War · November 8, 1923

Beer Hall Putsch

Name: Beer Hall Putsch
Start: 1923-11-08
Location: Weimar Republic

102 years ago · Weimar Republic

102nd anniversary

The Beer Hall Putsch, also known as the Munich Putsch, was a failed coup d'état led by Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler, General Erich Ludendorff, and other Kampfbund leaders in Munich, Bavaria, on 8–9 November 1923, during the Weimar Republic.

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The 103rd anniversary falls on November 8, 2026.

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1889–1945

Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was dictator of Germany in the Nazi era from 1933 until his suicide in 1945. He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party, becoming the chancellor of Germany in 1933 and then taking the title of Führer und Reichskanzler in 1934.

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1893–1946

Hermann Göring

Hermann Wilhelm Göring (or Goering; German:; 12 January 1893 – 15 October 1946) was a German politician, aviator, military commander, and convicted war criminal. He was one of the most powerful figures in the Nazi Party, which controlled Germany from 1933 to 1945.

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1894–1987

Rudolf Hess

Rudolf Walter Richard Hess (Heß in German; 26 April 1894 – 17 August 1987) was a German politician, convicted war criminal, and a leading member of the Nazi Party in Germany.

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1900–1945

Heinrich Himmler

Heinrich Luitpold Himmler (German:; 7 October 1900 – 23 May 1945) was a German Nazi politician, police administrator, and military leader. He was the fourth and longest-serving Reichsführer of the Schutzstaffel (Protection Squadron; SS), serving from 1929 to 1945.

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1935–2024

Alain Delon

Alain Fabien Maurice Marcel Delon (French:; 8 November 1935 – 18 August 2024) was a French actor, film producer, screenwriter, singer, and businessman.

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b. 1954

Kazuo Ishiguro

Sir Kazuo Ishiguro (Japanese: 石黒一雄, Hepburn: Ishiguro Kazuo;; born 8 November 1954) is a Japanese-British novelist, screenwriter, musician, and short-story writer.

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1028–1087

William the Conqueror

William the Conqueror (c. 1028 – 9 September 1087), sometimes called William the Bastard, was the first Norman king of England (as William I), reigning from 1066 until his death. A descendant of Rollo, he was Duke of Normandy (as William II) from 1035 onward.

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RoyaltyDied aged 58

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1847–1912

Bram Stoker

Abraham Stoker (8 November 1847 – 20 April 1912) was an Irish writer, barrister, literary critic, and theatre manager. He was the author of the Gothic horror novel Dracula (1897) and the creator of the fictional character Count Dracula.

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LiteratureDied aged 64

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1620

Battle of White Mountain

The Battle of White Mountain was fought on 8 November 1620 outside Prague in the early stages of the Thirty Years' War. An army backing Frederick V led by Christian of Anhalt was defeated by forces supporting his rival Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor, under Bucquoy and Count Tilly.

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1942

Operation Torch

Operation Torch (8–16 November 1942) was an Allied invasion of French North Africa during World War II.

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1988

1988 United States presidential election

Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 8, 1988. The Republican ticket of incumbent vice president George H. W. Bush and Indiana junior senator Dan Quayle defeated the Democratic ticket of Massachusetts governor Michael Dukakis and Texas senior senator Lloyd Bentsen.

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2016

2016 United States presidential election

Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 8, 2016.

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