This Day in History
08 Nov 1989
Douglas Wilder elected 1st African American Governor of Virginia and any state since reconstruction
08 Nov 1989
Hong Kongs MTR Lam Tin Station comes into service.
08 Nov 1322
Pope John XXII names John van Diest as Bishop of Utrecht
08 Nov 1494
Uprising against Piero de Medici in Florence Italy
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