Page 7: Historical Events In October - 08

1970  Soviet author Alexander I Solzhenitsyn awarded Nobel Prize for Lit on October - 08.   

1970  Jean Giono, French writer (Hussard Sur le Toit), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1971  John Lennon releases his megahit "Imagine" on October - 08.   

1971  On October - 08 christopher Dark, actor (Man Behind the Badge), dies at 51   

1973  Gabriel Marcel, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1975  Alberto Hemsi, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1978  On this day in history jim Gilliam, coach (LA Dodgers), dies at 49   

1979  On this day in history june Nash, actress (Strange Cargo, Dynamite), dies at 68   

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

1982  Poland bans Solidarity on October - 08.   

1982  On October - 08 fernando Lamas, actor/director (Lost World), dies of cancer at 67   

1983  On October - 08 joan Hackett, actress (Group, Flicks, Rivals), dies of cancer at 49   

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 this day in history 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 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  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 this day in history.   

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

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

1995  On October - 08 christopher Keene, musician, dies at 48   

1996  On this day in history geoffrey Finsberg, politician, dies at 70   

2005  On this day in history an earthquake in Kashmir kills about 80,00 people.   

2005  Kashmir earthquake in India, Pakistan killing 87,351 people on October - 08.   

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

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

2013  On October - 08 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  On this day in history 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  On October - 08 birth of margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox (d. 1578)   

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

1619  Philipp von Zesen, German poet/historian (Amsterdam) was born on October - 08.   

1621  Maximilian H of Bayern, prince-bishop of Liege/bishop of Hildesheim was born on October - 08.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1697  On October - 08 birth of cornelis Consolation, Dutch portrait painter (Unseemly Love)   

0705  On October - 08 abd al-Malik, kalief of Damascus, dies   

0976  On this day in history death of jelena of Zadar, Croatian queen   

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 this day in history.   

1286  On October - 08 death of john I of Dreux, Duke of Brittany (b. 1217)   

1317  Death of Fushimi, Emperor of Japan (b. 1265) on this day in history.   

1604  Janus Dousa, [Johan van de Does], literature/politician, dies at 58 on October - 08.   

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