Historical Events -  November 8

1889 : Montana became the 41st state of the United States.

1895 : Physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen discovered X-rays.

1932 : Establishment of Maharashtra Branch of All India Untouchability Prevention Association.

1939 : Adolf Hitler escaped assassination in Munich.

1947 : Establishment of Punjab and Haryana High Court.

1960 : John F. Kennedy was elected as the 35th President of the United States.

2002 : G. B. Patnaik became the 32nd Chief Justice of India.

2008 : Chandrayaan-1, India’s first unmanned space mission, reached the moon’s orbit.

2016 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a currency note ban and 500, 1000 currency notes were discontinued. After that, new 2000 currency notes were issued.

2016 : Donald Trump was elected the 45th President of the United States.

Famous Birthdays   – November 8  

1656: Edmund Halley, English astronomer. The first scientist to measure the orbit of a comet.

1831: Robert Boulevard-Lytton, the 30th Governor-General of India.

1866: Herbert Austin, an English automobile designer, founder of the Austin Motor Company.

1893: King Prajadhipok Ram (VII) of Thailand.

1908: Raja Rao, an Indian writer of English-language novels and short stories.

1919: Purushottam Laxman (Pu. L. Deshpande), Indian writer, playwright, composer, director, screenwriter, and actor.

1920: Sitaradevi, Indian actress, dancer.

1927: LK Advani, Indian politician, former vice prime minister of India.

1935: Anwar Masood, a Pakistani poet.

1947: Usha Uthup, an Indian pop, film, jazz, and playback singer.

1964: Sagarika Ghose, an Indian journalist, news anchor, columnist, and author.

1970: Tom Anderson, co-founder of MySpace.

1974: Masashi Kishimoto, Japanese Manga artist, Founder of Naruto,.

1976: Brett Lee, Australian cricketer.

1986: Aaron Hillel Swartz, an American computer programmer, and entrepreneur. 

 

Death Anniversaries   – November 8

1226: King Louis VIII of France.

1674: John Milton, English poet, scholar, and diplomat.

1945: August Mackensen, a German field marshal.

1960: Subrato Mukherjee, Indian Air Force Chief.

1986: Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov, a Soviet politician, and diplomat.

2002: Jaun Elia, an Indo-Pak Urdu poet, philosopher, biographer, and scholar.

2013: Aman Vekkat Subramaniam, Indian journalist, and actor.

2015: Omprakash Mehra, Indian Air Marshal.