November 08

Monday 08, 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.

Friday 08, 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".

Saturday 08, 1997:

US president Bill Clinton speaks at a dinner sponsored by the Human Rights Campaign, the USA's largest gay rights organisation.

Tuesday 08, 1994:

For the first time in 40 years the United States Republican Party takes control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate in midterm congressional elections.

Friday 08, 1991:

Sonny Bono is elected to the U.S. Congress; at the same time, Marion Barry is reelected mayor of Washington, D.C..

Tuesday 08, 1988:

U.S. presidential election, 1988: George H. W. Bush is elected over Michael Dukakis.

Sunday 08, 1987:

Enniskillen massacre: In Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, an Irish Republican Army bomb explodes, at a ceremony honoring Britain's war dead, killing eleven people.

Thursday 08, 1979:

Foundation of the Chilean Communist Party (Proletarian Action).

Friday 08, 1974:

In Salt Lake City, Utah, Carol DaRonch narrowly escapes abduction by serial killer Ted Bundy.

Thursday 08, 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.

Tuesday 08, 1966:

Former Massachusetts Attorney General Edward Brooke becomes the first African American elected to the United States Senate.

Monday 08, 1965:

The soap opera Days of Our Lives debuts on NBC in the United States.

Tuesday 08, 1960:

U.S. presidential election, 1960: John F. Kennedy is elected over Richard M. Nixon, becoming the youngest man elected to that office.

Wednesday 08, 1950:

Korean War: United States Air Force Lt. Russell J. Brown shoots down two North Korean MiG-15s in the first jet aircraft-to-jet aircraft dog fight in history.

Sunday 08, 1942:

World War II: French resistance coup in Algiers, by which 400 Civil French patriots neutralized Vichyst XIXth Army Corps during 15 hours, arrested vichyst generals (Juin, Darlan, etc.), and so allowed the immediate success of Operation Torch in Algiers, then, from there, to the whole French North Africa.

Saturday 08, 1941:

Albanian Communist Party founded.

Wednesday 08, 1939:

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

Monday 08, 1937:

The Nazi exhibition Der ewige Jude ("the eternal Jew") opens in Munich.

Friday 08, 1935:

Fernand Bouisson becomes Prime Minister of France

Wednesday 08, 1933:

US President Franklin D. Roosevelt unveils the Civil Works Administration, an organization designed to create jobs for more than 4 million of the unemployed.

Tuesday 08, 1932:

U.S. presidential election, 1932: Franklin D. Roosevelt defeats Herbert Hoover in a landslide victory.

Thursday 08, 1923:

Beer Hall Putsch: In Munich, Adolf Hitler leads the Nazis in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the German government.

Friday 08, 1895:

While experimenting with electricity Wilhelm Röntgen discovers x-rays.

Tuesday 08, 1892:

U.S. presidential election, 1892: Grover Cleveland is elected over Benjamin Harrison and James B. Weaver to win the second of his non-consecutive terms.

Friday 08, 1889:

Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state.

Tuesday 08, 1864:

U.S. presidential election, 1864: Abraham Lincoln is reelected in an overwhelming victory over George McClellan.

Friday 08, 1861:

American Civil War: The "Trent Affair" – The USS San Jacinto stops the United Kingdom mailship Trent and arrests two Confederate envoys, sparking a diplomatic crisis between the UK and US.

Wednesday 08, 1837:

Formation of Mount Holyoke Seminary, first US college founded for women

Friday 08, 1793:

In Paris, the French Revolutionary government opens the Louvre to the public as a museum.

Sunday 08, 1620:

The Battle of White Mountain, the first battle in the Thirty Years' War, takes place near Prague, ending in a decisive Catholic victory in only two hours.

Friday 08, 1602:

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

Monday 08, 1576:

The States-General of the Netherlands meet and unite to oppose Spanish occupation.

Monday 08, 1520:

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

Saturday 08, 1519:

Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with great pomp as would befit a returning god.

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