November 8 - This day in history

November 8: General Interest
1895: German scientist discovers X-rays

On this day in 1895, physicist Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen (1845-1923) becomes the first person to observe X-rays, a significant scientific advancement that would ultimately benefit a variety of fields, most of all medicine... read more


American Revolution
1775 : Washington seeks to make militias into a military
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/washington-seeks-to-make-militias-into-a-military


Automotive
1962 : Sun sets on the Ford Rotunda
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sun-sets-on-the-ford-rotunda


Civil War
1864 : President Lincoln is re-elected
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lincoln-reelected


Cold War
1960 : John F. Kennedy elected president
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/john-f-kennedy-elected-president


Crime
1974 : Ted Bundy botches an abduction attempt
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ted-bundy-botches-an-abduction-attempt


Disaster
1994 : Hurricane Gordon is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hurricane-gordon-is-born


General Interest
1923 : Beer Hall Putsch begins
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/beer-hall-putsch-begins

1994 : The Republican Revolution
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-republican-revolution


Hollywood
1847 : Dracula creator Bram Stoker born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/dracula-creator-bram-stoker-born


Literary
1900 : Margaret Mitchell is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/margaret-mitchell-is-born


Music
1994 : Salvatore "Sonny" Bono is elected to the U.S. Congress
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/salvatore-quotsonnyquot-bono-is-elected-to-the-us-congress


Old West
1887 : Doc Holliday dies of tuberculosis
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/doc-holliday-dies-of-tuberculosis


Presidential
1942 : FDR broadcasts message to Vichy France leader Marshal Petain
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fdr-broadcasts-message-to-vichy-france-leader-marshal-petain


Sports
1951 : Yogi Berra is the AL MVP
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/yogi-berra-is-the-al-mvp


Vietnam War
1965 : Lawrence Joel earns Medal of Honor
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lawrence-joel-earns-medal-of-honor


World War I
1917 : New Russian leader Lenin calls for immediate armistice
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/new-russian-leader-lenin-calls-for-immediate-armistice


World War II
1939 : Hitler survives assassination attempt
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hitler-survives-assassination-attempt