November 8 in History

• 1602

  November 8, 1602:

  The University of Oxford’s main research library, the Bodleian Library is opened.

• 1837

  November 8, 1837:

  Mount Holyoke College opens in Massachusetts as the Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, making it one of the first all-female institutions of higher education in the United States.

• 1895

  November 8, 1895:

  German mechanical engineer and physicist Wilhelm Röntgen discovers X-rays.

• 1951

  November 8, 1951:

  Baseball player Yogi Berra is named the American League’s Most Valuable Player.

• 1956

  November 8, 1956:

  The Arent-Roland, a comet exceptional for its second tail which projects towards the sun, is discovered.

• 1962

  November 8, 1962:

  The epic historical drama film, “Mutiny on the Bounty” is released in the United States.

• 1966

  November 8, 1966:

  Film star Ronald Reagan wins the gubernatorial elections, becoming the Governor of California.

• 1970

  November 8, 1970:

  Actor Dennis Hopper and singer Michelle Williams separate after just eight days of marriage.

• 1972

  November 8, 1972:

  The American television network, HBO makes its broadcasting debut by airing the film, “Sometimes a Great Notion”. 

• 2013

  November 8, 2013:

  A powerful cyclone nicknamed Super Typhoon Haiyan strikes and destroys lives and property in the Philippines.