Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/November 8
November 8: Election Day in the United States (2005)
- 1519: Hernán Cortés entered Tenochtitlan where Aztec tlatoani Moctezuma II welcomed him with great pomp as would befit a returning god.
- 1793: In Paris, the Louvre was opened to the public as a museum during the French Revolution.
- 1895: Wilhelm Röntgen discovered x-rays.
- 1923: Adolf Hitler, Erich Ludendorff and other members of the Kampfbund started the Beer Hall Putsch, a failed attempt to seize power in Germany.
- 2002: The UN Security Council unanimously passed Resolution 1441, forcing Iraq to disarm or face "serious consequences".
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