Historical Events In November - 08

1967  1st local British radio station begins broadcasting (Radio Leicester) on November - 08.  

1968  Cynthia Lennon is granted a divorce from John on this day in history.  

1968  On this day in history wendell Corey, actor (11th Hour, Peck's Bad Girl), dies at 54  

1969  Kam Tong, actor (Have Gun Will Travel, Mr Garlund), dies at 62 on November - 08.  

1970  Tom Dempsey of New Orleans Saints kicks NFL record 63 yard field goal on this day in history.  

1973  On November - 08 nevada approves pari-mutuel betting on Jai Alai  

1974  On November - 08 ivory Joe Hunter, rocker, dies at 60  

1978  Norman Rockwell artist, dies in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, at 84 on this day in history.  

1978  Norman Rockwell, artist (Saturday Evening Post covers), dies at 84 on November - 08.  

1979  On this day in history aBC broadcasts "Iran Crisis American Held Hostage" with Frank Reynolds (the forerunner to "Nightline")  

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1979  Sydney Tafler, actor (Too Many Crooks), dies at 63 on November - 08.  

1979  On this day in history aBC broadcasts "Iran Crisis: American Held Hostage" with Frank Reynolds (the forerunner to "Nightline")  

1980  Voyager 1 space probe discovers 15th moon of Saturn on November - 08.  

1983  On November - 08 martha Layne Collins (D) elected first female governor of Kentucky  

1983  On this day in history sTS-9 vehicle again moves to launch pad  

1983  W Wilson Goode (D) elected first black mayor of Philadelphia on this day in history.  

1983  On this day in history robert Agnew, director, dies at 84 of kidney failure  

1984  Anna Fisher becomes the first "mom" to go into orbit on this day in history.  

1984  On November - 08 sTS 51-A mission; launch  

1984  On November - 08 carl Gustav Sparre Olsen, composer, dies at 81  

1985  On November - 08 atlantis moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 61-B mission  

1986  Beatrice Kay, singer/actress (Sister Sue-Calvin & the Col), dies at 78 on this day in history.  

1987  On November - 08 11 die as a bomb planted by the Irish Republican Army exploded at Ulster Remembrance Day Service  

1988  900 die as earthquake hits China on this day in history.  

1988  George Bush (R) beats Mike Dukakis (D) for Presidency on this day in history.  

1988  George Bush elected as US President on November - 08.  

1988  Vice President George Bush defeats Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis to become president of the U.S on November - 08.  

1989  On this day in history andre Kloos, Dut trade union leader (NVV)/chairman (VARA), dies at 67  

1990  On this day in history 100,000 additional US troops are sent to the Persian gulf  

1990  Saddam fires his army chief & threatens to destroy Arabian peninsula on this day in history.  

1990  Anya Seton, US author, dies on this day in history.  

1991  On this day in history the Carol Burnette Show premieres on CBS-TV  

1991  Christine Felsmann, dies on this day in history.  

1992  On this day in history alexander Dubcek, pres of Czechoslovakia (1968-69), dies  

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0035  On November - 08 birth of nerva, Roman Emperor (d. 98)  

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

1431  On November - 08 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  On November - 08 birth of johan Sigismund, elector of Brandenburg/duke of Prussia  

1590  On this day in history birth of francesco Gonzaga, composer  

1592  On this day in history birth of domenico Mazzocchi, composer  

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  Deusdedit/Adeodatus I, Italian Pope (615-18), dies on November - 08.  

0955  Death of Pope Agapetus II on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1246  On November - 08 death of berenguela of Castile, wife of Alfonso IX of Castile (b. 1180)