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- 2020-11-08ConflictSecond Nagorno-Karabakh War: Azerbaijani forces defeated the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh in the Battle of Shusha, reclaiming the town after 28 years.
- 2017-11-08Arts & CultureThe Louvre Abu Dhabi was inaugurated by the French president Emmanuel Macron and then-crown prince of Abu Dhabi Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
- 2013-11-08DisasterTyphoon Haiyan made landfall in the Visayas region of the Philippines, killing at least 6,300 people, making it the deadliest Philippine typhoon recorded in modern history.
- 1999-11-08GeopoliticsGerman newspaper Der Spiegel publishes a report by the Federal Intelligence Service accusing figures in Liechtenstein of cooperating with organized crime.
- 1987-11-08ConflictA Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb exploded during a Remembrance Sunday ceremony in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, killing 12 people and injuring 63 others.
- 1974-11-08GeneralBritish peer Lord Lucan disappeared without a trace, a day after allegedly murdering Sandra Rivett, his children's nanny.
- 1971-11-08Arts & CultureEnglish rock group Led Zeppelin released their fourth album, which became one of the best-selling albums worldwide.
- 1966-11-08GeopoliticsFormer Massachusetts attorney general Edward Brooke became the first African American elected to the United States Senate since Reconstruction.
- 1965-11-08ConflictVietnam War: In the Battle of Gang Toi, one of the earliest battles between the two sides, Viet Cong forces repelled an Australian attack.
- 1957-11-08DisasterEn route from San Francisco to Honolulu, Pan Am Flight 7 crashed into the Pacific Ocean due to unknown causes, killing all 44 people on board.
- 1940-11-08ConflictThe Italian invasion of Greece failed as outnumbered Greek units repulsed the Italians at the Battle of Elaia–Kalamas.
- 1932-11-08ConflictThe Australian military withdrew from their "war against emus" in Western Australia, due to negative press coverage of the operation.
- 1644-11-08GeopoliticsThe Shunzhi Emperor (portrait shown), the third emperor of the Qing dynasty, was enthroned in Beijing after the collapse of the Ming dynasty as the first Qing emperor to rule over China.
- 1520-11-08ConflictAfter his coronation as king of Sweden, Christian II (pictured) gave the order to execute nearly 100 people, mostly noblemen, despite promises of general amnesty.
- 1291-11-08Arts & CultureA law was passed that confined most of Venice's glassmaking industry to nearby Murano.
- 1278-11-08GeopoliticsTrần Thánh Tông, the second emperor of Vietnam's Trần dynasty, took up the title of retired emperor, but continued to co-rule with his son Nhân Tông for eleven more years.
- 0960-11-08ConflictArab–Byzantine wars: Having been the target of many raids by the Emirate of Aleppo, Byzantine forces led by Leo Phokas the Younger ambushed the Hamdanids and annihilated their army.