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What happend on 8. November in History
In our data base we found 314 events happened on 8. November:
• 30: Nerva, Roman emperor (d. 98) [category: Births]
• 955: Pope Agapetus II [category: Deaths]
• 960: Battle of Andrassos: Byzantines under Leo Phokas the Younger score a crushing victory over the Hamdanid Emir of Aleppo, Sayf al-Dawla [category: Events]
• 1115: Godfrey of Amiens, French bishop (b. 1066) [category: Deaths]
• 1171: Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut (b. 1108) [category: Deaths]
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• 1195: Conrad, Count Palatine of the Rhine (b. 1135) [category: Deaths]
• 1226: Louis VIII of France (b. 1187) [category: Deaths]
• 1246: Berengaria of Castile (b. 1180) [category: Deaths]
• 1308: Duns Scotus, Scottish philosopher (b. 1266) [category: Deaths]
• 1342: Julian of Norwich, English saint (d. 1416) [category: Births]
• 1491: Teofilo Folengo, Italian poet (d. 1544) [category: Births]
• 1517: Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros, Spanish cardinal (b. 1436) [category: Deaths]
• 1519: Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with a great celebration. [category: Events]
• 1520: Stockholm Bloodbath begins: A successful invasion of Sweden by Danish forces results in the execution of around 100 people. [category: Events]
• 1527: Jerome Emser, German theologian (b. 1477) [category: Deaths]
• 1576: Eighty Years' War: Pacification of Ghent – The States-General of the Netherlands meet and unite to oppose Spanish occupation. [category: Events]
• 1599: Francisco Guerrero, Spanish composer (b. 1528) [category: Deaths]
• 1600: Natsuka Masaie, Japanese warlord (b. 1562) [category: Deaths]
• 1602: The Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford is opened to the public. [category: Events]
• 1605: Robert Catesby, English conspirator, leader of the Gunpowder Plot (b. 1573) [category: Deaths]
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• 1605: Robert Catesby, ringleader of the Gunpowder Plotters, is killed. [category: Events]
• 1620: The Battle of White Mountain takes place near Prague, ending in a decisive Catholic victory in only two hours. [category: Events]
• 1622: Charles X Gustav of Sweden (d. 1660) [category: Births]
• 1627: Jahangir, Mughal emperor (b. 1569) [category: Deaths]
• 1656: Edmond Halley, English astronomer and mathematician (d. 1742) [category: Births]
• 1658: Witte Corneliszoon de With, Dutch navy officer (b. 1599) [category: Deaths]
• 1674: John Milton, English poet (b. 1608) [category: Deaths]
• 1706: Johann Ulrich von Cramer, German judge and philosopher (d. 1772) [category: Births]
• 1710: Sarah Fielding, English author (d. 1768) [category: Births]
• 1715: Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern (d. 1797) [category: Births]
• 1719: Michel Rolle, French mathematician (b. 1652) [category: Deaths]
• 1723: John Byron, English navy officer (d. 1786) [category: Births]
• 1725: Johann George Tromlitz, German flute player and composer (d. 1805) [category: Births]
• 1745: Charles Edward Stuart invades England with an army of ~5000 that would later participate in the Battle of Culloden. [category: Events]
• 1768: Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom, (d. 1840) [category: Births]
• 1777: Désirée Clary, French wife of Charles XIV John of Sweden (d. 1860) [category: Births]
• 1788: Mihály Bertalanits Slovene poet and educator (d. 1853) [category: Births]
• 1817: Andrea Appiani, Italian painter (b. 1754) [category: Deaths]
• 1830: Francis I of the Two Sicilies (b. 1777) [category: Deaths]
• 1836: Milton Bradley, American businessman, founded Milton Bradley Company (d. 1911) [category: Births]
• 1837: Ilia Chavchavadze, Georgian journalist and lawyer (d. 1907) [category: Births]
• 1837: Mary Lyon founds Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, which later becomes Mount Holyoke College. [category: Events]
• 1847: Bram Stoker, Irish author (d. 1912) [category: Births]
• 1847: Jean Casimir-Perier, French politician, President of France (d. 1907) [category: Births]
• 1848: Gottlob Frege, German mathematician (d. 1925) [category: Births]
• 1854: Johannes Rydberg, Swedish physicist (d. 1919) [category: Births]
• 1861: American Civil War: The "Trent Affair" – The USS San Jacinto stops the British mail ship Trent and arrests two Confederate envoys, sparking a diplomatic crisis between the UK and US. [category: Events]
• 1866: Herbert Austin, 1st Baron Austin, English businessman, founded the Austin Motor Company (d. 1941) [category: Births]
• 1868: Felix Hausdorff, German mathematician (d. 1942) [category: Births]
• 1869: Zinaida Gippius, Russian-French poet and author (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1873: Breton de los Herreros, Spanish playwright (b. 1796) [category: Deaths]
• 1881: Clarence Gagnon, Canadian painter (d.1942) [category: Births]
• 1883: Arnold Bax, English composer (d. 1953) [category: Births]
• 1884: Hermann Rorschach, Swiss psychiatrist (d. 1922) [category: Births]
• 1885: Emil Fahrenkamp, German architect (d. 1966) [category: Births]
• 1885: Eva Morris, English super-centenarian (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1885: Hans Cloos, German geologist (d. 1951) [category: Births]
• 1885: Tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese general (d. 1946) [category: Births]
• 1887: Doc Holliday, American dentist (b. 1851) [category: Deaths]
• 1888: David Monrad Johansen, Norwegian composer (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1889: Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state. [category: Events]
• 1890: César Franck, Belgian organist and composer (b. 1822) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1893: Clarence Williams, American pianist and composer (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 1893: Prajadhipok, Thai king (d. 1941) [category: Births]
• 1895: Robert Battey, American surgeon (b. 1828) [category: Deaths]
• 1895: While experimenting with electricity, Wilhelm Röntgen discovers the X-ray. [category: Events]
• 1896: Bucky Harris, American baseball player (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1897: Dorothy Day, American journalist and activist (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1898: Marie Prevost, Canadian actress (d. 1937) [category: Births]
• 1900: Charley Paddock, American runner (d. 1943) [category: Births]
• 1900: Margaret Mitchell, American author (d. 1949) [category: Births]
• 1901: Bloody clashes take place in Athens following the translation of the Gospels into demotic Greek. [category: Events]
• 1904: Cedric Belfrage English-American journalist and author, co-founded The National Guardian (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1905: Victor Borisov-Musatov, Russian painter (b. 1870) [category: Deaths]
• 1908: Martha Gellhorn, American journalist and author (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1910: James McCormack, first Director of Military Applications of the United States Atomic Energy Commission (d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 1912: June Havoc, American actress (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1912: Stylianos Pattakos, Greek army officer [category: Births]
• 1917: Colin Blythe, English cricketer (b. 1879) [category: Deaths]
• 1917: The People's Commissars give authority to Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky, and Joseph Stalin. [category: Events]
• 1918: Hermann Zapf, German designer [category: Births]
• 1918: Kazuo Sakamaki, Japanese navy officer (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1919: P. L. Deshpande, Indian author (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1920: Esther Rolle, American actress (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1920: Eugênio Sales, Brazilian cardinal (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1921: Douglas Townsend, American composer (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1921: Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Slovak poet (b. 1849) [category: Deaths]
• 1922: Ademir Marques de Menezes, Brazilian footballer (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1922: Christiaan Barnard, South African surgeon (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1923: Jack Kilby, American engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1923: Beer Hall Putsch: In Munich, Adolf Hitler leads the Nazis in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the German government. [category: Events]
• 1924: Joe Flynn, American actor (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1924: Johnny Bower, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1924: Mike Merlo, Italian-American gangster (b. 1880) [category: Deaths]
• 1926: Carroll E. Lanier, American politician (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1927: Chris Connor, American singer (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1927: Ken Dodd, English singer-songwriter and actor [category: Births]
• 1927: L. K. Advani, Indian politician, 7th Deputy Prime Minister of India [category: Births]
• 1927: Nguyen Khanh, Vietnamese general and politician, Prime Minister of South Vietnam [category: Births]
• 1927: Patti Page, American singer and actress (d. 2013) [category: Births]
• 1929: António Castanheira Neves, Portuguese philosopher [category: Births]
• 1929: Bobby Bowden, American football coach [category: Births]
• 1931: Darla Hood, American actress (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1931: Morley Safer, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1932: Ben Bova, American author [category: Births]
• 1932: Stéphane Audran, French actress [category: Births]
• 1933: Peter Arundell, English race car driver (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 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 unemployed. [category: Events]
• 1934: Carlos Chagas, Brazilian physician (b. 1879) [category: Deaths]
• 1935: Alain Delon, French actor [category: Births]
• 1935: Alfonso López Trujillo, Colombian bishop (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1935: Stratos Dionysiou, Greek singer (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1936: Virna Lisi, Italian actress [category: Births]
• 1936: Spanish Civil War: Francoist troops fail in their effort to capture Madrid, but begin the 3-year Siege of Madrid afterwards. [category: Events]
• 1937: The Nazi exhibition Der ewige Jude ("The Eternal Jew") opens in Munich. [category: Events]
• 1938: Driss Basri, Moroccan politician (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1939: In Munich, Adolf Hitler narrowly escapes the assassination attempt of Georg Elser while celebrating the 16th anniversary of the Beer Hall Putsch. [category: Events]
• 1939: Venlo Incident: Two British agents of SIS are captured by the Germans. [category: Events]
• 1940: Greco-Italian War: The Italian invasion of Greece fails as outnumbered Greek units repulse the Italians in the Battle of Elaia–Kalamas. [category: Events]
• 1942: Angel Cordero Jr., Puerto Rican jockey [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1942: World War II: Operation Torch – United States and United Kingdom forces land in French North Africa. [category: Events]
• 1943: Martin Peters, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1944: Bonnie Bramlett, American singer and actress (Delaney & Bonnie) [category: Births]
• 1944: Walter Nowotny, Austrian-German pilot (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 1945: Arduino Cantafora, Italian-Swiss architect and author [category: Births]
• 1945: August von Mackensen, German field marshal (b. 1849) [category: Deaths]
• 1946: Guus Hiddink, Dutch footballer and manager [category: Births]
• 1946: Roy Wood, English singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Electric Light Orchestra, The Move, Wizzard, and Wizzo Band) [category: Births]
• 1947: Minnie Riperton, American singer-songwriter (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1949: Bonnie Raitt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1949: Wayne LaPierre, American businessman, author, and activist [category: Births]
• 1949: Cyriel Verschaeve, Flemish priest (b. 1874) [category: Deaths]
• 1950: Mary Hart, American journalist and actress [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1951: Alfredo Astiz, Argentine captain [category: Births]
• 1951: Peter Suber, American philosopher and academic [category: Births]
• 1952: Albert Bittlmayer, German footballer (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1952: Alfre Woodard, American actress [category: Births]
• 1952: Christie Hefner, American businesswoman [category: Births]
• 1952: Jan Raas, Dutch cyclist [category: Births]
• 1952: Jerry Remy, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1952: John Denny, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1953: Giorgos Foiros, Greek footballer and manager [category: Births]
• 1953: John Musker, American animator and director [category: Births]
• 1953: Ivan Bunin, Russian author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1870) [category: Deaths]
• 1953: John van Melle, South African author (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1954: David Bret, French-English author [category: Births]
• 1954: Jeanette McGruder, American singer (The Brides of Funkenstein) [category: Births]
• 1954: Kazuo Ishiguro, Japanese-English author [category: Births]
• 1954: Michael D. Brown, American lawyer and radio host [category: Births]
• 1954: Rickie Lee Jones, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1954: Thanasis Pafilis, Greek politician [category: Births]
• 1955: Patricia Barber, American singer-songwriter and pianist [category: Births]
• 1956: Mari Boine, Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer [category: Births]
• 1956: Richard Curtis, English actor, screenwriter, director, and producer [category: Births]
• 1956: Steven Miller, American record producer [category: Births]
• 1957: Alan Curbishley, English footballer and manager [category: Births]
• 1957: Hardi Volmer, Estonian singer and director [category: Births]
• 1957: Porl Thompson, English guitarist (The Cure, Easy Cure, Malice, and Shelleyan Orphan) [category: Births]
• 1957: Operation Grapple X, Round C1: the United Kingdom conducts its first successful hydrogen bomb test over Kiritimati in the Pacific. [category: Events]
• 1958: Don Byron, American clarinet player and composer [category: Births]
• 1958: Ken Lamberton, American educator and writer [category: Births]
• 1959: Chi Chi LaRue, American drag queen performer and director [category: Births]
• 1960: Michael Nyqvist, Swedish actor [category: Births]
• 1960: Oleg Menshikov, Russian actor [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1961: Leif Garrett, American singer and actor [category: Births]
• 1961: Micky Adams, English footballer and manager [category: Births]
• 1965: Craig Chester, American actor and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1965: Jeff Blauser, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1965: Dorothy Kilgallen, American journalist (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 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 Reg. fight one of the first set-piece engagements of the war between Australian forces and the Vietcong at the Battle of Gang Toi. [category: Events]
• 1965: The British Indian Ocean Territory is created, consisting of Chagos Archipelago, Aldabra, Farquhar and Des Roches islands. [category: Events]
• 1965: The Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act 1965 is given Royal Assent, formally abolishing the death penalty in the United Kingdom. [category: Events]
• 1966: Gordon Ramsay, Scottish chef and television host [category: Births]
• 1966: Toralf Arndt, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1966: Urmas Välbe, Estonian skier [category: Births]
• 1966: Bernhard Zondek German-Israeli gynecologist (b. 1891) [category: Deaths]
• 1966: Former Massachusetts Attorney General Edward Brooke becomes the first African American elected to the United States Senate since Reconstruction. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1967: Courtney Thorne-Smith, American actress [category: Births]
• 1967: Henry Rodriguez, Dominican baseball player [category: Births]
• 1967: Kamar de los Reyes, Puerto Rican actor [category: Births]
• 1968: Jose Offerman, Dominican baseball player [category: Births]
• 1968: Keith Jones, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1968: Parker Posey, American actress [category: Births]
• 1968: Sergio Porrini, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1968: Zara Whites, Dutch actress [category: Births]
• 1968: Peter Mohr Dam, Faroese politician, 3rd Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1968: Wendell Corey, American actor (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1968: The 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. [category: Events]
• 1969: Roxana Zal, American actress [category: Births]
• 1970: Diana King, Jamaican singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1970: José Porras, Costa Rican footballer [category: Births]
• 1970: Tom Anderson, American businessman, co-founded of Myspace [category: Births]
• 1970: Huw T. Edwards, Welsh politician (b. 1892) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: Carlos Atanes, Spanish director [category: Births]
• 1971: Tech N9ne, American rapper (The Regime) [category: Births]
• 1972: Gretchen Mol, American actress [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1974: Masashi Kishimoto, Japanese illustrator [category: Births]
• 1974: Matthew Rhys, Welsh actor [category: Births]
• 1974: Penny Heyns, South African swimmer [category: Births]
• 1974: Seishi Kishimoto, Japanese illustrator [category: Births]
• 1974: Ivory Joe Hunter, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1975: Alena Vašková, Czech tennis player [category: Births]
• 1975: Angel Corella, Spanish dancer [category: Births]
• 1975: Brevin Knight, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1975: José Manuel Pinto, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1975: Tara Reid, American actress [category: Births]
• 1975: Jaime Montestrela, Portuguese poet (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: Brett Lee, Australian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1976: Colin Strause, American director [category: Births]
• 1976: A series of earthquakes spreads panic in the city of Thessaloniki, which is evacuated. [category: Events]
• 1977: Bucky Covington, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1977: Jully Black, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer [category: Births]
• 1977: Nick Punto, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1977: Bucky Harris, American baseball player (b. 1896) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: Tasos Giannopoulos, Greek actor (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: Manolis Andronikos, a Greek archaeologist and professor at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, discovers the tomb of Philip II of Macedon at Vergina. [category: Events]
• 1978: Ali Karimi, Iranian footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Júlio Sérgio Bertagnoli, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Maurice Evans, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1978: Shyne, Belizean-American rapper [category: Births]
• 1978: Tim de Cler, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Norman Rockwell, American painter (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: Aaron Hughes, Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Andrea Benatti, Italian rugby player [category: Births]
• 1979: Dania Ramírez, Dominican actress [category: Births]
• 1979: Yvonne de Gaulle, French wife of Charles de Gaulle (b. 1900) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Ana Vidović, Croatian guitarist [category: Births]
• 1980: Holly Walsh, British comedian, comedy writer and TV and radio presenter [category: Births]
• 1980: Laura Jane Grace, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Against Me!) [category: Births]
• 1980: Luís Fabiano, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Azura Skye, American actress [category: Births]
• 1981: Joe Cole, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Yann Kermorgant, French footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Ethan Juan, Taiwanese model and actor [category: Births]
• 1982: Lynndie England, American soldier [category: Births]
• 1982: Mika Kallio, Finnish motorcycle racer [category: Births]
• 1982: Sam Sparro, Australian singer-songwriter, producer, and actor [category: Births]
• 1982: Ted DiBiase, Jr., American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1983: Blanka Vlašić, Croatian high jumper [category: Births]
• 1983: Chris Rankin, New Zealand actor [category: Births]
• 1983: Katharina Molitor, German javelin thrower [category: Births]
• 1983: Nikola Rachelle, English singer [category: Births]
• 1983: Pavel Pogrebnyak, Russian footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Remko Pasveer, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: James Booker, American singer and pianist (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: James Hayden, American actor (b. 1953) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Mordecai Kaplan, Lithuanian-American rabbi and educator (b. 1881) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: Kuntal Chandra, Bangladeshi cricketer (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1984: Steven Webb, English actor [category: Births]
• 1985: Jack Osbourne, English actor and producer [category: Births]
• 1985: Magda Apanowicz, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1985: Jacques Hnizdovsky, Ukrainian-American painter and illustrator (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Nicolas Frantz, Luxembourger cyclist (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Jamie Roberts, Welsh rugby player [category: Births]
• 1986: Vyacheslav Molotov, Russian politician (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Sam Bradford, American football player [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1988: Jessica Lowndes, Canadian actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1988: Lucia Slaničková, Slovak heptathlete [category: Births]
• 1990: Anett Griffel, Estonian model [category: Births]
• 1991: Riker Lynch, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and actor (R5) [category: Births]
• 1992: Larry Levan, American DJ and producer (b. 1954) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Andrey Nikolayevich Tikhonov, Russian mathematician (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Lauren Alaina, American singer [category: Births]
• 1994: Shane Feldman, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1994: Michael O'Donoghue, American writer (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Jean Marais, French actor (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: John Hunt, Baron Hunt, English army officer and mountaineer (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Rumer Godden, English author (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Leon Štukelj, Slovenian gymnast (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Lester Bowie, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Aristidis Moschos, Greek santouri player (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Jon Elia, Pakistani poet, scholar, and philosopher (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 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". [category: Events]
• 2003: Lady Louise Windsor, English daughter of Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex [category: Births]
• 2003: Bob Grant, English actor (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: C. Z. Guest, American actress, fashion designer, and author (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Guy Speranza, American singer-songwriter (Riot) (b. 1956) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Peter Mathers, English-Australian author (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 2005: Alekos Alexandrakis, Greek actor (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: David Westheimer, American author (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Basil Poledouris, American composer (b. 1945) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Hannspeter Winter, Austrian physicist (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Aad Nuis, Dutch journalist, poet, and politician (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Chad Varah, English priest, founded The Samaritans (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Dulce Saguisag, Filipino politician (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Vitaly Ginzburg, Russian physicist (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Alex Fagan, American police officer (b. 1950) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Emilio Eduardo Massera, Argentine navy officer (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Jack Levine, American painter (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Quintin Dailey, American basketball player (b. 1961) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Bil Keane, American cartoonist (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Heavy D, Jamaican-American rapper, producer, and actor (b. 1967) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: The potentially hazardous asteroid 2005 YU55 passed 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. [category: Events]
• 2012: Lee MacPhail, American baseball manager and executive (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Patrick Francis Sheehan, Irish-Nigerian bishop (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• _: Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity (Roman Catholic Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Earliest day on which Father's Day can fall, while November 14 is the latest; celebrated on the second Sunday in November. (Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Earliest day on which Remembrance Sunday can fall, while November 14 is the latest; celebrated on the second Sunday in November. (United Kingdom) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Four Crowned Martyrs [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Godfrey of Amiens [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: November 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: One of the Mundus patet (Roman Empire) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Synaxis of the Archangel Michael and the other Bodiless Powers of Heaven (Eastern Orthodox Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Willehad of Bremen [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: World Urbanism Day (International) [category: Holidays and observances]