What Day of the Week

November 8, 2018 was the 312^nd day of the year 2018 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 53 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Thursday.

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Mokuyōbi.

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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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• 1620

  The Battle of White Mountain takes place near Prague, ending in a decisive Catholic victory in only two hours.
• 1745

  Charles Edward Stuart invades England with an army of ~5000 that would later participate in the Battle of Culloden.
• 1939

  Venlo Incident: Two British agents of SIS are captured by the Germans.
• 1942

  World War II: French resistance coup in Algiers, in which 400 civilian French patriots neutralize Vichyist XIXth Army Corps after 15 hours of fighting, and arrest several Vichyst generals, allowing the immediate success of Operation Torch in Algiers.
• 1950

  Korean War: United States Air Force Lt. Russell J. Brown, while piloting an F-80 Shooting Star, shoots down two North Korean MiG-15s in the first jet aircraft-to-jet aircraft dogfight in history.
• 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.
• 1973

  The right ear of John Paul Getty III is delivered to a newspaper together with a ransom note, convincing his father to pay 2.9 million USD.
• 2002

  Iraq disarmament crisis: UN Security Council Resolution 1441 – The United Nations Security Council unanimously approves a resolution on Iraq, forcing Saddam Hussein to disarm or face “serious consequences”.
• 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.

• 1883

  Arnold Bax, English composer (d. 1953)
• 1897

  Dorothy Day, social activist (d. 1980)
• 1908

  Martha Gellhorn, American writer (d. 1998)
• 1929

  António Castanheira Neves, Portuguese philosopher
• 1931

  Morley Safer, American journalist
• 1975

  Tara Reid, American actress
• 1981

  Yann Kermorgant, French footballer
• 1983

  Remko Pasveer, Dutch footballer
• 1985

  Jack Osbourne, English television star
• 1987

  Sam Bradford, American football player and winner of the 2008 Heisman Trophy

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