Hisdates•ComPage 7: Historical Events In October - 08
Wednesday, 26 March 2025
1970 Soviet author Alexander I Solzhenitsyn awarded Nobel Prize for Lit on October - 08. 
1970 Jean Giono, French writer (Hussard Sur le Toit), dies at 75 on this day in history.
1971 John Lennon releases his megahit "Imagine" on this day in history.
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 On October - 08 jim Gilliam, coach (LA Dodgers), dies at 49
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 this day in history.
1982 On October - 08 poland bans Solidarity
1982 On this day in history fernando Lamas, actor/director (Lost World), dies of cancer at 67
1983 Joan Hackett, actress (Group, Flicks, Rivals), dies of cancer at 49 on October - 08.
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 October - 08.
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 October - 08.
1990 Israeli police kill 17 Palestinian rioters on this day in history.
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 October - 08.
1992 Willy Brandt, chancellor of West Germany (1969-74), dies of cancer at 78 on this day in history.
1993 On this day in history manke Nelis, [Cornelis Pieters], singer (Aunt Saar), dies at 73
1994 Brian Hartley, mathematician, dies at 55 on October - 08.
1995 Christopher Keene, musician, dies at 48 on October - 08.
1996 On October - 08 geoffrey Finsberg, politician, dies at 70
2005 On this day in history an earthquake in Kashmir kills about 80,00 people.
2005 Kashmir earthquake in India, Pakistan killing 87,351 people on this day in history.
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 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 this day in history.
2017 On this day in history 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 October - 08.
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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