Page 7: Historical Events In October - 08

1970  On this day in history soviet author Alexander I Solzhenitsyn awarded Nobel Prize for Lit   

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  Gabriel Marcel, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1975  Alberto Hemsi, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1978  Jim Gilliam, coach (LA Dodgers), dies at 49 on October - 08.   

1979  On this day in history june Nash, actress (Strange Cargo, Dynamite), dies at 68   

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  On October - 08 fernando Lamas, actor/director (Lost World), dies of cancer at 67   

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

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 October - 08.   

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

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

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  On this day in history natalia Ginzburg, Italian writer (Sounds of the Night), dies at 75   

1992  On this day in history 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 October - 08.   

1994  Brian Hartley, mathematician, dies at 55 on October - 08.   

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

1996  Geoffrey Finsberg, politician, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

2005  An earthquake in Kashmir kills about 80,00 people on this day in history.   

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 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  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 October - 08.   

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  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 on October - 08.   

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

1585  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1676  Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish scholar (d. 1764) was born on October - 08.   

1690  Jaime de Casellas, composer was born on October - 08.   

1692  On October - 08 birth of antonio Palella, composer   

1697  Cornelis Consolation, Dutch portrait painter (Unseemly Love) was born on this day in history.   

0705  On this day in history abd al-Malik, kalief of Damascus, dies   

0976  Death of Jelena of Zadar, Croatian queen on October - 08.   

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

1253  Robert Grosseteste, English Bishop/expert (optica), dies on October - 08.   

1286  Death of John I of Dreux, Duke of Brittany (b. 1217) on October - 08.   

1317  On October - 08 death of fushimi, Emperor of Japan (b. 1265)   

1604  Janus Dousa, [Johan van de Does], literature/politician, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1606  On this day in history jan, the Aged, count of Nassau/fathered 24, dies