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Birthday November 08, 1656 Sir Edmond Halley, astronomer, 1st to calculate a comet's orbit |
Birthday November 08, 1847 Dracula creator Bram Stoker born |
Birthday November 08, 1848 Gottlob Frege, German mathematician, logician, philosopher |
Birthday November 08, 1900 Margaret Mitchell is born |
Birthday November 08, 1900 Margaret Mitchell, (Gone With the Wind) |
Birthday November 08, 1909 Katherine Hepburn, in Conn (African Queen, On Golden Pond) |
Birthday November 08, 1916 Peter Weiss, German dramatist, novelist (Marat/Sade) |
Birthday November 08, 1922 Dr. Christiaan Barnard, performed 1st human heart transplantation |
Birthday November 08, 1927 Patti Page, in Claremont Oklahoma |
Birthday November 08, 1931 Morley Safer, TV newscaster (60 Minutes) |
Birthday November 08, 1933 Esther Rolle, in Pompano Florida (Good Times) |
Birthday November 08, 1936 Edward G. Gibson, astronaut (Skylab 4) |
Birthday November 08, 1947 Minnie Ripperton, in Chic |
Birthday November 08, 1949 Bonnie Raitt, in LA, singer |
Birthday November 08, 1952 Christie Hefner, daughter of Hugh Hefner |
Birthday November 08, 1954 Rickie Lee Jones, in Chicago |
Birthday November 08, 1994 Hurricane Gordon is born |
History November 08, 1775 Washington seeks to make militias into a military |
History November 08, 1793 Louvre in Paris opens |
History November 08, 1837 Mount Holyoke Seminary in Mass-1st US college founded for women |
History November 08, 1861 US removes Confederate officials from British steamer Trent |
History November 08, 1864 Lincoln reelected |
History November 08, 1864 Abraham Lincoln was elected to his second term as pres |
History November 08, 1887 Doc Holliday dies of tuberculosis |
History November 08, 1889 Montana admitted as 41st state |
History November 08, 1895 Wilhelm R”ntgen discovers x-rays |
History November 08, 1917 New Russian leader Lenin calls for immediate armistice |
History November 08, 1923 Beer Hall Putsch begins |
History November 08, 1923 Hitler's "Beer Hall Putsch" failed In jail writes "Mein Kampf" |
History November 08, 1932 FDR elected pres Lehman NY governor & O'Brien NY mayor |
History November 08, 1939 Hitler survives assassination attempt |
History November 08, 1939 Life with Father longest running Brdway drama opens (closes 1947) |
History November 08, 1942 Allied forces invade North Africa |
History November 08, 1942 FDR broadcasts message to Vichy France leader Marshal Petain |
History November 08, 1951 Yogi Berra is the AL MVP |
History November 08, 1960 John F. Kennedy elected president |
History November 08, 1962 Sun sets on the Ford Rotunda |
History November 08, 1965 Lawrence Joel earns Medal of Honor |
History November 08, 1970 Tom Dempsey of New Orleans kicks NFL-record 63-yard field goal |
History November 08, 1972 Blackhawk's Pit Martin failed on 1st penalty shot against Islanders Blackhawks score 2 goals within 9 seconds against Islanders |
History November 08, 1973 Walt Disney's "Robin Hood" is released |
History November 08, 1974 Ted Bundy botches an abduction attempt |
History November 08, 1980 Islander's Mike Bossy's 10th career hat trick |
History November 08, 1982 Smoky fire set by a prisoner in a Biloxi Miss 28 killed |
History November 08, 1984 14th Space Shuttle Mission - Discovery 2 is launched |
History November 08, 1985 Judge overturned Rubin ``Hurricane'' Carter's conviction |
History November 08, 1994 Salvatore Sonny Bono is elected to the U.S. Congress |
History November 08, 1994 The Republican Revolution |