Born on November 8
November 8 birthdays & history
If you were born on November 8, you share a birthday with Alain Delon, Kazuo Ishiguro and Bram Stoker. November 8 babies are Scorpio, with topaz as their birthstone and the chrysanthemum as their birth flower. November 8 is the 313th day of the year in leap years (312th in other years).
Famous people born on November 8
- 1935Alain Delon, French-Swiss actor, producer, screenwriter
- 1954Kazuo Ishiguro, Japanese-British novelist, screenwriter, and short story writer
- 1847Bram Stoker, Irish novelist and critic, created Count Dracula
- 1900Margaret Mitchell, American journalist and author
- 1656Edmond Halley, English astronomer and mathematician
- 1848Gottlob Frege, German mathematician and philosopher
- 1986Aaron Swartz, American computer programmer and activist
- 1923Jack Kilby, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1922Christiaan Barnard, South African surgeon and academic
- 1946Guus Hiddink, Dutch footballer and manager
What happened on November 8
- 1278Trần Thánh Tông, the second emperor of Vietnam's Trần dynasty, took up the title of retired emperor, but continued to co-rule with his son Nhân Tông for eleven more years.
- 1291A law was passed that confined most of Venice's glassmaking industry to nearby Murano.
- 1837Mary Lyon founds Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, which later becomes Mount Holyoke College.
- 1889Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state.
- 1917The first Council of People's Commissars is formed, including Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin.
- 1920Rupert Bear, illustrated by Mary Tourtel makes his first appearance in print.
- 1965The British Indian Ocean Territory is created, consisting of Chagos Archipelago, Aldabra, Farquhar and Des Roches islands.
- 1966U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs into law an antitrust exemption allowing the National Football League to merge with the upstart American Football League.
- 1968The 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.
- 1971The English rock group Led Zeppelin released their fourth album, which became one of the best-selling albums worldwide.
- 1972American pay television network Home Box Office (HBO) launches.
- 2017The Louvre Abu Dhabi was inaugurated by the French president Emmanuel Macron and then-crown prince of Abu Dhabi Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
Also observed on November 8
- Intersex Day of Remembrance (New South Wales, Australia)
- International Day of Radiology (European Society of Radiology)
- National Aboriginal Veterans Day (Canada)
- Synaxis of the Archangel Michael and the other Bodiless Powers of Heaven (Eastern Orthodox Church)
- World Urbanism Day
- Victory Day (Azerbaijan)
Questions, answered
What star sign is November 8?
People born on November 8 are Scorpio. Their birthstone is topaz and their birth flower is the chrysanthemum.
Which famous people were born on November 8?
Alain Delon (1935), Kazuo Ishiguro (1954), Bram Stoker (1847), Margaret Mitchell (1900), Edmond Halley (1656), Gottlob Frege (1848) were all born on November 8.
What happened on November 8 in history?
Among other things: in 1971, The English rock group Led Zeppelin released their fourth album, which became one of the best-selling albums worldwide; in 1972, American pay television network Home Box Office (HBO) launches; in 2017, The Louvre Abu Dhabi was inaugurated by the French president Emmanuel Macron and then-crown prince of Abu Dhabi Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
Can I get a newspaper front page from November 8?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any November 8 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “November 8”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.