Year 1889
Montana became the 41st state of the United States.
NOVEMBER 8
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8 November: What Happened On This Day in History
Curated historical timeline of momentous political pacts, freedom struggle uprisings, constitutional developments, scientific breakthroughs, and prominent birthdays recorded on 8 November.
Observances & Special Days
World Urbanism Day
International Day of Radiology
Year 1895
Physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen discovered X-rays.
Year 1919
Madan Theatres Ltd. was founded under a Joint Stock Company at Calcutta. Their maiden venture 'Bilwamangal' was released on November 8, 1919 at the Cornwallis Theatre, Calcutta.
Year 1932
Establishment of Maharashtra Branch of All India Untouchability Prevention Association.
Year 1939
Adolf Hitler escaped assassination in Munich.
Year 1947
Establishment of Punjab and Haryana High Court.
Year 1947
Junagadh accedes to India. Addresses A.I.C.C.
Year 1948
Nathuram Godse confesses to murder of Gandhi but denies conspiracy.
Year 1960
Subroto Mukherjee died while having dinner in Tokyo, where he had gone with the Air India International Airlines which made its first inaugural flight to the city of Tokyo, Japan.
Year 1960
John F. Kennedy was elected as the 35th President of the United States.
Year 1965
The British Indian Ocean Territory is created, consisting of Chagos Archipelago, Aldabra, Farquhar and Des Roches islands.
Year 1965
British Indian Ocean Territory formed.
Year 1968
Jansattak Party established.
Year 1988
At 0910 hrs, One - O - Four's moments of glory were frozen for eternity when it received the coveted colours from the then President of Indian R Venkatraman.
Year 1988
Salman Rushdie's 'The Satanic Verses' awarded 1988 Whitbread Prize.
Year 1990
Congress (I) extends support to Chandrasekhar to form Government, even as BJP and Left parties decline the request of President R. Venkataraman to form Government. Rajasthan BJP CM Bhairon Singh Shekhwat wins confidence motion with the help of Janata Dal rebels (116-80).
Year 1992
Mother Teresa, nobel prize winner, was presented 'Bharat Ki Mahan Suputri' award.
Year 1999
The Government announces waiver of telephone bills up to Rs. 1000 in the rural areas of cyclone-hit Orissa.
Year 2000
Queen Ingrid (90), Denmark's Swedish born queen mother and great-grand daughter of Britain's Queen Victoria, died in Copenhagen.
Year 2000
India wins the men's team title in the World Carrom championship in New Delhi.
Year 2002
G. B. Patnaik became the 32nd Chief Justice of India.
Year 2008
Chandrayaan-1, India’s first unmanned space mission, reached the moon’s orbit.
Year 2016
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi of the BJP party led NDA government, publicly announced the withdrawal of ₹500 and ₹1000 denomination banknotes only a few hours before the implementation/imposition of diktat, i.e. from midnight, starting of November 9 (9-11 as per Indian date recordings), from the Indian economy, without popular consent, rendering 86% of Indian currency in circulation invalid. After that, new 2000 currency notes were issued.
Year 2016
Donald Trump was elected the 45th President of the United States.
Born 1656
Edmund Halley, English astronomer. The first scientist to measure the orbit of a comet.
Born 1831
Robert Boulevard-Lytton, the 30th Governor-General of India.
Born 1866
Herbert Austin, an English automobile designer, founder of the Austin Motor Company.
Born 1893
King Prajadhipok Ram (VII) of Thailand.
Born 1893
Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu, great musician and professor, was born in Bangalore.
Born 1908
Raja Rao, an Indian writer of English-language novels and short stories.
Born 1919
Purushottam Laxman (Pu. L. Deshpande), Indian writer, playwright, composer, director, screenwriter, and actor.
Born 1920
Sitara Devi, Indian actress, dancer, and choreographer (d. 2014)
Born 1927
L. K. Advani, Indian lawyer and politician, 7th Deputy Prime Minister of India
Born 1932
Sankhla Badluram, great industrialist, was born in Delhi.
Born 1935
Anwar Masood, a Pakistani poet.
Born 1947
Usha Uthup, an Indian pop, film, jazz, and playback singer.
Born 1953
Nand Kumar Patel, Indian politician (d. 2013)
Born 1964
Sagarika Ghose, an Indian journalist, news anchor, columnist, and author.
Born 1970
Tom Anderson, co-founder of MySpace.
Born 1974
Masashi Kishimoto, Japanese Manga artist, Founder of Naruto,.
Born 1976
Brett Lee, Australian cricketer.
Born 1986
Aaron Hillel Swartz, an American computer programmer, and entrepreneur.
Died 1226
King Louis VIII of France.
Died 1661
Guru Har Rai passed away. Second son Har Kishan became the eighth Sikh Guru age of 5 years 4 Months. He passed away at the age of 7 years 9 Months.
Died 1674
John Milton, English poet, scholar, and diplomat.
Died 1945
August Mackensen, a German field marshal.
Died 1960
Subroto Mukerjee, Indian soldier; Chief of the Air Staff of the Indian Air Force (b. 1911)
Died 1965
Bashiruddin Ahmad, religious leader and litterateur, passed away.
Died 1960
Subroto Mukherjee died while having dinner in Tokyo, where he had gone with the Air India International Airlines which made its first inaugural flight to the city of Tokyo, Japan.
Died 1966
Rameshwari Nehru, freedom fighter and social worker, died at 80 years in New Delhi. She founded "Stree-Darpan" Magazine in 1909 and was president of "Indian Women Association". She had received Lenin Peace Prize in 1961 for her humanitarian services for upliftment of the downtrodden.
Died 1977
Bommi Narsing Reddy, famous film story writer and Dadasaheb Phalke awardee, passed away.
Died 1986
Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov, a Soviet politician, and diplomat.
Died 2002
Jaun Elia, an Indo-Pak Urdu poet, philosopher, biographer, and scholar.
Died 2013
Amanchi Venkata Subrahmanyam, Indian journalist and actor (b. 1957)
Died 2015
Om Prakash Mehra, Indian air marshal and politician (b. 1919)