Friday November 8, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

November 8: Day of the Week

November 8, 2024 is the 313th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 53 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Friday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is vendredi.

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Here’s the November calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Scorpio is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Topaz is the modern birthstone for this month. Pearl is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

November 8 Historical Event(s)

1602
The Bodleian Library at Oxford University is opened to the public.
1605
Robert Catesby, ringleader of the Gunpowder Plotters, is killed.
1837
Mary Lyon founds Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, which later becomes Mount Holyoke College.
1933
Great Depression: New Deal – US President Franklin D. Roosevelt unveils the Civil Works Administration, an organization designed to create jobs for more than 4 million of the unemployed.
1939
In Munich, Adolf Hitler narrowly escapes the assassination attempt of Georg Elser while celebrating the 16th anniversary of the Beer Hall Putsch.
1960
John F. Kennedy defeats Richard Nixon in one of the closest presidential elections of the twentieth century to become the 35th president of the United States.
1965
The British Indian Ocean Territory is created, consisting of Chagos Archipelago, Aldabra, Farquhar and Des Roches islands.
1965
The Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act 1965 is given Royal Assent, formally abolishing the death penalty in the United Kingdom.
1968
The Vienna Convention on Road Traffic is signed to facilitate international road traffic and to increase road safety by standardising the uniform traffic rules among the signatories.
1971
Led Zeppelin releases “Led Zeppelin IV,” which becomes the third-best-selling album ever in the US.

Who were born on November 8?

1706
Johann Ulrich von Cramer, German judge and philosopher (d. 1772)
1908
Martha Gellhorn, American writer (d. 1998)
1929
António Castanheira Neves, Portuguese philosopher
1931
Morley Safer, American journalist
1935
Alain Delon, French actor
1949
Wayne LaPierre, Executive Vice President of the National Rifle Association.
1956
Mari Boine, Norwegian musician who added jazz & rock to the yoiks of the Sami people
1956
Richard Curtis, British screenwriter
1957
Porl Thompson, British musician (The Cure)
1983
Katharina Molitor, German javelin thrower

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