November 8 is the 312th day of the year (313th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 53 days remain until the end of the year.
1917 – The first Council of People's Commissars is formed, including Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin.
1919 – Eichenfeld massacre: Members of the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine murder 136 Mennonite colonists at Jaskyowo, initiating a series of massacres that resulted in the deaths of 827 Ukrainian Mennonites.
1965 – The 173rd Airborne is ambushed by over 1,200 Viet Cong in Operation Hump.