What are the important events that happened on October 8? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
October 8: Facts & Myths About This Day
October 8 is the 282nd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 84 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 25, 2024 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,805,760 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectaoctacontadigon’ day.
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Libra is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Opal is the modern birthstone for this month. Jasper is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 113 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,309 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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October 8 Historical Events
- 1200 –Isabella of Angoulême is crowned Queen consort of England.
- 1821 –The government of general José de San Martín establishes the Peruvian Navy.
- 1856 –The Second Opium War between several western powers and China begins with the Arrow Incident on the Pearl River.
- 1967 –Guerrilla leader Che Guevara and his men are captured in Bolivia.
- 1968 –Vietnam War: Operation Sealords – United States and South Vietnamese forces launch a new operation in the Mekong Delta.
- 1970 –Vietnam War: In Paris, a Communist delegation rejects US President Richard Nixon’s October 7 peace proposal as “a maneuver to deceive world opinion”.
- 1982 –Poland bans Solidarity and all trade unions.
- 1990 –Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: In Jerusalem, Israeli police kill 17 Palestinians and wound over 100 near the Dome of the Rock mosque on the Temple Mount.
- 2001 –A twin engine Cessna and Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) jetliner collide in heavy fog during takeoff from Milan, Italy killing 118.
- 2001 –U.S. President George W. Bush announces the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security.
Who were born on October 8?
- 1884 –Walther von Reichenau, German military officer (d. 1942)
- 1917 –Walter Lord, American author (d. 2002)
- 1948 –Sarah Purcell, American television host
- 1949 –Sigourney Weaver, American actress
- 1958 –Steve Coll, American journalist
- 1965 –Ardal O'Hanlon, Irish comedian and actor
- 1966 –Karyn Parsons, American actress
- 1983 –Michael Fraser, Scottish footballer
- 1993 –Angus T. Jones, American actor
- 1997 –Bella Thorne, American actress
Who died on October 8?
- 976 –Queen Jelena of Zadar of Croatia
- 1772 –Jean Joseph de Mondonville, French composer (b. 1711)
- 1795 –Andrew Kippis, English clergyman (b. 1725)
- 1886 –Austin F. Pike, American politician (b. 1819)
- 1936 –William Henry Stark, American business leader (b. 1851)
- 1983 –Joan Hackett, American actress (b. 1934)
- 1990 –B.J. Wilson, English musician (Procol Harum) (b. 1947)
- 1999 –John McLendon, American basketball coach (b. 1915)
- 2002 –Jacques Richard, French Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1952)
- 2008 –Bob Friend (newscaster), British newscaster (b. 1938)
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