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, 1,728,345,600 seconds 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
- 1813 –The Treaty of Ried is signed between Bayern and Austria.
- 1856 –The Second Opium War between several western powers and China begins with the Arrow Incident on the Pearl River.
- 1918 –World War I: In the Argonne Forest in France, United States Corporal Alvin C. York kills 25 German soldiers and captures 132.
- 1928 –Joseph Szigeti gives the first performance of Alfredo Casella’s Violin Concerto.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1978 –Australia’s Ken Warby sets the current world water speed record of 317.60mph at Blowering Dam, Australia.
- 1982 –Poland bans Solidarity and all trade unions.
- 1991 –Croatia votes to sever constitutional relations with Yugoslavia, making the country fully independent
- 2001 –A twin engine Cessna and Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) jetliner collide in heavy fog during takeoff from Milan, Italy killing 118.
Who were born on October 8?
- 1720 –Jonathan Mayhew, American minister (d. 1766)
- 1887 –Huntley Gordon, Canadian actor (d. 1956)
- 1939 –Harvey Pekar, American author (d. 2010)
- 1939 –Paul Hogan, Australian actor
- 1952 –Takis Koroneos, Greek basketball player and coach
- 1955 –Darrell Hammond, American comedian (SNL)
- 1960 –François Pérusse, Quebec humorist
- 1960 –Lorenzo Milá, Spanish newscaster
- 1968 –Ali Benarbia, former Algerian footballer
- 1983 –Abhishek Nayar, Indian Cricketer
Who died on October 8?
- 1286 –John I of Dreux, Duke of Brittany (b. 1217)
- 1317 –Emperor Fushimi of Japan (b. 1265)
- 1942 –Sergei Chaplygin, Soviet engineer (b. 1869)
- 1962 –Solomon Linda, South African singer and composer (b. 1909)
- 1987 –Konstantinos Tsatsos, 2nd President of Greece (b. 1899)
- 1990 –B.J. Wilson, English musician (Procol Harum) (b. 1947)
- 2000 –Sheila Holland, English writer (b. 1937)
- 2002 –Jacques Richard, French Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1952)
- 2004 –James Chace, American historian (b. 1931)
- 2007 –Constantine Andreou, Greek artist (b. 1917)
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