Page 7: Historical Events In October - 08

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

1970  On this day in history jean Giono, French writer (Hussard Sur le Toit), dies at 75   

1971  John Lennon releases his megahit "Imagine" on October - 08.   

1971  On this day in history christopher Dark, actor (Man Behind the Badge), dies at 51   

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

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

1978  On this day in history jim Gilliam, coach (LA Dodgers), dies at 49   

1979  June Nash, actress (Strange Cargo, Dynamite), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

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

1984  Frederick Brisson, producer, dies at 71 after a stroke on October - 08.   

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

1988  Fire in Seattle's Space Needle causes evacuation, $2,000 damage on this day in history.   

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

1990  On October - 08 israeli police kill 17 Palestinian rioters   

1990  On October - 08 uS doctors Joseph E Murray and E Donnall Thomas win Nobel Prize   

1991  A colonial-era burial site for African-American slaves is discovered in New York by construction crew on October - 08.   

1991  On this day in history natalia Ginzburg, Italian writer (Sounds of the Night), dies at 75   

1992  Willy Brandt, chancellor of West Germany (1969-74), dies of cancer at 78 on this day in history.   

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

1994  On this day in history brian Hartley, mathematician, dies at 55   

1995  On this day in history christopher Keene, musician, dies at 48   

1996  On October - 08 geoffrey Finsberg, politician, dies at 70   

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 October - 08.   

2012  On October - 08 35 people are killed by a Nigerian military bomb struck a convoy in Maiduguri   

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

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

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

2018  On October - 08 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  Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox (d. 1578) was born on this day in history.   

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 October - 08.   

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 this day in history birth of antonio Palella, composer   

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

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

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

1094  On October - 08 death of st Mark, the Evangelist, buried in San Marcos minstery in Venice   

1253  On this day in history robert Grosseteste, English Bishop/expert (optica), dies   

1286  Death of John I of Dreux, Duke of Brittany (b. 1217) on this day in history.   

1317  On this day in history 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