October 8

Events

 * -  is defeated by his colleague  at the, and loses his European territories.
 * - At, a city of in , the first session of the  begins (ends on ).
 * - is crowned king of.
 * -, a standoff between the forces of , of the , and the   of , which resulted in the retreat of the  and eventual  of the Horde.
 * - Because of the implementation of the this day does not exist in this year in, ,  and.
 * - adopts its written constitution.
 * - The government of general establishes the.
 * - The between several western powers and  begins with the Arrow Incident on the.
 * - : -  forces under General  halt the  invasion of  by defeating troops led by General  at.
 * - Four major fires break out on the shores of in, , , and . The  is the most famous of these, having left nearly 100,000 people homeless, although the  killed as many as 2,500 people making it the deadliest fire in  history.
 * - : the defeats the  in the, Peruvian Admiral  is killed in the encounter.
 * - Eulmi incident-, the last of , is assassinated and her corpse burnt by the Japanese in.
 * - begins:  declares war against.
 * - - In the  in,  Corporal  almost single-handedly kills 25  soldiers and captures 132.
 * - debuted 's Violin Concerto.
 * - The suspension of was lifted so that the former  defenseman could play in the minor leagues. In Game 4 of the 1927, Coutu started a brawl, punching referee . As a result, Coutu became the first player to be suspended for life from the NHL.
 * - The is established.
 * - : annexes Western.
 * - World War II: In their invasion of the,  reaches the  with the capture of.
 * 1944  - The, a  battle, occurs on  just outside of .  receives a  for his heroics in this battle.
 * - A three-train disaster in, kills 112 people.
 * - :  publishes the article "Bedingt abwehrbereit" ("Conditionally prepared for defense") about a manoeuver called "Fallex 62", which uncovered the sorry state of the  (Germany's army) facing the  threat from the east at the time. The magazine was soon accused of.
 * - Guerrilla leader and his men are captured in.
 * - : -  and ese forces launch a new operation in the.
 * - Vietnam War: In, a delegation rejects US President 's October 7 peace proposal as "a maneuver to deceive world opinion."
 * - : Gabi Amir's armored attacks Egyptian occupied positions on the Israeli side of the, in hope of driving them away. The attack fails, and over 150 Israeli tanks are destroyed.
 * - collapses due to fraud and mismanagement; at the time it was the largest bank failure in the history of the.
 * - 's sets the current world  of 317.60 at Blowering Dam, Australia.
 * - bans.
 * - : In, i police kill 17 s and wound over 100 near the mosque on the
 * - The n Parliament cuts all remaining ties with
 * - New Coligny Calendar,, The beginning of a new era of the , the oldest material.
 * - A twin engine and  (SAS) jetliner  from  killing 118.
 * 2001  -   announces the establishment of the.
 * - 's engagement to n lawyer is announced.
 * - The hits parts of northern  at 03:50 UTC.

Births

 * -, Countess of Lennox (d. )
 * -, Spanish scholar (d. )
 * -, Polish rabbi and Talmudist (d. )
 * -, French Jesuit missionary (d. )
 * -, American minister (d. )
 * -, French politician (d. )
 * -, Irish lawyer (d. )
 * -, American politician (d. )
 * -, American politician (d. )
 * -, American musician (d. )
 * -, French chemist (d. )
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, painter (d. )
 * -, French organist (d. )
 * -, German-born landscape artist (d. )
 * -, German physician, (d. )
 * 1883  -, American musician (d. )
 * -, German military officer (d. )
 * -, Canadian actor (d. )
 * -, German psychiatrist (d. )
 * -, American airline founder (d. )
 * -, American pilot (d. )
 * 1890  -, Belgian cyclist (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * 1895  -,  (d. )
 * -, French film director (d. )
 * -, Armenian-American film director (d. )
 * -, Norwegian composer (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * 1910  -, American union organizer (d. )
 * 1910  -, Canadian runner (d. )
 * -, American boxer (d. )
 * 1917  -, American author (d. )
 * 1917  -, American baseball player (d. )
 * 1917  -, English biochemist,  (d. )
 * -, film character actor
 * 1918  -, Danish chemist,
 * -, 78th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2007)
 * -, American writer (d. )
 * -, Swedish football midfielder and coach (d. )
 * -, member of the Swiss Federal Council
 * -, American missionary (d. )
 * 1927  -, Argentine scientist,  (d. )
 * -, Australian cricketer
 * 1928  -, British actor
 * -, Brazilian footballer (d. )
 * -, Japanese composer (d. )
 * -, Welsh snooker player
 * -, American gossip columnist
 * -, Australian tennis player
 * 1938  -, father of
 * -, Australian actor
 * -, American singer
 * -, American clergyman and civil rights activist
 * -, American comedian and actor
 * 1943  -, American author
 * -, American singer
 * -, French film director
 * 1946  -, American politician
 * -, American novelist and editor
 * 1948  -, American television host
 * 1948  -, American musician  (d. )
 * 1948  -, Colombian serial killer
 * 1948  -, French actress (d. )
 * -, American actress
 * -, American musician
 * -, American politician
 * -, Dutch politician
 * 1952  -, American film director
 * -, American actor
 * 1954  -, Dutch racecar driver
 * -, American racecar driver
 * -, American actress
 * 1956  -, American baseball player
 * -, Italian footballer
 * 1957  -, American college athletic director
 * -, American journalist
 * -, American actor
 * 1959  -, American baseball player
 * -, Spanish newscaster
 * 1960  -, Quebec humorist
 * -, Belgian rally driver
 * -, American singer
 * -, Irish comedian and actor
 * 1965  -, American musician
 * -, American wrestler (d. )
 * 1966  -, American actress
 * -, Venezuelan actress
 * -, Croatian football player
 * 1968  -, American actress
 * 1968  -, British musician
 * -, American actress
 * 1969  -, American actor
 * 1969  -, Canadian actor
 * -, American actor
 * 1970  -, wife of Indian actor
 * 1970  -, Japanese video-game designer
 * 1970  -, Korean American actress
 * 1972  -, Slovakian footballer
 * -, Swedish hockey player
 * 1974  -, American musician
 * -, Spanish tennis player
 * 1976  -, Dutch speed skater
 * -, French mountain-bike rider
 * -, American actress
 * 1979  -, English professional wrestler
 * 1979  -, American musician
 * -, American wrestler
 * 1980  -, American actor
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * -, Scottish football goalkeeper
 * 1983  -, American motorsports competitor
 * -, German-Japanese entertainer
 * -, French footballer
 * -, American actor

Deaths

 * -, Croatian queen
 * -, (b. )
 * -, Emperor of Japan (b. )
 * -, French dramatist
 * -, Danish astronomer (b. )
 * -, English mathematician (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, French Jesuit missionary
 * - of China (b. )
 * -, English author (b. )
 * -, French composer (b. )
 * -, American revolutionary (b. )
 * -, English non-conformist clergyman (b. )
 * -, Scottish philologist (b. )
 * -, French composer (b. )
 * -, Social Reformer
 * -, 14th (b. )
 * -, Peruvian Admiral (b. )
 * -, American politician from New Hampshire (b. )
 * -, Russian painter (b. )
 * -, comedian (b. )
 * - Sir, Australian soldier general (b. )
 * -, American business leader (b. )
 * 1936  -, American baseball player (b. )
 * -, Soviet engineer
 * -, American politician (b. )
 * -, Austrian author (b. )
 * -, American baseball player (b. )
 * -, British actor (b. )
 * 1953  -, British contralto (b. )
 * -, Bulgarian author (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, Thai film actor (b. )
 * 1970  -, French author (b. )
 * -, French philosopher (b. )
 * -,  ,  ,  (b.  )
 * -, Argentine actor (b. )
 * 1982  -, Canadian-born peace activist,  (b. )
 * -, American actress (b. )
 * -, English musician  (b. )
 * -, , (b. )
 * -, American conductor (b. )
 * -, American architect (b. )
 * -, American basketball coach (b. )
 * -, French Canadian ice hockey player (b. )
 * -, French philosopher (b. )
 * 2004  -, American historian (b. )
 * -, New Zealand racing driver (b. )
 * -, American race horse (b. )

Holidays and observances

 * Wales and Cornwall -
 * Bolivia - reportedly, is honoured on this day at which he was captured in, as San Ernesto, answering prayers for rain.
 * Also see
 * - Day, seventeenth day in the
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