As we get into a new day the hustle and bustle of the holiday season is right around the corner. Need proof? The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree is due to arrive in Manhattan today. Despite the anticipated holiday crush along 5th Avenue, every day New Yorkers say they’re ready. Wow.
The 75 foot tall, eleven-ton Norway Spruce was cut down Thursday in East Greenbush, New York. It will sit in Rockefeller Center until the end of the holiday season after making the 130-mile journey to get there. The tree will undergo beautification for the next few weeks – being strung up in 50 thousand multi colored LED lights and crowned with a 900-pound Swarovski star, just in time for the December 3rd lighting ceremony.
If you’re feeling overwhelmed already, we get it.
Let’s slow down for just a minute, shall we? This is our weekly Saturday morning “scroll down memory lane.” It’s a simple look back at events that happened on this day in history before you head out to make new history today.
So, grab your favorite sippin’ drink and let’s scroll!
Today is Saturday, November 8th, the 312th day of the year.
On this day:
In 1789, bourbon whiskey was first distilled from corn by Reverend Elijah Craig in Bourbon County, Kentucky.
In 1889, Montana became the 41st state of the Union.
In 1956, Ford Motor Company decided to name their new car “Edsel” after Henry Ford’s only son.
In 1960, John F. Kennedy defeated Richard Nixon in the run for the office of President of the United States.
In 1965, the soap opera “Days of Our Lives” debuted on NBC.
In 1966, Ronald Reagan was elected governor of California.
In 1978, painter, illustrator Norman Rockwell died at the age of 84. He painted 317 covers for “The Saturday Evening Post.”
In 1994, Marion Barry was reelected mayor of Washington, D.C. nearly four years after spending six-months in prison on cocaine charges.
In 2016, Republican Donald Trump was elected as the 45th President of the United States over Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
In 2016, Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that legalizes assisted suicide. The measure allows adults with terminal illnesses to be prescribed life-ending medications.
In 2018, the most deadly dire in California history, the Camp Fire starts. The fire broke out in Plumas National Forest, in Butte County, and killed at least 88 people.
In 2018, a CNN reporter, Jim Acosta’s White House clearance was revoked after he provoked President Trump during questioning. An intern had to wrestle the microphone from Acosta.
In 2020, global COVID-19 cases passed 50-million. The death toll at that point was over one-point-two million.
In 2020, Jeopardy host Alex Trebek died at the age of 80.
In 2022, Kathy Hochul became the first elected female Governor of New York.
That brings us here to this day. Whatever plans you have for your own 11.8.2025 here’s hoping there are moments along the way to record on the pages of your own personal history books.
Thanks for stopping by!
