Historical Events In November - 08

1895  On November - 08 wilhelm Roentgen (Germany) discovers X-rays   

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

1896  On November - 08 bucky Harris, baseball manager (Phillies, Yankees)   

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

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  On this day in history georges Lonque, composer   

1901  On this day in history bloody clashes take place in Athens following the translation of the Gospels into demotic Greek.   

1901  Gheorge Gheorghiu Dej, Romania party leader/president on this day in history.   

1902  On this day in history mihail A Suslov, Soviet-party ideologist [NS=Nov 22]   

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

1904  Pres Theodore Roosevelt (R) defeats Alton B Parker (D) on this day in history.   

1905  Richard Nicholson, musician on November - 08.   

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

1908  Victorien Sardou, French opera author (Madame Sans-Gene), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1909  On November - 08 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 November - 08 1st Washington State election in which women could vote   

1912  Jean-Louis Martinet, composer on this day in history.   

1913  Robert Strauss, NYC, actor (Sgt Gruzewsky-Mona McCluskey) on November - 08.   

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 November - 08.   

1916  On this day in history frank McGuire, basketball coach (won 550 games in 30 college seasons)   

1917  On this day in history people's Commissars gives authority to Lenin, Trotsky & Stalin   

1917  On this day in history colyn Blythe, cricketer (2509 F-C wickets), dies during WW I   

1918  Pro-German supreme commander general Cutters lay-offs on this day in history.   

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

1921  On November - 08 douglas Townsend, composer   

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 November - 08.   

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0035  On this day in history birth of nerva, Roman Emperor (d. 98)   

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

1431  Vlad III the Impaler, Wallachian prince (d. 1476) was born on November - 08.   

1491  On this day in history birth of teofilo Folengo, Italian poet (d. 1544)   

1572  On this day in history birth of johan Sigismund, elector of Brandenburg/duke of Prussia   

1590  On November - 08 birth of francesco Gonzaga, composer   

1592  On November - 08 birth of domenico Mazzocchi, composer   

1622  Galenus Abrahamsz de Haen, Dutch baptist pastor (Lambs' War) was born on this day in history.   

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

0618  On this day in history deusdedit/Adeodatus I, Italian Pope (615-18), dies   

0955  On November - 08 death of pope Agapetus II   

1171  On November - 08 death of baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut (b. 1108)   

1195  Death of Conrad of Hohenstaufen on November - 08.   

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

1228  On November - 08 dirk I, ruler of Heinsberg/Valkenburg, dies   

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