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 Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Nichiyōbi.

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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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• 1602

  The Bodleian Library at Oxford University is opened to the public.
• 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.
• 1936

  Spanish Civil War: Francoist troops fail in their effort to capture Madrid, but begin the 3-year Siege of Madrid afterwards.
• 1939

  In Munich, Adolf Hitler narrowly escapes the assassination attempt of Georg Elser while celebrating the 16th anniversary of the Beer Hall Putsch.
• 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.
• 1965

  The Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act 1965 is given Royal Assent, formally abolishing the death penalty in the United Kingdom.
• 1976

  A series of earthquakes spreads panic in the city of Thessaloniki, which is evacuated.
• 1977

  Manolis Andronikos, a Greek archaeologist and professor at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, discovers the tomb of Philip II of Macedon at Vergina.
• 2011

  The potentially hazardous asteroid 2005 YU55 passed 0.85 lunar distances from Earth (about 324600 km), the closest known approach by an asteroid of its brightness since mpl 2010 XC in 1976.

• 1866

  Herbert Austin, English automobile pioneer (d. 1941)
• 1900

  Margaret Mitchell, American author (d. 1949)
• 1931

  Darla Hood, American actress (d. 1979)
• 1946

  Guus Hiddink, Dutch football coach
• 1954

  Thanasis Pafilis, Greek politician
• 1956

  Mari Boine, Norwegian musician who added jazz & rock to the yoiks of the Sami people
• 1974

  Matthew Rhys, Welsh actor
• 1980

  Holly Walsh, British comedian, comedy writer and TV and radio presenter
• 1988

  Lucia Slaničková, Slovak heptathlete
• 2003

  Lady Louise Windsor, British royal

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