12 History Lessons + 7 Births & 7 Deaths for November 8, 2025
Today’s History:
- 1519 – Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlan and meets Aztec emperor Moctezuma II.
- 1602 – The Bodleian Library opens to readers at the University of Oxford.
- 1793 – The Louvre opens as a public museum in Paris.
- 1861 – U.S. Navy seizes Confederate envoys from the British mail ship RMS Trent, triggering the “Trent Affair.”
- 1889 – Montana is admitted as the 41st state of the United States.
- 1895 – Wilhelm Röntgen discovers X-rays while experimenting with cathode rays.
- 1923 – Beer Hall Putsch: Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party launch a failed coup in Munich.
- 1932 – Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected President of the United States.
- 1960 – John F. Kennedy is elected the 35th President of the United States.
- 1966 – Ronald Reagan is elected Governor of California.
- 2013 – Super Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) devastates the central Philippines.
- 2016 – India announces demonetization of ₹500 and ₹1,000 banknotes to combat black money.
Today’s Birthdays:
- 1949 – Bonnie Raitt, singer-guitarist (Rock & Roll Hall of Fame) (76).
- 1966 – Gordon Ramsay, chef/restaurateur and TV host (59).
- 1968 – Parker Posey, actress (“Best in Show,” “Party Girl”) (57).
- 1971 – Tech N9ne, rapper and Strange Music co-founder (54).
- 1975 – Tara Reid, actress (“American Pie,” “Sharknado”) (50).
- 1985 – Jack Osbourne, TV personality/producer (“The Osbournes”) (40).
- 1989 – SZA, singer-songwriter (“Ctrl,” “SOS”) (36).
Today’s Deaths:
- 1674 – John Milton, English poet (“Paradise Lost”) (65).
- 1978 – Norman Rockwell, American illustrator (Saturday Evening Post covers) (84).
- 1986 – Vyacheslav Molotov, Soviet foreign minister and diplomat (96).
- 1998 – Jean Marais, French actor (“Beauty and the Beast” 1946) (84).
- 2006 – Basil Poledouris, film composer (“Conan the Barbarian,” “RoboCop”) (61).
- 2011 – Heavy D, rapper and record executive (Heavy D & the Boyz) (44).
- 2020 – Alex Trebek, longtime “Jeopardy!” host (80).
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