What are the important events that happened on October 8? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
October 8: Facts & Myths About This Day
October 8 is the 282nd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 84 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 25, 2024 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 480,096 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectaoctacontadigon’ day.
Libra is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Opal is the modern birthstone for this month. Jasper is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 113 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,309 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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October 8 Historical Events
- 1480 –Great standing on the Ugra river, a standoff between the forces of Akhmat Khan, Khan of the Great Horde, and the Grand Duke Ivan III of Russia, which results in the retreat of the Tataro-Mongols and the eventual disintegration of the Horde.
- 1573 –End of the Spanish siege of Alkmaar, the first Dutch victory in Eighty Years War.
- 1582 –Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
- 1895 –Eulmi incident- Queen Min of Joseon, the last empress of Korea, is assassinated and her corpse burnt by the Japanese in Gyeongbok Palace.
- 1912 –First Balkan War begins: Montenegro declares war against Turkey.
- 1962 –Spiegel scandal: Der Spiegel publishes the article “Bedingt abwehrbereit” (“Conditionally prepared for defense”) about a NATO manoeuver called “Fallex 62”, which uncovered the sorry state of the Bundeswehr (Germany’s army) facing the communist threat from the east at the time. The magazine is soon accused of treason.
- 1967 –Guerrilla leader Che Guevara and his men are captured in Bolivia.
- 1968 –Vietnam War: Operation Sealords – United States and South Vietnamese forces launch a new operation in the Mekong Delta.
- 1969 –The opening rally of the Days of Rage occurs, organized by the Weather Underground in Chicago, Illinois.
- 2001 –U.S. President George W. Bush announces the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security.
Who were born on October 8?
- 1848 –Pierre De Geyter, Belgian socialist and composer. Wrote the music for the song The International (d. 1932)
- 1864 –Ozias Leduc, Québécois painter (d. 1955)
- 1888 –Ernst Kretschmer, German psychiatrist (d. 1964)
- 1927 –César Milstein, Argentine scientist, Nobel laureate (d. 2002)
- 1946 –Dennis Kucinich, American politician
- 1952 –Takis Koroneos, Greek basketball player and coach
- 1957 –Joe Castiglione, American college athletic director
- 1965 –Matt Biondi, American swimmer
- 1969 –Julia Ann, American pornographic actress
- 1987 –Aya Hirano, Japanese voice actress
Who died on October 8?
- 1656 –John George I, Elector of Saxony (b. 1585)
- 1793 –John Hancock, American revolutionary (b. 1737)
- 1804 –Thomas Cochran (judge), Canadian judge (b. 1777)
- 1834 –François-Adrien Boïeldieu, French composer (b. 1775)
- 1879 –Miguel Grau Seminario, Peruvian Admiral (b. 1834)
- 1936 –William Henry Stark, American business leader (b. 1851)
- 1967 –Clement Attlee, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1883)
- 1982 –Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker, Canadian-born activist, Nobel laureate (b. 1889)
- 2002 –Jacques Richard, French Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1952)
- 2007 –Constantine Andreou, Greek artist (b. 1917)
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