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November 8 is the 312th day of the year (313th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 53 days remain until the end of the year.
Discover what happened on November 8 with HISTORY's summaries of major events, anniversaries, famous births and notable deaths.
1520 Stockholm Bloodbath begins: A successful invasion of Sweden by Danish forces results in the execution of around 100 people. 1575 French Roman Catholics & Huguenots signs treaty. 1576 Eighty Years' War: Pacification of Ghent - 17 Dutch provinces sign anti-Spanish covenant.
On This Day In History - November 8: anniversaries, birthdays, major events, and time capsules. This day's facts in the arts, politics, and sciences.
On November 8, Gordon Ramsay, Bram Stoker, Bonnie Raitt were born and Norman Rockwell, Doc Holliday, John Milton died.
November 8. Today's: Famous Birthdays - Music history. 1793 - The Louvre Museum, in Paris, opened to the public for the first time. 1805 - The "Corps of Discovery" reached the Pacific Ocean. The expedition was led by William Clark and Meriwether Lewis.
