October 8
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October 8 is the 281st day of the year (282nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 84 days remaining until the end of the year.
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Events [change]
- 1075 – Dmitar Zvonimir is crowned King of Croatia.
- 1480 – Stand-off on the Ugra River, between the forces of Akhmat Khan of the 'Great Horde', and those of Grand Duke Ivan III of Russia, resulting in the retreat of the Tataro-Mongols.
- 1600 – San Marino adopts its own constitution.
- 1806 – Napoleonic Wars: Forces of the British Empire lay siege to the port of Boulogne-sur-Mer, on France's English Channel coast.
- 1821 – The Government of Jose de San Martin creates the Peruvian Navy.
- 1822 – A volcanic eruption begins on the island of Java.
- 1856 – The Second Opium War between China and Western powers begins.
- 1860 – The telegraph line linking San Francisco and Los Angeles, California, opens.
- 1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Perryville, Kentucky.
- 1871 – The Great Fire of Chicago occurs.
- 1879 – War of the Pacific: In the naval battle of Angamos, Chile defeats Peru.
- 1895 – Empress Myeongseong of Korea is murdered by Japanese forces at Geongbok Palace, before her corpse is burned.
- 1904 – Edmonton, Alberta becomes a city.
- 1928 – Joseph Szigeti gives the first performance of Alfredo Casella's violin concerto.
- 1932 – The Indian Air Force is created.
- 1939 – World War II: Germany annexes Western Poland.
- 1952 – United Kingdom: The Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash occurs. It is the UK's deadliest peacetime rail disaster.
- 1962 – Algeria joins the UN.
- 1962 – Germany's Der Spiegel publishes an article on the Bundeswehr (German army), which leads to a major scandal.
- 1967 – Che Guevara is captured in Bolivia, leading to his execution the next day.
- 1978 – Australian Ken Warby sets the a water speed record, which still stands.
- 1982 – Trade Unions, including Solidarity, are banned in Poland.
- 1982 – The musical Cats opens on Broadway.
- 1991 – Croatia decides to sever constitutional relations with Yugoslavia.
- 1998 – In Oslo, Gardermoen Airport replaces Fornebu Airport.
- 2000 – Aleksandr Kwasniewski is re-elected as President of Poland.
- 2001 – Two airplanes collide in heavy fog at fog from take-off from Milan, Italy, killing 118 people.
- 2001 – George W. Bush announces the creation of the Office of Homeland Security.
- 2004 – Wangari Maathai wins the Nobel Peace Prize.
- 2005 – 2005 Pakistan earthquake: At 03:50:38 UTC, an earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale happens in the Pakistan region of Kashmir, killing thousands of people.
- 2010 – Chinese activist Liu Xiaobo wins the Nobel Peace Prize.
Births [change]
- 1585 – Heinrich Schütz, German composer (d. 1672)
- 1676 – Benito Jeronimo Feijoo, Galician monk and scholar (d. 1764)
- 1713 – Yechezkel Landau, Polish rabbi (d. 1793)
- 1715 – Michel Benoist, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1774)
- 1720 – Jonathan Mayhew, American minister (d. 1766)
- 1747 – Jean-Francois Rewbell, French politician (d. 1807)
- 1789 – John Ruggles, American politician (d. 1874)
- 1818 – John Henninger Reagan, American politician (d. 1905)
- 1850 – Henry Louis Le Chatelier, French chemist (d. 1936)
- 1868 – Max Slevogt, German painter (d. 1932)
- 1868 – Coleman Livingston Blease, Governor of South Carolina (d. 1942)
- 1870 – Louis Vierne, French composer (d. 1937)
- 1875 – Laurence Doherty, English tennis player (d. 1919)
- 1877 – Hans Heysen, German-born landscape artist (d. 1968)
- 1883 – Otto Heinrich Warburg, German chemist, won the 1931 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1970)
- 1883 – Dick Burnett, American musician (d. 1977)
- 1890 – Edward Rickenbacker, American fighter pilot (d. 1973)
- 1895 – Juan Perón, President of Argentina (d. 1974)
- 1895 – Zog I, King of Albania (d. 1961)
- 1897 – Rouben Mamoulian, Armenian director (d. 1987)
- 1910 – Paulette Dubost, French actress (d. 2011)
- 1917 – Rodney Robert Porter, British biochemist (d. 1985)
- 1917 – Billy Conn, American boxer (d. 1993)
- 1917 – Walter Lord, American author (d. 2002)
- 1918 – Jens Christian Skou, Danish chemist
- 1919 – Kiichi Miyazawa, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2007)
- 1922 – Nils Liedholm, Swedish footballer (d. 2007)
- 1927 – Cesar Milstein, Argentine scientist (d. 2002)
- 1929 – Valdir Pereira, Brazilian footballer (d. 2001)
- 1932 – Ray Reardon, Welsh snooker player
- 1938 – Bronislovas Lubys, Lithuanian politician and businessman (d. 2011)
- 1939 – Paul Hogan, Australian actor
- 1939 – Harvey Pekar, American writer (d. 2010)
- 1941 – Jesse Jackson, American clergyman and activist
- 1943 – Chevy Chase, American comedian and actor
- 1946 – Dennis Kucinich, American politician
- 1948 – Claude Jade, French actress (d. 2006)
- 1948 – Pedro Lopez, Colombian serial killer
- 1948 – Johnny Ramone, American musician (d. 2004)
- 1948 – Baldwin Spencer, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda
- 1949 – Sigourney Weaver, American actress
- 1956 – Stephanie Zimbalist, American actress
- 1957 – Antonio Cabrini, Italian footballer
- 1958 – Ursula von der Leyen, German politician
- 1960 – Francois Perusse, Canadian humorist
- 1964 – CeCe Winans, American singer
- 1965 – C-Jay Ramone, American musician
- 1966 – Camille Coduri, British actress
- 1968 – Zvonimir Boban, Croatian footballer
- 1968 – Emily Procter, American actress
- 1970 – Matt Damon, American actor
- 1970 – Anne-Marie Duff, British actress
- 1971 – Monty Williams, American basketball player
- 1972 – Stanislav Varga, Slovakian footballer
- 1977 – Erna Siikavirta, Finnish musician (Lordi)
- 1978 – Antonino D'Agostino, Italian footballer
- 1979 – Kristanna Loken, American actress
- 1980 – The Miz, American professional wrestler
- 1981 – Chris Killen, New Zealand footballer
- 1984 – Anthony Le Tallec, French footballer
- 1985 – Eiji Wentz, Japanese entertainer
- 1985 – Bruno Mars, American singer-songwriter
- 1987 – Aya Hirano, Japanese voice actress
- 1989 – Armand Traore, French footballer
- 1993 – Angus T. Jones, American actor
Deaths [change]
- 1286 – John I of Dreux, Duke of Brittany (b. 1217)
- 1317 – Emperor Fushimi of Japan (b. 1265)
- 1735 – Yongzheng Emperor of China (b. 1678)
- 1754 – Henry Fielding, English author (b. 1707)
- 1793 – John Hancock, American revolutionary and businessman (b. 1737)
- 1820 – Henri Christophe, King of Haiti (b. 1767)
- 1834 – François-Adrien Boieldieu, French composer (b. 1775)
- 1869 – Franklin Pierce, 14th President of the United States (b. 1804)
- 1879 – Miguel Grau Seminario, Peruvian naval officer (b. 1834)
- 1886 – Austin F. Pike, American politician (b. 1819)
- 1894 – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., American physician and writer (b. 1809)
- 1895 – Empress Myeongseong of Korea (b. 1851)
- 1897 – Alexei Savrasov, Russian painter (b. 1830)
- 1928 – Larry Semon, Silent film comedian (b. 1889)
- 1936 – Premchand, Indian writer (b. 1880)
- 1936 – Red Ames, American baseball player (b. 1882)
- 1942 – Sergei Chaplygin, Soviet engineer (b. 1869)
- 1944 – Wendell Willkie, American politician, candidate for President of the United States (b. 1892)
- 1945 – Felix Salten, Austrian author (b. 1869)
- 1953 – Nigel Bruce, British actor (b. 1895)
- 1953 – Kathleen Ferrier, American contralto (b. 1912)
- 1967 – Clement Attlee, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1883)
- 1972 – Prescott Bush, father of President of the United States George H. W. Bush (b. 1895)
- 1977 – Giorgos Papasideris, Greek singer, composer and lyricist (b. 1902)
- 1982 – Fernando Lamas, Argentine actor (b. 1916)
- 1982 – Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker, peace activist (b. 1889)
- 1985 – Malcolm Ross, American balloonist and atmospheric physicist (b. 1919)
- 1987 – Konstantinos Tsatsos, President of Greece (b. 1899)
- 1992 – Willy Brandt, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1913)
- 2002 – Jacques Richard, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1952)
- 2004 – Jacques Derrida, French philosopher (b. 1930)
