Historical Events In October - 08

1970  Soviet author Alexander I Solzhenitsyn awarded Nobel Prize for Lit on this day in history.   

1970  Jean Giono, French writer (Hussard Sur le Toit), dies at 75 on October - 08.   

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

1971  Christopher Dark, actor (Man Behind the Badge), dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1973  On this day in history gabriel Marcel, writer, dies   

1975  On this day in history alberto Hemsi, composer, dies at 78   

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 this day in history.   

1982  On this day in history poland bans Solidarity   

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

1983  On October - 08 joan Hackett, actress (Group, Flicks, Rivals), dies of cancer at 49   

1984  On this day in history frederick Brisson, producer, dies at 71 after a stroke   

1985  Leon Klinghoffer, hijackers of Achille Lauro, threw him off boat on this day in history.   

1988  On this day in history fire in Seattle's Space Needle causes evacuation, $2,000 damage   

1988  On October - 08 ernst Hermann Meyer, composer, dies at 82   

1990  Israeli police kill 17 Palestinian rioters on October - 08.   

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

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

1991  Natalia Ginzburg, Italian writer (Sounds of the Night), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1992  On October - 08 willy Brandt, chancellor of West Germany (1969-74), dies of cancer at 78   

1993  Manke Nelis, [Cornelis Pieters], singer (Aunt Saar), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1994  Brian Hartley, mathematician, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1995  Christopher Keene, musician, dies at 48 on October - 08.   

1996  Geoffrey Finsberg, politician, dies at 70 on October - 08.   

2005  An earthquake in Kashmir kills about 80,00 people on October - 08.   

2005  Kashmir earthquake in India, Pakistan killing 87,351 people on October - 08.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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

2017  On October - 08 wildfires ignite in Northern Californian wine country, killing at least 41 over the next week, with 20,000 evacutated   

2018  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 on this day in history.   

2018  On October - 08 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 this day in history birth of margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox (d. 1578)   

1585  On October - 08 birth of heinrich Schutz, composer   

1619  Philipp von Zesen, German poet/historian (Amsterdam) was born on October - 08.   

1621  Maximilian H of Bayern, prince-bishop of Liege/bishop of Hildesheim was born on October - 08.   

1676  On October - 08 birth of benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish scholar (d. 1764)   

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

1692  Antonio Palella, composer was born on this day in history.   

1697  On this day in history birth of cornelis Consolation, Dutch portrait painter (Unseemly Love)   

0705  Abd al-Malik, kalief of Damascus, dies on this day in history.   

0976  Death of Jelena of Zadar, Croatian queen on this day in history.   

1094  On this day in history death of st Mark, the Evangelist, buried in San Marcos minstery in Venice   

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  On this day in history janus Dousa, [Johan van de Does], literature/politician, dies at 58   

1606  On October - 08 jan, the Aged, count of Nassau/fathered 24, dies