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What happend on 8. October in History
In our data base we found 312 events happened on 8. October:
• 314: Roman Emperor Licinius is defeated by his colleague Constantine I at the Battle of Cibalae, and loses his European territories. [category: Events]
• 451: At Chalcedon, a city of Bithynia in Asia Minor, the first session of the Council of Chalcedon begins (ends on November 1). [category: Events]
• 976: Helen of Zadar [category: Deaths]
• 1075: Dmitar Zvonimir is crowned King of Croatia. [category: Events]
• 1200: Isabella of Angoulême is crowned Queen consort of England. [category: Events]
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• 1286: John I, Duke of Brittany (b. 1217) [category: Deaths]
• 1317: Emperor Fushimi of Japan (b. 1265) [category: Deaths]
• 1322: Mladen II Šubić of Bribir, defeated in the battle of Bliska, is arrested by the Parliament. [category: Events]
• 1480: Great standing on the Ugra river, a standoff between the forces of Akhmat Khan, Khan of the Great Horde, and the Grand Duke Ivan III of Russia, which results in the retreat of the Tataro-Mongols and the eventual disintegration of the Horde. [category: Events]
• 1515: Margaret Douglas, English wife of Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox (d. 1578) [category: Births]
• 1573: End of the Spanish siege of Alkmaar, the first Dutch victory in Eighty Years War. [category: Events]
• 1582: Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain. [category: Events]
• 1585: Heinrich Schütz, German composer (d. 1672) [category: Births]
• 1600: San Marino adopts its written constitution. [category: Events]
• 1621: Antoine de Montchrestien, French soldier and economist (b. 1575) [category: Deaths]
• 1645: Jeanne Mance opened the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal, the first lay hospital in North America. [category: Events]
• 1647: Christen Sørensen Longomontanus, Danish astronomer (b. 1562) [category: Deaths]
• 1652: John Greaves, English mathematician (b. 1602) [category: Deaths]
• 1656: John George I, Elector of Saxony (b. 1585) [category: Deaths]
• 1659: Jean de Quen, French missionary, priest, and historian (b. 1603) [category: Deaths]
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• 1676: Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish monk and scholar (d. 1764) [category: Births]
• 1713: Yechezkel Landau, Polish rabbi (d. 1793) [category: Births]
• 1715: Michel Benoist, French missionary (d. 1774) [category: Births]
• 1720: Jonathan Mayhew, American minister (d. 1766) [category: Births]
• 1735: Yongzheng Emperor of China (b. 1678) [category: Deaths]
• 1747: Jean-François Rewbell, French politician (d. 1807) [category: Births]
• 1754: Henry Fielding, English author (b. 1707) [category: Deaths]
• 1765: Harman Blennerhassett, Irish-American lawyer (d. 1831) [category: Births]
• 1772: Jean-Joseph de Mondonville, French composer (b. 1711) [category: Deaths]
• 1789: John Ruggles, American politician (d. 1874) [category: Births]
• 1789: William John Swainson, English scientist (d. 1855) [category: Births]
• 1793: John Hancock, American politician, signer of the United States Declaration of Independence (b. 1737) [category: Deaths]
• 1795: Andrew Kippis, English clergyman and biographer (b. 1725) [category: Deaths]
• 1804: Thomas Cochran, Canadian lawyer and judge (b. 1777) [category: Deaths]
• 1806: Napoleonic Wars: Forces of the British Empire lay siege to the port of Boulogne in France by using Congreve rockets, invented by Sir William Congreve. [category: Events]
• 1807: Harriet Taylor Mill, English philosopher (d. 1858) [category: Births]
• 1809: James Elphinston, Scottish philologist (b. 1721) [category: Deaths]
• 1813: The Treaty of Ried is signed between Bayern and Austria. [category: Events]
• 1818: John Henninger Reagan, American politician (d. 1905) [category: Births]
• 1821: The government of general José de San Martín establishes the Peruvian Navy. [category: Events]
• 1829: Rail transport: Stephenson's The Rocket wins The Rainhill Trials. [category: Events]
• 1834: Walter Kittredge, American composer (d. 1905) [category: Births]
• 1834: François-Adrien Boïeldieu, French composer (b. 1775) [category: Deaths]
• 1847: Rose Scott, Australian activist (d. 1925) [category: Births]
• 1848: Pierre De Geyter, Belgian socialist and composer (d. 1932) [category: Births]
• 1850: Henri Louis le Chatelier, French chemist (d. 1936) [category: Births]
• 1856: The Second Opium War between several western powers and China begins with the Arrow Incident on the Pearl River. [category: Events]
• 1860: Telegraph line between Los Angeles and San Francisco opens. [category: Events]
• 1862: American Civil War: Battle of Perryville – Union forces under General Don Carlos Buell halt the Confederate invasion of Kentucky by defeating troops led by General Braxton Bragg at Perryville, Kentucky. [category: Events]
• 1863: Edythe Chapman, American actress (d. 1948) [category: Births]
• 1864: Ozias Leduc, Canadian painter (d. 1955) [category: Births]
• 1869: Franklin Pierce, American politician, 14th President of the United States (b. 1804) [category: Deaths]
• 1870: Louis Vierne, French organist and composer (d. 1937) [category: Births]
• 1871: Four major fires break out on the shores of Lake Michigan in Chicago, Peshtigo, Wisconsin, Holland, Michigan, and Manistee, Michigan including the Great Chicago Fire, and the much deadlier Peshtigo Fire. [category: Events]
• 1875: Laurence Doherty, English tennis player (d. 1919) [category: Births]
• 1876: Frederick Montague, 1st Baron Amwell, English politician (d. 1966) [category: Births]
• 1877: Hans Heysen, German-Austrian painter (d. 1968) [category: Births]
• 1878: Walter Katzenstein, German rower (d. 1929) [category: Births]
• 1879: Miguel Grau Seminario, Peruvian navy officer (b. 1834) [category: Deaths]
• 1879: War of the Pacific: the Chilean Navy defeats the Peruvian Navy in the Battle of Angamos, Peruvian Admiral Miguel Grau is killed in the encounter. [category: Events]
• 1883: Dick Burnett, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1883: Otto Heinrich Warburg, German physician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1884: Walther von Reichenau, German military officer (d. 1942) [category: Births]
• 1886: Austin F. Pike, American politician (b. 1819) [category: Deaths]
• 1887: Huntley Gordon, Canadian actor (d. 1956) [category: Births]
• 1888: Ernst Kretschmer, German psychiatrist (d. 1964) [category: Births]
• 1889: Collett E. Woolman, American businessman, co-founded Delta Air Lines (d. 1966) [category: Births]
• 1890: Eddie Rickenbacker, American pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1890: Philippe Thys, Belgian cyclist (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1895: Juan Perón, Argentine military officer and politician, 29th President of Argentina (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1895: Zog of Albania (d. 1961) [category: Births]
• 1895: Eulmi incident- Queen Min of Joseon, the last empress of Korea, is assassinated and her corpse burnt by the Japanese in Gyeongbok Palace. [category: Events]
• 1896: Julien Duvivier, French director (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1897: Rouben Mamoulian, Armenian-American director (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1897: Alexei Savrasov, Russian painter (b. 1830) [category: Deaths]
• 1901: Eivind Groven, Norwegian composer (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1904: Edmonton, Alberta was incorporated as a city. [category: Events]
• 1904: Prince Albert, Saskatchewan was incorporated as a city. [category: Events]
• 1910: Gus Hall, American politician (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1910: Kirk Alyn, American actor (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1910: Paulette Dubost, French actress (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1910: Ray Lewis, Canadian runner (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1912: First Balkan War begins: Montenegro declares war against the Ottoman Empire. [category: Events]
• 1913: Robert R. Gilruth, American aviator and engineer (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1917: Billy Conn, American boxer (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1917: Danny Murtaugh, American baseball player (d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1917: Rodney Robert Porter, English biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1917: Walter Lord, American author (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1918: Halfdan Hegtun, Norwegian radio host and politician (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1918: Jens Christian Skou, Danish chemist, Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
• 1918: Ron Randell, Australian-American actor (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1918: World War I: In the Argonne Forest in France, United States Corporal Alvin C. York kills 28 German soldiers and captures 132. [category: Events]
• 1919: Kiichi Miyazawa, Japanese politician, 78th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1920: Frank Herbert, American author (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1921: Abraham Sarmiento, Filipino jurist (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1921: KDKA in Pittsburgh's Forbes Field conducts the first live broadcast of a football game. [category: Events]
• 1922: Nils Liedholm, Swedish footballer and coach (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1924: Alphons Egli, Swiss politician [category: Births]
• 1924: John Nelder, British statistician (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1924: Thirunalloor Karunakaran, Indian poet (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1926: Raaj Kumar, Indian actor (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1927: César Milstein, Argentine biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1927: Jim Elliot, American missionary (d. 1956) [category: Births]
• 1928: Bill Maynard, English actor [category: Births]
• 1928: M. Russell Ballard, American religious figure [category: Births]
• 1928: Neil Harvey, Australian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1928: Larry Semon, American actor, director, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1889) [category: Deaths]
• 1928: Joseph Szigeti gives the first performance of Alfredo Casella's Violin Concerto. [category: Events]
• 1929: Valdir Pereira, Brazilian footballer (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1930: Tōru Takemitsu, Japanese composer (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1931: John Monash, Australian engineer and general (b. 1865) [category: Deaths]
• 1932: Ray Reardon, Welsh snooker player [category: Births]
• 1932: The Indian Air Force is established. [category: Events]
• 1935: Albert Roux, French-English chef [category: Births]
• 1936: Rona Barrett, American columnist [category: Births]
• 1936: Premchand, Indian author (b. 1880) [category: Deaths]
• 1936: Red Ames, American baseball player (b. 1882) [category: Deaths]
• 1936: William Henry Stark, American businessman (b. 1851) [category: Deaths]
• 1938: Fred Stolle, Australian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1938: Walter Gretzky, Canadian ice hockey coach and author [category: Births]
• 1938: William Corlett, English author (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1939: Harvey Pekar, American author (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1939: Lynne Stewart, American lawyer [category: Births]
• 1939: Paul Hogan, Australian actor [category: Births]
• 1939: World War II: Germany annexes Western Poland. [category: Events]
• 1940: Fred Cash, American singer (The Impressions) [category: Births]
• 1941: Jesse Jackson, American minister and activist [category: Births]
• 1941: World War II: In their invasion of the Soviet Union, Germany reaches the Sea of Azov with the capture of Mariupol. [category: Events]
• 1942: Sergey Chaplygin, Soviet physicist, mathematician, and engineer (b. 1869) [category: Deaths]
• 1943: Chevy Chase, American comedian and actor [category: Births]
• 1943: R. L. Stine, American author, screenwriter, and producer [category: Births]
• 1944: Dale Dye, American captain and actor [category: Births]
• 1944: Ed Kirkpatrick, American baseball player (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1944: Susan Raye, American singer [category: Births]
• 1944: Wendell Willkie, American lawyer and politician (b. 1892) [category: Deaths]
• 1944: World War II: The Battle of Crucifix Hill occurs on Crucifix Hill just outside Aachen. Capt. Bobbie Brown receives a Medal of Honor for his heroics in this battle. [category: Events]
• 1945: Felix Salten, Austrian author (b. 1869) [category: Deaths]
• 1946: Dennis Kucinich, American politician, 53rd Mayor of Cleveland [category: Births]
• 1946: Jean-Jacques Beineix, French director [category: Births]
• 1947: Emiel Puttemans, Belgian runner [category: Births]
• 1947: Stephen Shore, American photographer [category: Births]
• 1948: Benjamin Cheever, American author [category: Births]
• 1948: Claude Jade, French actress (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1948: Johnny Ramone, American guitarist and songwriter (The Ramones) (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1948: Pedro López, Colombian serial killer [category: Births]
• 1948: Sarah Purcell, American television host [category: Births]
• 1949: Hamish Stuart, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Average White Band) [category: Births]
• 1949: Jerry Bittle, American cartoonist (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1949: Sigourney Weaver, American actress [category: Births]
• 1950: Robert Bell, American singer-songwriter and bass player (Kool & the Gang) [category: Births]
• 1951: Jack O'Connell, American politician [category: Births]
• 1952: Edward Zwick, American director, screenwriter, and producer [category: Births]
• 1952: Jan Marijnissen, Dutch politician [category: Births]
• 1952: Takis Koroneos, Greek basketball player and coach [category: Births]
• 1952: Joe Adams, American baseball player (b. 1877) [category: Deaths]
• 1952: The Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash kills 112 people. [category: Events]
• 1953: Kathleen Ferrier, English soprano (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 1953: Nigel Bruce, Mexican-English actor (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1954: Huub Rothengatter, Dutch race car driver [category: Births]
• 1954: Michael Dudikoff, American actor [category: Births]
• 1955: Bill Elliott, American race car driver [category: Births]
• 1955: Darrell Hammond, American comedian and actor [category: Births]
• 1955: Lonnie Pitchford, American guitarist (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1955: Iry LeJeune, American accordion player (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 1956: Jeff Lahti, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1956: Stephanie Zimbalist, American actress [category: Births]
• 1956: New York Yankees's Don Larsen pitched the only perfect game in a World Series; one of only 21 perfect games in MLB history. [category: Events]
• 1957: Antonio Cabrini, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1957: Joe Castiglione, American athletic director [category: Births]
• 1958: Bret Lott, American author [category: Births]
• 1958: Steve Coll, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1958: Ran Bosilek, Bulgarian author (b. 1886) [category: Deaths]
• 1959: Mike Morgan, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1959: Nick Bakay, American actor [category: Births]
• 1960: François Pérusse, Canadian singer-songwriter and comedian [category: Births]
• 1960: Lorenzo Milá, Spanish journalist [category: Births]
• 1960: Ralf Minge, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1960: Reed Hastings, American businessman, co-founded Netflix [category: Births]
• 1961: Simon Burke, Australian actor [category: Births]
• 1961: Steven Bernstein, American trumpet player (Sex Mob, The Lounge Lizards, and Spanish Fly) [category: Births]
• 1961: Ted Kooshian, American pianist (Ed Palermo Big Band) [category: Births]
• 1962: Bruno Thiry, Belgian race car driver [category: Births]
• 1962: Solomon Linda, South African singer-songwriter (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1962: Algeria joins the United Nations. [category: Events]
• 1962: Spiegel scandal: Der Spiegel publishes the article "Conditionally prepared for defense" about a NATO manoeuver called "Fallex 62", which uncovered the sorry state of the Bundeswehr (Germany's army) facing the communist threat from the east at the time. [category: Events]
• 1964: CeCe Winans, American singer (BeBe & CeCe Winans) [category: Births]
• 1964: Igor Jijikine, Russian actor [category: Births]
• 1965: Ardal O'Hanlon, Irish comedian and actor [category: Births]
• 1965: C. J. Ramone, American singer-songwriter and bass player (The Ramones, 22 Jacks, Los Gusanos, and The Ramainz) [category: Births]
• 1965: Matt Biondi, American swimmer [category: Births]
• 1965: Peter Greene, American actor [category: Births]
• 1966: Art Barr, American wrestler (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1966: Felipe Camiroaga, Chilean television host and actor (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1966: Karyn Parsons, American actress [category: Births]
• 1967: Yvonne Reyes, Venezuelan actress [category: Births]
• 1967: Clement Attlee, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 1967: Guerrilla leader Che Guevara and his men are captured in Bolivia. [category: Events]
• 1968: Ali Benarbia, Algerian footballer [category: Births]
• 1968: CL Smooth, American rapper and producer (Pete Rock & CL Smooth) [category: Births]
• 1968: Emily Procter, American actress [category: Births]
• 1968: Leeroy Thornhill, English keyboard player (The Prodigy) [category: Births]
• 1968: Zvonimir Boban, Croatian footballer [category: Births]
• 1968: Vietnam War: Operation Sealords – United States and South Vietnamese forces launch a new operation in the Mekong Delta. [category: Events]
• 1969: Dylan Neal, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1969: Jeremy Davies, American actor [category: Births]
• 1969: Julia Ann, American porn actress [category: Births]
• 1969: The opening rally of the Days of Rage occurs, organized by the Weather Underground in Chicago, Illinois. [category: Events]
• 1970: Anne-Marie Duff, English actress [category: Births]
• 1970: Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui, Congolese army officer [category: Births]
• 1970: Matt Damon, American actor, screenwriter, and producer [category: Births]
• 1970: Tetsuya Nomura, Japanese video game designer and director [category: Births]
• 1970: Jean Giono, French author (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1970: Mitr Chaibancha, Thai actor (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 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". [category: Events]
• 1971: Monty Williams, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1972: Kim Myung-min, South Korean actor [category: Births]
• 1972: Stanislav Varga, Slovakian footballer [category: Births]
• 1972: Terry Balsamo, American guitarist (Cold and Evanescence) [category: Births]
• 1973: Jim Fairchild, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Grandaddy and Modest Mouse) [category: Births]
• 1973: Gabriel Marcel, French philosopher (b. 1889) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: Greek military junta of 1967–1974: Junta strongman George Papadopoulos appoints Spyros Markezinis as Prime Minister of Greece with the task to lead Greece to parliamentary rule. [category: Events]
• 1973: Yom Kippur War: Gabi Amir's armored brigade attacks Egyptian occupied positions on the Israeli side of the Suez Canal, in hope of driving them away. The attack fails, and over 150 Israeli tanks are destroyed. [category: Events]
• 1974: Fredrik Modin, Swedish ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1974: Koji Murofushi, Japanese hammer thrower [category: Births]
• 1974: Martin Henderson, New Zealand actor [category: Births]
• 1974: Franklin National Bank collapses due to fraud and mismanagement; at the time it is the largest bank failure in the history of the United States. [category: Events]
• 1976: Galo Blanco, Spanish tennis player [category: Births]
• 1976: Renate Groenewold, Dutch speed skater [category: Births]
• 1977: Anne-Caroline Chausson, French cyclist [category: Births]
• 1977: Erna Siikavirta, Finnish singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Lordi) [category: Births]
• 1977: Jamie Marchi, American voice actress, director, and scriptwriter [category: Births]
• 1977: Giorgos Papasideris, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: Antonino D'Agostino, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Mick O'Driscoll, Irish rugby player [category: Births]
• 1978: Australia's Ken Warby sets the current world water speed record of 317.60 mph at Blowering Dam, Australia. [category: Events]
• 1979: Gregori Chad Petree, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Shiny Toy Guns, Cloud2Ground, and pc Quest) [category: Births]
• 1979: Kristanna Loken, American actress [category: Births]
• 1979: Paul Burchill, English wrestler [category: Births]
• 1979: Jayaprakash Narayan, Indian activist and politician (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Nick Cannon, American actor and rapper [category: Births]
• 1980: Rajesh Sharma, Canadian-Indian Politician [category: Births]
• 1980: The Miz, American wrestler and actor [category: Births]
• 1981: Kalil Wilson, American singer [category: Births]
• 1981: Raffi Torres, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1981: Ruby, Egyptian singer and actress [category: Births]
• 1982: Fernando Lamas, Argentine actor (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker, English runner and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: Cats opens on Broadway and runs for nearly 18 years before closing on September 10, 2000. [category: Events]
• 1982: Poland bans Solidarity and all trade unions. [category: Events]
• 1983: Abhishek Nayar, Indian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1983: Mario Cassano, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Michael Fraser, Scottish footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Travis Pastrana, American motorcycle racer [category: Births]
• 1983: Joan Hackett, American actress (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: Domenik Hixon, American football player [category: Births]
• 1985: Bruno Mars, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor [category: Births]
• 1985: Eiji Wentz, Japanese singer-songwriter and actor [category: Births]
• 1985: Malcolm Ross, American captain and physicist (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Louis Dodds, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Michele Sepe, Italian rugby player [category: Births]
• 1987: Aya Hirano, Japanese voice actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1987: Taylor Price, American football player [category: Births]
• 1987: Konstantinos Tsatsos, Greek politician, 2nd President of Greece (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Armand Traoré, French footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Mahmut Temür, Turkish footballer [category: Births]
• 1990: B.J. Wilson, English drummer (Procol Harum) (b. 1947) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1991: Croatia votes to sever constitutional relations with Yugoslavia, making the country fully independent [category: Events]
• 1992: Willy Brandt, German politician, 4th Chancellor of Germany, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Angus T. Jones, American actor [category: Births]
• 1993: Barbara Palvin, Hungarian model [category: Births]
• 1993: Molly Quinn, American actress [category: Births]
• 1995: Christopher Keene, American conductor (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Bella Thorne, American actress, singer, and dancer [category: Births]
• 1997: Bertrand Goldberg, American architect, designed the Marina City Building (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: John McLendon, American basketball coach (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Charlotte Lamb, English author (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: A twin engine Cessna and Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) jetliner collide in heavy fog during takeoff from Milan, Italy killing 118. [category: Events]
• 2001: U.S. President George W. Bush announces the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security. [category: Events]
• 2002: Jacques Richard, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1952) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Phyllis Calvert, English actress (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: James Chace, American historian (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: 2005 Kashmir earthquake: Thousands of people are killed by a magnitude 7.6 earthquake in parts of Pakistan, India and Afghanistan. [category: Events]
• 2006: Mark Porter, New Zealand race car driver (b. 1974) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Constantine Andreou, Greek painter and sculptor (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Bob Friend, English journalist (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Eileen Herlie, Scottish-American actress (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: George Emil Palade, Romanian biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Frank Bourgholtzer, American journalist (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Al Davis, American football coach and manager (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Roger Williams, American pianist (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Brendan Dolan becomes the first man to hit a 9-darter while starting and finishing on a double during his semi final against James Wade in the 2011 World Grand Prix (darts). [category: Events]
• 2012: Donnie Butcher, American basketball player and coach (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Eric Lomax, Scottish army officer and author (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: John Tchicai, Danish-French saxophonist and composer (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Ken Sansom, American voice actor (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Marilou Diaz-Abaya, Filipino director (b. 1955) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Nawal Kishore Sharma, Indian politician (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Rafael Lesmes, Spanish footballer (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Sita Ramaiah Gudiseva, Indian politician (b. 1950) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Varsha Bhosle, Indian singer and journalist (b. 1956) [category: Deaths]
• _: Air Force Day (India) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Earliest date on which the first day of Fire Prevention Week can fall, while October 14 is the latest; observed on the second week of October. (United States and Canada) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Earliest day on which Columbus Day can fall, while October 14 is the latest; observed on the second Monday of October (United States) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Earliest day on which Discoverer's Day can fall, while October 14 is the latest; observed on the second Monday of October (Hawaii) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Earliest day on which International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction can fall, while October 14 is the latest; observed on the second Wednesday of October (Hawaii) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Independence Day, celebrates the official separation of Croatia from Yugoslavia in 1991. [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Navy Day (Peru) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: October 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Palatia and Laurentia [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Pelagia (Roman Catholic Church) [category: Holidays and observances]