Daily Calendar for November 8th, 2019

The Old Farmer's Almanac daily calendar gives you quick reference for the significant events on any day throughout the year.

1650s

• Born 1656: Edmond Halley (English astronomer)

1670s

• Died 1674: John Milton (poet)

1730s

• Born 1732: John Dickinson (lawyer)

1830s

• Born 1836: Milton Bradley (manufacturer)

1840s

• Born 1847: Bram Stoker (author)

1860s

• 1864: Abraham Lincoln reelected as U.S. president

1880s

• 1889: Montana was admitted to the Union as the 41st state

1890s

• 1895: X-rays discovered by German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen

• Born 1897: Dorothy Day (reformer)

1900s

• Born 1900: Margaret Mitchell (novelist)

1910s

• 1910: William M. Frost's electric insect destroyer patented

1920s

• Born 1927: Patti Page (singer)

1940s

• Born 1949: Bonnie Raitt (singer)

1950s

• Born 1952: Alfre Woodard (actress)

1960s

• 1960: John F. Kennedy became the first Catholic to be elected president of the U.S.

• 1962: The Royal Canadian Mint was ordered to change the 12-sided nickel back to a round shape

• Born 1967: Courtney Thorne-Smith (actress)

• Born 1968: Parker Posey (actress)

1970s

• Died 1978: Norman Rockwell (artist)

1980s

• 1988: George H. W. Bush was elected president of the U.S.

2010s

• Died 2011: Bil Keane (cartoonist; creator of comic strip Family Circus)

2020s

• Died 2020: Alex Trebek (game show host)

• 2022: Total Eclipse of the Moon.