November 8th, 1285

Born on November 8th, 1285

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on November 8th?

November 8th, 2020

Second Nagorno-Karabakh War: Azerbaijani forces defeated the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh in the Battle of Shusha, reclaiming the town after 28 years.

November 8th, 1987

A Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb exploded during a Remembrance Sunday ceremony in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, killing 12 people and injuring 63 others.

November 8th, 1974

British peer Lord Lucan disappeared without a trace, a day after allegedly murdering his children's nanny Sandra Rivett.

November 8th, 1971

English rock group Led Zeppelin released their fourth album, which became one of the best-selling albums worldwide.

November 8th, 1966

Former Massachusetts attorney general Edward Brooke became the first African American elected to the United States Senate since Reconstruction.

November 8th, 1965

Vietnam War: In the Battle of Gang Toi, one of the earliest battles between the two sides, Viet Cong forces repelled an Australian attack.

November 8th, 1957

En route from San Francisco to Honolulu, Pan Am Flight 7 crashed into the Pacific Ocean due to unknown causes, killing all 44 people on board.

November 8th, 1940

The Italian invasion of Greece failed as outnumbered Greek units repulsed the Italians at the Battle of Elaia–Kalamas.

November 8th, 1932

The Australian military withdrew from their "war against emus" in Western Australia, due to negative press coverage of the operation.

November 8th, 1644

The Shunzhi Emperor (portrait shown), the third emperor of the Qing dynasty, was enthroned in Beijing after the collapse of the Ming dynasty as the first Qing emperor to rule over China.

November 8th, 1520

Following a successful invasion of Sweden by Danish forces under Christian II, scores of Swedish leaders in Stockholm were imprisoned and later executed despite Christian's promise of general amnesty.

November 8th, 1291

A law was passed that confined most of Venice's glassmaking industry to nearby Murano.

November 8th, 0960

Arab–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.

November 8th, 1997

Eritrea adopts the nakfa as its official currency.

November 8th, 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.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on November 8th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on November 8th?

94

Asunción Balaguer

Spanish actress (1925-2019)

*November 8th, 1925, Manresa †November 23rd, 2019, Cercedilla

88

Alain Delon

French actor (born 1935)

*November 8th, 1935, Sceaux

59

Lars Harms

German politician

*November 8th, 1964, Husum

99

Teoh Seng Khoon

Badminton player

*November 8th, 1918, Ipoh †July 31st, 2018, Ipoh

69

Kazuo Ishiguro

British novelist (1954-)

*November 8th, 1954, Nagasaki

70

John Musker

American animation director

*November 8th, 1953, Chicago

49

Matthew Rhys

Welsh actor

*November 8th, 1974, Cardiff

31

Minnie Riperton

American singer (1947–1979)

*November 8th, 1947, Chicago †July 12th, 1979, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

57

Gordon Ramsay

British chef, restaurateur, and television personality

*November 8th, 1966, Johnstone

51

Gretchen Mol

American actress and former model

*November 8th, 1972, Deep River

64

Bram Stoker

Irish novelist and short story writer (1847–1912)

*November 8th, 1847, Clontarf †April 20th, 1912, St George's Square

97

June Havoc

American actress, vaudeville performer, and memoirist

*November 8th, 1912, Vancouver †March 28th, 2010, Stamford

79

Anne Seymour Damer

British artist (1748–1828)

*November 8th, 1748, Sevenoaks †May 28th, 1828, London

76

Gottlob Frege

German philosopher, logician, and mathematician (1848–1925)

*November 8th, 1848, Wismar †July 26th, 1925, Bad Kleinen

26

Aaron Swartz

American computer programmer and internet-political activist (1986-2013)

*November 8th, 1986, Highland Park †January 11th, 2013, Brooklyn

69

Michael Perham

Bishop of Gloucester; Dean of Derby (1947-2017)

*November 8th, 1947, Dorchester †April 17th, 2017

84

Morley Safer

Canadian-American reporter and correspondent (1931-2016)

*November 8th, 1931, Toronto †May 19th, 2016, Manhattan

38

Russell Penn

English association football player (born 1985)

*November 8th, 1985, Dudley

54

Rachel Bay Jones

American actress

*November 8th, 1969, New York City

67

Richard Curtis

Film director, writer and producer

*November 8th, 1956, Wellington

48

Matt Reed

New Zealand-American triathlete

*November 8th, 1975, Palmerston North

42

Joe Cole

English footballer (born 1981)

*November 8th, 1981, London

104

Silvana Lattmann

Swiss writer

*November 8th, 1918, Naples †July 19th, 2023, Rüschlikon

78

Christiaan Barnard

South African cardiac surgeon

*November 8th, 1922, Beaufort West †September 2nd, 2001, Paphos

52

Ocean Hellman

Canadian actress

*November 8th, 1971, Victoria

49

Joshua Ferris

American author

*November 8th, 1974, Danville

23

Jade Pettyjohn

American actress

*November 8th, 2000, Los Angeles

48

Tara Reid

American actress

*November 8th, 1975, Wyckoff

53

Mikhail Lomonosov

Russian polymath (1711-1765)

*November 8th, 1711, Lomonosovo †April 4th, 1765, Saint Petersburg

84

Wilfried Krätzig

German engineer

*November 8th, 1932, Hamburg †March 7th, 2017

72

Peter Suber

American philosopher advocate of open access

*November 8th, 1951, Evanston

44

Dania Ramirez

Dominican actress

*November 8th, 1979, Santo Domingo

63

Oleg Menshikov

Soviet and Russian actor, theatre director

*November 8th, 1960, Serpukhov

55

Parker Posey

American actress

*November 8th, 1968, Baltimore

48

Margaret Mitchell

American author and journalist (1900–1949)

*November 8th, 1900, Atlanta †August 16th, 1949, Atlanta

31

Christophe Vincent

French footballer

*November 8th, 1992, Bastia

77

John Farrar

Australian musician and record producer

*November 8th, 1946, Melbourne

65

Ab Tamboer

Dutch drummer (1950-2016)

*November 8th, 1950, The Hague †August 26th, 2016, The Hague

71

Alfre Woodard

American actress

*November 8th, 1952, Tulsa

37

Hermann Rorschach

Swiss Freudian psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (1885-1922)

*November 8th, 1884, Zürich †April 2nd, 1922, Herisau

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1285 is a normal year and no leap year.

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