Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/November 8
- 1519 - Hernán Cortés entered Tenochtitlán where Aztec ruler 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 by the French Revolutionary government.
- 1895 - Wilhelm Röntgen discovered x-rays.
- 1942 - Operation Torch of World War II began when United States and United Kingdom forces landed in French North Africa.
- 2002 - The UN Security Council unanimously passed Resolution 1441 forcing Iraq to disarm or face "serious consequences".
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