October 8

October 8 is the 281st day of the year (282nd in leap years). There are 84
days remaining.

Events:

   * 451 - First session of the Council of Chalcedon.
   * 1600 - San Marino adopts its written constitution
   * 1862 - Battle of Perryville
   * 1871 - Great Chicago Fire, which pre-empted news reporting of the
     Peshtigo, Wisconsin fire, which burned 1,200,000 acres in one day
   * 1912 - First Balkan War begins
   * 1934 - Bruno Hauptmann is indicted for the murder of Charles Lindbergh
     Junior
   * 1939 - Germany annexes Western Poland
   * 1967 - Che Guevara captured in Bolivia
   * 1982 - Poland bans Solidarity
   * 1998 - Oslo Gardermoen Airport opens.

Births:

   * 1765 - Harman Blennerhassett, Irish lawyer
   * 1887 - Huntley Gordon, pioneer Hollywood actor (+ 1956)
   * 1890 - Edward Rickenbacker, ace fighter pilot (+ 1973)
   * 1895 - Juan Per—n, former president of Argentina (+ 1974)
   * 1917 - Walter Lord, author (+ 2002)
   * 1917 - Billy Conn, boxer (+ 1993)
   * 1920 - Frank Herbert, American science fiction writer (+ 1986)
   * 1922 - Christian Barnard, heart surgeon
   * 1926 - Klaus Kinski, actor (+ 1991)
   * 1930 - Toru Takemitsu, composer (+ 1996)
   * 1938 - Fred Stolle, tennis champion
   * 1939 - Paul Hogan, Australian actor
   * 1940 - David Carradine, actor
   * 1941 - Jesse Jackson, American reverend and civil rights activist
   * 1943 - Chevy Chase, comedian, actor
   * 1943 - R. L. Stine, author
   * 1946 - Dennis Kucinich, Congressman and Presidential Candidate
   * 1947 - Tony Wilson, bassist, singer
   * 1948 - Johnny Ramone, guitarist
   * 1949 - Sigourney Weaver, American actress
   * 1950 - Robert Bell, bassist, singer
   * 1951 - Johnny Ramone, rock and roll musician
   * 1954 - Michael Dudikoff, actor
   * 1956 - Stephanie Zimbalist, actress
   * 1964 - CeCe Winans, singer
   * 1965 - Ardal O'Hanlon, Irish comedian
   * 1968 - Toni Braxton, singer
   * 1970 - Matt Damon, actor
   * 1976 - Renate Groenewold, Dutch speed skater

Deaths:

   * 1754 - Henry Fielding, author
   * 1793 - John Hancock, revolutionary, businessman
   * 1869 - Franklin Pierce, President of the United States
   * 1944 - Wendell Willkie, politician, candidate for President of the
     United States
   * 1945 - Felix Salten, author (Bambi)
   * 1953 - Nigel Bruce, actor
   * 1967 - Clement Attlee, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
   * 1982 - Fernando Lamas, actor
   * 1992 - Willy Brandt, German politician
   * 1996 - Mignon G. Eberhart, author

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