Historical Events In November - 08

1895  Wilhelm Roentgen (Germany) discovers X-rays on November - 08.  

1895  On this day in history hermann Schey, German/Neth singer  

1896  Bucky Harris, baseball manager (Phillies, Yankees) on November - 08.  

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

1900  On November - 08 the birth of Margaret Mitchell, American author  

1900  On November - 08 theodore Dreiser's novel "Sister Carrie" is published  

1900  Georges Lonque, composer on November - 08.  

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

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

1902  On November - 08 mihail A Suslov, Soviet-party ideologist [NS=Nov 22]  

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

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

1905  On this day in history richard Nicholson, musician  

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

1908  Victorien Sardou, French opera author (Madame Sans-Gene), dies at 77 on November - 08.  

1909  On this day in history alberto Erede, Italian conductor  

1909  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 1st Washington State election in which women could vote  

1912  On November - 08 jean-Louis Martinet, composer  

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  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 November - 08.  

1916  Frank McGuire, basketball coach (won 550 games in 30 college seasons) on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history actress Edna Lewis Thomas debuts at Putnam Theatre Brooklyn  

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

1921  Douglas Townsend, composer on November - 08.  

1922  On November - 08 christiaan Barnard, S Africa, surgeon (perform 1st heart transplant)  

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

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0035  Nerva, Roman Emperor (d. 98) was born on this day in history.  

1342  On this day in history birth of julian of Norwich, English saint (d. 1416)  

1431  On this day in history birth of vlad III the Impaler, Wallachian prince (d. 1476)  

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 November - 08.  

1592  Domenico Mazzocchi, composer was born on this day in history.  

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  On November - 08 death of pope Agapetus II  

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

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

1226  Louis VIII, the Lion, King of France (1223-26), dies at 39 on November - 08.  

1228  Dirk I, ruler of Heinsberg/Valkenburg, dies on this day in history.  

1246  Death of Berenguela of Castile, wife of Alfonso IX of Castile (b. 1180) on this day in history.