Today in History - History - November 8th

1932Franklin Roosevelt (D) elected 32nd President for 1st time

2014US President Obama authorises deployment of 1500 additional troops to help train and advise Iraqi and Kurdish forces fighting Islamic State militants

1966Movie actor Ronald Reagan elected Governor of California

1978Tom Stoppard's "Night & Day" premieres in London

1701William Penn presents Charter of Priviliges

1964Mickey Wright wins LPGA Tall City Golf Open

1933FDR creates Civil Works Administration

1895Wilhelm Röntgen observes X-rays for the first time during an experiment at Würzburg University, Germany

1904American President Theodore Roosevelt (R) defeats Alton B Parker (D)

1990Darryl Strawberry signs 5-year contract with LA Dodgers

1847Bram Stoker, Irish theater manager/author (Dracula)

1900Margaret Mitchell, Atlanta, Georgia, author (Gone With the Wind), (d. 1949)

1431vlad III the Impaler, Wallachian prince (d. 1476)

1923Jack Kilby, Jefferson City, Missouri, electrical engineer and Nobel laureate (handheld calculator, integrated circuit), (d. 2005)

30Nerva, Narni, Roman Emperor (96-98)

1927Patti Page, [Clara Ann Fowler], Claremont Ok, singer (Tennessee Waltz), (d. 2012)

1975NBA legend Larry Bird (18) weds highschool sweetheart Janet Condra

1985Author Ken Follett (36) weds politician Barbara Hubbard (42)

1674John Milton, English poet (Paradise Lost), dies at 65

1887Doc Holliday, American gambler and gunfighter, dies at 36