November 8

Today in History
• 1519 - 1st meeting of Aztec Emperor Moctezuma II and Spanish Conquistador Hernán Cortés
• 1701 - William Penn presents Charter of Privileges, guaranteed religious freedom for Penna.
• 1731 - In Philadelphia, Benjamin Franklin opens 1st library in the north American colonies
• 1789 - Bourbon Whiskey 1st distilled from corn by Elijah Craig in Bourbon, Kentucky
• 1837 - Mount Holyoke Seminary in Massachusetts founded - 1st US college founded for women
• 1864 - Abraham Lincoln (R) elected to his 2nd term as American President
• 1889 - Montana admitted as 41st state of the Union
• 1892 - Grover Cleveland (D) elected 24th US President


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• International Day of Radiology
• National Dunce Day
• National Harvey Wallbanger Day
• Talk Money Day
• World Pianist Day
• World Radiography Day
• World Town Planning Day
• NYC Kidney Walk

Birthdays
• 30-98 AD -Nerva, Roman Emperor (96-98)
• 1431 - Vlad the Impaler, Wallachian prince
• 1622 - Charles X Gustav, King of Sweden (1654-60)
• 1656 - Edmond Halley, English mathematician and astronomer
• 1777 - Désirée Clary, Queen of Sweden and Norway (1818-44)
• 1847 - Jean Casimir-Périer, French politician (President of France 1894-95)
• 1863 - René Viviani, French historian and 61st Prime Minister of France (1914-15)
• 1893 - Prajadhipok, Rama VII, last absolute king of Siam (1925–35)