1932
Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected the 32nd president of the United States.
| 392 | Theodosius of Rome passes legislation prohibiting all pagan worship in the empire. | |
| 1226 | Louis IX succeeds Louis VIII as king of France. | |
| 1576 | The 17 provinces of the Netherlands form a federation to maintain peace. | |
| 1620 | The King of Bohemia is defeated at the Battle of Prague. | |
| 1685 | Fredrick William of Brandenburg issues the Edict of Potsdam, offering Huguenots refuge. | |
| 1793 | The Louvre opens to the pubic in Paris. | |
| 1861 | Charles Wilkes seizes Confederate commissioners John Slidell and James M. Mason from the British ship Trent. | |
| 1864 | President Abraham Lincoln is re-elected in the first wartime election in the United States. | |
| 1887 | Doc Holliday, who fought on the side of the Earp brothers during the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral 6 years earlier, dies of tuberculosis in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. | |
| 1889 | Montana becomes the 41st state of the Union. | |
| 1900 | Theodore Dreiser’s first novel, Sister Carrie, is published by Doubleday, but is recalled from stores shortly due to public sentiment. | |
| 1904 | President Theodore Roosevelt is elected the 26th president of the United States. He had been vice president until the assassination of President William McKinley. | |
| 1910 | The Democrats prevail in congressional elections for the first time since 1894. | |
| 1923 | Adolf Hitler attempts a coup in Munich, the “Beer Hall Putsch,” and proclaims himself chancellor and Ludendorff dictator. . | |
| 1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected the 32nd president of the United States. | |
| 1938 | Crystal Bird Fauset of Pennsylvania, becomes the first African-American woman to be elected to a state legislature. | |
| 1942 | The United States and Great Britain invade Axis-occupied North Africa. | |
| 1960 | John F. Kennedy is elected the 35th president, defeating Republican candidate Richard Nixon in the closest election, by popular vote, since 1880. | |
| 1965 | In the Vietnam War, Operation Hump takes place: the US 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team is ambushed by over 1,200 Viet Cong in Bien Hoa Province. Nearby, in the Gang Toi Hills, a company of the Royal Australian Regiment also engage Viet Cong forces. | |
| 1966 | Republican Edward Brooke of Massachusetts becomes the first African-American elected to the Senate in 85 years. | |
| 1977 | Greek archaeologist Manolis Andronikos discovers what is believed to be the tomb of Philip II of Macedon at Vergina in northern Greece. | |
| 1983 | Wilson B. Goode is elected as the first black mayor of the city of Philadelphia. | |
| 1987 | A dozen people are killed and over 60 wounded when the IRA detonates a bomb during a Remembrance Day ceremony in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, honoring those who had died in wars involving British forces. | |
| 2000 | A dispute begins over the US presidential election between George W. Bush and Al Gore; a Supreme Court ruling on Dec. 12 results in a 271-266 electoral victory for Bush. | |
| 2004 | More than 10,000 US troops and a few Iraqi army units besiege an insurgent stronghold at Fallujah. | |
| 2013 |
Super Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest storms ever recorded, slams into the Philippines, with sustained winds of 195 mph (315 kph) and gusts up to 235 mph (380 kph); over 5,000 are killed (date is Nov 7 in US).
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Born on November 8
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| 1656 | Edmond Halley, mathematician and astronomer who predicted the return of the comet that bears his name. | |
| 1847 | Bram Stoker, author (Dracula). | |
| 1878 | Marshall Walter Taylor, “Major Taylor,” the world’s fastest bicycle racer for a 12-year period. | |
| 1879 | Leon Trotsky, Russian Communist leader. | |
| 1884 | Hermann Rorschach, Swiss psychiatrist, inventor of the inkblot test. | |
| 1900 | Albert Friedrich Frey-Wyssling, Swiss botanist and molecular biology pioneer. | |
| 1900 | Margaret Mitchell, American writer who found success in her first and only novel, Gone With the Wind. | |
| 1916 | Peter Ulrich Weiss, German novelist and dramatist (Marat/Sade, The Investigation). | |
| 1922 | Christiaan Barnard, South African surgeon, performed the first human heart transplant operation. | |
| 1927 | Patti Page, singer (“Tennessee Waltz,” “How Much is That Doggie in the Window?”). | |
| 1929 | Bobby Bowden, US college football coach; holds NCAA record for most career wins and bowl wins by any Division I FBS coach. | |
| 1931 | Morley Safer, journalist; 60 Minutes correspondent (1970–2016 ). | |
| 1932 | Ben Bova, noted author of works of science fact and fiction, a six-time winner of the Hugo Award for science fiction and fantasy writing. | |
| 1949 | Bonnie Raitt, blues singer, songwriter, musician. Rolling Stone magazine included her on its lists of 100 Greatest Singers of All Time and 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. | |
| 1950 | Mary Hart, actress, journalist; hosted Entertainment Tonight TV program 1982–2011. | |
| 1954 | Rickie Lee Jones, singer, songwriter, musician; listed on the VH1 list of greatest women of rock music. | |
| 1970 | Tom Anderson, entrepreneur; co-founder of Myspace website. | |
| 2003 | Lady Louise Windsor, daughter of Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex and Sophie, Countess of Wessex. | |
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