On This Day: 8 November

8 November in Indian history

• 2016Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi publicly announces the withdrawal of ₹500 and ₹1000 denomination banknotes.India
• 1965The British Indian Ocean Territory is created, consisting of Chagos Archipelago, Aldabra, Farquhar and Des Roches islands.India

8 November in world history

• 2017The Louvre Abu Dhabi was inaugurated by the French president Emmanuel Macron and then-crown prince of Abu Dhabi Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
• 2011The 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.
• 2002Iraq 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".
• 1994Republican 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 bring
• 1988U.S. Vice President George H. W. Bush is elected as the 41st president.
• 1987A Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb exploded during a Remembrance Sunday ceremony in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, killing 12 people and injuring 63 others.
• 1966Former Massachusetts attorney general Edward Brooke became the first African American elected to the United States Senate since Reconstruction.
• 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.
• 1965Vietnam War: In the Battle of Gang Toi, one of the earliest battles between the two sides, Viet Cong forces repelled an Australian attack.
• 1960John F. Kennedy is elected as the 35th President of the United States, defeating incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon, who would later be elected president in 1968 and 1972.
• 1950Korean War: United States Air Force Lt. Russell J. Brown, while piloting an F-80 Shooting Star, shoots down two North Korean MiG-15s in the first jet aircraft-to-jet aircraft dogfight in history.
• 1940The Italian invasion of Greece failed as outnumbered Greek units repulsed the Italians at the Battle of Elaia–Kalamas.
• 1939In Munich, Adolf Hitler narrowly escapes the assassination attempt of Georg Elser while celebrating the 16th anniversary of the Beer Hall Putsch.
• 1291A law was passed that confined most of Venice's glassmaking industry to nearby Murano.
• 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.
• 960Arab–Byzantine wars: Having been the target of many raids by the Emirate of Aleppo, Byzantine forces led by Leo Phokas the Younger ambushed the Hamdanids and annihilated their army.

Born on 8 November

• 1994Lauren Alaina, American singer and songwriter
• 1974Masashi Kishimoto, Japanese author and illustrator, created Naruto
• 1958Ken Lamberton, American author and educator
• 1927L. K. Advani, Indian lawyer and politician, 7th Deputy Prime Minister of IndiaIndia
• 1920Sitara Devi, Indian actress, dancer, and choreographer (died 2014)India
• 1831Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton, English poet and diplomat, 30th Governor-General of India (died 1880)India

Died on 8 November

• 2015Om Prakash Mehra, Indian air marshal and politician (born 1919)India
• 2013Amanchi Venkata Subrahmanyam, Indian journalist and actor (born 1957)India
• 1517Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros, Spanish cardinal (born 1436)
• 928Duan Ning, Chinese general

Frequently asked questions

What happened on 8 November in history?

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. 2016: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi publicly announces the withdrawal of ₹500 and ₹1000 denomination banknotes. 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. 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".

What happened on 8 November in Indian history?

2016: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi publicly announces the withdrawal of ₹500 and ₹1000 denomination banknotes. 1965: The British Indian Ocean Territory is created, consisting of Chagos Archipelago, Aldabra, Farquhar and Des Roches islands.

Which famous people were born on 8 November?

Lauren Alaina, American singer and songwriter (1994); Masashi Kishimoto, Japanese author and illustrator, created Naruto (1974); Ken Lamberton, American author and educator (1958); L. K. Advani, Indian lawyer and politician, 7th Deputy Prime Minister of India (1927).

Which day is observed on 8 November?

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.