Historical Events In October - 08

1970  Soviet author Alexander I Solzhenitsyn awarded Nobel Prize for Lit on this day in history.   

1970  Jean Giono, French writer (Hussard Sur le Toit), dies at 75 on October - 08.   

1971  John Lennon releases his megahit "Imagine" on this day in history.   

1971  Christopher Dark, actor (Man Behind the Badge), dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1973  On October - 08 gabriel Marcel, writer, dies   

1975  Alberto Hemsi, composer, dies at 78 on October - 08.   

1978  Jim Gilliam, coach (LA Dodgers), dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1979  On October - 08 june Nash, actress (Strange Cargo, Dynamite), dies at 68   

1981  Pres Reagan greeted predecessors Jimmy Carter, Gerald R Ford and Richard Nixon before sending them to Egypt for Anwar Sadat's funeral on October - 08.   

1982  On this day in history poland bans Solidarity   

1982  Fernando Lamas, actor/director (Lost World), dies of cancer at 67 on this day in history.   

1983  On this day in history joan Hackett, actress (Group, Flicks, Rivals), dies of cancer at 49   

1984  Frederick Brisson, producer, dies at 71 after a stroke on October - 08.   

1985  On October - 08 leon Klinghoffer, hijackers of Achille Lauro, threw him off boat   

1988  On this day in history fire in Seattle's Space Needle causes evacuation, $2,000 damage   

1988  On October - 08 ernst Hermann Meyer, composer, dies at 82   

1990  On October - 08 israeli police kill 17 Palestinian rioters   

1990  US doctors Joseph E Murray and E Donnall Thomas win Nobel Prize on this day in history.   

1991  A colonial-era burial site for African-American slaves is discovered in New York by construction crew on October - 08.   

1991  On October - 08 natalia Ginzburg, Italian writer (Sounds of the Night), dies at 75   

1992  On October - 08 willy Brandt, chancellor of West Germany (1969-74), dies of cancer at 78   

1993  On October - 08 manke Nelis, [Cornelis Pieters], singer (Aunt Saar), dies at 73   

1994  On this day in history brian Hartley, mathematician, dies at 55   

1995  Christopher Keene, musician, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1996  Geoffrey Finsberg, politician, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

2005  An earthquake in Kashmir kills about 80,00 people on October - 08.   

2005  On this day in history kashmir earthquake in India, Pakistan killing 87,351 people   

2007  On October - 08 track and field star Marion Jones surrenders her five Olympic medals she won in the 2000 Sydney Games after admitting to doping.   

2012  On October - 08 35 people are killed by a Nigerian military bomb struck a convoy in Maiduguri   

2013  On this day in history peter Higgs and François Englert win the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics for their work on the origin of the mass of subatomic particles   

2014  On October - 08 the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra is awarded the $1 million Birgit Nilsson Prize   

2017  On this day in history wildfires ignite in Northern Californian wine country, killing at least 41 over the next week, with 20,000 evacutated   

2018  New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees becomes NFL's all-time leader in passing yards; needs 201 yards to pass Peyton Manning's record; gets 363 & 3 TD's in Saints 43-19 win v Washington Redskins at the SuperDome on this day in history.   

2018  Major climate report by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for the UN says planet will warm 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit (1.5 degrees Celsius) by 2040 with dire results on October - 08.   

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1515  Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox (d. 1578) was born on this day in history.   

1585  Heinrich Schutz, composer was born on October - 08.   

1619  On October - 08 birth of philipp von Zesen, German poet/historian (Amsterdam)   

1621  On this day in history birth of maximilian H of Bayern, prince-bishop of Liege/bishop of Hildesheim   

1676  Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish scholar (d. 1764) was born on October - 08.   

1690  Jaime de Casellas, composer was born on October - 08.   

1692  Antonio Palella, composer was born on this day in history.   

1697  Cornelis Consolation, Dutch portrait painter (Unseemly Love) was born on this day in history.   

0705  On this day in history abd al-Malik, kalief of Damascus, dies   

0976  Death of Jelena of Zadar, Croatian queen on this day in history.   

1094  Death of St Mark, the Evangelist, buried in San Marcos minstery in Venice on this day in history.   

1253  Robert Grosseteste, English Bishop/expert (optica), dies on October - 08.   

1286  Death of John I of Dreux, Duke of Brittany (b. 1217) on this day in history.   

1317  On this day in history death of fushimi, Emperor of Japan (b. 1265)   

1604  On this day in history janus Dousa, [Johan van de Does], literature/politician, dies at 58   

1606  On this day in history jan, the Aged, count of Nassau/fathered 24, dies