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Former Massachusetts attorney general Edward Brooke became the first African American elected to the United States Senate since Reconstruction.

On November 8, in the year 1966, Former Massachusetts attorney general Edward Brooke became the first African American elected to the United States Senate since Reconstruction. This event is recorded as a Selected Events event in the history of November 8, a notable event in this corner of history.

Massachusetts, officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine to its east, Connecticut and Rhode Island to its south, New Hampshire and Vermont to its north, and New York to its west. Massachusetts is the seventh-smallest state by land area. With an estimated population of over 7.1 million, it is the most populous state in New England, the 16th-most-populous in the United States, and the third-most densely populated U.S. state after New Jersey and Rhode Island.

Key Facts

  • This event took place on November 8, 1966 (AD era).
  • It is categorised as a Selected Events event in recorded history.
  • Referenced in 5 Wikipedia articles.
  • The event is associated with a specific geographical location (see map below).
  • Wikipedia source last updated on 20 October 2026.

On This Date in History

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Notable Deaths 2024 Nov 8 Trevor Sorbie, Scottish hairdresser (born 1949)
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Notable Deaths 2020 Nov 8 Alex Trebek, Canadian-American television personality and longtime host of Jeopardy! (born 1940)
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Notable Deaths 2018 Nov 8 Dennis Wrong, Canadian-born American sociologist (born 1923)
Historical Events 2017 Nov 8 The Louvre Abu Dhabi was inaugurated by the French president Emmanuel Macron and then-crown prince of Abu Dhabi…
Historical Events 2016 Nov 8 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi publicly announces the withdrawal of ₹500 and ₹1000 denomination banknotes.
Historical Events 2016 Nov 8 Donald Trump is elected the 45th President of the United States, defeating Hillary Clinton, the first woman ever to…
Notable Deaths 2015 Nov 8 Rhea Chiles, American philanthropist, founded the Polk Museum of Art (born 1930)
Notable Deaths 2015 Nov 8 Joseph Cure, American ice hockey player and actor (born 1984)
Notable Deaths 2015 Nov 8 Rod Davies, Australian-English astronomer and academic (born 1930)
Notable Deaths 2015 Nov 8 Om Prakash Mehra, Indian air marshal and politician (born 1919)
Notable Deaths 2015 Nov 8 Maduluwawe Sobitha Thero, Sri Lankan monk and activist (born 1942)
Notable Deaths 2014 Nov 8 Phil Crane, American academic and politician (born 1930)
Notable Deaths 2014 Nov 8 Luigi Gorrini, Italian soldier and pilot (born 1917)
Notable Deaths 2014 Nov 8 Don Paul, American football player and sportscaster (born 1925)
Notable Deaths 2014 Nov 8 Hugo Sánchez Portugal, Spanish-Mexican footballer and sportscaster (born 1984)
Notable Deaths 2014 Nov 8 Ernie Vandeweghe, Canadian-American basketball player and physician (born 1928)
Historical Events 2013 Nov 8 Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest tropical cyclones ever recorded, strikes the Visayas region of the Philippines;…
Notable Deaths 2013 Nov 8 William C. Davidon, American physicist, mathematician, and academic (born 1927)
Notable Deaths 2013 Nov 8 Penn Kimball, American journalist and academic (born 1915)
Notable Deaths 2013 Nov 8 Arnold Rosner, American composer (born 1945)
Notable Deaths 2013 Nov 8 Chiyoko Shimakura, Japanese singer and actress (born 1938)
Notable Deaths 2013 Nov 8 Amanchi Venkata Subrahmanyam, Indian journalist and actor (born 1957)
Selected Events 2013 Nov 8 Typhoon Haiyan made landfall in the Visayas region of the Philippines, killing at least 6,300 people, making it the…
Notable Deaths 2012 Nov 8 Lee MacPhail, American businessman (born 1917)
Notable Deaths 2012 Nov 8 Pete Namlook, German composer and producer (born 1960)
Notable Deaths 2012 Nov 8 Peggy Vaughan, American author (born 1936)
Historical Events 2011 Nov 8 The potentially hazardous asteroid 2005 YU55 passes 0.85 lunar distances from Earth (about 324,600 kilometres or…
Notable Deaths 2011 Nov 8 Heavy D, Jamaican-American rapper, producer, and actor (born 1967)
Notable Deaths 2011 Nov 8 Bil Keane, American cartoonist (born 1922)
Notable Deaths 2010 Nov 8 Quintin Dailey, American basketball player (born 1961)
Notable Deaths 2010 Nov 8 Jack Levine, American soldier and painter (born 1915)
Notable Deaths 2010 Nov 8 Emilio Eduardo Massera, Argentinian admiral (born 1925)
Notable Deaths 2009 Nov 8 Vitaly Ginzburg, Russian physicist and astrophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1916)
Notable Deaths 2007 Nov 8 Aad Nuis, Dutch journalist, poet, and politician (born 1933)
Notable Deaths 2007 Nov 8 Dulce Saguisag, Filipino politician, 10th Filipino Secretary of Social Welfare and Development (born 1943)
Notable Deaths 2007 Nov 8 Chad Varah, English priest, founded The Samaritans (born 1911)
Historical Events 2006 Nov 8 Israeli-Palestinian conflict: The Israeli Defense Force kill 19 Palestinian civilians in their homes during the…
Notable Deaths 2006 Nov 8 Basil Poledouris, American composer and conductor (born 1945)
Notable Deaths 2006 Nov 8 Hannspeter Winter, Austrian physicist and academic (born 1941)
Notable Deaths 2005 Nov 8 Alekos Alexandrakis, Greek actor and director (born 1928)
Notable Deaths 2005 Nov 8 David Westheimer, American soldier and author (born 1917)
Historical Events 2004 Nov 8 Iraq War: More than 10,000 U.S. troops and a small number of Iraqi army units participate in a siege on the insurgent…
Notable Births 2004 Nov 8 Ilyas Ansah, German footballer
Notable Deaths 2004 Nov 8 Peter Mathers, English-Australian author and playwright (born 1931)
Notable Deaths 2003 Nov 8 Bob Grant, English actor and screenwriter (born 1932)

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