Daily Calendar for Saturday, November 8, 2025
Born
- Edmond Halley (English astronomer) –
- John Dickinson (lawyer) –
- Milton Bradley (manufacturer) –
- Bram Stoker (author) –
- Dorothy Day (reformer) –
- Margaret Mitchell (novelist) –
- Patti Page (singer) –
- Bonnie Raitt (singer) –
- Alfre Woodard (actress) –
- Gordon Ramsay (chef) –
- Courtney Thorne-Smith (actress) –
- Parker Posey (actress) –
Died
- John Milton (poet) –
- Norman Rockwell (artist) –
- Bil Keane (cartoonist; creator of comic strip Family Circus) –
- Alex Trebek (game show host) –
Events
- Abraham Lincoln reelected as U.S. president –
- Montana was admitted to the Union as the 41st state –
- X-rays discovered by German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen –
- William M. Frost’s electric insect destroyer patented –
- John F. Kennedy became the first Catholic to be elected president of the U.S. –
- The Royal Canadian Mint was ordered to change the 12-sided nickel back to a round shape –
- George H. W. Bush was elected president of the U.S. –
Weather
- First storm warning by US Signal Corps weather service issued for Great Lakes area by Prof. Increase Lapham of Milwaukee –
- One million Thanksgiving turkeys were smothered in two feet of snow in a South Dakota storm –
- Tropical Storm Gordon started today and slammed into Florida and Haiti as it was growing into a full-fledged hurricane –
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