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
- 314 –Roman Emperor Licinius is defeated by his colleague Constantine I at the Battle of Cibalae, and loses his European territories.
- 1582 –Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
- 1821 –The government of general José de San Martín establishes the Peruvian Navy.
- 1862 –American Civil War: Battle of Perryville – Union forces under General Don Carlos Buell halt the Confederate invasion of Kentucky by defeating troops led by General Braxton Bragg at Perryville, Kentucky.
- 1928 –Joseph Szigeti gives the first performance of Alfredo Casella’s Violin Concerto.
- 1956 –New York Yankees’s Don Larsen pitched the only perfect game in a World Series; one of only 20 perfect games in MLB history.
- 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.
- 1968 –Vietnam War: Operation Sealords – United States and South Vietnamese forces launch a new operation in the Mekong Delta.
- 1973 –Greek military junta of 1967–1974: Junta strongman George Papadopoulos appoints Spyros Markezinis as Prime Minister of Greece with the task to lead Greece to parliamentary rule.
- 1973 –Yom Kippur War: Gabi Amir’s armored brigade attacks Egyptian occupied positions on the Israeli side of the Suez Canal, in hope of driving them away. The attack fails, and over 150 Israeli tanks are destroyed.
Who were born on October 8?
- 1890 –Edward Rickenbacker, American fighter pilot and airline executive (d. 1973)
- 1917 –Walter Lord, American author (d. 2002)
- 1939 –Lynne Stewart, American civil liberties lawyer
- 1954 –Huub Rothengatter, Dutch racing driver
- 1961 –Steven Bernstein, American jazz musician
- 1966 –Felipe Camiroaga, Chilean television presenter
- 1968 –Zvonimir Boban, Croatian footballer
- 1974 –DJ Q-Ball, American musician (Bloodhound Gang)
- 1979 –Paul Burchill, English wrestler
- 1993 –Angus T. Jones, American actor
Who died on October 8?
- 1286 –John I of Dreux, Duke of Brittany (b. 1217)
- 1735 –Yongzheng Emperor of China (b. 1678)
- 1795 –Andrew Kippis, English clergyman (b. 1725)
- 1869 –Franklin Pierce, 14th President of the United States (b. 1804)
- 1879 –Miguel Grau Seminario, Peruvian Admiral (b. 1834)
- 1962 –Solomon Linda, South African singer and composer (b. 1909)
- 1967 –Clement Attlee, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1883)
- 1983 –Joan Hackett, American actress (b. 1934)
- 1990 –B.J. Wilson, English musician (Procol Harum) (b. 1947)
- 2010 –Frank Bourgholtzer, American television correspondent (b. 1919)
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