TODAY IN HISTORY – 8th Nov, 2025 – Africa World News
By Valentine Uchechukwu Ndukwu.
There may be a thin line between the past and the future however, what is much more important is how we are presently learning from the past to make better decisions in the future.
On today’s episode of today in history, we have outlined a series of historical events that can trap your attention and give your time some value.
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On this day in 1895, while experimenting with electricity, Wilhelm Röntgen discovered the X-ray.
Still on this day in 1901, Gospel riots: Bloody clashes take place in Athens following the translation of the Gospels into demotic Greek.
According to Today in History, on this day in 1942, World War II: French Resistance coup in Algiers, in which 400 civilian French patriots neutralize Vichyist XIXth Army Corps after 15 hours of fighting, and arrest several Vichyist generals, allowing the immediate success of Operation Torch in Algiers.
In 1983 on this day, TAAG Angola Airlines Flight 462 crashed after takeoff from Lubango Airport killing all 130 people on board. UNITA claims to have shot down the aircraft, though this is disputed.
Still on this day in 1997, Eritrea adopts the nakfa as its official currency.
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