Page 4: Historical Events In November - 08

1895  On this day in history wilhelm Roentgen (Germany) discovers X-rays   

1895  On November - 08 hermann Schey, German/Neth singer   

1896  On this day in history 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  On November - 08 theodore Dreiser's novel "Sister Carrie" is published   

1900  Georges Lonque, composer on November - 08.   

1901  On this day in history bloody clashes take place in Athens following the translation of the Gospels into demotic Greek.   

1901  Gheorge Gheorghiu Dej, Romania party leader/president on November - 08.   

1902  On this day in history mihail A Suslov, Soviet-party ideologist [NS=Nov 22]   

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

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

1905  Richard Nicholson, musician on this day in history.   

1907  Otto Brenner, German worker's union leader on this day in history.   

1908  On November - 08 victorien Sardou, French opera author (Madame Sans-Gene), dies at 77   

1909  On this day in history alberto Erede, Italian conductor   

1909  Charles Bordes, composer, dies at 46 on November - 08.   

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

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

1910  1st Washington State election in which women could vote on this day in history.   

1912  Jean-Louis Martinet, composer on November - 08.   

1913  Robert Strauss, NYC, actor (Sgt Gruzewsky-Mona McCluskey) on this day in history.   

1914  Lute T de Cock, student/resistance fighter on November - 08.   

1916  On this day in history 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.   

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

1917  People's Commissars gives authority to Lenin, Trotsky & Stalin on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1918  On this day in history 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 this day in history douglas Townsend, composer   

1922  Christiaan Barnard, S Africa, surgeon (perform 1st heart transplant) on November - 08.   

1923  On November - 08 adolf Hitler launches a failed coup in Munich, later known as the "Beer Hall Putsch".   

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0035  On this day in history birth of nerva, Roman Emperor (d. 98)   

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

1431  On November - 08 birth of vlad III the Impaler, Wallachian prince (d. 1476)   

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  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 November - 08.   

0397  On November - 08 martin of Tours, [St Martin], bishop of Tours, dies   

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 this day in history death of baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut (b. 1108)   

1195  Death of Conrad of Hohenstaufen on this day in history.   

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

1228  On November - 08 dirk I, ruler of Heinsberg/Valkenburg, dies   

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