November 8
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November 8 in Clemson History
- 1902: The Tigers shut out Georgia on Bowman Field, 36-0, to tie the series at 3-3.
- 1912: November 6-November 8 - Sixteenth Annual Conference of the South Carolina DAR held at the Clemson College, hosted by the Andrew Pickens Chapters.
- 1930: Clemson defeats the Virginia Military Institute Flying Squadron, 32-0, in match played in Norfolk, Virginia. The Washington Club boat charter aboard the Northland of the Washington Steamship Company, departs Norfolk at 8 p.m., arriving at the 7th Street wharf in Washington, D.C. about 7 a.m. on November 9. The YMCA picture is "The Social Lion" starring Jack Oakie. Shows on Saturday morning and at 1:40 p.m., eleven cents to get in. The Elizabethan Players present "The Merchant of Venice" at 8 p.m.
- 1947: Clemson begins a fifteen-game winning streak, the longest in school history, with a 35-7 win over Furman, played in Greenville.
- 1977: Several hundred students are entertained by The Amazing Randi, world-renowned magician and escape artist, in Tillman Hall Auditorium, in a return visit to Clemson. He had previously performed in Tillman on December 3, 1974.
- 1979: Dinner theatre in Edgar's with the Alpha Omega Players, a two-couple troupe out of Texas, presenting a comic western melodrama, "Jenny, the Mail Order Bride". "Cast thy popcorn at the villain!"
- 1985: Groundbreaking for the Strom Thurmond Institute. Four inch button proclaims "George Bush and I dug it together". Late appearance of the CU "Flaming Toilet" logo.
- 2003: Bowden Bowl V - The jinx is broken! Tommy Bowden finally defeats Bobby Bowden in Death Valley in the only father-son head coaching match-up in college football history, with the Tigers beating the third-ranked Seminoles, 26-10.
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