Page 4: Historical Events In November - 08

1895  Wilhelm Roentgen (Germany) discovers X-rays on this day in history.   

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

1896  Bucky Harris, baseball manager (Phillies, Yankees) on this day in history.   

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

1900  On November - 08 the birth of Margaret Mitchell, American author   

1900  On November - 08 theodore Dreiser's novel "Sister Carrie" is published   

1900  On this day in history georges Lonque, composer   

1901  On November - 08 bloody clashes take place in Athens following the translation of the Gospels into demotic Greek.   

1901  On November - 08 gheorge Gheorghiu Dej, Romania party leader/president   

1902  Mihail A Suslov, Soviet-party ideologist [NS=Nov 22] on this day in history.   

1904  On November - 08 president Theodore Roosevelt (R) defeats Alton B Parker (D)   

1904  On November - 08 pres Theodore Roosevelt (R) defeats Alton B Parker (D)   

1905  Richard Nicholson, musician on this day in history.   

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

1908  On November - 08 victorien Sardou, French opera author (Madame Sans-Gene), dies at 77   

1909  Alberto Erede, Italian conductor on November - 08.   

1909  Charles Bordes, composer, dies at 46 on November - 08.   

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 this day in history jean-Louis Martinet, composer   

1913  On November - 08 robert Strauss, NYC, actor (Sgt Gruzewsky-Mona McCluskey)   

1914  On this day in history 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  People's Commissars gives authority to Lenin, Trotsky & Stalin on November - 08.   

1917  Colyn Blythe, cricketer (2509 F-C wickets), dies during WW I on November - 08.   

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 November - 08 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 this day in history christiaan Barnard, S Africa, surgeon (perform 1st heart transplant)   

1923  On November - 08 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 this day in history.   

1342  Julian of Norwich, English saint (d. 1416) was born on this day in history.   

1431  Vlad III the Impaler, Wallachian prince (d. 1476) was born on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history birth of galenus Abrahamsz de Haen, Dutch baptist pastor (Lambs' War)   

0397  Martin of Tours, [St Martin], bishop of Tours, dies on this day in history.   

0618  On November - 08 deusdedit/Adeodatus I, Italian Pope (615-18), dies   

0955  Death of Pope Agapetus II on November - 08.   

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  On this day in history louis VIII, the Lion, King of France (1223-26), dies at 39   

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)