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What happened in history on this day: October 8?
On October 8 in ...
- 1775 - Officers decide to bar slaves and free blacks from Continental Army.
- 1862 - Battle of Perryville, Kentucky, USA - Confederate invasion halted.
- 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.
- 1874 - John Michael Eckfeldt, former San Francisco Mint coiner, shoots himself in the head with a pistol and kills himself.
- 1934 - Bruno Hauptmann is indicted for murder of Lindbergh's son.
- 1942 - The US War Production Board orders the nation's gold mines closed.
- 1942 - The US Mint releases 5-cent coins in wartime silver alloy for circulation.
- 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.
- 1955 - World's most powerful aircraft carrier, Saratoga (US), launched.
- 1964 - Gilroy Roberts becomes first US Mint chief coin engraver to retire (rather than die).
- 1967 - Bureau of Engraving and Printing Director Henry Holzclaw retires after 50 years service.
- 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.
- 1985 - Hijackers of Achille Lauro throw Leon Klinghoffer off the ship, killing him.
- 1988 - Fire in Seattle's Space Needle causes evacuation, $2,000 damage.
- 1990 - US doctors Joseph E Murray and E Donnall Thomas win Nobel Prize.
- 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.
- 1998 - The House of Representatives authorizes an impeachment inquiry into President Bill Clinton.
- 2001 - Tom Ridge is sworn in as first Office of Homeland Security advisor.
- 2004 - Martha Stewart begins serving a five-month sentence for insider trading, at the Alderson Federal Prison Camp in West Virginia.
- 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.
Births on October 8
- 1913 - Birth of Walter Schumann in New York City, New York, USA; choral director (Ford Show), composer (Rhenish, "Dragnet theme" (Emmy award)).
- 1927 - Birth of Gigi Durston in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; singer (Sonny Kendis Show).
- 1934 - Birth of J Carter Brown in Providence, Rhode Island, USA; art director (Washington National Gallery).
- 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).
- 1943 - Birth of Chevy Chase in New York City, New York, USA; comedian/actor (Saturday Night Live, Vacation, Fletch, Caddyshack, Community).
- 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).
- 1951 - Birth of Johnny Ramone in Long Island, New York, USA; rock guitarist ("Road to Ruin").
- 1956 - Birth of Stephanie Zimbalist in New York City, USA; actress (Remington Steele, Centennial).
- 1979 - Birth of [Gregory] Chad Petree in Shawne, Oklahoma; rocker (PC Quest - "Can You See").
Deaths on October 8
- 1869 - Death of Franklin Pierce in Concord, New Hampshire, USA; 14th US President.
- 1874 - John Michael Eckfeldt, former San Francisco Mint coiner, shoots himself in the head with a pistol and kills himself.
- 1964 - Dr Charles Hodge, NYU professor (Answers for Americans), dies at age 69.
- 1985 - Hijackers of Achille Lauro throw Leon Klinghoffer off the ship, killing him.
- 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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