What Day of the Week

November 8, 2020 is the 313^rd day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 53 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Sunday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is domingo.

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

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.

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• 1520

  Stockholm Bloodbath begins: A successful invasion of Sweden by Danish forces results in the execution of around 100 people.
• 1620

  The Battle of White Mountain takes place near Prague, ending in a decisive Catholic victory in only two hours.
• 1892

  The New Orleans general strike begins, uniting black and white American trade unionists in a successful four-day general strike action for the first time.
• 1936

  Spanish Civil War: Francoist troops fail in their effort to capture Madrid, but begin the 3-year Siege of Madrid afterwards.
• 1937

  The Nazi exhibition Der ewige Jude (“The Eternal Jew”) opens in Munich.
• 1942

  World War II: Operation Torch – United States and United Kingdom forces land in French North Africa.
• 1965

  The 173rd Airborne is ambushed by over 1,200 Viet Cong in Operation Hump during the Vietnam War, while the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment fight one of the first set-piece engagements of the war between Australian forces and the Vietcong at the Battle of Gang Toi.
• 1965

  The British Indian Ocean Territory is created, consisting of Chagos Archipelago, Aldabra, Farquhar and Des Roches islands.
• 1987

  Remembrance Day Bombing: A Provisional IRA bomb explodes in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland during a ceremony honouring those who had died in wars involving British forces. Twelve people are killed and sixty-three wounded.
• 2004

  War in Iraq: More than 10,000 U.S. troops and a small number of Iraqi army units participate in a siege on the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah.

• 1848

  Gottlob Frege, German mathematician and logician (d. 1925)
• 1900

  Margaret Mitchell, American author (d. 1949)
• 1908

  Martha Gellhorn, American writer (d. 1998)
• 1952

  Jan Raas, Dutch cyclist
• 1952

  John Denny, American baseball player
• 1954

  David Bret, Anglo-French biographer and broadcaster
• 1968

  Jose Offerman, Dominican baseball player
• 1981

  Joe Cole, English footballer
• 1982

  Lynndie England, former U.S. Army reservist, associated with Abu Ghraib
• 1988

  Jessica Lowndes, Canadian actress

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