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The 8t o November is the 312t day o the year (313t in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 53 days bidin.

• 1520 - The successful invasion o Swaden bi Dens forces results in the execution o aroond 100 fowk in the Stockholm Bloodbath.
• 1644 - Shunzhi Emperor o Cheenae is enthroned as the first Emperor frae the Qing Dynasty.
• 1864 - Abraham Lincoln is re-electit as Preses o the Unitit States.
• 1889 - Montana becomes the 41st state o the Unitit States.
• 1892 - Grover Cleveland is electit Preses o the Unitit States for a seicont time.
• 1904 - Theodore Roosevelt is electit Preses o the Unitit States in his aen richt.
• 1923 - The Munich Beer Haw Putsch taks place in an early attempt bi Adolf Hitler at pouer.
• 1932 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt is electit Preses o the Unitit States.
• 1936 - Spaingie Ceevil War: Stairt o the Siege o Madrid.
• 1957 - The Unitit Kinrick conducts a hydrogen bomb test on the Paceefic Island o Kiritimati.
• 1960 - John F. Kennedy narrowly defeats Richard Nixon in the election for Preses o the Unitit States.
• 1987 - 11 fowk are kilt in a bomb attack in Enniskillen, Northren Ireland.
• 1988 - George H. W. Bush is electit Preses o the Unitit States.
• 1991 - A typhoon in the Philippines kills aroond 7,000 fowk.
• 2000 - A re-coont taks place in the disputit Unitit States Preses election atween George W. Bush an Al Gore.
• 2005 - Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is electit Preses o Liberie.
• 2011 - Asteroid 2005 YU55 passes within 35,000 kilometres o the Yird.
• 2013 - Typhoon Haiyan strikes the Central Philippines, killin at least 6,000 fowk.
• 2016 - Indie prime meenister Narendra Modi propales the withdrawal frae circulaton o the 500 an 1000 rupee bank notes.
• 2016 - Unitit States presidential election, 2016: Donald Trump defeats Hillary Clinton in the election for Preses o the Unitit States; Trump won the electoral college an Clinton won the popular vote.
• 2017 - Breetish Internaitional Development Secretar Priti Patel resigns efter a controversy ower undeclarit meetins wi Israeli meenisters. Penny Mordaunt replaces her.
• 2018 - The Camp Fire, Californie's deadliest wildfire, kills 85 fowk.

• 30 - Nerva, Roman Emperor (d. 98)
• 1622 - Charles X Gustav o Swaden (d. 1660)
• 1656 - Edmond Halley, Inglis astronomer, haes Halley's Comet named efter him (d. 1742)
• 1846 - William Robertson Smith, Scots orientalist, Auld Testament scholart an meenister (d. 1894)
• 1847 - Bram Stoker, Erse author (Dracula) (d. 1912)
• 1848 - Gottlob Frege, German philosopher, logician an mathemateecian (d. 1925)
• 1864 - Tom Maley, Scots fitbawer an manager (d. 1935)
• 1900 - Margaret Mitchell, American author (d. 1949)
• 1914 - Norman Lloyd, American actor, producer an director
• 1922 - Christiaan Barnard, Sooth African surgeon (d. 2001)
• 1923 - Jack Kilby, American electrical ingineer (d. 2005)
• 1925 - Jimmy Davidson, Scots fitbawer (d. 1996)
• 1935 - Alain Delon, French actor
• 1946 - Guus Hiddink, Dutch fitbaw manager
• 1947 - Minnie Riperton, American sangster (d. 1979)
• 1954 - Kazuo Ishiguro, Japanese-Breetish author
• 1956 - Richard Curtis, Inglis screenwriter
• 1966 - Gordon Ramsay, Scots chef an restaurateur
• 1972 - Gretchen Mol, American actress
• 1972 - Aksel V. Johannesen, Prime meenister o the Faroe Islands
• 1981 - Joe Cole, Inglis fitbawer
• 1982 - Sam Sparro, Australie sangster
• 1986 - Aaron Swartz, American computer programmer an activist (d. 2013)
• 1989 - Morgan Schneiderlin, French fitbawer

• 397 - Saunt Martin o Tours
• 1308 - Duns Scotus, Scots philosopher an theologian (b. 1266)
• 1627 - Jahangir, Mughal Emperor (b. 1569)
• 1674 - John Milton, Inglis poet (b. 1608)
• 1953 - Ivan Bunin, Roushie writer (b. 1870)
• 1986 - Vyacheslav Molotov, Soviet-Roushie politeecian (b. 1890)
• 2009 - Vitaly Ginzburg, Roushie pheesicist (b. 1916)

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