November 8 in History
November 8 is the birthday of Ilyas Ansah (2004) and the anniversary of the death of Graham Richardson (2025). Below are famous birthdays, deaths, events for November 8, plus editor's picks and genealogy records.
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Nerva, Roman emperor was born in AD 30, while Martin of Tours, Frankish bishop and saint died in 397.
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Famous people born on November 8
Famous people who died on November 8
2015
Maduluwawe Sobitha Thera (Wikipedia, opens in a new tab)
Sri Lankan political leader (1942 – 2015)
2014
Hugo Sánchez (footballer, born 1984) (Wikipedia, opens in a new tab)
Mexican footballer and sports commentator (1984-2014)
What happened on November 8
- 2020
Myanmar holds the 2020 general election, re-electing a government led by the National League for Democracy, which is deposed by the Burmese military the following February during the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état.
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The Louvre Abu Dhabi was inaugurated by the French president Emmanuel Macron and then-crown prince of Abu Dhabi Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi publicly announces the withdrawal of ₹500 and ₹1000 denomination banknotes.
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Donald Trump is elected the 45th President of the United States, defeating Hillary Clinton, the first woman ever to receive a major party's nomination.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 2013
Typhoon Haiyan, one of the 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 USD; equivalent to $3.95 billion in 2025) in damage.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 2011
The potentially hazardous asteroid 2005 YU55 passes 0.85 lunar distances from Earth (about 324,600 kilometres or 201,700 miles), the closest known approach by an asteroid of its brightness since 2010 XC15 in 1976.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 2006
Israeli-Palestinian conflict: The Israeli Defense Force kill 19 Palestinian civilians in their homes during the shelling of Beit Hanoun.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 2004
Iraq War: 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.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 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".
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 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.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 1997
Eritrea adopts the nakfa as its official currency.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 1994
Republican Revolution: On the night of the 1994 United States midterm elections, Republicans make historic electoral gains by securing massive majorities in both houses of Congress (54 seats in the House and eight seats in the Senate, additionally), thus bringing to a close four decades of Democratic domination.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 1988
U.S. Vice President George H. W. Bush is elected as the 41st president.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 1987
Remembrance Day bombing: A 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.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 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.
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Editor's picks
Born on November 8
- AD 30 — Nerva, Roman emperor (died 98)
- 1407 — Alain de Coëtivy, French cardinal (died 1474)
- 1417 — Philipp I, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1458—1480) (died 1480)
Died on November 8
- 397 — Martin of Tours, Frankish bishop and saint
- 618 — Adeodatus I, pope of the Catholic Church
- 785 — Sawara, Japanese prince
Source: Wikipedia historical listings for November 8
Quick answers
Who was born on November 8? Ilyas Ansah (2004), Jade Pettyjohn (2000), Jasmine Thompson (2000).
Who died on November 8? Graham Richardson (2025), Elizabeth Nunez (2024), June Spencer (2024).
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