8th November anniversaries

• Birth
  • 1908
  • "Birth of Martha Gellhorn, American novelist, travel writer, journalist and war correspondent."
• event
  • 1602
  • Bodleian Library at Oxford University opened to the public
  • 1933
  • United States
  • "Great Depression - New Deal: US President Franklin D. Roosevelt unveiled the ‘Civil Works Administration’, designed to create temporary."
  • 1939
  • "Seven people were killed when a bomb exploded at the Buergerbraukeller in Munich, Germany. The bomb was meant to kill Adolf Hitler who was giving a speech there, but he had already left"
  • 1958
  • The first British LP chart appeared in ‘New Musical Express’ (NME) (Note: some sources say it first appeared in ‘Melody Maker’ on this date.
  • 1965
  • Great Britain
  • Race Relations Act comes into effect
  • 1987
  • Great Britain
  • "A IRA bomb exploded during a Remembrance Day service in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, killing 11 people"
  • 1988
  • George H.W. Bush was elected 41st President of the United States .
  • 1994
  • "The US state of Oregon passed the Death with Dignity Act, which allowed doctor-assisted euthanasia for the terminally ill in regulated cases"
• Death
  • 1674
  • John Milton dies in London
  • 1908
  • "Death of Victorien Sardou, French dramatist ."
  • 1978
  • "Death of Norman Rockwell, American artist and illustrator ."
  • 1998
  • "Death of Jean Marais, French actor ."