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, 28,805,760 minutes 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.
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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
- 1075 –Dmitar Zvonimir is crowned King of Croatia.
- 1582 –Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
- 1813 –The Treaty of Ried is signed between Bayern and Austria.
- 1928 –Joseph Szigeti gives the first performance of Alfredo Casella’s Violin Concerto.
- 1932 –The Indian Air Force is established.
- 1941 –World War II: In their invasion of the Soviet Union, Germany reaches the Sea of Azov with the capture of Mariupol.
- 1970 –Vietnam War: In Paris, a Communist delegation rejects US President Richard Nixon’s October 7 peace proposal as “a maneuver to deceive world opinion”.
- 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.
- 1998 –Oslo’s Gardermoen airport opens after the close down of Fornebu airport.
Who were born on October 8?
- 1789 –John Ruggles, American politician (d. 1874)
- 1789 –William John Swainson, English naturalist and artist (d. 1855)
- 1807 –Harriet Taylor Mill, English feminist philosopher (d. 1858)
- 1897 –Rouben Mamoulian, Armenian-American film director (d. 1987)
- 1938 –Fred Stolle, Australian tennis player
- 1948 –Johnny Ramone, American musician (The Ramones) (d. 2004)
- 1948 –Sarah Purcell, American television host
- 1960 –Reed Hastings, American businessman and entrepreneur
- 1970 –Anne-Marie Duff, English actress
- 1972 –Stanislav Varga, Slovakian footballer
Who died on October 8?
- 976 –Queen Jelena of Zadar of Croatia
- 1659 –Jean de Quen, French Jesuit missionary
- 1754 –Henry Fielding, English author (b. 1707)
- 1795 –Andrew Kippis, English clergyman (b. 1725)
- 1834 –François-Adrien Boïeldieu, French composer (b. 1775)
- 1952 –Joe Adams, American baseball player (b. 1877)
- 1970 –Mitr Chaibancha, Thai film actor (b. 1934)
- 1973 –Gabriel Marcel, French philosopher (b. 1889)
- 1983 –Joan Hackett, American actress (b. 1934)
- 1995 –Christopher Keene, American conductor (b. 1946)
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