October 8: Today In History

// October 8th, 2008 // Life

October 8, 2005 Earthquake in Kashmir kills approximately 80,000 people

October 8, 2003 Arnold Schwarzenegger is elected the governor of California

October 8, 1998 House of Representatives approves impeachment inquiry of President Clinton

October 8, 1986 Anas Imtiaz is born!!!!!

October 8, 1980 U.S.S.R. and Syria sign peace treaty

October 8, 1980 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test

October 8, 1971 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

October 8, 1965 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R.

October 8, 1961 U.S. Constellation crashes at Richmond, Virginia, 74 die

October 8, 1961 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.

October 8, 1959 Conservatives win British election

October 8, 1958 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
October 8, 1952 Chinese offensive in Korea

October 8, 1940 German troops occupies Romania

October 8, 1939 Germany annexes Western Poland

October 8, 1924 British Labour government of MacDonald falls to Communists

October 8, 1918 7 U.S. soldiers are surrounded by Germans in France, Alvin York is given command and shoots 20 Germans and captures 132 more

October 8, 1912 Montenegro declares war on Turkey, beginning 1st Balkan War

October 8, 1896 Dow Jones starts reporting an average of selected industrial stocks

October 8, 1886 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure “Noble Bachelor”

October 8, 1873 1st women’s prison run by women opens at Indiana Reformatory Institute

October 8, 1871 Great Fire kills 200, destroys over 4miles (10 km) of Chicago buildings, and original Emancipation Proclamation

October 8, 1806 British forces lay siege to French port of Boulogne using Congreve rockets, invented by Sir William Congreve

October 8, 1492 Columbus’ fleet about 400 sea miles from Puerto Rico

October 8, 314 Battle at Cibalae: emperor Constantine beats emperor Licinius

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