November 8th, 1976

Born on November 8th, 1976

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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

Born on November 8th, 1976

47

Brett Lee

Australian cricketer

*November 8th, 1976, Wollongong

47

Alejandra Gutiérrez Campos

Mexican politician

*November 8th, 1976, San Juan de los Lagos

47

Nico Patschinski

German footballer

*November 8th, 1976, East Berlin

47

Jawhar Mnari

Tunisian association football player

*November 8th, 1976, Monastir

47

Nicolas Gillet

French association football player

*November 8th, 1976, Brétigny-sur-Orge

47

Carlos Casimiro

Baseball player

*November 8th, 1976, San Pedro de Macorís

47

Bart Ruspoli

Italian-British actor

*November 8th, 1976, London

47

Colin Strause

American film director, producer and special effects artist

*November 8th, 1976, Waukegan

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Who's birthday is on November 8th?

49

Matthew Rhys

Welsh actor

*November 8th, 1974, Cardiff

94

Asunción Balaguer

Spanish actress (1925-2019)

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

48

Matt Reed

New Zealand-American triathlete

*November 8th, 1975, Palmerston North

51

Gretchen Mol

American actress and former model

*November 8th, 1972, Deep River

48

Tara Reid

American actress

*November 8th, 1975, Wyckoff

88

Alain Delon

French actor (born 1935)

*November 8th, 1935, Sceaux

49

Joshua Ferris

American author

*November 8th, 1974, Danville

48

José Manuel Pinto

Spanish footballer

*November 8th, 1975, El Puerto de Santa María

57

Gordon Ramsay

British chef, restaurateur, and television personality

*November 8th, 1966, Scotland

69

Kazuo Ishiguro

British novelist (1954-)

*November 8th, 1954, Nagasaki

42

Joe Cole

English footballer (born 1981)

*November 8th, 1981, London

26

Aaron Swartz

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

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

44

Dania Ramirez

Dominican actress

*November 8th, 1979, Santo Domingo

70

John Musker

American animation director

*November 8th, 1953, Chicago

59

Lars Harms

German politician

*November 8th, 1964, Husum

45

Ali Karimi

Iranian footballer

*November 8th, 1978, Karaj

52

Ocean Hellman

Canadian actress

*November 8th, 1971, Victoria

54

Rachel Bay Jones

American actress

*November 8th, 1969, New York City

46

Bucky Covington

American singer

*November 8th, 1977, Laurinburg

38

Russell Penn

English association football player (born 1985)

*November 8th, 1985, Dudley

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Born in 1976

47

Abiy Ahmed Ali

Prime Minister of Ethiopia since 2018

*August 15th, 1976, Beshasha

47

Anna Friel

British actress

*July 12th, 1976, Rochdale

47

Carrie Henn

American actress

*May 7th, 1976, Panama City

48

Robert Mateusiak

Badminton player

*January 13th, 1976, Wołomin

47

Gülşen

Turkish singer

*May 29th, 1976, Çapa, Fatih

47

Regina Halmich

German boxer

*November 22nd, 1976, Karlsruhe

40

Ueli Steck

Swiss mountaineer and rock climber (1976-2017)

*October 4th, 1976, Langnau im Emmental †April 30th, 2017, Nuptse

47

Halim Haryanto

Badminton player

*September 23rd, 1976, Bandung City

47

Ellen Angelina

Indonesian badminton player

*June 30th, 1976, Salatiga City

48

Chantal Botts

Badminton player

*March 30th, 1976, Witbank

48

Takae Masumo

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1976, Hokkaido

48

Pál Dárdai

Hungarian association football player and manager

*March 16th, 1976, Pécs

47

Inga Marte Thorkildsen

Norwegian politician

*July 2nd, 1976, Oslo

47

Benedict Cumberbatch

English actor (born 1976)

*July 19th, 1976, Hammersmith

47

Lars Ricken

German footballer

*July 10th, 1976, Dortmund

47

Francesco Totti

Italian association football player

*September 27th, 1976, Rome

48

Miho Tanaka

Badminton player

*April 8th, 1976, Saga Prefecture

47

Colin Farrell

Irish actor (born 1976)

*May 31st, 1976, Dublin

47

Wang Chen

Hong Kong badminton player

*June 21st, 1976, Shanghai

47

Hidetaka Yamada

Badminton player

*June 22nd, 1976, Kobe

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Yes: 1976 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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