Historical Events In October - 08

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

1970  On October - 08 jean Giono, French writer (Hussard Sur le Toit), dies at 75   

1971  On October - 08 john Lennon releases his megahit "Imagine"   

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

1973  On this day in history gabriel Marcel, writer, dies   

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

1978  On October - 08 jim Gilliam, coach (LA Dodgers), dies at 49   

1979  June Nash, actress (Strange Cargo, Dynamite), dies at 68 on October - 08.   

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  On October - 08 fernando Lamas, actor/director (Lost World), dies of cancer at 67   

1983  Joan Hackett, actress (Group, Flicks, Rivals), dies of cancer at 49 on this day in history.   

1984  Frederick Brisson, producer, dies at 71 after a stroke on this day in history.   

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  Israeli police kill 17 Palestinian rioters on October - 08.   

1990  US doctors Joseph E Murray and E Donnall Thomas win Nobel Prize on October - 08.   

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

1991  Natalia Ginzburg, Italian writer (Sounds of the Night), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1992  Willy Brandt, chancellor of West Germany (1969-74), dies of cancer at 78 on October - 08.   

1993  On this day in history manke Nelis, [Cornelis Pieters], singer (Aunt Saar), dies at 73   

1994  Brian Hartley, mathematician, dies at 55 on October - 08.   

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  On October - 08 an earthquake in Kashmir kills about 80,00 people.   

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

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

2012  On this day in history 35 people are killed by a Nigerian military bomb struck a convoy in Maiduguri   

2013  Peter Higgs and François Englert win the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics for their work on the origin of the mass of subatomic particles on October - 08.   

2014  The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra is awarded the $1 million Birgit Nilsson Prize on this day in history.   

2017  Wildfires ignite in Northern Californian wine country, killing at least 41 over the next week, with 20,000 evacutated on October - 08.   

2018  On October - 08 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   

2018  On October - 08 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   

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

1585  On this day in history birth of heinrich Schutz, composer   

1619  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1692  Antonio Palella, composer was born on October - 08.   

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

0705  Abd al-Malik, kalief of Damascus, dies on this day in history.   

0976  On October - 08 death of jelena of Zadar, Croatian queen   

1094  Death of St Mark, the Evangelist, buried in San Marcos minstery in Venice on October - 08.   

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 October - 08 death of fushimi, Emperor of Japan (b. 1265)   

1604  On October - 08 janus Dousa, [Johan van de Does], literature/politician, dies at 58   

1606  Jan, the Aged, count of Nassau/fathered 24, dies on this day in history.