Historical Events In November - 08

1994  Republicans regain control of US Congress on this day in history.   

1994  Garson Romalis, abortion doctor, killed (no arrests) on November - 08.   

1995  Country Dan Dick Montana McLain, singer, dies at 40 on this day in history.   

1996  Edward Albert Radice, economist, dies at 89 on November - 08.   

2005  French President Jacques Chirac declares a state of emergency on the 12th day of the French civil unrest, see 205 civil unrest in France on this day in history.   

2006  On this day in history a transit of Mercury occurs.   

2006  On November - 08 margaret Chan is elected as the Director-General of the World Health Organization.   

2006  On November - 08 u.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld resigns; President Bush nominates Robert Gates, a former Central Intelligence Agency director, as his replacement. Gates is then confirmed by the U.S. Senate and sworn in on dec 18.   

2007  The 8th annual Latin Grammy Awards were held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center at Mandalay Bay on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, USA, near Las Vegas on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

2013  11 people are killed in a car park bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia on November - 08.   

2014  Protests across New Zealand against the secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations on November - 08.   

2017  On this day in history uK Minister Priti Patel resigns after secret meetings revealed with Israeli officials   

2017  On November - 08 louvre Abu Dhabi is inaugurated, largest art museum on Arabian peninsula   

2017  On this day in history in unprecedented move, Indian officials close all Delhi schools for rest of the week due to smog   

2018  Mass grave of 200 people discovered on border of Somali and Oromia regions, Ethiopia, in investigation into atrocities by former regional president Abdi Mohammed on November - 08.   

2018  Virtual newsreader unveiled by China's state news agency Xinhua News, able to work 24 hours a day on November - 08.   

2018  On November - 08 authorities report more than 150 people have been killed in week-long assault by government forces on port of Hudaydah in Yemen   

2018  Azerbaijan woman who spent £16m in Harrods granted bail in UK after being arrested for suspested embezzlement under new laws on this day in history.   

2018  CNN correspondent Jim Acosta's White House clearance revoked after continuing to question President Donald Trump while an intern tried to wrestle the microphone off him on this day in history.   

2018  On November - 08 deadliest fire in Californian history, the Camp Fire starts at Plumas National Forest spreads in Butte County destroying town of Paradise, more than 13,000 buildings and killing at least 88   

2018  On this day in history woolsey Fire starts near Thousand Oaks, California with Malibu and Calabasas evacuated, kills three   

2018  On November - 08 qatar delivers $15 million in cash to pay civil servants in Gaza after earlier sending fuel to increase electricity from 4 to 8 hours a day   

2018  On this day in history the Camp Fire ignites in Butte County, California. It becomes California's deadliest and most destructive wildfire, with 88 deaths and 18,804 buildings destroyed.   

2020  On November - 08 kamala Harris makes US history as the 1st woman and 1st woman of color to be elected to the vice presidency (date election called)   

2020  On November - 08 first test of a high-speed levitating pod system to carry people and cargo, by Richard Branson 's Virgin Hyperloop in Las Vegas, Nevada   

2020  Rudy Giuliani holds infamous Trump Campaign press conference at Four Seasons Total Landscaping in Philadelphia to contest the US election results on this day in history.   

2020  [COVID-19 pandemic] The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 50 million worldwide on this day in history.   

2023  On November - 08 57th Country Music Association Awards: Lainey Wilson, Luke Combs & Tracy Chapman win   

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

1342  On November - 08 birth of julian of Norwich, English saint (d. 1416)   

1431  Vlad III the Impaler, Wallachian prince (d. 1476) was born on this day in history.   

1491  On this day in history birth of teofilo Folengo, Italian poet (d. 1544)   

1572  Johan Sigismund, elector of Brandenburg/duke of Prussia was born on November - 08.   

1590  Francesco Gonzaga, composer was born on this day in history.   

1592  Domenico Mazzocchi, composer was born on November - 08.   

1622  Galenus Abrahamsz de Haen, Dutch baptist pastor (Lambs' War) was born on this day in history.   

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

0618  On November - 08 deusdedit/Adeodatus I, Italian Pope (615-18), dies   

0955  On this day in history death of pope Agapetus II   

1171  Death of Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut (b. 1108) on November - 08.   

1195  On this day in history death of conrad of Hohenstaufen   

1226  Louis VIII, the Lion, King of France (1223-26), dies at 39 on this day in history.   

1228  Dirk I, ruler of Heinsberg/Valkenburg, dies on November - 08.   

1246  Death of Berenguela of Castile, wife of Alfonso IX of Castile (b. 1180) on November - 08.