Page 4: Historical Events In November - 08
Thursday, 16 October 2025
1895 On November - 08 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 On this day in history dorothy Day, author (Stump the Authors)
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 this day in history.
1901 Bloody clashes take place in Athens following the translation of the Gospels into demotic Greek on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1904 On November - 08 pres Theodore Roosevelt (R) defeats Alton B Parker (D)
1905 On this day in history richard Nicholson, musician
1907 Otto Brenner, German worker's union leader on November - 08.
1908 On this day in history victorien Sardou, French opera author (Madame Sans-Gene), dies at 77
1909 On this day in history alberto Erede, Italian conductor
1909 On November - 08 charles Bordes, composer, dies at 46
1910 On November - 08 first Washington State election in which women could vote
1910 On this day in history tolstoy, Russian novelist, dies.
1910 1st Washington State election in which women could vote on this day in history.
1912 Jean-Louis Martinet, composer on this day in history.
1913 Robert Strauss, NYC, actor (Sgt Gruzewsky-Mona McCluskey) on this day in history.
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 People's Commissars gives authority to Lenin, Trotsky & Stalin on November - 08.
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 this day in history hermann Zapf, German designer
1920 On this day in history actress Edna Lewis Thomas debuts at Putnam Theatre Brooklyn
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 Christiaan Barnard, S Africa, surgeon (perform 1st heart transplant) on November - 08.
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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