Page 4: Historical Events In November - 08

1895  On this day in history wilhelm Roentgen (Germany) discovers X-rays   

1895  On November - 08 hermann Schey, German/Neth singer   

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

1897  On November - 08 dorothy Day, author (Stump the Authors)   

1900  On this day in history 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  On this day in history bloody clashes take place in Athens following the translation of the Gospels into demotic Greek.   

1901  On this day in history gheorge Gheorghiu Dej, Romania party leader/president   

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 November - 08.   

1905  On this day in history richard Nicholson, musician   

1907  Otto Brenner, German worker's union leader on this day in history.   

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  Charles Bordes, composer, dies at 46 on this day in history.   

1910  On this day in history first Washington State election in which women could vote   

1910  Tolstoy, Russian novelist, dies on November - 08.   

1910  On November - 08 1st Washington State election in which women could vote   

1912  On November - 08 jean-Louis Martinet, composer   

1913  On this day in history robert Strauss, NYC, actor (Sgt Gruzewsky-Mona McCluskey)   

1914  Lute T de Cock, student/resistance fighter on November - 08.   

1916  On this day in history 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.   

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

1917  On November - 08 people's Commissars gives authority to Lenin, Trotsky & Stalin   

1917  Colyn Blythe, cricketer (2509 F-C wickets), dies during WW I on this day in history.   

1918  On November - 08 pro-German supreme commander general Cutters lay-offs   

1918  Hermann Zapf, German designer on this day in history.   

1920  Actress Edna Lewis Thomas debuts at Putnam Theatre Brooklyn on this day in history.   

1920  Abraham Kuyper, clergyman/Dutch premier (AR 1908-12), dies at 83 on November - 08.   

1921  On November - 08 douglas Townsend, composer   

1922  Christiaan Barnard, S Africa, surgeon (perform 1st heart transplant) on this day in history.   

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

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

1342  On November - 08 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  Teofilo Folengo, Italian poet (d. 1544) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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 November - 08.