November 8th, 1981

Born on November 8th, 1981

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What happened on November 8th, 1981?

November 8th, 1981

Aeroméxico Flight 110 crashes near Zihuatanejo, Mexico, killing all 18 people on board.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroméxico_Flight_110

What else 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.

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

Born on November 8th, 1981

42

Joe Cole

English footballer (born 1981)

*November 8th, 1981, London

42

Yann Kermorgant

French footballer

*November 8th, 1981, Vannes

42

Jocelin Donahue

American actress

*November 8th, 1981, Bristol

42

Evan Sanders

Indonesian singer

*November 8th, 1981, Biak Island

42

Niall O'Brien

Irish cricketer

*November 8th, 1981, Dublin

42

Brad Davis

American soccer player

*November 8th, 1981, St. Charles

42

Brian Rast

American poker player

*November 8th, 1981, Denver

42

Arne Niemeyer

German association football player and handball player

*November 8th, 1981, Minden

42

Jéssica Augusto

Portuguese middle and long-distance runner

*November 8th, 1981, Paris

42

Azura Skye

Actress

*November 8th, 1981, Northridge

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

94

Asunción Balaguer

Spanish actress (1925-2019)

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

49

Matthew Rhys

Welsh actor

*November 8th, 1974, Cardiff

88

Alain Delon

French actor (born 1935)

*November 8th, 1935, Sceaux

51

Gretchen Mol

American actress and former model

*November 8th, 1972, Deep River

26

Aaron Swartz

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

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

38

Russell Penn

English association football player (born 1985)

*November 8th, 1985, Dudley

44

Dania Ramirez

Dominican actress

*November 8th, 1979, Santo Domingo

43

Richard Haughton

English rugby union footballer

*November 8th, 1980, England

57

Gordon Ramsay

British chef, restaurateur, and television personality

*November 8th, 1966, Scotland

43

Luís Fabiano

Brazilian footballer

*November 8th, 1980, Campinas

69

Kazuo Ishiguro

British novelist (1954-)

*November 8th, 1954, Nagasaki

48

Matt Reed

New Zealand-American triathlete

*November 8th, 1975, Palmerston North

41

Sam Sparro

Australian singer-songwriter and former child actor

*November 8th, 1982, Sydney

70

John Musker

American animation director

*November 8th, 1953, Chicago

59

Lars Harms

German politician

*November 8th, 1964, Husum

49

Joshua Ferris

American author

*November 8th, 1974, Danville

45

Ali Karimi

Iranian footballer

*November 8th, 1978, Karaj

31

Minnie Riperton

American singer (1947–1979)

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

48

Tara Reid

American actress

*November 8th, 1975, Wyckoff

99

Teoh Seng Khoon

Badminton player

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

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Born in 1981

42

MS Dhoni

Indian cricket player

*July 7th, 1981, Ranchi

42

Taufik Hidayat

Indonesian badminton player

*August 10th, 1981, Bandung City

43

Vita Marissa

Indonesian badminton player

*January 4th, 1981, Jakarta

43

Alistair Casey

Badminton player

*February 23rd, 1981, Glasgow

42

Martin de Jonge

Badminton player

*June 22nd, 1981, Rotterdam

42

Roger Federer

Swiss tennis player

*August 8th, 1981, Basel

43

Mattias Tesfaye

Danish politician

*March 31st, 1981, Aarhus

42

Beau Bokan

American singer

*November 30th, 1981, Huntington Beach

42

Beyoncé

American singer (born 1981)

*September 4th, 1981, Houston

43

Zhang Jiewen

Badminton player

*January 4th, 1981, Guangzhou

42

Gavin Shuker

British politician (born 1981)

*October 10th, 1981, Luton

43

Gong Ruina

Badminton player

*January 23rd, 1981, Anhua County

42

Dorian James

Badminton player

*June 19th, 1981, Cape Town

42

Juliette Ah-Wan

Badminton player

*April 29th, 1981, Victoria

42

Anna Carina

Peruvian musician

*August 14th, 1981, Lima

43

Tom Starke

German association football player

*March 18th, 1981, Dresden

43

Björn Joppien

Badminton player

*January 30th, 1981, Langenfeld

43

Jürgen Wouters

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1981, Gilze en Rijen

42

Miyo Akao

Badminton player

*August 29th, 1981, Hita

42

Marco Vorbeck

German association football player and manager

*June 24th, 1981, Kühlungsborn

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No: With 365 days 1981 is a normal year and no leap year.

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