8 October

The 8t o October is the 281st day o the year (282nt in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 84 days bidin.

 Events 
 1075 - Dimitar Zvonimir is crouned King o Croatie.
 1600 - San Marino adopts its aen constitution.
 1814 - First election tae the Norse Storting (Pairlament).
 1860 - In Californie, the first telegraph linkin Los Angeles tae San Francisco opens.
 1871 - The Great Fire o Chicago stairts. On the semme day, 1,200 fowk are kilt in a massive forest fire in the state o Wisconsin.
 1904 - Edmonton, Alberta, is incorporatit as a ceety.
 1932 - Indie's Air Force is creatit.
 1939 - Warld War II: Germany annexes Wastren Poland.
 1952 - The Harrow an Weald train crash northwast o Lunnon kills 112 fowk.
 1962 - Algerie jyns the Unitit Naitions.
 1967 - Che Guevara, Communist revolutionary, is captured in Bolivie, a day afore bein executit.
 1974 - Baja California Sur becomes a state o Mexico.
 1990 - Israeli polis kill 17 Palestinians and woond ower 100 near the Dome o the Rock.
 1991 - Croatie declares unthirldom frae Yugoslavie.
 2001 - Twa planes collide in thick fog shortly efter tak-aff frae Milan, Italy, killin 118 fowk. 
 2004 - Wangari Maathai wins the Nobel Peace Prize.
 2005 - The north o Pakistan is hit bi a strang yirdquauk, killin 1,000s o fowk.
 2010 - Liu Xiaobo wins the Nobel Peace Prize.
 2013 - Peter Higgs an Francois Englert win the Nobel Prize in Pheesics for the discovery o the Higgs boson. 
 2015 - Svetlana Alexievich o Belarus wins the Nobel Prize in Leeteratur.
 2018 - In a special report, the Intergovrenmental Panel on Climate Chynge says that "rapid, far-reachin an unprecedentit chynges in aw aspects o society" are needed tae keep global wairmin below 1.5 degrees Celsius.

 Births 
 1712 - Alison Cockburn, Scots poet (d. 1794)
 1850 - Henry Louis Le Chatelier, French chemist (d. 1936)
 1883 - Otto Heinrich Warburg, German pheesiologist an medicinar (d. 1970)
 1890 - Arthur Landsborough Thomson, Scots ornithologist (d. 1977)
 1895 - Juan Perón, Preses o Argentinae (d. 1974)
 1895 - King Zog I o Albanie (d. 1961)
 1918 - Jens Christian Skou, Dens chemist an pheesiologist (d. 2018)
 1919 - Kiichi Miyazawa, Prime meenister o Japan (d. 2007)
 1929 - Betty Boothroyd, Inglis politeecian
 1931 - Bill Brown, Scots fitbawer (d. 2004)
 1941 - Jesse Jackson, American pastor an activist
 1946 - Colin Jackson, Scots fitbawer (d. 2015)
 1946 - Dennis Kucinich, American politeecian
 1949 - Sigourney Weaver, American actress
 1951 - Graham Shaw, Scots fitbawer
 1958 - Ursula von der Leyen, German politeecian
 1965 - Dougie McDonald, Scots fitbaw referee
 1970 - Matt Damon, American actor
 1970 - David Duguid, Scots politeecian
 1970 - Sadiq Khan, Inglis politeecian, Mayor o Lunnon
 1971 - David Gauke, Inglis politeecian
 1971 - Michelle Mone, Baroness Mone, Scots entrepreneur an peer
 1979 - Kristanna Loken, American actress
 1983 - Michael Fraser, Scots fitbawer
 1985 - Bruno Mars, American sangster
 1993 - Garbiñe Muguruza, Spaingie tennis player

 Daiths 
 1754 - Henry Fielding, Inglis writer (b. 1707)
 1793 - John Hancock, American politeecian (b. 1737)
 1809 - James Elphinston, Scots eddicator, ornithologist, phonologist an linguistics expert (b. 1721)
 1862 - James Walker, Scots ceevil ingineer (b. 1781)
 1869 - Franklin Pierce, 14t Preses o the Unitit States (b. 1804)
 1967 - Clement Attlee, Prime Meenister o the Unitit Kinrick (b. 1883)
 1982 - Philip Noel-Baker, Inglis peace activist (b. 1889)
 1992 - Willy Brandt, Chancellor o Wast Germany (b. 1913)
 2004 - Jacques Derrida, French philosopher (b. 1930)

 Halidays 
 Independence Day (Croatie)
 Navy Day (Peru)
 Children's Day (Iran)
 Air Force Day (Indie)
 The 8t o October is the eat day o the follaein saunts:
St. Keyne
St. Pelagia
St. Amor o Aquitaine
St. Badilo
St. Benedicta
St. Ywi
St. Thais
St. Triduna
St. Demetrius
St. Reparata
St. Martin Cid
St. Nestor
Bl. Matthew de Eskandely
St. Palatias an Laurentia
Bl. Peter o Seville

Category:Days o the year