Historical Events In October - 08

1970  On October - 08 soviet author Alexander I Solzhenitsyn awarded Nobel Prize for Lit   

1970  On October - 08 jean Giono, French writer (Hussard Sur le Toit), dies at 75   

1971  On this day in history john Lennon releases his megahit "Imagine"   

1971  On October - 08 christopher Dark, actor (Man Behind the Badge), dies at 51   

1973  On October - 08 gabriel Marcel, writer, dies   

1975  Alberto Hemsi, composer, dies at 78 on October - 08.   

1978  Jim Gilliam, coach (LA Dodgers), dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1979  June Nash, actress (Strange Cargo, Dynamite), dies at 68 on October - 08.   

1981  Pres Reagan greeted predecessors Jimmy Carter, Gerald R Ford and Richard Nixon before sending them to Egypt for Anwar Sadat's funeral on October - 08.   

1982  Poland bans Solidarity on October - 08.   

1982  Fernando Lamas, actor/director (Lost World), dies of cancer at 67 on this day in history.   

1983  Joan Hackett, actress (Group, Flicks, Rivals), dies of cancer at 49 on this day in history.   

1984  On October - 08 frederick Brisson, producer, dies at 71 after a stroke   

1985  On October - 08 leon Klinghoffer, hijackers of Achille Lauro, threw him off boat   

1988  Fire in Seattle's Space Needle causes evacuation, $2,000 damage on October - 08.   

1988  Ernst Hermann Meyer, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1990  On this day in history israeli police kill 17 Palestinian rioters   

1990  US doctors Joseph E Murray and E Donnall Thomas win Nobel Prize on October - 08.   

1991  On this day in history a colonial-era burial site for African-American slaves is discovered in New York by construction crew   

1991  Natalia Ginzburg, Italian writer (Sounds of the Night), dies at 75 on October - 08.   

1992  Willy Brandt, chancellor of West Germany (1969-74), dies of cancer at 78 on October - 08.   

1993  Manke Nelis, [Cornelis Pieters], singer (Aunt Saar), dies at 73 on October - 08.   

1994  On October - 08 brian Hartley, mathematician, dies at 55   

1995  On October - 08 christopher Keene, musician, dies at 48   

1996  On this day in history geoffrey Finsberg, politician, dies at 70   

2005  On October - 08 an earthquake in Kashmir kills about 80,00 people.   

2005  On this day in history kashmir earthquake in India, Pakistan killing 87,351 people   

2007  Track and field star Marion Jones surrenders her five Olympic medals she won in the 2000 Sydney Games after admitting to doping on October - 08.   

2012  35 people are killed by a Nigerian military bomb struck a convoy in Maiduguri on this day in history.   

2013  Peter Higgs and François Englert win the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics for their work on the origin of the mass of subatomic particles on October - 08.   

2014  On October - 08 the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra is awarded the $1 million Birgit Nilsson Prize   

2017  Wildfires ignite in Northern Californian wine country, killing at least 41 over the next week, with 20,000 evacutated on this day in history.   

2018  On this day in history new Orleans quarterback Drew Brees becomes NFL's all-time leader in passing yards; needs 201 yards to pass Peyton Manning's record; gets 363 & 3 TD's in Saints 43-19 win v Washington Redskins at the SuperDome   

2018  On this day in history major climate report by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for the UN says planet will warm 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit (1.5 degrees Celsius) by 2040 with dire results   

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1515  On October - 08 birth of margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox (d. 1578)   

1585  Heinrich Schutz, composer was born on October - 08.   

1619  On October - 08 birth of philipp von Zesen, German poet/historian (Amsterdam)   

1621  On this day in history birth of maximilian H of Bayern, prince-bishop of Liege/bishop of Hildesheim   

1676  Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish scholar (d. 1764) was born on this day in history.   

1690  On this day in history birth of jaime de Casellas, composer   

1692  On October - 08 birth of antonio Palella, composer   

1697  Cornelis Consolation, Dutch portrait painter (Unseemly Love) was born on October - 08.   

0705  On October - 08 abd al-Malik, kalief of Damascus, dies   

0976  On this day in history death of jelena of Zadar, Croatian queen   

1094  Death of St Mark, the Evangelist, buried in San Marcos minstery in Venice on October - 08.   

1253  On October - 08 robert Grosseteste, English Bishop/expert (optica), dies   

1286  On October - 08 death of john I of Dreux, Duke of Brittany (b. 1217)   

1317  Death of Fushimi, Emperor of Japan (b. 1265) on this day in history.   

1604  Janus Dousa, [Johan van de Does], literature/politician, dies at 58 on October - 08.   

1606  Jan, the Aged, count of Nassau/fathered 24, dies on this day in history.