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Lal Krishna Advani is an Indian lawyer, journalist, politician and statesman who served as the 7th Deputy Prime Minister of India from 2002 to 2004.
Famous Birthdays on November 8
1927 — L. K. Advani
Indian lawyer and politician, 7th Deputy Prime Minister of India
November 8 has 262 recorded notable births across history, from 30 to 2004. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Major events on November 8
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- 2016 Donald Trump is elected the 45th President of the United States, defeating Hillary Clinton, the first woman ever to receive a major party's nomination. Source
- 1965 The Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act 1965 is given Royal Assent, formally abolishing the death penalty in the United Kingdom for almost all crimes. Source
- 1960 John F. Kennedy is elected as the 35th President of the United States, defeating incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon, who would later be elected president in 1968 and 1972. Source
- 2020 Myanmar holds the 2020 general election, re-electing a government led by the National League for Democracy, which is deposed by the Burmese military the following February during the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état. Source
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Swartz helped define the syntax of the lightweight markup language format Markdown, and was a co-owner of the social news aggregation website Reddit and contributed to its development until he left the company in 2007.
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Dania Ramirez portrayed Rosie Falta on Lifetime's Devious Maids from June 2013, until its cancellation in 2016.
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Alaina later achieved her first number one on the Country Airplay chart with the album's title track.
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Christiaan Neethling Barnard was a South African cardiac surgeon who performed the world's first human-to-human heart transplant operation.
More major people born on November 8
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1986
Aaron Swartz
American computer programmer and activist (died 2013)
Aaron Hillel Swartz, also known as AaronSw, was an American computer programmer, entrepreneur, writer, political organizer, and Internet hacktivist.
1979
Dania Ramirez
Dominican actress
Dania Ramirez is a Dominican actress. Her credits include the roles of Maya Herrera in the NBC series Heroes, Alex in the HBO series Entourage, and Blanca during the last season of the HBO crime drama The Sopranos on…
1994
Lauren Alaina
American singer and songwriter
Lauren Alaina Kristine Suddeth is an American singer and songwriter from Rossville, Georgia. She was the runner-up on the tenth season of American Idol, losing to Scotty McCreery.
1922
Christiaan Barnard
South African surgeon and academic (died 2001)
Christiaan Neethling Barnard was a South African cardiac surgeon who performed the world's first human-to-human heart transplant operation.
1622
Charles X Gustav of Sweden (died 1660)
Charles X Gustav, also Carl X Gustav, was King of Sweden from 1654 until his death in 1660. He was the son of John Casimir, Count Palatine (Pfalzgraf) of Zweibrücken-Kleeburg, and Catherine of Sweden.
1945
John Farrar
Australian-born music producer, songwriter, arranger, singer, and guitarist
John Clifford Farrar is an Australian music producer, songwriter, arranger, singer, and guitarist.
1951
Gerald Alston
American R&B singer
Gerald Alston is an American soul/R&B singer, and the lead singer of the Manhattans. Between late 1970 and 1988, the group had 25 top 40 R&B and 12 Hot 100 hit singles.
1977
Bucky Covington
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
William Joel "Bucky" Covington III is an American country music singer. He placed eighth on the 5th season of the Fox Network's talent competition series American Idol.
1958
Ken Lamberton
American author and educator
Kenneth J. Lamberton is an American writer and former teacher.
1982
Mika Kallio
Finnish motorcycle racer
Mika Kallio is a Finnish Grand Prix motorcycle racer, currently serving as the lead test and development rider for the Red Bull KTM team in MotoGP.
1928
Des Corcoran
Australian politician, 37th Premier of South Australia (died 2004)
James Desmond Corcoran was an Australian politician who served as the 37th premier of South Australia between February and September 1979, following the resignation of Don Dunstan.
1927
Nguyễn Khánh
Vietnamese general and politician, 4th President of the Republic of Vietnam (died 2013)
Nguyễn Khánh was a Vietnamese military officer and politician.
1945
Joseph James DeAngelo
American serial killer
Joseph James DeAngelo Jr. is an American serial killer, serial rapist, and former police officer known as the Golden State Killer, the Original Night Stalker, the East Area Rapist and the Visalia Ransacker, who…
1983
Danielle Valore Evans
American short story writer
Danielle Valore Evans is an American fiction writer. She is a graduate of Columbia University and the University of Iowa.
1978
Ali Karimi
Iranian footballer and manager
Mohammad Ali Karimi Pashaki is an Iranian football coach and former professional player.
1938
Satch Sanders
American basketball player
Thomas Ernest "Satch" Sanders is an American former professional basketball player and coach who played as a power forward in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 13 seasons with the Boston Celtics.
1956
Richard Curtis
New Zealand-English screenwriter, film and television producer, and film director
Richard Whalley Anthony Curtis is a British screenwriter, producer and director.
1885
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Japanese general and politician, 4th Japanese Military Governors of the Philippines (died 1946)
Tomoyuki Yamashita was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. Yamashita led Japanese forces during the invasion of Malaya and Battle of Singapore.
1954
Rickie Lee Jones
American singer-songwriter and producer
Rickie Lee Jones is an American singer, musician, and songwriter.