Historical Events In November - 08

1994  Republicans regain control of US Congress on November - 08.  

1994  Garson Romalis, abortion doctor, killed (no arrests) on November - 08.  

1995  On this day in history country Dan Dick Montana McLain, singer, dies at 40  

1996  Edward Albert Radice, economist, dies at 89 on this day in history.  

2005  French President Jacques Chirac declares a state of emergency on the 12th day of the French civil unrest, see 205 civil unrest in France on November - 08.  

2006  A transit of Mercury occurs on November - 08.  

2006  Margaret Chan is elected as the Director-General of the World Health Organization on this day in history.  

2006  On November - 08 u.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld resigns; President Bush nominates Robert Gates, a former Central Intelligence Agency director, as his replacement. Gates is then confirmed by the U.S. Senate and sworn in on dec 18.  

2007  The 8th annual Latin Grammy Awards were held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center at Mandalay Bay on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, USA, near Las Vegas on this day in history.  

2011  On November - 08 the potentially hazardous asteroid 2005 YU55 passed 0.85 lunar distances from Earth (about 324,600 kilometres or 201,700 miles), the closest known approach by an asteroid of its brightness since 2010 XC15 in 1976.  

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2013  11 people are killed in a car park bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia on November - 08.  

2014  Protests across New Zealand against the secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations on November - 08.  

2017  UK Minister Priti Patel resigns after secret meetings revealed with Israeli officials on this day in history.  

2017  On this day in history louvre Abu Dhabi is inaugurated, largest art museum on Arabian peninsula  

2017  In unprecedented move, Indian officials close all Delhi schools for rest of the week due to smog on this day in history.  

2018  Mass grave of 200 people discovered on border of Somali and Oromia regions, Ethiopia, in investigation into atrocities by former regional president Abdi Mohammed on November - 08.  

2018  Virtual newsreader unveiled by China's state news agency Xinhua News, able to work 24 hours a day on November - 08.  

2018  On November - 08 authorities report more than 150 people have been killed in week-long assault by government forces on port of Hudaydah in Yemen  

2018  On this day in history azerbaijan woman who spent £16m in Harrods granted bail in UK after being arrested for suspested embezzlement under new laws  

2018  On November - 08 cNN correspondent Jim Acosta's White House clearance revoked after continuing to question President Donald Trump while an intern tried to wrestle the microphone off him  

2018  Deadliest fire in Californian history, the Camp Fire starts at Plumas National Forest spreads in Butte County destroying town of Paradise, more than 13,000 buildings and killing at least 88 on November - 08.  

2018  On this day in history woolsey Fire starts near Thousand Oaks, California with Malibu and Calabasas evacuated, kills three  

2018  On this day in history qatar delivers $15 million in cash to pay civil servants in Gaza after earlier sending fuel to increase electricity from 4 to 8 hours a day  

2018  On November - 08 the Camp Fire ignites in Butte County, California. It becomes California's deadliest and most destructive wildfire, with 88 deaths and 18,804 buildings destroyed.  

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0035  Nerva, Roman Emperor (d. 98) was born on November - 08.  

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

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

1491  Teofilo Folengo, Italian poet (d. 1544) was born on November - 08.  

1572  Johan Sigismund, elector of Brandenburg/duke of Prussia was born on November - 08.  

1590  Francesco Gonzaga, composer was born on November - 08.  

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

1622  On November - 08 birth of galenus Abrahamsz de Haen, Dutch baptist pastor (Lambs' War)  

0397  On this day in history martin of Tours, [St Martin], bishop of Tours, dies  

0618  Deusdedit/Adeodatus I, Italian Pope (615-18), dies on this day in history.  

0955  Death of Pope Agapetus II on November - 08.  

1171  Death of Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut (b. 1108) on this day in history.  

1195  On November - 08 death of conrad of Hohenstaufen  

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

1228  On this day in history dirk I, ruler of Heinsberg/Valkenburg, dies  

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