November 8
People born on this day are Scorpio.
- 1988
U.S. Vice President George H. W. Bush is elected as the 41st president.
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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.
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Eritrea adopts the nakfa as its official currency.
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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".
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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.
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict: The Israeli Defense Force kill 19 Palestinian civilians in their homes during the shelling of Beit Hanoun.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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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2000Jade Pettyjohn, American actress
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2000Jasmine Thompson, English singer
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1999Isaac Bonga, German basketball player
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1997Leonardo Fernández, Uruguayan footballer
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1997Akram Tawfik, Egyptian footballer
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1994Lauren Alaina, American singer and songwriter
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1993Przemek Karnowski, Polish basketball player
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1993Fraser Mullen, Scottish footballer
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1992Christophe Vincent, French footballer
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1991Aaron Fotheringham, American wheelchair athlete
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1991Jack Littlejohn, Australian rugby league player
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1991Riker Lynch, American actor and singer
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