What happend on 8th November

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09.11
1939

Venlo Incident: Two British agents of SIS are captured by the Germans.

1937

The Nazi exhibition Der ewige Jude ("the eternal Jew") opens in Munich.

1935

Fernand Bouisson becomes Prime Minister of France

1935

A dozen labor leaders come together to announce the creation of the Congress for Industrial Organization (CIO), an organization charged with pushing the cause for industrial unionism.

1933

Great Depression: New Deal

1932

U.S. presidential election, 1932: Franklin D. Roosevelt defeats Herbert Hoover in a landslide victory.

1923

Beer Hall Putsch: In Munich, Adolf Hitler leads the Nazis in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the German government.

1917

People's Commissars gives authority to Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin

1895

While experimenting with electricity Wilhelm Röntgen discovers x-rays.

1892

U.S. presidential election, 1892: Grover Cleveland is elected over Benjamin Harrison and James B. Weaver to win the second of his non-consecutive terms.