A complete timeline of historical events, famous births, notable deaths, and holidays that occurred on October 8 throughout history.
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Great Stand on the Ugra River: Standoff between forces of Akhmat Khan, Khan of the Great Horde, and Ivan III, Grand Prince of all Rus, ends with a Tatar-Mongol retreat, leading to the disintegration of the Horde
Captain James Cook lands in New Zealand for the first time near present-day Gisborne on the East Coast of the North Island. A misunderstanding, possibly over a ceremonial challenge, causes the English to shoot and kill Ngāti Oneone leader Te Maro. [1]
The First Opium War, also known as the Anglo-Chinese War, was a series of military engagements fought between the British Empire and the Chinese Qing dynasty between 1839 and 1842.
The Great Chicago Fire kills an estimated 300 people and destroys over 4 square miles (10 square km) of buildings and the original Emancipation Proclamation
Battle of Loos ends as German forces contain the British attack, resulting in 85,000 casualties
Lev Davidovich Trotsky, better known as Leon Trotsky, was a Russian revolutionary, Soviet politician and political theorist.
The main event by far shaping the United States foreign policy during the presidency of George W.
Israel and Hamas agree to first phase of U.S. backed cease-fire plan two years and a day after the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel that sparked military assault of Gaza. Plan calls for exchanging remaining Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners, Israeli troops pulling back from Gaza, and expans
"The Second Hundred Years" silent short film is released, starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, the first Laurel and Hardy film with them appearing as a team
Apple Records releases John Lennon's second solo studio album "Imagine" in the UK, and it tops the charts in the US, UK, Australia, and three other countries
Padded gloves designed by Jack Broughton are first used in a competitive boxing match between two unnamed English boxers at Aix-la-Chapelle in France
Salt Lake City founder Brigham Young (23) weds first wife Miriam Angeline Works (18) in Port Byron, New York
Princess Sophia weds her cousin duke Charles Saksen-Weimar-Eisenach
Prime Minister of Canada Charles Tupper (25) weds Frances Amelia Morse (20) in Amherst, Nova Scotia
American musician Ben Harper (40) divorces American actress Laura Dern (43) due to irreconcilable differences after 5 years of marriage
Council of Chalcedon (4th ecumenical council) opens, annuls acts of second Council of Ephesus, and adopts doctrine of Pope Leo's Tome
Louis the German (German: Ludwig der Deutsche; c. 806/810 – 28 August 876), also known as Louis II of Germany (German: Ludwig II.
Demetrius Zvonimir (Croatian: Dmitar Zvonimir, pronounced [dmîtar zʋônimiːr]; Old Church Slavic: ⰸⱏⰲⱏⱀⰻⰿⰻⱃⱏ; died 1089) was a King of Croatia and Dalmatia from 1075 or 1076 until his death in 1089.
San Marcos ministry in Venice initiated
San Marino, officially the Republic of San Marino (RSM), is a landlocked country in Southern Europe, completely surrounded by Italy.
Supernova "Kepler's nova" first sighted by Lodovico delle Colombe in Italy
The Massachusetts Bay Colony (1628–1691), more formally the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, was an English settlement on the east coast of North America around Massachusetts Bay, one of the several...
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and at the crossroads of the Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula.
French privateer Jacques Cassard seen on Suriname coast
Chinese assault on Diestpoort, Batavia
British forces lay siege to the French port of Boulogne using Congreve rockets, invented by Sir William Congreve
The Treaty of Ried of 8 October 1813 was a treaty that was signed between the Kingdom of Bavaria and Austrian Empire.
First eruption of Galunggung in Java sends boiling sludge into the valley
"Ke Kumukānāwai a me nā Kānāwai o ko Hawaiʻi Pae ʻĀina, Honolulu, 1840," the first written Constitution of the Hawaiian Kingdom, is enacted by King Kamehameha III and Kuhina Nui (Prime Minister) Kekāuluohi
San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the fourth-most populous city in California and the 17th-most populous in the United States, with a population of 827,526 in 2024.
The Battle of Perryville, also known as the Battle of Chaplin Hills, was fought on October 8, 1862, in the Chaplin Hills west of Perryville, Kentucky, as the culmination of the Confederate Heartland...
Santa Cruz (Spanish for 'Holy Cross') is the largest city in and the county seat of Santa Cruz County, California. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 62,956.
Forest fire destroys Peshtigo, Wisconsin, killing between 1,200 and 2,500 people, making it the deadliest wildfire in recorded history
First women's prison run by women opens at Indiana Reformatory Institution
The War of the Pacific (Spanish: Guerra del Pacífico), also known by multiple other names, was a war between Chile and a Bolivian–Peruvian alliance from 1879 to 1884.
The Philadelphia Phillies are an American professional baseball team based in Philadelphia.
The Valley Railway was a shortline railroad which operated between the city of Cleveland and small town of Zoarville in the U.S. state of Ohio.
First Canadian intercollegiate football game: McGill defeats Queen's 3-2
J.M. Synge's play "In the Shadow of the Glen" premieres in Dublin
Vanderbilt Cup, the first major trophy in American auto racing, is conducted on public roads in the Nassau County area of Long Island, NY; the inaugural winner is American driver George Heath in a Panhard
Karl Nessler demonstrates the first "permanent wave" for hair in London
The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The Cubs compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central Division.
The First Balkan War lasted from October 1912 to May 1913 and involved actions of the Balkan League (the Kingdoms of Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece and Montenegro) against the Ottoman Empire.
Joseph Szigeti debuts Alfredo Casella's Violin Concerto
The following lists events that happened during 1929 in Afghanistan. The Afghan Civil War continued from the previous year.
The Indian Air Force (1932–1945) and the Royal Indian Air Force (1945–1950) were the air forces of British India.
Coit Tower ( KOYT; also known as Coit Memorial Tower) is a 210-foot (64 m) tower in the Telegraph Hill neighborhood of San Francisco, California, overlooking the city and San Francisco Bay.
Seventeen days after the German invasion of Poland in 1939, which marked the beginning of the Second World War, the Soviet Union entered the eastern regions of Poland (known as the Kresy) and annexed...
The German invasion of Greece or Operation Marita (German: Unternehmen Marita), were the attacks on Greece by Italy and Germany during World War II.
Auschwitz, also known as Oświęcim, was a complex of over 40 concentration and extermination camps operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland (in a portion annexed into Germany in 1939) during World...
The Azores, officially the Autonomous Region of the Azores, is an autonomous region of Portugal, in the Atlantic Ocean about 1,400 km (870 miles) west of mainland Portugal.
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC from October 3, 1952, to April 23, 1966, and starred the real-life Nelson family.
American inventor Percy Spencer applies for a patent for the microwave
Military plane crashes at Christian HBS, killing 24
The History of the Cleveland Browns American football team began in 1944 when taxi-cab magnate Arthur B.
people are killed in Britain's worst peacetime rail crash at Harrow and Wealdstone, northwest of London
World's most powerful aircraft carrier, USS Saratoga, launched
Lithuanian Jack Soble (54) is sentenced in New York City to seven years in prison on espionage charges as a Soviet spy
KCMT TV channel 7 in Alexandria, Minnesota (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
American Phil Hill's Ferrari team does not participate in the season-ending US Grand Prix at Watkins Glen, having already clinched the World Drivers' Championship; English driver Innes Ireland wins Lotus's first Grand Prix
Algeria is admitted as the 109th member of the United Nations
The Sultanate of Zanzibar (Swahili: Usultani wa Zanzibar, Arabic: سلطنة زنجبار, romanized: Sulṭanat Zanjībār), also known as the Zanzibar Sultanate, was an East African Muslim state controlled by the...
Gilroy Roberts becomes the first US chief engraver to retire rather than die
Ringo Starr finally passes his driver's test; he failed the test in 1960 but continued to drive
Indonesia's transition to the New Order in the mid-1960s ousted the country's first president, Sukarno, after 22 years in the position.
Wyoming's Jerry DePoyster kicks three field goals over 50 yards (54, 54, 52)
HNLMS Karel Doorman (R81) (Dutch: Hr.Ms. Karel Doorman (R81)) was a Colossus-class aircraft carrier of the Royal Netherlands Navy.
The Weather Underground was an American Marxist militant organization first active in 1969, founded on the Ann Arbor campus of the University of Michigan.
MLB Detroit Tigers pitcher Lerrin LaGrow and Oakland A's shortstop Bert Campaneris are each fined and suspended when Campaneris flings his bat at the mound after getting hit by a pitch
MLB NLCS Game 3 is interrupted by a brawl sparked by a fight between Cincinnati Reds' Pete Rose and New York Mets' Bud Harrelson at Shea Stadium in New York
Franklin National Bank collapses due to fraud and mismanagement; at the time, it is the largest bank failure in the history of the United States
San Antonio Spurs, then members of the ABA, defeat the NBA's Atlanta Hawks 109-107 in the first basketball game played in the Louisiana Superdome
Largest baseball crowd in Pennsylvania, 64,924, sees Dodgers beat Phillies 4-1 in the 4th NL championship game (Dodgers win pennant)
Ken Warby sets the world water speed record at 275.97 knots (511.10 km/h; 317.58 mph) on Blowering Dam, Tumut River, NSW, Australia
British Leyland was a British automotive engineering and manufacturing conglomerate formed in 1968 as British Leyland Motor Corporation Ltd (BLMC), following the merger of Leyland Motors and British...
The New York Islanders (colloquially known as the Isles) are a professional ice hockey team based in Elmont, New York.
"Rembrandt & Hitler or Me" premieres in Amsterdam
Little Richard is seriously injured in a single car accident in Los Angeles
Israeli police kill 17 Palestinian protesters
The Ottawa Senators were an ice hockey team based in Ottawa, which existed from 1883 to 1954.
Private Parts is a 1997 American biographical comedy film produced by Ivan Reitman and directed by Betty Thomas.
Aleta Sill wins the BPAA US Women's Bowling Open
Dolphins' Dan Marino breaks Tarkenton's NFL career completions record
The Nobel Prize in Literature, here meaning for Literature (Swedish: Nobelpriset i litteratur), is a Swedish literature prize that is awarded annually to an author from any country who has, in the...
Beginning of a new era of the Coligny calendar, the oldest known material Celtic calendar
A twin-engine Cessna and a Scandinavian Airlines System McDonnell Douglas MD-87 collide in heavy fog during takeoff from Linate Airport in Milan, Italy, killing 118 people
Magnitude 7.6 earthquake in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan, kills an estimated 86,000 people across Afghanistan, India, and Pakistan in the deadliest earthquake in South Asian history
NHL great Wayne Gretzky gets his first win as a coach as the Phoenix Coyotes beat the Minnesota Wild 2-1 at Jobing.com Arena, Phoenix
The Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology is awarded jointly to Harald zur Hausen for his work on the cause of cervical cancer and Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier for the discovery of HIV
Irish professional darts player Brendan Dolan plays the first perfect 9-dart game on TV in a semi-final against James Wade at the PDC World Darts Championship in Dublin
35 people are killed when a Nigerian military bomb strikes a convoy in Maiduguri
International Chess Federation approves Grandmaster titles for American players Irina Krush (29), Mackenzie Molner (25), and Daniel Naroditsky (18), at their congress in Tallinn, Estonia
Eric Betzig, Stefan Hell, and William Moerner win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy
"Once Upon a Time in Shaolin" hip hop album by Wu-Tang is released as the most expensive piece of music, with just one physical two-CD copy auctioned for about $2 million [1]
Selena Marie Gomez ( sə-LEE-nə GOH-mez; born July 22, 1992) is an American actress, singer, and businesswoman.
people are killed in an airstrike during a wake in Sanaa, Yemen
Wildfires ignite in Northern California wine country, killing at least 41 people over the following week and leading to the evacuation of 20,000 people
Major climate report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for the UN says the planet will warm 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit (1.5 degrees Celsius) by 2040 with dire results
New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees becomes the NFL's all-time leader in passing yards, needing 201 yards to surpass Peyton Manning's record. He achieves 363 yards and 3 touchdowns in the Saints' 43-19 win against the Washington Redskins at the Superdome
FBI confirms Samuel Little is America's most prolific serial killer after verifying more than half of his 93 confessed murders
Louise Elisabeth Glück ( GLIK; April 22, 1943 – October 13, 2023) was an American poet and essayist.
Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to journalists Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov of Russia for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression [1]
Landslide caused by unusually heavy rain kills at least 50 in Las Tejerías, Venezuela [1]
Jesse Jackson, American minister, activist and politician, known for american minister, activist and politician, was born on 1942-10-08.
R. L. Stine, American writer and producer, known for american writer and producer, was born on 1944-10-08. Robert Lawrence Stine is an American novelist.
Ursula von der Leyen is born
Sadiq Khan is born
Sigourney Weaver, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1950-10-08. Susan Alexandra "Sigourney" Weaver is an American actress.
Matt Damon, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1971-10-08. Matthew Paige Damon ( DAY-mən; born October 8, 1970) is an American actor, film producer, and screenwriter.
Nick Cannon, American comedian, known for american comedian, was born on 1981-10-08. Nicholas Scott Cannon is an American comedian, television presenter, actor, and rapper.
Bella Thorne, American actress and singer, known for american actress and singer, was born on 1998-10-08. Annabella Avery Thorne is an American actress, singer, and writer.
Johnny Ramone, American musician, known for american guitarist, was born on 1948-10-08.
Bruno Mars, American musician, known for american singer-songwriter, was born on 1986-10-08.
Billy Conn, American athlete, known for american boxer, was born on 1917-10-08. William David Conn (October 8, 1917 – May 29, 1993) was an American professional boxer and Light Heavyweight Champion…
Fred Stolle, Australian athlete, known for australian tennis player, was born on 1938-10-08. Frederick Sydney Stolle, AO (8 October 1938 – 5 March 2025) was an Australian amateur world No.
Bill Elliott athlete, known for american racing driver and team owner, was born on 1956-10-08.
Matt Biondi, American athlete, known for american swimmer, was born on 1966-10-08. Matthew Nicholas Biondi is an American former competitive swimmer and water polo player.
Council of Chalcedon (4th ecumenical council) opens, annuls acts of second Council of Ephesus, and adopts doctrine of Pope Leo's Tome
Louis the German (German: Ludwig der Deutsche; c. 806/810 – 28 August 876), also known as Louis II of Germany (German: Ludwig II.
Demetrius Zvonimir (Croatian: Dmitar Zvonimir, pronounced [dmîtar zʋônimiːr]; Old Church Slavic: ⰸⱏⰲⱏⱀⰻⰿⰻⱃⱏ; died 1089) was a King of Croatia and Dalmatia from 1075 or 1076 until his death in 1089.
San Marcos ministry in Venice initiated
Great Stand on the Ugra River: Standoff between forces of Akhmat Khan, Khan of the Great Horde, and Ivan III, Grand Prince of all Rus, ends with a Tatar-Mongol retreat, leading to the disintegration of the Horde
San Marino, officially the Republic of San Marino (RSM), is a landlocked country in Southern Europe, completely surrounded by Italy.
Supernova "Kepler's nova" first sighted by Lodovico delle Colombe in Italy
The Massachusetts Bay Colony (1628–1691), more formally the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, was an English settlement on the east coast of North America around Massachusetts Bay, one of the several...
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and at the crossroads of the Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula.
French privateer Jacques Cassard seen on Suriname coast
Chinese assault on Diestpoort, Batavia
Captain James Cook lands in New Zealand for the first time near present-day Gisborne on the East Coast of the North Island. A misunderstanding, possibly over a ceremonial challenge, causes the English to shoot and kill Ngāti Oneone leader Te Maro. [1]
British forces lay siege to the French port of Boulogne using Congreve rockets, invented by Sir William Congreve
The Treaty of Ried of 8 October 1813 was a treaty that was signed between the Kingdom of Bavaria and Austrian Empire.
Padded gloves designed by Jack Broughton are first used in a competitive boxing match between two unnamed English boxers at Aix-la-Chapelle in France
First eruption of Galunggung in Java sends boiling sludge into the valley
Salt Lake City founder Brigham Young (23) weds first wife Miriam Angeline Works (18) in Port Byron, New York
"Ke Kumukānāwai a me nā Kānāwai o ko Hawaiʻi Pae ʻĀina, Honolulu, 1840," the first written Constitution of the Hawaiian Kingdom, is enacted by King Kamehameha III and Kuhina Nui (Prime Minister) Kekāuluohi
Princess Sophia weds her cousin duke Charles Saksen-Weimar-Eisenach
Prime Minister of Canada Charles Tupper (25) weds Frances Amelia Morse (20) in Amherst, Nova Scotia
The First Opium War, also known as the Anglo-Chinese War, was a series of military engagements fought between the British Empire and the Chinese Qing dynasty between 1839 and 1842.
San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the fourth-most populous city in California and the 17th-most populous in the United States, with a population of 827,526 in 2024.
The Battle of Perryville, also known as the Battle of Chaplin Hills, was fought on October 8, 1862, in the Chaplin Hills west of Perryville, Kentucky, as the culmination of the Confederate Heartland...
Santa Cruz (Spanish for 'Holy Cross') is the largest city in and the county seat of Santa Cruz County, California. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 62,956.
Franklin Pierce dies
The Great Chicago Fire kills an estimated 300 people and destroys over 4 square miles (10 square km) of buildings and the original Emancipation Proclamation
Forest fire destroys Peshtigo, Wisconsin, killing between 1,200 and 2,500 people, making it the deadliest wildfire in recorded history
First women's prison run by women opens at Indiana Reformatory Institution
The War of the Pacific (Spanish: Guerra del Pacífico), also known by multiple other names, was a war between Chile and a Bolivian–Peruvian alliance from 1879 to 1884.
The Philadelphia Phillies are an American professional baseball team based in Philadelphia.
The Valley Railway was a shortline railroad which operated between the city of Cleveland and small town of Zoarville in the U.S. state of Ohio.
First Canadian intercollegiate football game: McGill defeats Queen's 3-2
J.M. Synge's play "In the Shadow of the Glen" premieres in Dublin
Vanderbilt Cup, the first major trophy in American auto racing, is conducted on public roads in the Nassau County area of Long Island, NY; the inaugural winner is American driver George Heath in a Panhard
Karl Nessler demonstrates the first "permanent wave" for hair in London
The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The Cubs compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central Division.
The First Balkan War lasted from October 1912 to May 1913 and involved actions of the Balkan League (the Kingdoms of Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece and Montenegro) against the Ottoman Empire.
Battle of Loos ends as German forces contain the British attack, resulting in 85,000 casualties
Lev Davidovich Trotsky, better known as Leon Trotsky, was a Russian revolutionary, Soviet politician and political theorist.
Billy Conn, American athlete, known for american boxer, was born on 1917-10-08. William David Conn (October 8, 1917 – May 29, 1993) was an American professional boxer and Light Heavyweight Champion…
"The Second Hundred Years" silent short film is released, starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, the first Laurel and Hardy film with them appearing as a team
Joseph Szigeti debuts Alfredo Casella's Violin Concerto
The following lists events that happened during 1929 in Afghanistan. The Afghan Civil War continued from the previous year.
The Indian Air Force (1932–1945) and the Royal Indian Air Force (1945–1950) were the air forces of British India.
Coit Tower ( KOYT; also known as Coit Memorial Tower) is a 210-foot (64 m) tower in the Telegraph Hill neighborhood of San Francisco, California, overlooking the city and San Francisco Bay.
Fred Stolle, Australian athlete, known for australian tennis player, was born on 1938-10-08. Frederick Sydney Stolle, AO (8 October 1938 – 5 March 2025) was an Australian amateur world No.
Seventeen days after the German invasion of Poland in 1939, which marked the beginning of the Second World War, the Soviet Union entered the eastern regions of Poland (known as the Kresy) and annexed...
The German invasion of Greece or Operation Marita (German: Unternehmen Marita), were the attacks on Greece by Italy and Germany during World War II.
Auschwitz, also known as Oświęcim, was a complex of over 40 concentration and extermination camps operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland (in a portion annexed into Germany in 1939) during World...
Jesse Jackson, American minister, activist and politician, known for american minister, activist and politician, was born on 1942-10-08.
The Azores, officially the Autonomous Region of the Azores, is an autonomous region of Portugal, in the Atlantic Ocean about 1,400 km (870 miles) west of mainland Portugal.
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC from October 3, 1952, to April 23, 1966, and starred the real-life Nelson family.
R. L. Stine, American writer and producer, known for american writer and producer, was born on 1944-10-08. Robert Lawrence Stine is an American novelist.
American inventor Percy Spencer applies for a patent for the microwave
Military plane crashes at Christian HBS, killing 24
Johnny Ramone, American musician, known for american guitarist, was born on 1948-10-08.
The History of the Cleveland Browns American football team began in 1944 when taxi-cab magnate Arthur B.
Sigourney Weaver, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1950-10-08. Susan Alexandra "Sigourney" Weaver is an American actress.
people are killed in Britain's worst peacetime rail crash at Harrow and Wealdstone, northwest of London
World's most powerful aircraft carrier, USS Saratoga, launched
Bill Elliott athlete, known for american racing driver and team owner, was born on 1956-10-08.
Lithuanian Jack Soble (54) is sentenced in New York City to seven years in prison on espionage charges as a Soviet spy
KCMT TV channel 7 in Alexandria, Minnesota (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
Ursula von der Leyen is born
American Phil Hill's Ferrari team does not participate in the season-ending US Grand Prix at Watkins Glen, having already clinched the World Drivers' Championship; English driver Innes Ireland wins Lotus's first Grand Prix
Algeria is admitted as the 109th member of the United Nations
The Sultanate of Zanzibar (Swahili: Usultani wa Zanzibar, Arabic: سلطنة زنجبار, romanized: Sulṭanat Zanjībār), also known as the Zanzibar Sultanate, was an East African Muslim state controlled by the...
Gilroy Roberts becomes the first US chief engraver to retire rather than die
Ringo Starr finally passes his driver's test; he failed the test in 1960 but continued to drive
Indonesia's transition to the New Order in the mid-1960s ousted the country's first president, Sukarno, after 22 years in the position.
Wyoming's Jerry DePoyster kicks three field goals over 50 yards (54, 54, 52)
Matt Biondi, American athlete, known for american swimmer, was born on 1966-10-08. Matthew Nicholas Biondi is an American former competitive swimmer and water polo player.
HNLMS Karel Doorman (R81) (Dutch: Hr.Ms. Karel Doorman (R81)) was a Colossus-class aircraft carrier of the Royal Netherlands Navy.
The Weather Underground was an American Marxist militant organization first active in 1969, founded on the Ann Arbor campus of the University of Michigan.
Apple Records releases John Lennon's second solo studio album "Imagine" in the UK, and it tops the charts in the US, UK, Australia, and three other countries
Sadiq Khan is born
Matt Damon, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1971-10-08. Matthew Paige Damon ( DAY-mən; born October 8, 1970) is an American actor, film producer, and screenwriter.
MLB Detroit Tigers pitcher Lerrin LaGrow and Oakland A's shortstop Bert Campaneris are each fined and suspended when Campaneris flings his bat at the mound after getting hit by a pitch
MLB NLCS Game 3 is interrupted by a brawl sparked by a fight between Cincinnati Reds' Pete Rose and New York Mets' Bud Harrelson at Shea Stadium in New York
Franklin National Bank collapses due to fraud and mismanagement; at the time, it is the largest bank failure in the history of the United States
San Antonio Spurs, then members of the ABA, defeat the NBA's Atlanta Hawks 109-107 in the first basketball game played in the Louisiana Superdome
Largest baseball crowd in Pennsylvania, 64,924, sees Dodgers beat Phillies 4-1 in the 4th NL championship game (Dodgers win pennant)
Ken Warby sets the world water speed record at 275.97 knots (511.10 km/h; 317.58 mph) on Blowering Dam, Tumut River, NSW, Australia
British Leyland was a British automotive engineering and manufacturing conglomerate formed in 1968 as British Leyland Motor Corporation Ltd (BLMC), following the merger of Leyland Motors and British...
Nick Cannon, American comedian, known for american comedian, was born on 1981-10-08. Nicholas Scott Cannon is an American comedian, television presenter, actor, and rapper.
The New York Islanders (colloquially known as the Isles) are a professional ice hockey team based in Elmont, New York.
"Rembrandt & Hitler or Me" premieres in Amsterdam
Little Richard is seriously injured in a single car accident in Los Angeles
Bruno Mars, American musician, known for american singer-songwriter, was born on 1986-10-08.
Israeli police kill 17 Palestinian protesters
The Ottawa Senators were an ice hockey team based in Ottawa, which existed from 1883 to 1954.
Willy Brandt dies
Private Parts is a 1997 American biographical comedy film produced by Ivan Reitman and directed by Betty Thomas.
Aleta Sill wins the BPAA US Women's Bowling Open
Dolphins' Dan Marino breaks Tarkenton's NFL career completions record
The Nobel Prize in Literature, here meaning for Literature (Swedish: Nobelpriset i litteratur), is a Swedish literature prize that is awarded annually to an author from any country who has, in the...
Bella Thorne, American actress and singer, known for american actress and singer, was born on 1998-10-08. Annabella Avery Thorne is an American actress, singer, and writer.
Beginning of a new era of the Coligny calendar, the oldest known material Celtic calendar
The main event by far shaping the United States foreign policy during the presidency of George W.
A twin-engine Cessna and a Scandinavian Airlines System McDonnell Douglas MD-87 collide in heavy fog during takeoff from Linate Airport in Milan, Italy, killing 118 people
Magnitude 7.6 earthquake in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan, kills an estimated 86,000 people across Afghanistan, India, and Pakistan in the deadliest earthquake in South Asian history
NHL great Wayne Gretzky gets his first win as a coach as the Phoenix Coyotes beat the Minnesota Wild 2-1 at Jobing.com Arena, Phoenix
The Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology is awarded jointly to Harald zur Hausen for his work on the cause of cervical cancer and Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier for the discovery of HIV
American musician Ben Harper (40) divorces American actress Laura Dern (43) due to irreconcilable differences after 5 years of marriage
Irish professional darts player Brendan Dolan plays the first perfect 9-dart game on TV in a semi-final against James Wade at the PDC World Darts Championship in Dublin
35 people are killed when a Nigerian military bomb strikes a convoy in Maiduguri
International Chess Federation approves Grandmaster titles for American players Irina Krush (29), Mackenzie Molner (25), and Daniel Naroditsky (18), at their congress in Tallinn, Estonia
Eric Betzig, Stefan Hell, and William Moerner win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy
"Once Upon a Time in Shaolin" hip hop album by Wu-Tang is released as the most expensive piece of music, with just one physical two-CD copy auctioned for about $2 million [1]
Selena Marie Gomez ( sə-LEE-nə GOH-mez; born July 22, 1992) is an American actress, singer, and businesswoman.
people are killed in an airstrike during a wake in Sanaa, Yemen
Wildfires ignite in Northern California wine country, killing at least 41 people over the following week and leading to the evacuation of 20,000 people
Major climate report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for the UN says the planet will warm 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit (1.5 degrees Celsius) by 2040 with dire results
New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees becomes the NFL's all-time leader in passing yards, needing 201 yards to surpass Peyton Manning's record. He achieves 363 yards and 3 touchdowns in the Saints' 43-19 win against the Washington Redskins at the Superdome
FBI confirms Samuel Little is America's most prolific serial killer after verifying more than half of his 93 confessed murders
Louise Elisabeth Glück ( GLIK; April 22, 1943 – October 13, 2023) was an American poet and essayist.
Whitey Ford, American baseball player, known for american baseball player, died on 2020-10-08.
Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to journalists Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov of Russia for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression [1]
Landslide caused by unusually heavy rain kills at least 50 in Las Tejerías, Venezuela [1]
Israel and Hamas agree to first phase of U.S. backed cease-fire plan two years and a day after the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel that sparked military assault of Gaza. Plan calls for exchanging remaining Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners, Israeli troops pulling back from Gaza, and expans