Major Events
- 392 Roman Emperor Theodosius declares Christian religion the state religion
- 1519 1st meeting of Aztec Emperor Moctezuma II and Spanish Conquistador Hernán Cortés in Tenochtitlan, Mexico
- 1701 William Penn presents Charter of Privileges, guaranteed religious freedom for the colony in Pennsylvania
- 1734 Vincent la Chapelle, master cook to various nobility and royalty, forms Free Masons Lodge in the Netherlands
- 1895 German physicist Wilhelm Röntgen produces and detects electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range today known as X-rays or Röntgen rays
- 1966 Movie actor Ronald Reagan elected Governor of California
- 2002 Iraq disarmament crisis: UN Security Council under Resolution 1441 unanimously approves a resolution on Iraq, forcing Saddam Hussein to disarm or face "serious consequences"
- 2005 Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf is elected president of Liberia, the first woman to lead an African country
- 2016 Republican Donald Trump is elected 45th President of the United States of America, defeating Democrat Hillary Clinton, with an Electoral College victory of 304- 227; Clinton received just under 2.9 million more popular votes [1]
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Nov 8 in Music
- 1926 George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, and P. G. Wodehouse's musical "Oh, Kay" opens at the Imperial Theatre, NYC; runs for 256 performances
- 1999 Tenor Andrea Bocelli releases his "Sacred Arias" album, the world's best-selling classical album by a single artist
Nov 8 in Sport
- 2017 Brazilian surfer Rodrigo Koxa breaks the world record for surfing the biggest-ever wave at 24.4m at Nazaré, Portugal
Did You Know?
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Alfre Woodard
Gordon Ramsay
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Patti Page
SZA
Bucky Harris
Ángel Cordero Jr.
Fun Fact About November 8
British peer the Earl of Lucan disappears and is never seen again after his nanny is found murdered in London
Famous Weddings
- 1621 John Wheelwright, English-American Puritan clergyman, marries Mary Storre in Lincolnshire
- 1766 Future Prime Minister William Cavendish-Bentinck (28) weds Dorothy Cavendish (16)
- 1975 NBA legend Larry Bird (18) weds highschool sweetheart Janet Condra
Famous Divorces
- 1968 Cynthia Lennon is granted a divorce from The Beatles member John Lennon
- 1970 American "The Mamas & the Papas" singer Michelle Phillips (26) divorces American "Easy Rider" director and actor Dennis Hopper (34) after only 8 days of marriage
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