Historical Events In November - 08

1895  Wilhelm Roentgen (Germany) discovers X-rays on this day in history.   

1895  Hermann Schey, German/Neth singer on this day in history.   

1896  On November - 08 bucky Harris, baseball manager (Phillies, Yankees)   

1897  Dorothy Day, author (Stump the Authors) on November - 08.   

1900  The birth of Margaret Mitchell, American author on this day in history.   

1900  Theodore Dreiser's novel "Sister Carrie" is published on November - 08.   

1900  On November - 08 georges Lonque, composer   

1901  On November - 08 bloody clashes take place in Athens following the translation of the Gospels into demotic Greek.   

1901  On this day in history gheorge Gheorghiu Dej, Romania party leader/president   

1902  Mihail A Suslov, Soviet-party ideologist [NS=Nov 22] on this day in history.   

1904  President Theodore Roosevelt (R) defeats Alton B Parker (D) on November - 08.   

1904  Pres Theodore Roosevelt (R) defeats Alton B Parker (D) on this day in history.   

1905  Richard Nicholson, musician on November - 08.   

1907  On November - 08 otto Brenner, German worker's union leader   

1908  On this day in history victorien Sardou, French opera author (Madame Sans-Gene), dies at 77   

1909  Alberto Erede, Italian conductor on November - 08.   

1909  Charles Bordes, composer, dies at 46 on this day in history.   

1910  On this day in history first Washington State election in which women could vote   

1910  Tolstoy, Russian novelist, dies on November - 08.   

1910  1st Washington State election in which women could vote on November - 08.   

1912  On November - 08 jean-Louis Martinet, composer   

1913  On this day in history robert Strauss, NYC, actor (Sgt Gruzewsky-Mona McCluskey)   

1914  On November - 08 lute T de Cock, student/resistance fighter   

1916  HMS Zulu, a Tribal Class Royal Navy destroyer. Disabled by a mine in the Dover Straits which destroyed the after part of the ship. The fore part of HMS Zulu and the aft part of HMS Nubian were salvaged and later joined together to form HMS Zubian. This ship went on to acquire battle honours, to be sold later in 1919 on this day in history.   

1916  Frank McGuire, basketball coach (won 550 games in 30 college seasons) on November - 08.   

1917  On this day in history people's Commissars gives authority to Lenin, Trotsky & Stalin   

1917  Colyn Blythe, cricketer (2509 F-C wickets), dies during WW I on November - 08.   

1918  Pro-German supreme commander general Cutters lay-offs on November - 08.   

1918  On November - 08 hermann Zapf, German designer   

1920  Actress Edna Lewis Thomas debuts at Putnam Theatre Brooklyn on November - 08.   

1920  On this day in history abraham Kuyper, clergyman/Dutch premier (AR 1908-12), dies at 83   

1921  On November - 08 douglas Townsend, composer   

1922  On this day in history christiaan Barnard, S Africa, surgeon (perform 1st heart transplant)   

1923  On this day in history adolf Hitler launches a failed coup in Munich, later known as the "Beer Hall Putsch".   

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0035  Nerva, Roman Emperor (d. 98) was born on November - 08.   

1342  Julian of Norwich, English saint (d. 1416) was born on November - 08.   

1431  Vlad III the Impaler, Wallachian prince (d. 1476) was born on November - 08.   

1491  On November - 08 birth of teofilo Folengo, Italian poet (d. 1544)   

1572  On November - 08 birth of johan Sigismund, elector of Brandenburg/duke of Prussia   

1590  On this day in history birth of francesco Gonzaga, composer   

1592  On November - 08 birth of domenico Mazzocchi, composer   

1622  On November - 08 birth of galenus Abrahamsz de Haen, Dutch baptist pastor (Lambs' War)   

0397  Martin of Tours, [St Martin], bishop of Tours, dies on November - 08.   

0618  On this day in history deusdedit/Adeodatus I, Italian Pope (615-18), dies   

0955  Death of Pope Agapetus II on November - 08.   

1171  On November - 08 death of baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut (b. 1108)   

1195  Death of Conrad of Hohenstaufen on November - 08.   

1226  On November - 08 louis VIII, the Lion, King of France (1223-26), dies at 39   

1228  On this day in history dirk I, ruler of Heinsberg/Valkenburg, dies   

1246  On this day in history death of berenguela of Castile, wife of Alfonso IX of Castile (b. 1180)