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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[960]] – [[Battle of Andrassos]]: [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantines]] under [[Leo Phokas the Younger]] score a crushing victory over the [[Hamdanid]] [[Emir of Aleppo]], [[Sayf al-Dawla]].
*[[1278]] – [[Trần Thánh Tông]], the second emperor of the [[Trần dynasty]], decides to pass the throne to his crown prince [[Trần Khâm]] and take up the post of Retired Emperor.
*[[1291]] – The [[Republic of Venice]] enacts a law confining most of Venice's glassmaking industry to the "island of [[Murano]]".<ref>{{cite book |last = United States Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce |title = Commerce Report |publisher = U.S. Department of Commerce |year = 1917 <!-- November 27 --> |___location = Washington, DC |page = 789 |oclc =16914088}}</ref>
*[[1519]] – [[Hernán Cortés]] enters [[Tenochtitlán]] and [[Aztec]] ruler [[Moctezuma II|Moctezuma]] welcomes him with a great celebration.
*[[1520]] – [[Stockholm Bloodbath]] begins: A successful invasion of Sweden by Danish forces results in the execution of around 100 people, mostly noblemen.
*[[1576]] – [[Eighty Years' War]]: [[Pacification of Ghent]]: The [[States General of the Netherlands]] meet and unite to oppose Spanish occupation.
===1601–1900===
*[[1602]] – The [[Bodleian Library]] at the [[University of Oxford]] is opened to the public.
*[[1605]] – [[Robert Catesby]], ringleader of the [[Gunpowder Plot]]ters, is killed.
*[[1614]] – Japanese ''[[daimyō]]'' [[Dom Justo Takayama]] is exiled to the Philippines by shōgun [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] for being Christian.
*[[1620]] – The [[Battle of White Mountain]] takes place near [[Prague]], ending in a decisive [[Catholic]] victory in only two hours.
*[[1644]] – The [[Shunzhi Emperor]], the third emperor of the [[Qing dynasty]], is enthroned in Beijing after the collapse of the [[Ming dynasty]] as the first Qing emperor to rule over China.
*[[1745]] – [[Charles Edward Stuart]] invades England with an army of approximately 5,000 that would later participate in the [[Battle of Culloden]].
*[[1837]] – [[Mary Lyon]] founds Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, which later becomes [[Mount Holyoke College]].
*[[1861]] – [[American Civil War]]: The "[[Trent Affair]]": The {{USS|San Jacinto|1850|6}} stops the British mail ship ''Trent'' and arrests two [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] envoys, sparking a diplomatic crisis between the UK and US.
*[[1889]] – [[Montana]] is admitted as the 41st [[U.S. state]].
*[[1892]] – The [[1892 New Orleans general strike|New Orleans general strike]] begins, uniting [[African American|black]] and [[White people|white]] American [[trade union]]ists in a successful four-day general [[strike action]] for the first time.
*[[1892]] – The [[Carmaux-Bons Enfants bombing]] marks the start of [[Émile Henry (anarchist)|Émile Henry]]'s attacks into the ''[[Ère des attentats]]'' (1892-1894).<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/ocm43706446 |title=Regards populaires sur la violence |date=2000 |publisher=Publications de l'Université de Saint-Etienne |isbn=978-2-86272-180-4 |editor-last=Piarotas |editor-first=Mireille |series=Travaux / Centre interdisciplinaire d'études et de recherches sur l'expression contemporaine |___location=Saint-Etienne |pages=141–142 |oclc=ocm43706446}}</ref>
*[[1895]] – While experimenting with electricity, [[Wilhelm Röntgen]] discovers the [[X-ray]].
===1901–present===
*[[1901]] – [[Gospel riots]]: Bloody clashes take place in [[Athens]] following the translation of the [[Gospel]]s into [[demotic Greek]].
*[[1917]] – The first [[Council of People's Commissars]] is formed, including [[Vladimir Lenin]], [[Leon Trotsky]] and [[Joseph Stalin]].
*[[1919]] – [[Eichenfeld massacre]]: Members of the [[Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine]] murder 136 [[Russian Mennonites|Mennonite colonists]] at Jaskyowo, initiating a series of massacres that resulted in the deaths of 827 Ukrainian Mennonites.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Patterson |first1=Sean |title=[[Makhno and Memory: Anarchist and Mennonite Narratives of Ukraine's Civil War, 1917–1921]] |year=2020 |language=en |isbn=978-0-88755-578-7 |oclc=1134608930 |___location=[[Manitoba]] |publisher=[[University of Manitoba Press]] }}</ref>
*[[1920]] – [[Rupert Bear]], illustrated by [[Mary Tourtel]] makes his first appearance in print.<ref>{{Cite ODNB |title=Tourtel [née Caldwell], Mary (1874–1948), illustrator and author |url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-59003 |access-date=2022-11-11 | year=2004 |language=en |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/59003| isbn=978-0-19-861412-8 }}</ref>
*[[1923]] – [[Beer Hall Putsch]]: In [[Munich]], [[Adolf Hitler]] leads the [[Nazism|Nazis]] in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the German government.
*[[1932]] – [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] is [[1932 United States presidential election|elected]] as the 32nd [[President of the United States]], defeating incumbent president [[Herbert Hoover]].
*[[1933]] – [[Great Depression]]: [[New Deal]]: US President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] unveils the [[Civil Works Administration]], an organization designed to create jobs for more than four million unemployed.
*[[1936]] – [[Spanish Civil War]]: [[Francoist Spain|Francoist]] troops fail in their effort to capture [[Madrid]], but begin the three-year [[Siege of Madrid]] afterwards.
*[[1937]] – The [[Nazism|Nazi]] exhibition ''[[The Eternal Jew (art exhibition)|Der ewige Jude]]'' ("The Eternal Jew") opens in [[Munich]].
*[[1939]] – [[Venlo Incident]]: Two British agents of [[Secret Intelligence Service|SIS]] are captured by the Germans.
* 1939 – In [[Munich]], [[Adolf Hitler]] narrowly escapes the assassination attempt of [[Georg Elser]] while celebrating the 16th anniversary of the [[Beer Hall Putsch]].
*[[1940]] – [[Greco-Italian War]]: The Italian invasion of Greece fails as outnumbered Greek units repulse the Italians in the [[Battle of Elaia–Kalamas]].
*[[1942]] – [[World War II]]: [[French Resistance]] coup in [[Algiers]], in which 400 civilian French patriots neutralize [[Vichy France|Vichyist]] XIXth Army Corps after 15 hours of fighting, and arrest several Vichyist 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 Korea]]n [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15|MiG-15]]s in the first [[jet aircraft]]-to-jet aircraft [[dogfight]] in history.
*[[1957]] – [[Pan Am Flight 7]] disappears between [[San Francisco]] and [[Honolulu]]. Wreckage and bodies are discovered a week later.
* 1957 – [[Operation Grapple#Grapple X (1 test)|Operation Grapple X, Round C1]]: The United Kingdom conducts its first successful [[hydrogen bomb]] test over [[Kiritimati]] in the Pacific.
*[[1960]] – [[John F. Kennedy]] is [[1960 United States presidential election|elected]] as the 35th President of the United States, defeating incumbent [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Richard Nixon]], who would later be elected president in [[1968 United States presidential election|1968]] and [[1972 United States presidential election|1972]].
*[[1963]] – [[Finnair]]'s [[Aero Flight 217]] crashes near [[Mariehamn Airport]] in [[Jomala]], [[Åland]], killing 22 people.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-47A-35-DL (DC-3) OH-LCA Mariehamn Airport (MHQ)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19631108-0|access-date=2021-11-08|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
*[[1965]] – The [[British Indian Ocean Territory]] is created, consisting of [[Chagos Archipelago]], [[Aldabra]], [[Farquhar Group|Farquhar]] and [[Des Roches]] islands.
* 1965 – The [[Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act 1965]] is given Royal Assent, formally abolishing the death penalty in the United Kingdom for almost all crimes.
* 1965 – The [[173rd Airborne]] is ambushed by over 1,200 [[Viet Cong]] in [[Operation Hump]] during the [[Vietnam War]], while the [[1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment]] fight one of the first set-piece engagements of the war between Australian forces and the Viet Cong at the [[Battle of Gang Toi]].
* 1965 – [[American Airlines Flight 383 (1965)|American Airlines Flight 383]] crashes in [[Constance, Kentucky]], killing 58.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 727-23 N1996 Cincinnati-Greater Cincinnati, OH|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19651108-3|access-date=2021-11-07|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
*[[1966]] – Former [[Massachusetts]] Attorney General [[Edward Brooke]] becomes the first [[African American]] [[1966 United States Senate election in Massachusetts|elected]] to the [[United States Senate]] since [[Reconstruction Era|Reconstruction]].
* 1966 – U.S. President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] signs into law an [[antitrust]] exemption allowing the [[National Football League]] to [[AFL–NFL merger|merge]] with the upstart [[American Football League]].
*[[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.
*[[1972]] – American pay television network [[HBO|Home Box Office (HBO)]] launches.
*[[1973]] – The right ear of [[John Paul Getty III]] is delivered to a newspaper outlet along with a ransom note, convincing his father to pay US$2.9 million.
*[[1977]] – [[Manolis Andronikos]], a Greek archaeologist and professor at the [[Aristotle University of Thessaloniki]], discovers the tomb of [[Philip II of Macedon]] at [[Vergina]].
*[[1981]] – [[Aeroméxico Flight 110]] crashes near [[Zihuatanejo]], Mexico, killing all 18 people on board.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 XA-DEO Zihuatanejo|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19811108-1|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-01|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211101162534/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19811108-1 |archive-date=Nov 1, 2021 }}</ref>
*[[1983]] – [[TAAG Angola Airlines Flight 462]] crashes after takeoff from [[Lubango Airport]] killing all 130 people on board. [[UNITA]] claims to have shot down the aircraft, though this is disputed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19831108-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-2M2 D2-TBN Lubango Airport (SDD)|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2019-10-12}}</ref>
*[[1987]] – [[Remembrance Day bombing]]: A [[Provisional Irish Republican Army|Provisional IRA]] bomb explodes in [[Enniskillen]], [[Northern Ireland]] during a ceremony honouring those who had died in wars involving British forces. Twelve people are killed and sixty-three wounded.
*[[1988]] – U.S. [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[George H. W. Bush]] is [[1988 United States presidential election|elected]] as the 41st president.
*[[1994]] – [[Republican Revolution]]: On the night of the [[1994 United States elections|1994 United States midterm elections]], [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] make historic electoral gains by securing massive majorities in both houses of [[United States Congress|Congress]] (54 seats in the [[United States House of Representatives|House]] and eight seats in the [[United States Senate|Senate]], additionally), thus bringing to a close four decades of [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] domination.
*[[1997]] – [[Eritrea]] adopts the [[Eritrean nakfa|nakfa]] as its official currency.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Origins of the 1998-2000 Border War – ASENA TV |url=https://asenatv.com/the-origins-of-the-1998-2000-border-war/ |access-date=2024-02-25 |language=en-GB}}</ref>
*[[1999]] – Bruce Miller is killed at his junkyard near Flint, Michigan. His wife [[Sharee Miller]], who convinced her online lover Jerry Cassaday to kill him (before later killing himself) was convicted of the crime, in what became the world's first Internet murder.
*[[2002]] – [[Iraq disarmament crisis]]: [[UN Security Council Resolution 1441]]: The [[United Nations Security Council]] unanimously approves a resolution on [[Ba'athist Iraq|Iraq]], forcing [[Saddam Hussein]] to [[disarmament|disarm]] or face "serious consequences".
*[[2004]] – [[Iraq War]]: More than 10,000 U.S. troops and a small number of [[Iraq]]i army units participate in a siege on the insurgent stronghold of [[Fallujah]].
*[[2006]] – [[Israeli–Palestinian conflict|Israeli-Palestinian conflict]]: The [[Israel Defense Forces|Israeli Defense Force]] kill 19 [[Palestinians|Palestinian]] civilians in their homes during the [[2006 shelling of Beit Hanoun|shelling of Beit Hanoun]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/nov/08/israel2|title=Children among 19 killed by Israeli tank fire|last1=Urquhart|first1=Conal|last2=McCarthy|first2=Rory|date=2006-11-08|website=The Guardian|language=en|access-date=2018-10-30}}</ref>
*[[2011]] – The [[potentially hazardous asteroid]] [[2005 YU55]] passes 0.85 [[lunar distance (astronomy)|lunar distance]]s from Earth (about {{convert|324600|km|disp=or}}), the closest known approach by an asteroid of its [[Absolute magnitude#Solar system|brightness]] since {{mpl|2010 XC|15}} in 1976.
*[[2013]] – [[Typhoon Haiyan]], one of the [[List of tropical cyclone records|strongest tropical cyclones]] ever recorded, strikes the [[Visayas]] region of the [[Philippines]]; the storm left at least 6,340 people dead with over 1,000 still missing, and caused $2.86 billion (2013 [[US dollar|USD]]; equivalent to ${{formatprice|{{inflation|US|2860000000|2013}}}} in {{inflation/year|US}}{{inflation/fn|US}}) in damage.
*[[2016]] – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi publicly announces [[2016 Indian banknote demonetisation|the withdrawal]] of ₹500 and ₹1000 denomination banknotes.<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=Business Today |title=The Dash of Cash |date=11 December 2022 |page=35 |first1=Teena |last1=Jain Kaushal |volume=31 |issue=25 |url=https://www.businesstoday.in/magazine/economy/story/cash-is-still-king-with-currency-in-circulation-touching-a-new-high-in-october-354200-2022-11-25 |access-date=28 November 2022}}</ref>
* 2016 – [[Donald Trump]] is [[2016 United States presidential election|elected]] the [[First presidency of Donald Trump|45th]] President of the United States, defeating [[Hillary Clinton]], the first woman ever to receive a major party's [[2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries|nomination]].
*[[2020]] – Myanmar holds the [[2020 Myanmar general election|2020 general election]], re-electing a government led by the [[National League for Democracy]], which is deposed by the [[Tatmadaw|Burmese military]] the following February during the [[2021 Myanmar coup d'état]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Goodman |first1=Jack |date=5 February 2021 |title=Myanmar coup: Does the army have evidence of voter fraud? |work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/55918746 |access-date=7 February 2023}}</ref>
==Births==
===Pre-1600===
*[[AD 30]] – [[Nerva]], Roman emperor (died 98)<ref>{{cite book|author=Bernard William Henderson|title=Five Roman Emperors: Vespasian, Titus, Domitian, Nerva, Trajan, A.D. 69–117|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ScA8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA169|year=1927|publisher=CUP Archive|pages=169}}</ref>
*[[1407]] – [[Alain de Coëtivy]], French cardinal (died 1474)
*[[1417]] – [[Philipp I, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg]] (1458–1480) (died 1480)
*[[
*[[
*[[1543]] – [[Lettice Knollys]], English noblewoman (died 1634)<ref>{{cite book |last1=O'Day |first1=Rosemary |title=The Routledge Companion to the Tudor Age |year= 2012 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-136-96253-0 |pages=1585 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PgKSouk9fHUC&pg=PA1585 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1555]] – [[Nyaungyan Min]], King of Burma (died 1605)
*[[
*[[1572]] – [[John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg]] (died 1619)
===1601–1900===
*[[
*[[1656]] – [[Edmond Halley]], English astronomer and mathematician (died 1742)<ref>{{cite book|author=Richard Stone|title=Some British Empiricists in the Social Sciences, 1650–1900|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ccQFbSfF7PIC&pg=PA237|year=1997|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-57145-6|pages=237}}</ref>
*[[1706]] – [[Johann Ulrich von Cramer]], German philosopher and judge (died 1772)
*[[
*[[1715]] – [[Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern]] (died 1797)
*[[1723]] – [[John Byron]], English admiral and politician, 24th [[List of lieutenant governors of Newfoundland and Labrador|Commodore Governor of Newfoundland]] (died 1786)
*[[1725]] – [[Johann George Tromlitz]], German flute player and composer (died 1805)
*[[1738]] – [[Barbara Catharina Mjödh]], Finnish poet (died 1776)
*[[1739]] – [[Henrik Gabriel Porthan]], Finnish professor and historian (died 1804)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://filosofia.fi/fi/biografia/porthan-henrik-gabriel-1739-1804|title=Porthan, Henrik Gabriel (1739–1804)|website=Filosofia.fi|date=21 September 2007 |access-date=8 November 2023|language=fi}}</ref>
*[[1763]] – [[Otto Wilhelm Masing]], German-Estonian linguist and author (died 1832)
*[[1768]] – [[Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom]] (died 1840)
*[[1772]] – [[William Wirt (Attorney General)|William Wirt]], American lawyer and politician, 9th [[United States Attorney General]] (died 1834)
*[[1788]] – [[Mihály Bertalanits]], Slovene poet and educator (died 1853)
*[[1831]] – [[Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton]], English poet and diplomat, 30th [[List of Governors-General of India|Governor-General of India]] (died 1880)
*[[1836]] – [[Milton Bradley]], American businessman, founded the [[Milton Bradley Company]] (died 1911)
*[[1837]] – [[Ilia Chavchavadze]], Georgian journalist, lawyer, and politician (died 1907)
*[[1847]] – [[Jean Casimir-Perier]], French politician, 6th [[President of France]] (died 1907)
* 1847 – [[Bram Stoker]], Irish novelist and critic, created [[Count Dracula]] (died 1912)
*[[1848]] – [[Gottlob Frege]], German mathematician and philosopher (died 1925)
*[[1854]] – [[Johannes Rydberg]], Swedish physicist and academic (died 1919)
*[[1855]] – [[Nikolaos Triantafyllakos]], Greek politician, [[Prime Minister of Greece]] (died 1939)
*[[1866]] – [[Herbert Austin, 1st Baron Austin]], English businessman, founded the [[Austin Motor Company]] (died 1941)
*[[1868]] – [[Felix Hausdorff]], German mathematician and academic (died 1942)
*[[1878]] – [[Dorothea Bate]], English palaeontologist and archaeozoologist (died 1951)
*[[1881]] – [[Clarence Gagnon]], Canadian painter and illustrator (died 1942)
*[[1883]] – [[Arnold Bax]], English composer and poet (died 1953)
* 1883 – [[Charles Demuth]], American painter (died 1935)
*[[1884]] – [[Hermann Rorschach]], Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (died 1922)
*[[1885]] – [[George Bouzianis]], Greek painter (died 1959)
* 1885 – [[Hans Cloos]], German geologist and academic (died 1951)
* 1885 – [[Emil Fahrenkamp]], German architect and academic (died 1966)
* 1885 – [[Tomoyuki Yamashita]], Japanese general and politician, 4th [[Governor-General of the Philippines|Japanese Military Governors of the Philippines]] (died 1946)
*[[1888]] – [[David Monrad Johansen]], Norwegian pianist and composer (died 1974)
*[[1893]] – [[Prajadhipok]], Thai king (died 1941)
*[[1896]] – [[Erika Abels d'Albert]], Austrian painter and graphic artist (died 1975)
* 1896 – [[Bucky Harris]], American baseball player and manager (died 1977)
* 1896 – [[Marie Prevost]], Canadian-American actress and singer (died 1937)
*[[1897]] – [[Dorothy Day]], American journalist and activist (died 1980)
*[[1900]] – [[Margaret Mitchell]], American journalist and author (died 1949)
===1901–present===
*[[1902]] – [[A. J. M. Smith]], Canadian poet and anthologist (died 1980)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Barclay |first1=Adèle |title=Smith, (James Marshall) Arthur (1902–1980) |journal=Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism |date=2016 |doi=10.4324/9781135000356-REM1486-1|isbn=9781135000356 }}</ref>
*[[1904]] – [[Cedric Belfrage]], English-American journalist and author, co-founded the ''[[National Guardian]]'' (died 1990)
*[[1908]] – [[Martha Gellhorn]], American journalist and author (died 1998)
*[[1910]] – [[James McCormack]], American general (died 1975)
*[[1911]] – [[Al Brosch]], American golfer (died 1975)
* 1911 – [[Robert Jackson (UN administrator)|Robert Jackson]], Australian public servant and diplomat (died 1991)
*[[1912]] – [[June Havoc]], American actress, singer and dancer (died 2010)
* 1912 – [[Stylianos Pattakos]], Greek general and politician, [[Deputy Prime Minister of Greece]] (died 2016)
*[[1913]] – [[Lou Ambers]], American boxer (died 1995)
*[[1914]] – [[Norman Lloyd]], American actor, director, and producer (died 2021)
*[[1916]] – [[Clinton Jones (priest)|Clinton Jones]], American Episcopal priest and gay rights activist (died 2006)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Clinton Jones |url=https://lgbtqreligiousarchives.org/profiles/clinton-jones |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=LGBTQ Religious Archives Network}}</ref>
*[[1918]] – [[Kazuo Sakamaki]], Japanese soldier (died 1999)
* 1918 – [[Hermann Zapf]], German typographer and calligrapher (died 2015)
*[[1919]] – [[James S. Ackerman]], American historian and academic (died 2016)
*[[1920]] – [[Sitara Devi]], Indian actress, dancer, and choreographer (died 2014)
* 1920 – [[Esther Rolle]], American actress (died 1998)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Nov. 8: Alfre Woodard, Parker Posey |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/11/08/Famous-birthdays-for-Nov-8-Alfre-Woodard-Parker-Posey/3061667752925/ |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=6 November 2023 |date=8 November 2022}}</ref>
* 1920 – [[Eugênio Sales]], Brazilian cardinal (died 2012)
*[[1921]] – [[Douglas Townsend]], American composer, musicologist, and academic (died 2012)
*[[1922]] – [[Christiaan Barnard]], South African surgeon and academic (died 2001)<ref name="UPI" />
* 1922 – [[Thea D. Hodge]], American computer scientist and academic (died 2008)
* 1922 – [[Ademir Marques de Menezes]], Brazilian footballer, coach, and sportscaster (died 1996)
*[[1923]] – [[Yisrael Friedman (Pashkaner Rebbe)|Yisrael Friedman]], Romanian-born Israeli rabbi (died 2017)
* 1923 – [[Jack Kilby]], American physicist and engineer, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 2005)
*[[1924]] – [[Johnny Bower]], Canadian ice hockey player and soldier (died 2017)
* 1924 – [[Joe Flynn (American actor)|Joe Flynn]], American actor (died 1974)
* 1924 – [[Robert V. Hogg]], American statistician and academic (died 2014)
* 1924 – [[Victorinus Youn Kong-hi]], South Korean archbishop
* 1924 – [[Dmitry Yazov]], [[Marshal of the Soviet Union]] (died 2020)
*[[1926]] – [[Darleane C. Hoffman]], American nuclear chemist
*[[1927]] – [[L. K. Advani]], Indian lawyer and politician, 7th [[Deputy Prime Minister of India]]
* 1927 – [[Chris Connor]], American singer (died 2009)
* 1927 – [[Ken Dodd]], English singer and comedian (died 2018)
* 1927 – [[Nguyễn Khánh]], Vietnamese general and politician, 4th [[Leaders of South Vietnam|President of the Republic of Vietnam]] (died 2013)
* 1927 – [[Patti Page]], American singer and actress (died 2013)
*[[1928]] – [[Des Corcoran]], Australian politician, 37th [[Premier of South Australia]] (died 2004)
*[[1929]] – [[Bobby Bowden]], American football player and coach (died 2021)<ref name="UPI" />
* 1929 – [[António Castanheira Neves]], Portuguese philosopher and academic
*[[1931]] – [[Jim Redman]], English-Rhodesian motorcycle racer
* 1931 – [[Morley Safer]], Canadian-American journalist and author (died 2016)<ref name="UPI" />
* 1931 – [[Paolo Taviani]], Italian film director and screenwriter (died 2024)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.repubblica.it/spettacoli/cinema/2024/02/29/news/morto_paolo_taviani_maestro_di_cinema_con_il_fratello_vittorio-422232521/?ref=RHLF-BG-P1-S1-F|title=Morto Paolo Taviani, maestro di cinema con il fratello Vittorio|publisher=[[La Repubblica]]|date=29 February 2024|access-date=9 November 2024}}</ref>
*[[1932]] – [[Stéphane Audran]], French actress (died [[2018]])
* 1932 – [[Ben Bova]], American journalist and author (died 2020)<ref name="UPI" />
*[[1933]] – [[Peter Arundell]], English race car driver (died 2009)
*[[1935]] – [[Alain Delon]], French-Swiss actor, producer, screenwriter (died 2024)<ref>{{Cite web |title=French film star Alain Delon dies aged 88 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2n6y4g700o |access-date=2024-08-18 |website=www.bbc.com |language=en-GB}}</ref>
* 1935 – [[Stratos Dionysiou]], Greek singer-songwriter (died 1990)
* 1935 – [[Alfonso López Trujillo]], Colombian cardinal (died 2008)
*[[1936]] – [[Virna Lisi]], Italian actress (died 2014)<ref name="UPI" />
*[[1938]] – [[Driss Basri]], Moroccan police officer and politician (died 2007)
* 1938 – [[Satch Sanders]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web|title=Satch Sanders|url=http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/satch-sanders/|publisher=The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame|access-date=6 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830152037/http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/satch-sanders/|archive-date=30 August 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 1938 – [[Richard Stoker]], English composer, author, and poet (died 2021)
*[[1939]] – [[Meg Wynn Owen]], British actress (died 2022)
*[[1941]] – [[Nerys Hughes]], Welsh actress
*[[1942]] – [[Angel Cordero Jr.]], Puerto Rican-American jockey
* 1942 – [[Sandro Mazzola]], Italian footballer and sportscaster
*[[1943]] – [[Martin Peters]], English footballer and manager (died 2019)
*[[1944]] – [[Bonnie Bramlett]], American singer and actress<ref name="AP" />
*[[1945]] – [[Arduino Cantafora]], Italian-Swiss architect, painter, and author
* 1945 – [[Joseph James DeAngelo]], American serial killer
* 1945 – [[John Farrar]], Australian-born music producer, songwriter, arranger, singer, and guitarist
* 1945 – [[Don Murray (drummer)|Don Murray]], American drummer (died 1996)
* 1945 – [[Vincent Nichols]], English cardinal
* 1945 – [[Arnold Rosner]], American composer (died 2013)
*[[1946]] – [[Guus Hiddink]], Dutch footballer and manager
* 1946 – [[Roy Wood]], English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
*[[1947]] – [[Michael Perham (bishop)|Michael Perham]], English bishop (died 2017)
* 1947 – [[Minnie Riperton]], American singer-songwriter (died 1979)<ref name="UPI" />
* 1947 – [[Margaret Rhea Seddon]], American physician and astronaut
* 1947 – [[Lewis Yocum]], American physician and surgeon (died 2013)
*[[1948]] – [[Dale Gardner]], American captain and astronaut (died 2014)
*[[1949]] – [[Wayne LaPierre]], American businessman, author, and activist<ref name="UPI" />
* 1949 – [[Bonnie Raitt]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for November 8, 2022 includes celebrities Bonnie Raitt, Gordon Ramsay |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/11/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-november-8-2022-includes-celebrities-bonnie-raitt-gordon-ramsay.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=6 November 2023 |date=8 November 2022}}</ref>
*[[1950]] – [[Mary Hart]], American journalist and actress<ref name="AP" />
*[[1951]] – [[Gerald Alston]], American R&B singer
* 1951 – [[Alfredo Astiz]], Argentine military commander
* 1951 – [[Larry Burnett]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1951 – [[Laura Cox (judge)|Laura Cox]], English lawyer and judge
* 1951 – [[Peter Suber]], American philosopher and academic
*[[1952]] – [[John Denny]], American baseball player and coach
* 1952 – [[Christie Hefner]], American publisher and businesswoman<ref name="AP" />
* 1952 – [[Jan Raas]], Dutch cyclist
* 1952 – [[Jerry Remy]], American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2021)
* 1952 – [[Alfre Woodard]], American actress<ref name="AP" />
*[[1953]] – [[Giorgos Foiros]], Greek footballer and manager
* 1953 – [[John Musker]], American animator, director, producer, and screenwriter
* 1953 – [[Nand Kumar Patel]], Indian politician (died 2013)
*[[1954]] – [[David Bret]], French-English journalist and author
* 1954 – [[Michael D. Brown]], American lawyer and radio host
* 1954 – [[Timothy Egan]], American journalist and author
* 1954 – [[Kazuo Ishiguro]], Japanese-British novelist, screenwriter, and short story writer<ref name="UPI" />
* 1954 – [[Rickie Lee Jones]], American singer-songwriter and producer<ref name="AP" />
* 1954 – [[Thanasis Pafilis]], Greek jurist and politician
*[[1955]] – [[Patricia Barber]], American singer-songwriter and pianist
* 1955 – [[Jeffrey Ford]], American author and educator
*[[1956]] – [[Mari Boine]], Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer
* 1956 – [[Richard Curtis]], New Zealand-English screenwriter, film and television producer, and film director
* 1956 – [[Steven Miller (record producer)|Steven Miller]], American record producer and engineer
*[[1957]] – [[Alan Curbishley]], English footballer and manager
* 1957 – [[Tim Shaw (swimmer)|Tim Shaw]], American swimmer
* 1957 – [[Porl Thompson]], English guitarist and songwriter<ref name="AP" />
* 1957 – [[Hardi Volmer]], Estonian singer and director
*[[1958]] – [[Don Byron]], American clarinet player and composer
* 1958 – [[Ken Lamberton]], American author and educator
* 1958 – [[Selçuk Yula]], Turkish footballer and journalist (died 2013)
*[[1959]] – [[Miroslav Janů]], Czech footballer and manager (died 2013)
* 1959 – [[Chi Chi LaRue]], American [[drag queen]] performer and director
*[[1960]] – [[Oleg Menshikov]], Russian actor, singer, and director
* 1960 – [[Michael Nyqvist]], Swedish actor and producer (died 2017)
*[[1961]] – [[Micky Adams]], English footballer and manager
* 1961 – [[Leif Garrett]], American singer, actor, and television personality<ref name="AP" />
*[[1963]] – [[Paul McKenna]], English hypnotist and author
*[[1965]] – [[Jeff Blauser]], American baseball player and manager
* 1965 – [[Craig Chester]], American actor and screenwriter
* 1965 – [[Mike Matarazzo]], American bodybuilder and boxer (died 2014)
* 1965 – [[Patricia Poleo]], Venezuelan journalist
*[[1966]] – [[Gordon Ramsay]], British chef, restaurateur, and television host/personality<ref name="AP" />
*[[1967]] – [[Henry Rodríguez (outfielder)|Henry Rodriguez]], Dominican baseball player
*[[1968]] – [[Keith Jones (ice hockey)|Keith Jones]], Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
* 1968 – [[José Offerman]], Dominican baseball player and manager
* 1968 – [[Sergio Porrini]], Italian footballer and manager
* 1968 – [[Parker Posey]], American actress<ref name="AP" />
*[[1970]] – [[Tom Anderson]], American businessman, co-founded [[Myspace]]
* 1970 – [[David Hemp]], Bermudian cricketer
* 1970 – [[Michael Jackson (actor)|Michael Jackson]], Canadian actor
* 1970 – [[Diana King]], Jamaican singer-songwriter<ref name="AP" />
* 1970 – [[José Porras]], Costa Rican footballer and coach
*[[1971]] – [[Carlos Atanes]], Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter
* 1971 – [[Tech N9ne]], American musician, record producer, and actor
*[[1972]] – [[Chris Fydler]], Australian swimmer
* 1972 – [[Gretchen Mol]], American model and actress
* 1972 – [[Kylie Shadbolt]], Australian artistic gymnast<ref>{{cite web |title=Kylie Shadbolt – Olympic Gymnastics Artistic | Australia |url=https://www.olympic.org/kylie-shadbolt |website=International Olympic Committee |access-date=10 January 2020 |language=en |date=19 August 2019}}</ref>
*[[1973]] – [[František Kaberle]], Czech ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Frantisek Kaberle |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/frantisek-kaberle-8467949 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=6 November 2023}}</ref>
* 1973 – [[Sven Mikser]], Estonian politician, 22nd [[Minister of Defence (Estonia)|Estonian Minister of Defence]]
* 1973 – [[David Muir]], American journalist<ref name="UPI" />
*[[1974]] – [[Joshua Ferris]], American author
* 1974 – [[Penelope Heyns]], South African swimmer
* 1974 – [[Masashi Kishimoto]], Japanese author and illustrator, created ''[[Naruto]]''
* 1974 – [[Seishi Kishimoto]], Japanese illustrator
* 1974 – [[Matthew Rhys]], Welsh actor<ref name="AP" />
*[[1975]] – [[Antony Hickling]], English film maker, actor<ref>{{cite web |title=Antony Hickling – UniFrance | France |url=https://en.unifrance.org/directories/person/354265/antony-hickling |language=en |date=19 August 2010}}</ref>
* 1975 – [[Brevin Knight]], American basketball player and sportscaster
* 1975 – [[Tara Reid]], American actress<ref name="AP" />
* 1975 – [[Alena Vašková]], Czech tennis player
*[[1976]] – [[Jaroslav Bednář]], Czech ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jaroslav Bednar |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/jaroslav-bednar-8469502 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=6 November 2023}}</ref>
* 1976 – [[Brett Lee]], Australian cricketer and sportscaster
* 1976 – [[Brothers Strause|Colin Strause]], American director, producer, and visual effects designer
*[[1977]] – [[Jully Black]], Canadian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
* 1977 – [[Bucky Covington]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP" />
* 1977 – [[Nick Punto]], American baseball player
*[[1978]] – [[Matthew Bulbeck]], English cricketer
* 1978 – [[Tim de Cler]], Dutch footballer
* 1978 – [[Maurice Evans (basketball)|Maurice Evans]], American basketball player
* 1978 – [[Ali Karimi]], Iranian footballer and manager
* 1978 – [[Kensaku Kishida]], Japanese actor and entertainer
* 1978 – [[Emma Lewell-Buck]], English social worker and politician
* 1978 – [[Júlio Sérgio]], Brazilian footballer and manager
* 1978 – [[Shyne]], Belizean rapper and politician<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://digitalbelize.live/2021/06/25/moses-jamal-shyne-barrow-sworn-in-as-new-leader-of-the-opposition/|title=Moses Jamal 'Shyne' Barrow – Sworn In As New 'Leader of The Opposition'|work= Digital Belize Dot Live|date=25 June 2021 }}</ref>
*[[1979]] – [[Andrea Benatti]], Italian rugby player
* 1979 – [[Aaron Hughes]], Irish footballer
* 1979 – [[Dania Ramirez]], Dominican actress<ref name="AP" />
* 1979 – [[Andrew Unger]], Canadian writer<ref>{{cite web|title=Satirical website creator to appear on panel discussion|date=7 November 2020 |publisher=Winnipeg Free Press|url=https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/life/faith/satirical-website-creator-to-appear-on-panel-discussion-572999481.html|accessdate=January 21, 2022}}</ref>
*[[1980]] – [[Luís Fabiano]], Brazilian footballer
* 1980 – [[Laura Jane Grace]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer<ref name="UPI" />
* 1980 – [[Holly Walsh]], English radio and television host
*[[1981]] – [[Joe Cole]], English footballer
* 1981 – [[Yann Kermorgant]], French footballer
*[[1982]] – [[Ted DiBiase, Jr.]], American wrestler and actor
* 1982 – [[Mika Kallio]], Finnish motorcycle racer
* 1982 – [[Sam Sparro]], Australian singer-songwriter and producer
*[[1983]] – [[Danielle Valore Evans]], American short story writer
* 1983 – [[Sinan Güler]], Turkish basketball player
* 1983 – [[Katharina Molitor]], German javelin thrower
* 1983 – [[Remko Pasveer]], Dutch footballer
* 1983 – [[Pavel Pogrebnyak]], Russian footballer
* 1983 – [[Nikola Rachelle]], English-New Zealand singer-songwriter and producer
*[[1984]] – [[Kuntal Chandra]], Bangladeshi cricketer (died 2012)
* 1984 – [[Keith Lee (wrestler)|Keith Lee]], American wrestler<ref>{{cite web |title=Keith Lee |url=https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/29768887/wwe-profile-page-keith-lee |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=6 November 2023 |date=29 August 2020}}</ref>
* 1984 – [[Yoko Mitsuya]], Japanese model and actress
* 1984 – [[Steven Webb]], English actor
*[[1985]] – [[Magda Apanowicz]], Canadian actress
* 1985 – [[Míchel (footballer, born 1985)|Míchel]], Spanish footballer
* 1985 – [[Jack Osbourne]], English-American television personality<ref name="AP" />
*[[1986]] – [[Patricia Mayr-Achleitner]], Austrian tennis player
* 1986 – [[Jamie Roberts]], Welsh rugby player
* 1986 – [[Aaron Swartz]], American computer programmer and activist (died 2013)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Schofield |first1=Jack |title=Aaron Swartz obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/jan/13/aaron-swartz |access-date=25 October 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=13 January 2013}}</ref>
*[[1987]] – [[Édgar Benítez]], Paraguayan footballer
* 1987 – [[Sam Bradford]], American football player
* 1987 – [[Mohd Faiz Subri]], Malaysian footballer
*[[1988]] – [[Yasmani Grandal]], Cuban-American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Yasmani Grandal |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/yasmani-grandal-518735 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=6 November 2023}}</ref>
* 1988 – [[Jessica Lowndes]], Canadian actress and singer<ref name="AP" />
* 1988 – [[Lucia Slaničková]], Slovak heptathlete
* 1988 – [[Malcolm Thomas (basketball, born 1988)|Malcolm Thomas]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Malcolm Thomas |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/202952/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=6 November 2023}}</ref>
*[[1989]] – [[Morgan Schneiderlin]], French footballer
* 1989 – [[Giancarlo Stanton]], American baseball player
* 1989 – [[SZA]], American singer-songwriter<ref>{{Cite web |title=SZA | Biography & History |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/sza-mn0003180568/biography |access-date=2019-01-31 |website=AllMusic |language=en-us}}</ref>
*[[1990]] – [[Flavinha]], Brazilian politician<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.camara.leg.br/deputados/225727/biografia|title=Flavinha|publisher=[[Chamber of Deputies (Brazil)|Chamber of Deputies]]|language=pt}}</ref>
* 1990 – [[Ingrid Puusta]], Estonian sailor
*[[1991]] – [[Aaron Fotheringham]], American wheelchair athlete
* 1991 – [[Jack Littlejohn]], Australian rugby league player
* 1991 – [[Riker Lynch]], American actor and singer<ref name="AP" />
* 1991 – [[Dan Middleton]], English YouTube personality and pro gamer
*[[1992]] – [[Christophe Vincent]], French footballer
*[[1993]] – [[Przemek Karnowski]], Polish basketball player
* 1993 – [[Fraser Mullen]], Scottish footballer
*[[1994]] – [[Lauren Alaina]], American singer and songwriter<ref name="AP" />
*[[1997]] – [[Akram Tawfik]], Egyptian footballer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/fb00fb4f430e88fc/original/vfolbncwswkxqi8ostba-pdf.pdf |title=FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2020: Squad list |work=[[FIFA]] |date=1 February 2021 |access-date=1 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418162417/https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/fb00fb4f430e88fc/original/vfolbncwswkxqi8ostba-pdf.pdf |archive-date=18 April 2022 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1999]] – [[Isaac Bonga]], German basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Isaac Bonga |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1629067/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=6 November 2023}}</ref>
* 1999 – [[Katherine Uchida]], Canadian rhythmic gymnast<ref>{{cite web |title=Rhythmic Gymnastics | Athlete Profile: Katherine UCHIDA – Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games |url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/rhythmic-gymnastics/athlete-profile-n6030825-katherine-uchida.htm |website=results.gc2018.com |access-date=10 January 2020 |archive-date=7 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807141224/https://results.gc2018.com/en/rhythmic-gymnastics/athlete-profile-n6030825-katherine-uchida.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[2000]] – [[Jade Pettyjohn]], American actress<ref name="UPI" />
* 2000 – [[Jasmine Thompson]], English singer
==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[397]] – [[Martin of Tours]], Frankish bishop and saint
* [[618]] – [[Pope Adeodatus I|Adeodatus I]], pope of the Catholic Church<ref>{{cite web |title=Saint Deusdedit | pope |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Deusdedit |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=14 July 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[
* [[
* [[
* [[
* [[943]] – [[Empress Liu (Li Maozhen's wife)|Liu]], empress of [[Qi (Li Maozhen's state)|Qi]] ([[Ten Kingdoms]]) (born 877)
* [[955]] – [[Pope Agapetus II|Agapetus II]], pope of the Catholic Church
* [[977]] – [[Ibn al-Qūṭiyya]], Andalusian historian
*[[1067]] – [[Sancha of León]], Queen of León (born c. 1018)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://dbe.rah.es/biografias/6245/sancha-alfonsez |title=Sancha Alfónsez |encyclopedia=Diccionario biográfico España |first=Antonio |last=Viñayo González |publisher=[[Real Academia de la Historia]] |language=es}}</ref>
*[[1115]] – [[Godfrey of Amiens]], French bishop and saint (born 1066)
*[[
*[[
*[[1195]] – [[Conrad, Count Palatine of the Rhine]] (born 1135)
*[[1226]] – [[Louis VIII of France|Louis VIII]], king of France (born 1187)
*[[1246]] – [[Berengaria of Castile]] (born 1179)
*[[1263]] – [[Matilda of Béthune]], French countess
*[[1308]] – [[Duns Scotus]], Scottish priest, philosopher, and academic (born 1266)
*[[1400]] – [[Peter of Aragon (heir of Sicily)|Peter of Aragon]], Aragonese infante (born 1398)
*[[1478]] – [[Baeda Maryam I]], emperor of [[Ethiopia]] (born 1448)
*[[1494]] – [[Melozzo da Forlì]], Italian painter (born c. 1438)
*[[1517]] – [[Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros]], Spanish cardinal (born 1436)
*[[1527]] – [[Jerome Emser]], German theologian and reformer (born 1477)
*[[1599]] – [[Francisco Guerrero (composer)|Francisco Guerrero]], Spanish composer (born 1528)
*[[1600]] – [[Natsuka Masaie]], Japanese daimyō (born 1562)
===1601–1900===
*[[1605]] – [[Robert Catesby]], English conspirator, leader of the [[Gunpowder Plot]] (born 1573)
*[[1606]] – [[Girolamo Mercuriale]], Italian philologist and physician (born 1530)
*[[1658]] – [[Witte de With]], Dutch admiral (born 1599)
*[[1674]] – [[John Milton]], English poet and philosopher (born 1608)
*[[1719]] – [[Michel Rolle]], French mathematician and author (born 1652)
*[[1773]] – [[Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz]], Prussian general (born 1721)
*[[1817]] – [[Andrea Appiani]], Italian painter and educator (born 1754)
*[[1828]] – [[Thomas Bewick]], English engraver, illustrator and author (born1753)
*[[1830]] – [[Francis I of the Two Sicilies]] (born 1777)
*[[1873]] – [[Manuel Bretón de los Herreros]], Spanish poet, playwright, and critic (born 1796)
*[[1887]] – [[Doc Holliday]], American dentist and poker player (born 1851)
*[[1890]] – [[César Franck]], Belgian organist and composer (born 1822)
*[[1895]] – [[Robert Battey]], American surgeon and academic (born 1828)
===1901–present===
*[[1901]] – [[James Agnew]], Irish-Australian politician, 16th [[Premier of Tasmania]] (born 1815)
*[[1905]] – [[Victor Borisov-Musatov]], Russian painter (born 1870)
*[[1917]] – [[Colin Blythe]], English cricketer and soldier (born 1879)
*[[1921]] – [[Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav]], Slovak poet and playwright (born 1849)
*[[1934]] – [[Carlos Chagas]], Brazilian physician and bacteriologist (born 1879)
*[[1944]] – [[Walter Nowotny]], Austrian-German soldier and pilot (born 1920)
*[[1945]] – [[August von Mackensen]], German field marshal (born 1849)
*[[1949]] – [[Cyriel Verschaeve]], Belgian-Austrian priest and activist (born 1874)
*[[1953]] – [[Ivan Bunin]], Russian author and poet, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1870)
* 1953 – [[John van Melle]], Dutch-South African author and educator (born 1887)
*[[1956]] – [[Chika Kuroda]], Japanese chemist (born 1884)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/internationalwom00hain|url-access=registration|title=International Women in Science: A Biographical Dictionary to 1950|last1=Haines|first1=Catharine M. C.|last2=Stevens|first2=Helen M.|date=2001|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=9781576070901|pages=[https://archive.org/details/internationalwom00hain/page/164 164]|language=en}}</ref>
*[[1959]] – [[Frank S. Land]], American activist, founded the [[DeMolay International]] (born 1890)
*[[1960]] – [[Subroto Mukerjee]], Indian soldier; Chief of the Air Staff of the Indian Air Force (born 1911)
*[[1965]] – [[Dorothy Kilgallen]], American journalist, television personality, and game show panelist (born 1913)
*[[1968]] – [[Wendell Corey]], American actor and politician (born 1914)
* 1968 – [[Peter Mohr Dam]], Faroese educator and politician, 3rd [[Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands]] (born 1898)
*[[1970]] – [[Huw T. Edwards]], Welsh poet and politician (born 1892)
*[[1973]] – [[Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel]], Turkish poet, author, and politician (born 1898)<ref>{{cite book|first=Necat|last=Birinci|title=Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel: Inceleme-Seçmeler|___location=Cağaloğlu|publisher=Boğaziçi yayınları|year=1993|language=Turkish|isbn=978-9-75451-102-4|page=13}}</ref>
*[[1974]] – [[Ivory Joe Hunter]], American singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1914)
*[[1977]] – [[Tasos Giannopoulos]], Greek actor and producer (born 1931)
* 1977 – [[Bucky Harris]], American baseball player and manager (born 1896)
*[[1978]] – [[Norman Rockwell]], American painter and illustrator (born 1894)
*[[1983]] – [[James Booker]], American singer and pianist (born 1939)
* 1983 – [[Mordecai Kaplan]], Lithuanian-American rabbi and educator (born 1881)
*[[1985]] – [[Nicolas Frantz]], Luxembourger cyclist (born 1899)
* 1985 – [[Jacques Hnizdovsky]], Ukrainian-American painter and illustrator (born 1915)
*[[1986]] – [[Vyacheslav Molotov]], Russian politician and diplomat, [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Soviet Union)|Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs]] (born 1890)<ref>{{cite web |title=Vyacheslav Molotov | Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Vyacheslav-Molotov |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=27 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1994]] – [[Michael O'Donoghue]], American actor and screenwriter (born 1940)
*[[1998]] – [[Rumer Godden]], English author and poet (born 1907)
* 1998 – [[John Hunt, Baron Hunt]], English colonel, mountaineer, and academic (born 1910)
* 1998 – [[Jean Marais]], French actor and director (born 1913)
*[[1999]] – [[Lester Bowie]], American trumpet player and composer (born 1941)
* 1999 – [[Leon Štukelj]], Slovenian gymnast and judge (born 1898)
*[[2001]] – [[Aristidis Moschos]], Greek [[santouri]] player and educator (born 1930)
*[[2002]] – [[Jon Elia]], Pakistani poet, philosopher, and scholar (born 1931)
*[[2003]] – [[Bob Grant (actor)|Bob Grant]], English actor and screenwriter (born 1932)
* 2003 – [[C.Z. Guest]], American actress, fashion designer, and author (born 1920)
* 2003 – [[Guy Speranza]], American singer-songwriter (born 1956)
*[[2004]] – [[Peter Mathers]], English-Australian author and playwright (born 1931)
*[[2005]] – [[Alekos Alexandrakis]], Greek actor and director (born 1928)
* 2005 – [[David Westheimer]], American soldier and author (born 1917)
*[[2006]] – [[Basil Poledouris]], American composer and conductor (born 1945)
* 2006 – [[Hannspeter Winter]], Austrian physicist and academic (born 1941)
*[[2007]] – [[Aad Nuis]], Dutch journalist, poet, and politician (born 1933)
* 2007 – [[Dulce Saguisag]], Filipino politician, 10th [[Secretary of Social Welfare and Development (Philippines)|Filipino Secretary of Social Welfare and Development]] (born 1943)
* 2007 – [[Chad Varah]], English priest, founded [[Samaritans (charity)|The Samaritans]] (born 1911)
*[[2009]] – [[Vitaly Ginzburg]], Russian physicist and astrophysicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1916)
*[[2010]] – [[Quintin Dailey]], American basketball player (born 1961)
* 2010 – [[Jack Levine]], American soldier and painter (born 1915)
* 2010 – [[Emilio Eduardo Massera]], Argentinian admiral (born 1925)
*[[2011]] – [[Heavy D]], Jamaican-American rapper, producer, and actor (born 1967)
* 2011 – [[Bil Keane]], American cartoonist (born 1922)
*[[2012]] – [[Lee MacPhail]], American businessman (born 1917)
* 2012 – [[Pete Namlook]], German composer and producer (born 1960)
* 2012 – [[Peggy Vaughan]], American author (born 1936)
*[[2013]] – [[William C. Davidon]], American physicist, mathematician, and academic (born 1927)
* 2013 – [[Penn Kimball]], American journalist and academic (born 1915)
* 2013 – [[Arnold Rosner]], American composer (born 1945)
* 2013 – [[Chiyoko Shimakura]], Japanese singer and actress (born 1938)
* 2013 – [[Amanchi Venkata Subrahmanyam]], Indian journalist and actor (born 1957)
*[[2014]] – [[Phil Crane]], American academic and politician (born 1930)
* 2014 – [[Luigi Gorrini]], Italian soldier and pilot (born 1917)
* 2014 – [[Don Paul (linebacker)|Don Paul]], American football player and sportscaster (born 1925)
* 2014 – [[Hugo Sánchez Portugal]], Spanish-Mexican footballer and sportscaster (born 1984)
* 2014 – [[Ernie Vandeweghe]], Canadian-American basketball player and physician (born 1928)
*[[2015]] – [[Rhea Chiles]], American philanthropist, founded the [[Polk Museum of Art]] (born 1930)
* 2015 – [[Joseph Cure]], American ice hockey player and actor (born 1984)
* 2015 – [[Rod Davies]], Australian-English astronomer and academic (born 1930)
* 2015 – [[Om Prakash Mehra]], Indian air marshal and politician (born 1919)
* 2015 – [[Maduluwawe Sobitha Thero]], Sri Lankan monk and activist (born 1942)
*[[2020]] – [[Alex Trebek]], Canadian-American television personality and longtime host of ''[[Jeopardy!]]'' (born 1940)<ref>{{Cite news|last=Flanagan|first=Ryan|date=2020-11-08|title=Alex Trebek has died at age 80|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/alex-trebek-has-died-at-age-80-1.5179975|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108180709/https://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/alex-trebek-has-died-at-age-80-1.5179975|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 8, 2020|access-date=2020-11-08|work=[[CTV News]]|language=en}}</ref>
*[[2024]] – [[Elizabeth Nunez]], American novelist (born 1944)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Green |first=Penelope |date=November 14, 2024 |title=Elizabeth Nunez, Who Chronicled the Immigrant's Challenges, Dies at 80 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/14/books/elizabeth-nunez-dead.html |access-date=November 20, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>
*2024 – [[June Spencer]], English actress (born 1919)<ref>{{Cite web |title=June Spencer: Long-serving star of BBC Radio 4's The Archers dies aged 105 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1wn1zl3q5qo |access-date=2024-11-09 |website=www.bbc.com |language=en-GB}}</ref>
*2024 – [[Trevor Sorbie]], Scottish hairdresser (born 1949)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lindner |first=Emmett |date=November 9, 2024 |title=Trevor Sorbie, Creator of the Dorothy Hamill 'Wedge' Cut, Dies at 75 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/09/style/trevor-sorbie-dead.html |access-date=November 12, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>
==Holidays and observances==
*Christian [[feast day]]:
**[[Saint Elizabeth of the Trinity]] ([[Roman Catholic Church]])
**[[Four Crowned Martyrs]]
**[[Godfrey of Amiens]]
**[[Johann von Staupitz]] ([[Lutheran]])
**[[Duns Scotus|Blessed John Duns Scotus]]
**[[Calendar of saints (Church of England)#November|Saints and Martyrs of England]] ([[Church of England]])
**[[Tysilio]]
**[[Willehad of Bremen]]
**[[November 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
* [[Intersex Day of Remembrance]] ([[New South Wales]], [[Australia]])
* [[International Day of Radiology]] ([[European Society of Radiology]])
*[[National Aboriginal Veterans Day]] ([[Canada]])
*[[Synaxis]] of the [[Michael (archangel)|Archangel Michael]] and the other [[Christian angelic hierarchy|Bodiless Powers of Heaven]] ([[Eastern Orthodox Church]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2013/11/08/103244-synaxis-of-the-archangel-michael-and-the-other-bodiless-powers|archive-url=https://archive.today/20241002112229/https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2013/11/08/103244-synaxis-of-the-archangel-michael-and-the-other-bodiless-powers|archive-date=October 2, 2024|url-status=live|title=Synaxis of Michael the Archangel and the Other Bodiless Powers}}</ref>
*[[World Urbanism Day]]
* [[Victory Day (Azerbaijan)]]
==References==
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==External links==
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* {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/8 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}}
* {{NYT On this day|month=11|day=08}}
* {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/november/8 |title=Historical Events on November 8 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}}
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