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What happened in history on this day: October 8?
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- 451 - Council of Chalcedon (fourth ecumenical council) opens.
- 1585 - Birth of Heinrich Schütz in Köstritz; German court composer in Dresden (Dafne, Musikalische Exequien, and Kleine geistliche Konzerte).
- 1656 - Death of Johann Georg I in Dresden; elector of Saxony.
- 1775 - Officers decide to bar slaves and free blacks from Continental Army.
- 1818 - Two English boxers are first to use padded gloves.
- 1820 - Death of Henry Christophe; King of northern Haiti.
- 1822 - First eruption of Galunggung (Java) sends boiling sludge into valley.
- 1840 - First Hawaiian constitution is proclaimed.
- 1856 - The Second Opium War begins between western powers and China.
- 1862 - Battle of Perryville, Kentucky, USA - Confederate invasion halted.
- 1865 - In Santa Cruz Mountains, California, a magnitude 6.3 earthquake occurs; severe damage in several towns.
- 1869 - Birth of J Frank Duryea; inventor (first auto built and operated in the US).
- 1869 - Death of Franklin Pierce in Concord, New Hampshire, USA; 14th US President.
- 1871 - Great Chicago Fire kills 200, destroys over 4 square miles (10 square km) of Chicago buildings, and original Emancipation Proclamation document. Three other major fires take place on the shores of Lake Michigan.
- 1872 - Birth of John Cowper Powys; British writer (Wood and Stone).
- 1873 - Birth of Ejnar Hertzsprung in Denmark; astronomer (Hertzsprung-Russell diagram).
- 1874 - John Michael Eckfeldt, former San Francisco Mint coiner, shoots himself in the head with a pistol and kills himself.
- 1879 - Chilean naval squadron captures Peruvian ironclad Huascar off Antofagasta, Chile.
- 1890 - Birth of Eddie Rickenbacker; aviator "Ace of Aces" (WW I).
- 1895 - Birth of Juan Perón; Argentine President (1946-55, 1973-74) (dies 1976).
- 1895 - Birth of King Zog I of Albania (1928-1939).
- 1896 - Dow Jones starts reporting an average of industrial stocks.
- 1897 - Birth of Rouben Mamoulian; movie director/author (Mark of Zorro, Applause).
- 1903 - Birth of Lina Radke in Germany; 800m runner (Olympic-gold-1928).
- 1906 - Karl Nessler demonstrates first 'permanent wave' for hair, in London, England.
- 1909 - Birth of Bill Hewitt; NFL end (Chicago Bears, Philadelphia Eagles).
- 1909 - Chicago Cubs beat New York Giants 4-2 in a playoff to win National League pennant.
- 1912 - First Balkan War begins.
- 1913 - Birth of Walter Schumann in New York City, New York, USA; choral director (Ford Show), composer (Rhenish, "Dragnet theme" (Emmy award)).
- 1916 - Birth of Spark Matsunaga; American politician (Democrat-Hawaii-Senator).
- 1917 - Birth of Danny Murtaugh; baseball manager (Pittsburgh Pirates).
- 1918 - Sargeant Alvin York single-handedly kills 25, captures 132 Germans.
- 1920 - Birth of Frank Herbert; sci-fi writer (Dune).
- 1920 - Birth of Maxie Herber in Germany; figure skater pairs (Olympic-gold-1936).
- 1920 - Birth of Ron Randell in Sydney, Australia; actor (Loves of Carmen, I am a Camera).
- 1922 - New York Giants beat New York Yankees, 4 games to 0, with a tie in 19th World Series.
- 1924 - Birth of Arkady Vorobyev; middle heavyweight (Olympic-gold-1956, 1960).
- 1927 - Birth of Gigi Durston in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; singer (Sonny Kendis Show).
- 1927 - Birth of Torbjörn Falkanger in Norway; took Olympic oath (1952).
- 1927 - New York Yankees sweep Pittsburgh Pirates in 24th World Series.
- 1928 - Eastern Soccer League forms in US.
- 1930 - Birth of James Olsen; actor (Andromeda Strain, The Spell).
- 1930 - Birth of Toru Takemitsu in Tokyo, Japan; composer (Ki No Kyoko).
- 1930 - Philadelphia Athletics beat Saint Louis Cardinals, four games to two in 27th World Series.
- 1934 - Birth of J Carter Brown in Providence, Rhode Island, USA; art director (Washington National Gallery).
- 1934 - Bruno Hauptmann is indicted for murder of Lindbergh's son.
- 1936 - Birth of Rona Barrett AKA Rona Burstein in New York City, New York, USA; gossip columnist and broadcaster (Good Morning America, Today, Entertainment Tonight, Tomorrow Show).
- 1938 - Birth of Penny Pitou; American skier (Olympic-2 silvers-1960).
- 1939 - Birth of Paul Hogan in Australia; actor (Crocodile Dundee).
- 1939 - Germany annexes Western Poland.
- 1939 - New York Yankees sweep Cincinnati Reds in 36th World Series, fourth straight World Series win.
- 1940 - Cincinnati Reds beat Detroit Tigers, 4 games to 3, in 37th World Series of Baseball.
- 1940 - German troops enter Romania to protect its oilfields.
- 1940 - Birth of Fred Cash; rhythm-and-blues singer (The Impressions).
- 1941 - Birth of Jesse Jackson; American clergyman/presidential candidate (Democrat).
- 1942 - The US War Production Board orders the nation's gold mines closed.
- 1943 - Birth of Chevy Chase in New York City, New York, USA; comedian/actor (Saturday Night Live, Vacation, Fletch, Caddyshack, Community).
- 1944 - Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet debuts on CBS radio in the USA.
- 1945 - US President Harry Truman announces atomic bomb secret shared with Britain and Canada.
- 1946 - Birth of Aleksandr Gorshlov; ice dancer (holds six titles).
- 1948 - Birth of Sarah Purcell in Richmond, Indiana, USA; actress/TV hostess (Real People, Home Show).
- 1949 - Birth of Sigourney [Susan Alexandra] Weaver in Louisiana, USA; actress (Alien, Working Girl, Somerset, The Best of Families).
- 1950 - Birth of Robert "Kool" Bell; rocker (Kool and the Gang - "Joanna").
- 1951 - Birth of Johnny Ramone in Long Island, New York, USA; rock guitarist ("Road to Ruin").
- 1951 - Ford C Frick replaces Happy Chandler as third commissioner of baseball.
- 1951 - Warren C Giles becomes president of baseball's National League.
- 1952 - Two trains collide with a derailed commuter train, kills 112 (England).
- 1952 - Birth of Edward Zwick; producer-writer (Once and Again, Thirtysomething).
- 1953 - Death of Nigel Bruce at age 58 following a heart attack; actor (Dr. Watson - Sherlock Holmes radio broadcasts and movies).
- 1954 - Birth of Michael Dudikoff; actor (Cobra, Blood Sweat and Tears).
- 1955 - Birth of Bill Elliott; auto racer (Daytona-1978).
- 1955 - World's most powerful aircraft carrier, Saratoga (US), launched.
- 1955 - Birth of Darrell Hammond; comedian (Saturday Night Live).
- 1956 - Birth of Stephanie Zimbalist in New York City, USA; actress (Remington Steele, Centennial).
- 1956 - Don Larsen, New York Yankees, pitches only perfect World Series game, versus Brooklyn Dodgers (World Series #53).
- 1956 - ABC-TV debuts the TV show Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent.
- 1957 - Birth of James DePaiva; actor (Max - One Life to Live).
- 1957 - Brooklyn Dodgers announce move to Los Angeles.
- 1957 - Turkish and Syrian border guards exchange fire.
- 1958 - The NBC TV network airs the first The Kraft Music Hall 30-minute musical variety TV show in the USA.
- 1958 - NBC-TV debuts the Bat Masterson TV series, starring Gene Barry.
- 1959 - Birth of Tony Eason; football quarterback (New England Patriots).
- 1959 - Los Angeles Dodgers beat Chicago White Sox, four games to two in 56th World Series.
- 1960 - Bobby Richarson hits a World Series grand slammer (World Series #57).
- 1962 - Algeria admitted as 109th member of the United Nations.
- 1962 - North Korea reports 100 percent election turnout, 100 percent vote for Workers' Party.
- 1963 - Sultan of Zanzibar cedes his mainland possessions to Kenya.
- 1963 - Birth of Steve Perry; rock singer (Cherry Poppin' Daddies).
- 1964 - Dr Charles Hodge, NYU professor (Answers for Americans), dies at age 69.
- 1964 - Gilroy Roberts becomes first US Mint chief coin engraver to retire (rather than die).
- 1965 - Birth of C.J. Ramone; rock musician (The Ramones).
- 1966 - University of Wyoming's Cowboys' Jerry DePoyster kicks three field goals over 50 yards (54, 54, 52).
- 1968 - Birth of Emily Procter; actress (CSI Miami, West Wing).
- 1969 - Eduardo Ciannelli, actor (Waldo - Johnny Staccato), dies at age 81.
- 1970 - Soviet author Alexander I Solzhenitsyn awarded Nobel Prize for Literature.
- 1973 - (0100 hours) Syrian tanks break off attacks on Israeli positions, to recover vehicle losses. This pause allows Israelis to call in artillery fire and re-arm and refuel tanks.
- 1973 - (0400 hours) Syrian tanks attack Israeli positions again.
- 1973 - Death of Syrian Brigadier General Omar Abrash, when his commanding tank against Israeli tanks takes a direct hit.
- 1974 - In the Leeward Islands, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake occurs. Considerable property damage on Antigua, Barbuda, and Saint Kitts.
- 1977 - Largest baseball crowd in Pennsylvania, 64,924 see Los Angeles Dodgers beat Philadelphia Phillies 4-1 in fourth National League championship game (Dodgers win pennant).
- 1978 - Death of Karl Swenson at age 70; actor (Lorenzo Jones radio show, Inner Sanctum Mysteries, Dr. Kildare TV show, Gunsmoke, Maverick, Mission: Impossible, Hawaii Five-O, Lars Hanson - Little House on the Prairie, Cimarron Strip).
- 1978 - New York Yankees win third straight American League Championship, all against Kansas City.
- 1978 - Australia's Ken Warby sets the world water speed record of 317.6 mph (511.13 km/h) at Blowering Dam, Australia.
- 1979 - Birth of Kristanna Loken; actress (Philly, Pensacola: Wings of Gold).
- 1979 - Birth of [Gregory] Chad Petree in Shawne, Oklahoma; rocker (PC Quest - "Can You See").
- 1980 - Birth of Nick Cannon; rapper, host, actor (America's Got Talent, Star Cannon, The Nick Cannon Show).
- 1980 - Birth of Byron Reeder; rhythm-and-blues singer (Mista).
- 1981 - US President Ronald Reagan greets predecessors Jimmy Carter, Gerald R Ford, and Richard Nixon before sending them to Egypt for Anwar Sadat's funeral.
- 1981 - USAC appeals panel restores disputed Indy 500 victory to Al Unser.
- 1981 - ABC-TV airs the Cagney and Lacey made-for-TV movie.
- 1982 - Death of Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker, Canadian-born peace activist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (born 1889).
- 1982 - Poland bans Solidarity after having suspended it on 13 December 1981.
- 1982 - Death of Fernando Lamas at age 67 of cancer; actor (Run for Your Life TV show, It Takes a Thief TV show, Mission Impossible TV show, The Mod Squad TV show, Switch TV show, The Love Boat TV show).
- 1982 - New Jersey Devils first victory, beating New York Rangers 3-2 at the Meadowlands Coliseum.
- 1983 - The Philadelphia Phillies beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-2 to win the National League Championship Series.
- 1983 - Death of Joan Hackett at age 49 of ovarian cancer; actress (Another Day TV show, Young Dr. Malone TV show).
- 1983 - Washington Capitals' first NHL overtime game losing to New York Islanders 8-7.
- 1985 - Hijackers of Achille Lauro throw Leon Klinghoffer off the ship, killing him.
- 1985 - Birth of Max Crumm; actor (Grease: You're The One That I Want).
- 1986 - Mike Scott ties playoff record of 14 strikeouts, beats New York Mets 1-0.
- 1988 - Fire in Seattle's Space Needle causes evacuation, $2,000 damage.
- 1988 - The NBC TV network debuts the Disney-produced TV show Empty Nest, a spin-off from The Golden Girls.
- 1990 - In Jerusalem, Israeli police kill 17 Palestinians and wound over 100 near the Dome of the Rock mosque on the Temple Mount.
- 1990 - US doctors Joseph E Murray and E Donnall Thomas win Nobel Prize.
- 1991 - The Croatian Parliament cuts all remaining ties with Yugoslavia.
- 1993 - Birth of Angus T. Jones; actor (Two and a-Half Men).
- 1993 - David Miscavige announces the IRS has granted full tax exemption to the Church of Scientology International and affiliated churches and organizations ending the Church's 40-year battle with the IRS and resulting in religious recognition in the United States.
- 1993 - CBC TV debuts the Royal Canadian Air Farce TV show in Canada.
- 1994 - The President of the United Nations Security Council says that Iraq must withdraw its troops from the Kuwait border and immediately cooperate with weapons inspectors.
- 1996 - Death of William Prince at age 83; actor (Young Dr. Malone (1958-63, Another World TV show, The Edge of Night TV show, Search for Tomorrow TV show, A World Apart TV show).
- 1998 - Oslo Airport (Gardermoen) opens in Norway.
- 1998 - The House of Representatives authorizes an impeachment inquiry into President Bill Clinton.
- 1998 - NBC airs the 100th episode of TV show Friends.
- 1998 - In New York City, USA, Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries sells at auction a USA 1868 1-cent Franklin stamp, Z-grill, used, for US$935,000, a record for a USA postage stamp.
- 2000 - At Shea Stadium, the New York Mets defeat the San Francisco Giants to win the National League Division Series in four games.
- 2000 - NBC debuts the television series Ed.
- 2001 - Flight SK686 of SAS collides first with a private plane and then a building in Milano Airport; 100 are killed.
- 2004 - Kenneth Bigley, the British hostage held by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, an Iraqi insurgent, is killed after a failed escape attempt.
- 2004 - Suicide bombers detonate two bombs at the Red Sea resort of Taba, Egypt, killing 34 people, mainly Israeli tourists and Egyptian workers.
- 2004 - Martha Stewart begins serving a five-month sentence for insider trading, at the Alderson Federal Prison Camp in West Virginia.
- 2005 - In Pakistan, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake occurs. At least 86,000 people killed, more than 69,000 injured and extensive damage in northern Pakistan. An estimated 4 million people in the area were left homeless.
- 2007 - Track and field star Marion Jones surrenders her five Olympic medals she won in the 2000 Sydney Games after admitting to doping.
- 2007 - A consortium of banks (Royal Bank of Scotland, Santander of Spain, and the Dutch-Belgian Fortis bank) announce that shareholders of Dutch bank ABN AMRO have accepted its 72 billion euro (US$101 billion) takeover offer, the world's biggest banking transaction.
- 2008 - The British Treasury announces a bail-out plan for British banks, investing up to 50 billion pounds (US$87 billion) of public money to increase bank capital in exchange for preference shares, making available at least 200 billion pounds in Treasury bills in exchange for less liquid assets of banks, and guaranteeing up to 250 billion pounds of new bank-obtained funding.
- 2008 - Central banks around the world cut interest rates in unison for the first time ever. The coordinated rate cuts are made by financial policymakers in response to the global credit crisis. Central banks of the USA, China, Europe, Great Britain, Canada, Sweden, and Switzerland all cut their main lending rate by half a percentage point.
- 2008 - The Tokyo stock market drops 9.4 percent; the Hong Kong stock market drops 8.2 percent.
- 2008 - Death of George Emil Palade, Romanian cell biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1912).
- 2009 - A 7.8 magnitude earthquake occurs about 300km north-northwest of Vanuatu, followed by a 7.1 earthquake an hour later.
- 2018 - The IPCC releases its Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5C, warning that "rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society" are needed to ensure that global warming is kept below 1.5 degrees Celcius.
- 2019 - The Government of Ecuador, headed by President Lenín Moreno, moves to Guayaquil as the Carondelet Palace in Quito is overtaken by protesters.
- 2020 - Death of Ali Khalif Galaydh, 8th Prime Minister of Somalia (born 1941).
- 2021 - The Nobel Prize Committee announces that the winner of the Peace Prize is journalists Dmitry Muratov of Russia and Maria Ressa of the Philippines.
- 2021 - (to October 9) The 2021 Czech legislative election is held, with the main opposition coalition alliance of SPOLU and Pirates and Mayors gaining a legislative majority.
- 2023 - Death of Burt Young at age 83 in Los Angeles, California; boxer, actor (Paulie Pennino - Rocky movie (1976), Once Upon a Time in America movie (1984)).
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