November 08: Significance, Events, and How to Celebrate Natural Disasters & Epidemics

1969  Kam Tong, actor (Have Gun Will Travel, Mr Garlund), dies at 62   

1970  Tom Dempsey of New Orleans Saints kicks NFL record 63 yard field goal   

1973  Nevada approves pari-mutuel betting on Jai Alai   

1974  Ivory Joe Hunter, rocker, dies at 60.   

1978  Norman Rockwell artist, dies in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, at 84.   

1978  Norman Rockwell, artist (Saturday Evening Post covers), dies at 84.   

1979  ABC broadcasts "Iran Crisis American Held Hostage" with Frank Reynolds (the forerunner to "Nightline")   

1979  Sydney Tafler, actor (Too Many Crooks), dies at 63.   

1980  Voyager 1 space probe discovers 15th moon of Saturn.   

1983  Martha Layne Collins (D) elected inaugural female governor of Kentucky.   

1983  STS-9 vehicle again moves to launch pad.   

1983  W Wilson Goode (D) elected inaugural black mayor of Philadelphia.   

1983  Robert Agnew, director, dies at 84 of kidney failure.   

1984  Anna Fisher is recorded as becoming the inaugural "mom" to go into orbit.   

1984  STS 51-A mission; launch   

1984  Carl Gustav Sparre Olsen, composer, dies at 81.   

1985  Atlantis moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 61-B mission   

1986  Beatrice Kay, singer/actress (Sister Sue-Calvin and the Col), dies at 78   

1987  11 die as a bomb planted by the Irish Republican Army exploded at Ulster Remembrance Day Service.   

1988  900 die as earthquake hits China   

1988  George Bush (R) beats Mike Dukakis (D) for Presidency   

1988  George Bush elected as US President   

1988  Vice President George Bush defeats Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis to become president of the U.S   

1989  Andre Kloos, Dut trade union leader (NVV)/chairman (VARA), dies at 67   

1990  100000 additional US troops are sent to the Persian gulf.   

1990  Saddam fires his army chief and threatens to destroy Arabian peninsula.   

1990  Anya Seton, US author, dies.   

1991  The Carol Burnette Show premieres on CBS-TV   

1991  Christine Felsmann, dies   

1992  Alexander Dubcek, pres of Czechoslovakia (1968-69), dies.   

1994  Republicans regain control of US Congress.   

1994  Garson Romalis, abortion doctor, killed (no arrests).   

1995  Country Dan Dick Montana McLain, singer, dies at 40   

1996  Edward Albert Radice, economist, dies at 89.   

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