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 312^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 53 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is October 26, 2025 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 489,600 hours 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.

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 101 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 4,705 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

November 8 Historical Events

• 1602 –
  The Bodleian Library at Oxford University is opened to the public.
• 1620 –
  The Battle of White Mountain takes place near Prague, ending in a decisive Catholic victory in only two hours.
• 1837 –
  Mary Lyon founds Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, which later becomes Mount Holyoke College.
• 1895 –
  While experimenting with electricity, Wilhelm Röntgen discovers the X-ray.
• 1901 –
  Bloody clashes take place in Athens following the translation of the Gospels into demotic Greek.
• 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.
• 1942 –
  World War II: Operation Torch – United States and United Kingdom forces land in French North Africa.
• 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.
• 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.

Who were born on November 8?

• 1884 –
  Hermann Rorschach, Swiss psychiatrist (d. 1922)
• 1912 –
  June Havoc, American actress (d. 2010)
• 1919 –
  P. L. Deshpande, Indian author (d. 2000)
• 1927 –
  Chris Connor, American jazz singer (d. 2009)
• 1929 –
  Bobby Bowden, American football coach
• 1931 –
  Darla Hood, American actress (d. 1979)
• 1953 –
  Giorgos Foiros, Greek footballer and football manager
• 1954 –
  Kazuo Ishiguro, British author
• 1975 –
  Tara Reid, American actress
• 1978 –
  Maurice Evans, American basketball player

Who died on November 8?

• 911 –
  Louis the Child of the East Franks (b. 893)
• 1115 –
  Godfrey of Amiens (b. 1066)
• 1195 –
  Conrad of Hohenstaufen
• 1246 –
  Berenguela of Castile, wife of Alfonso IX of Castile (b. 1180)
• 1599 –
  Francisco Guerrero, Spanish composer (b. 1528)
• 2004 –
  Peter Mathers, English-born Australian novelist (b. 1931)
• 2005 –
  Alekos Alexandrakis, Greek actor (b. 1928)
• 2006 –
  Hannspeter Winter, Austrian plasma physicist (b. 1941)
• 2010 –
  Alex Fagan, American law enforcement official (b. 1950)
• 2011 –
  Heavy D, American hip-hop artist. (b. 1967)