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1970 On October - 08 soviet author Alexander I Solzhenitsyn awarded Nobel Prize for Lit 
1970 Jean Giono, French writer (Hussard Sur le Toit), dies at 75 on this day in history.
1971 On October - 08 john Lennon releases his megahit "Imagine"
1971 On this day in history christopher Dark, actor (Man Behind the Badge), dies at 51
1973 On October - 08 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 June Nash, actress (Strange Cargo, Dynamite), dies at 68 on October - 08.
1981 On this day in history pres Reagan greeted predecessors Jimmy Carter, Gerald R Ford and Richard Nixon before sending them to Egypt for Anwar Sadat's funeral
1982 Poland bans Solidarity on October - 08.
1982 On October - 08 fernando Lamas, actor/director (Lost World), dies of cancer at 67
1983 On this day in history joan Hackett, actress (Group, Flicks, Rivals), dies of cancer at 49
1984 Frederick Brisson, producer, dies at 71 after a stroke on this day in history.
1985 Leon Klinghoffer, hijackers of Achille Lauro, threw him off boat on this day in history.
1988 On October - 08 fire in Seattle's Space Needle causes evacuation, $2,000 damage
1988 Ernst Hermann Meyer, composer, dies at 82 on October - 08.
1990 On October - 08 israeli police kill 17 Palestinian rioters
1990 US doctors Joseph E Murray and E Donnall Thomas win Nobel Prize on this day in history.
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 On this day in history brian Hartley, mathematician, dies at 55
1995 Christopher Keene, musician, dies at 48 on this day in history.
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 Kashmir earthquake in India, Pakistan killing 87,351 people on this day in history.
2007 On this day in history track and field star Marion Jones surrenders her five Olympic medals she won in the 2000 Sydney Games after admitting to doping.
2012 On October - 08 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 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 On this day in history 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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