What happened on November 8 ?

35 - Nerva, Roman Emperor (d. 98)

1491 - Teofilo Folengo, Italian poet (d. 1544)

1622 - King Charles X of Sweden (d. 1660)

1656 (N.S.) - Edmond Halley, British astronomer and mathematician (d. 1742)

1706 - Johann Ulrich von Cramer, German judge and philosopher (d. 1772)

1710 - Sarah Fielding, English writer (d. 1768)

1715 - Elisabeth Christine von Braunschweig-Bevern, wife of Frederick II of Prussia (d. 1797)

1723 - John Byron, British naval officer (d. 1786)

1836 - Milton Bradley, American lithographer and game manufacturer (d. 1911)

1847 - Jean Casimir-Perier, French politician (d. 1907)

1847 - Bram Stoker, Irish novelist (d. 1912)

1848 - Gottlob Frege, German mathematician and logician (d. 1925)

1854 - Johannes Rydberg, Swedish physicist (d. 1919)

1866 - Herbert Austin, English automobile pioneer (d. 1941)

1868 - Felix Hausdorff, German mathematician (d. 1942)

1869 - Zinaida Gippius, Russian woman-poet in exile in France (d. 1945)

1883 - Arnold Bax, English composer (d. 1953)

1884 - Hermann Rorschach, Swiss psychiatrist (d. 1922)

1885 - Hans Cloos, German geologist (d. 1951)

1885 - Tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese general (d. 1946)

1893 - Clarence Williams, American jazz pianist and composer (d. 1965)

1893 - Prajadhipok, Rama VII, king of Thailand (d. 1941)

1896 - Bucky Harris, baseball player (d. 1977)

1898 - Marie Prevost, Canadian actress (d. 1937)

1900 - Margaret Mitchell, American author (d. 1949)

1900 - Charlie Paddock, American athlete (d. 1943)

1904 - Cedric Belfrage English-born writer (d. 1990)

1908 - Martha Gellhorn, American writer and journalist (d. 1998)

1918 - Hermann Zapf, German designer

1919 - P. L. Deshpande, Indian author (d. 2000)

1920 - Esther Rolle, American actress (d. 1998)

1922 - Christiaan Barnard, South African heart surgeon (d. 2001)

1922 - Ademir, Brazilian footballer (d. 1996)

1923 - Jack Kilby, American electrical engineer, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics (d. 2005)

1927 - Nguyen Khanh, Prime Minister of South Vietnam

1927 - Patti Page, American singer

1929 - António Castanheira Neves, Portuguese legal philosopher

1931 - Darla Hood, American actress (d. 1979)

1931 - Morley Safer, Canadian journalist

1935 - Alain Delon, French actor

1942 - Angel Cordero Jr., Puerto Rican jockey

1946 - Guus Hiddink, Dutch/Korean/Australian football (soccer) coach

1947 - Minnie Riperton, American singer (d. 1979)

1949 - Bonnie Raitt, American singer

1952 - Jan Raas, Dutch cyclist

1952 - Christie Hefner, CEO of Playboy Enterprises; daughter of Hugh Hefner

1953 - Alfre Woodard, American actress

1954 - Michael D. Brown, U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency director

1954 - Rickie Lee Jones, American singer and composer

1954 - Jeanette McGruder, American musician (P Funk)

1958 - Don Byron, American clarinetist

1961 - Leif Garrett, American singer and actor

1967 - Courtney Thorne-Smith, American actress

1966 - Gordon Ramsay, British chef

1968 - Parker Posey, American actress

1968 - Zara Whites, Dutch porn actress

1971 - Carlos Atanes, Spanish film director

1975 - Tara Reid, American actress

1976 - Brett Lee, Australian cricketer

1978 - Ali Karimi, Iranian footballer

1979 - Aaron Hughes, Northern Irish footballer

1981 - Joe Cole, English footballer

1983 - Kat Shoob, British television presenter

1983 - Blanka Vla?i?, Croatian high jumper