November 1908 in History

Events in History

Nov 12 Andrew Fisher assumes the position of prime minister for what turns out to be a short-lived second Labour government, Australia

Nov 14 Albert Einstein presents his quantum theory of light

Nov 14 Liberal candidate Jose Miguel Gomez wins national elections for president in Cuba
Nov 28 154 men die in coal mine explosion at Marianna, Pennsylvania
Nov 30 The US Secretary of State and Japan's ambassador to the US exchange notes in what becomes known as the Root-Takahira Agreement: they affirm support for an independent China with an 'open door' policy and for the status quo in the Pacific

Nov 4 Joseph Rotblat, Polish Physicist, (Nobel Peace Prize 1995 for work against nuclear arms), born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 2005)
Nov 4 Pauline Trigère, French-American fashion designer (Bell Bottoms), born in Paris (d. 2002)
Nov 8 Martha Gellhorn, American novelist and journalist who was one of the first female war correspondents, born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1998)
Nov 10 Charles Merritt, Canadian Army officer and recipient of the Victoria Cross during World War II, born in Vancouver, British Columbia (d. 2000)

Nov 12 Austrian SS commandant of the Płaszów concentration camp, born in Vienna, Austria

Nov 12 Hans Werner Richter, German author (Socially Responsible Cinema, Gruppe 47), born in Neu Sallenthin, Usedom (d. 1993)
Nov 12 Harry Blackmun, American lawyer and jurist (100th Supreme Court justice 1970-94), born in Nashville, Illinois (d. 1999)
Nov 13 C. Vann Woodward, American historian and educator, born in Vanndale, Arkansas (d. 1999)
Nov 14 Harrison Salisbury, American journalist and author (New York Times correspondent in Moscow), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 1993)
Nov 16 Sœur Emmanuelle, Belgian-French religious sister, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 2008)
Nov 21 Elizabeth George Speare, American author (The Witch of Blackbird Pond), born in Melrose, Massachusetts (d. 1994)
Nov 22 Michael Balfour, English historian, born in Oxford (d. 1995)
Nov 23 Nelson S. Bond, American sci-fi writer, born in Scranton, Pennsylvania (d. 2006)
Nov 24 Harry Kemelman, American detective author (rabbi-omnibus), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1996)
Nov 26 Charles Forte, Italian-British hotel magnate (Savoy), born in Mortale, Italy (d. 2007)
Nov 28 Arturo Frondizi, 35th President Argentina (1958-62), born in Paso de los Libres, Corrientes, Argentina (d. 1995)
Nov 28 Claude Lévi-Strauss, French social anthropologist and ethnologist (structuralism), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 2009)

Nov 29 American politician (Rep-D-NY), born in New Haven, Connecticut

Nov 25 Vaudeville performer Will Rogers (29) weds Betty Blake

Nov 4 Tomés Estrada Palma, Cuban politician, 1st president of Cuba (1902-06), dies at 73

Nov 7 American train and bank robber, shot by Bolivian soldiers at 42

Nov 8 William Edward Ayrton, English Physicist, Inventor and Electrical Engineer, dies at 60
Nov 12 William Keith Brooks, American marine zoologist (anatomy and embryology of marine animals), dies at 60
Nov 14 Kwang-siu, emperor of China, dies
Nov 15 Empress Dowager Cixi [the old Buddha], empress-widow of China, dies at 72
Nov 16 Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, French Canadian politician (7th Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia), dies at 78
Nov 20 Georgy Voronoy, Russian mathematician (Voronoi diagram), dies at 40
Nov 27 Jean Albert Gaudry, French geologist and palaeontologist, dies at 81