8TH
NOVEMBER
FEAST DAY OF
"THE FOUR CROWNED MARTYRS; ST CUBY OR
CYBI; ST GODFREY OF AMIENS; ST DEUSDEDIT; ST WILLEHAD; & ST TYSILIO OR SULIAU." |
| 8TH |
1789 |
BOURBON WHISKEY WAS FIRST DISTILLED FROM CORN BY "ELIJAH
CRAIG" OF BORBON, KENTUCKY, UNITED STATES. |
| 8TH |
1826 |
PRIVATES, "JOSEPH SUDDS"
& " PATRICK THOMPSON" OPENLY COMMIT A ROBBERY TO GET CONVICTED, CONSIDERING
A CONVICT’S LIFE BETTER THAN THAT OF A SOLDIER. "DARLING" ORDERS THEY
SERVE SEVEN YEARS HARD LABOUR IN IRONS. |
| 8TH |
1889 |
MONTANA WAS ADMITTED AS THE 41ST STATE OF THE UNITED STATES. |
| 8TH |
1895 |
"WILLIAM RONTGEN" DISCOVERED
XRAYS DURING AN EXPERIMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WURZBURG. |
| 8TH |
1917 |
GERMAN PLACE NAMES IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA ARE CHANGED BY AN ACT
OF PARLIAMENT. |
| 8TH |
1919 |
"VISCOUNTESS NANCY ASTER"
BECAME BRITAIN’S FIRST FEMALE MP. |
| 8TH |
1935 |
AUSTRALIAN AVIATORS, "SIR CHARLES KINGSFORD-SMITH,"
AND " TOMMY PETHYBRIDGE" IN THE "LADY SOUTHERN CROSS," ARE REPORTED
MISSING OVER THE BAY OF BENGAL. |
| 8TH |
1940 |
THE AMERICAN STEAMER "CITY OF
RAYVILLE" STRUCK A MINE AND SANK OFF CAPE OTTOWAY. |
| 8TH |
1960 |
"JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY" DEFEATED "RICHARD
NIXON" IN THE U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. |
| 8TH |
1961 |
SAUSAGES FILLED WITH SOAP POWDER
INSTEAD OF FLOUR CAUSED CONSUMERS IN MELBOURNE TO FROTH AT THE MOUTH. |
| 8TH |
1965 |
THE TELEVISION SERIES "DAYS OF OUR LIVES," FIRST
APPEARED ON AMERICAN TELEVISION. |
| 8TH |
1968 |
A DIVORCE IS GRANTED TO "CYNTHIA
LENNON" FROM "JOHN." |
| 8TH |
1976 |
196 MEMBERS OF SPAINS, WOMEN’S DEMOCRACY ASSOCIATION
STAGED A PROTEST IN SUPPORT OF CHANGES TO THE LAW WHICH SEES ONLY WOMEN & NOT MEN,
BEING IMPRISONED FOR COMMITTING ADULTERY. |
| 8TH |
1984 |
AFTER A TWELVE YEAR RUN, "THE MIKE
WALSH SHOW" ENDS. IT IS REPLACED BY "RAY MARTIN’S MIDDAY SHOW. |
| 8TH |
1984 |
"ANNA FISHER" BECOMES THE FIRST MOTHER TO GO INTO
ORBIT. |
| 8TH |
1987 |
11 PEOPLE DIE WHEN AN IRA BOMB WENT OFF
IN ENISKILLEN, CO FERMANAUGH, SHORTLY BEFORE A REMEMBRANCE DAY SERVICE. |
| 8TH |
1988 |
900 DIE WHEN AN EARTHQUAKE HITS CHINA. |
| 8TH |
1989 |
"RICHARD COBBING" OF
LIGHTWATER, SURREY, UK, COMPLETED 75 SOMERSAULTS ON A TRAMPOLINE IN ONE MINUTE AT BBC
TELEVISION CENTRE. |
| 8TH |
1990 |
U.S. PRESIDENT, "GEORGE BUSH" ORDERS 200,000 TROOPS
TO THE PERSIAN GULF IN PREPARATION FOR AN ATTACK ON IRAQ. |
| 8TH |
1997 |
FORMER ADELAIDE GRAND PRIX BOARD
CHAIRMAN "IAN COX" 59, IS KILLED WHEN HIS PORSCHE HITS A TREE A BURST INTO
FLAMES DURING THE ADELAIDE CLASSIC CAR RALLY. HIS 19 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER
‘CHANTELLE’ IS RESCUED BY A BYSTANDER. |
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