Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/November 8

November 8: St. Demetrius' Day in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen

• 1519 - Spanish conquest of Mexico: 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 Conrad Röntgen (pictured) 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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