne de Gaulle, wife of Charles de Gaulle (b. 1900)
- 1999 –Lester Bowie, American jazz trumpet player (b. 1941)
- 2003 –Guy Speranza, American singer (Riot) (b. 1956)
- 2010 –Alex Fagan, American law enforcement official (b. 1950)
- 2010 –Emilio Eduardo Massera, Argentine naval officer and National Reorganization Process figure (b. 1925)
- 2011 –Heavy D, American hip-hop artist. (b. 1967)
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