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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)
1745
Charles Edward Stuart invades England with an army of ~5000 that would later participate in the Battle of Culloden.
1861
American Civil War: The “Trent Affair” – The USS San Jacinto stops the United Kingdom mail ship Trent and arrests two Confederate envoys, sparking a diplomatic crisis between the UK and US.
1895
While experimenting with electricity, Wilhelm Röntgen discovers the X-ray.
1917
The People’s Commissars give authority to Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky, and Joseph Stalin.
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.
1957
Operation Grapple X, Round C1: Britain conducts its first successful hydrogen bomb test over Kiritimati in the Pacific.
1966
Former Massachusetts Attorney General Edward Brooke becomes the first African American elected to the United States Senate since Reconstruction.
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.
1976
A series of earthquakes spreads panic in the city of Thessaloniki, which is evacuated.
Who were born on November 8?
1908
Martha Gellhorn, American writer (d. 1998)
1918
Hermann Zapf, German designer
1927
Lal Krishna Advani, Indian politician
1931
Darla Hood, American actress (d. 1979)
1952
Albert Bittlmayer, German footballer (d. 1977)
1972
Gretchen Mol, American actress
1980
Holly Walsh, British comedian, comedy writer and TV and radio presenter
1981
Azura Skye, American actress
1982
Lynndie England, former U.S. Army reservist, associated with Abu Ghraib
1984
Steven Webb, English actor
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