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October 8, 2005 Earthquake in Kashmir kills approximately 80,000 people October 8, 2003 Arnold Schwarzenegger is elected the governor of California October 8, 2001 SAS flight 686 crashes near Milano-Linate, killing 114, crash caused by flight crew and tower confusion October 8, 1998 House of Representatives approves impeachment inquiry of President Clinton October 8, 1995 Dolphin's Dan Marino breaks Tarkenton's NFL career completions record October 8, 1995 Edgar Martinez drives home tying and winning runs to rally Mariners to 6-5 win in bottom of 11th to beat Yankees and win AL Division Series October 8, 1994 BPAA U.S. Women's Bowling Open won by Aleta Sill October 8, 1993 Howard Stern releases his 1st book "Private Parts" October 8, 1993 Qn Elizabeth's nephew Viscount Linley (32) weds Serena Stanhope (24) October 8, 1993 U.N. lifts remaining economic sanctions against South Africa October 8, 1992 Nobel Prize for literature is given to West Indies poet Derek Walcott October 8, 1992 Ottawa Sentors 1st NHL game October 8, 1992 Pioneer Venus Orbiter (1st Venus orbiter-1978), crashes into Venus October 8, 1990 24th Country Music Association Award: George Strait wins October 8, 1990 Israeli police kill 17 Palestinian rioters October 8, 1990 U.S. doctors Joseph E. Murray and E. Donnall Thomas win Nobel Prize October 8, 1989 Oakland beats Toronto, 4-3 in Game 5, to advance to the World Series October 8, 1988 Fire in Seattle's Space Needle causes evacuation, $2,000 damage October 8, 1988 Jay Howell ejected in NLCS game 3 for having pine tar on his glove October 8, 1986 Mike Scott ties playoff record of 14 strikeouts, beats Mets 1-0 October 8, 1986 RUN DMC calls for a day of peace among LA street gangs October 8, 1985 "Rembrandt and Hitler or Me" premieres in Amsterdam October 8, 1985 Alain Boubil/Herbert Kretzner's "Les Miserables," premieres in London October 8, 1985 Little Richard seriously injured in a car accident October 8, 1984 18th Country Music Association Award: Alabama wins October 8, 1983 1st regular season Islander OT game beat Caps 8-7 October 8, 1983 Washington Capitals 1st NHL overtime game losing to New York Islanders 8-7 October 8, 1982 New Jersey Devils 1st victory, beating New York Rangers 3-2 at Meadowlands October 8, 1982 Poland bans Solidarity and all labor unions October 8, 1981 1st broadcast of "Cagney and Lacey" on ABC-TV October 8, 1981 President Reagan greeted predecessors Jimmy Carter, Gerald R Ford and Richard Nixon before sending them to Egypt for Anwar Sadat's funeral October 8, 1980 Bob Marley collapses on stage, brought to Sloan-Kettering Hospital October 8, 1980 British Leyland starts selling Mini Metro October 8, 1980 U.S.S.R. and Syria sign peace treaty October 8, 1980 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test October 8, 1979 "Sugar Babies" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 1208 performances October 8, 1979 J McHugh and A Malvin's musical "Sugar Babies," premieres in New York City October 8, 1978 Ken Warby set world water speed record at 319.627 mph (514 kph) October 8, 1978 Yanks win 3rd straight AL Championship, all against Kansas City October 8, 1977 Largest baseball crowd in Penns, 64,924 see Dodgers beat Phillies 4-1 in 4th NL championship game (Dodgers win pennant) October 8, 1976 Sex Pistols sign with EMI October 8, 1973 NLCS game 3 brawl between Cins' Pete Rose and New York Met Bud Harrelson October 8, 1973 Spyris Markezinis forms government in Greece October 8, 1972 "From Israel with Love" closes at Palace Theater New York City after 8 performances October 8, 1972 Harold Carmichael begins NFL streak of 127 consecutive game receptions October 8, 1972 In Game 2 of ALCS, A's Bert Campaneris fires his bat at Det pitcher October 8, 1972 Lerrin LaGrow Campy, who had been hit by a pitch, is fined and suspended October 8, 1971 John Lennon releases his megahit "Imagine" October 8, 1971 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site October 8, 1970 Soviet author Alexander I Solzhenitsyn wins Nobel Prize for Literature October 8, 1968 Aircraft carrier Charles Doorman sold to Argentina October 8, 1966 Wyoming's Jerry DePoyster kicks 3 field goals over 50 yds (54, 54, 52) October 8, 1965 Djakarta Moslems set fire to PKI-headquarter October 8, 1965 London's Post Office Tower opens, tallest building in England October 8, 1965 Once-Hertogenbosch soccer team FC de Bosch forms October 8, 1965 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. October 8, 1964 Gilroy Roberts becomes 1st U.S. chief engraver to retire (than die) October 8, 1963 Sultan of Zanzibar cedes his mainland possessions to Kenya October 8, 1962 Algeria admitted as 109th member of U.N. October 8, 1962 North Korea reports 100% election turnout, 100% vote for Workers' Party October 8, 1961 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Bill Brannin's Swing Parade Golf Tournament October 8, 1961 U.S. Constellation crashes at Richmond, Virginia, 74 die October 8, 1961 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. October 8, 1961 Whitey Ford breaks Babe Ruth's World Series record of 29 2/3 consecutive scoreless innings, running his streak to 32 October 8, 1960 Bobby Richarson hits a World Series grand slammer October 8, 1959 "At the Drop of a Hat" opens at John Golden Theater New York City for 216 performances October 8, 1959 Conservatives win British election October 8, 1959 Los Angeles Dodgers beat Chicago White Sox, 4 games to 2 in 56th World Series October 8, 1958 Braves Eddie Mathews strikes out for World Series record 11th time October 8, 1958 Dr. Ake Senning installs 1st pacemaker in Stockholm October 8, 1958 KCMT TV channel 7 in Alexandria, MN (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting October 8, 1958 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site October 8, 1957 Brooklyn Dodgers announce move to Los Angeles October 8, 1957 Procter and Gamble-director N McElroy becomes U.S. Min of Defense October 8, 1957 Soviet spy Jack Sobel sentenced to 7 years (New York City) October 8, 1957 Turkish and Syrian border guards exchange fire October 8, 1956 Don Larsen, New York, pitches only perfect World Series game, vs Brooklyn October 8, 1955 Worlds most powerful aircraft carrier, USS Saratoga launched October 8, 1953 Birmingham Alabama, bars Jackie Robinson's Negro-White All-Stars from playing there Robinson gives in and drops white players from his group October 8, 1953 WTAP TV channel 15 in Parkersburg-Marietta, WV (NBC) begins October 8, 1952 2 trains collide with a derailed commuter train, kills 112 (England) October 8, 1952 Chinese offensive in Korea October 8, 1951 "Music in the Air" opens at Ziegfeld Theater New York City for 56 performances October 8, 1951 Ford C Frick replaces Happy Chandler as 3rd commissioner of baseball Warren C Giles becomes president of baseball's National League October 8, 1950 4th NHL All-Star Game: Detroit beat All-Stars 7-1 at Detroit October 8, 1950 Cleveland Browns play Pittsburgh for 1st time, beat Steelers 30-17 October 8, 1946 Kwo-less-shrew selects Gen Chiang Kai-shek as president of China October 8, 1946 Milt plane crashes at Christian HBS, 24 die October 8, 1945 Truman announced atomic bomb secret shared with Britain and Canada October 8, 1944 "Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" debut on CBS radio October 8, 1944 Samuel Barber's "Capricorn Concerto," premieres October 8, 1943 Great-Britain establishes bases on Azores October 8, 1942 Fight at Matanikau, Guadalcanal (John Hersey-Into the Valley) October 8, 1941 Concentration camp Birkenau begins being built October 8, 1940 Cin Reds beat Detroit Tigers, 4 games to 3, in 37th World Series October 8, 1940 German troops occupies Romania October 8, 1939 Germany annexes Western Poland October 8, 1939 New York Yankees sweep Reds in 36th World Series, 4th straight WS win October 8, 1938 G Kaufman and Moss Hart's "Fabulous Invalid," premieres in New York City October 8, 1935 Ozzie Nelson marries Harriet Hilliard (Ozzie and Harriet) October 8, 1934 Bruno Hauptmann is indicted for murder of Lindbergh's son October 8, 1933 Coit Tower dedicated in SF, a monument to firefighters October 8, 1933 Martinez Barrios forms new Spanish government October 8, 1930 Philadelphia A's beat St. Louis Cardinals, 4 games to 2 in 27th World Series October 8, 1929 A's Howard Ehmke (7-2) sets World Series record striking out 13 Cubs October 8, 1929 Mohammed Nadir Khan occupies Kabul Afghanistan/drives out H Ghazi October 8, 1928 Cole Porter and E Ray Goetz' musical "Paris," premieres in New York City October 8, 1928 Eastern Soccer League forms in U.S. October 8, 1927 New York Yankees sweep Pirates in 24th World Series October 8, 1927 Sea battle at Navarino (Greece freed of Ottoman occupation) October 8, 1924 British Labour government of MacDonald falls to Communists October 8, 1922 New York Giants beat Yankees, 4 games to 0, with a tie in 19th World Series October 8, 1918 7 U.S. soldiers are surrounded by Germans in France, Alvin York is given command and shoots 20 Germans and captures 132 more October 8, 1918 Sgt Alvin York single-handedly kills 25, captures 132 Germans October 8, 1917 Trotski named chairman of Petrograd Soviet October 8, 1915 Battle of Loos, almost 430,000 French, British and Germans killed October 8, 1915 Phillies win their 1st and only World Series game before 1980, beating October 8, 1915 Red Sox, 3-1, with an 8th inning 2 run rally October 8, 1912 1st Balkan War begins - Montenegro declares war on Turkey October 8, 1912 Montenegro declares war on Turkey, beginning 1st Balkan War October 8, 1909 Chicago Cubs beat New York Giants 4-2 in a playoff to win NL pennant October 8, 1908 New York Giants set season attendance record at 910,000 (broken in 1920) October 8, 1906 Karl Nessler demonstrates 1st 'permanent wave' for hair, in London October 8, 1904 1st Vanderbilt Cup auto race (Hicksville, Long Island, New York) October 8, 1903 J. M. Synge's "In the Shadow of the Glen," premieres in Dublin October 8, 1898 1st Canadian Intercollegiate football game: McGill beats Queen's, 3-2 October 8, 1897 Emperor Karl Joseph I named Gustav Mahler director of Opera October 8, 1896 Dow Jones starts reporting an average of selected industrial stocks October 8, 1895 Ohio Valley Improvement Association forms October 8, 1892 Sergei Rachmaninoff 1st performs "Prelude in C-sharp-Minor" in Moscow October 8, 1887 Phillies set club record 16th straight victory October 8, 1886 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Noble Bachelor" October 8, 1873 1st women's prison run by women opens at Indiana Reformatory Institute October 8, 1871 Gas explosion destroys Peshtigo, Wisconsin October 8, 1871 Great Fire kills 200, destroys over 4miles (10 km) of Chicago buildings, and original Emancipation Proclamation October 8, 1865 Earthquake in Santa Cruz Mountains October 8, 1862 Battle of Perryville, KY-Confederate invasion halted October 8, 1862 Otto von Bismarck becomes German republic chancellor October 8, 1860 Telegraph line between Los Angeles and San Francisco opens October 8, 1856 Chinese police board British vessel Arrow, arrest 12 Chinese crewmen on suspicion of piracy and lower British flag, begins 2nd Anglo-Chinese War October 8, 1842 Princess Sophia weds her cousin duke Charles Saksen-Weimar-Eisenach October 8, 1840 1st Hawaiian constitution proclaimed October 8, 1835 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches James Island, Galapagos archipelago October 8, 1822 1st eruption of Galunggung (Java) sends boiling sludge into valley October 8, 1818 2 English boxers are 1st to use padded gloves October 8, 1815 Joachim Murats forces lands at Pizzo, Italy October 8, 1813 Treaty of Ried between Bayern and Austria October 8, 1806 British forces lay siege to French port of Boulogne using Congreve rockets, invented by Sir William Congreve October 8, 1775 Officers decide to bar slaves and free blacks from Continental Army October 8, 1740 Chinese assault on Diestpoort Batavia October 8, 1712 French hijacker Jacques Cassard seen on Suriname coast October 8, 1690 Turkish troops occupy Belgrade October 8, 1633 Massachusetts Bay Colony forms its 1st government October 8, 1625 Admiral George Villiers' fleet sails from Plymouth to Cadiz October 8, 1604 Supernova "Kepler's nova" 1st sighted October 8, 1600 San Marino adopts constitution October 8, 1492 Columbus' fleet about 400 sea miles from Puerto Rico October 8, 1085 San Marcos minstery in Venice initiated October 8, 876 Battle at Andernach: Louis the Young beats Charles the Bare October 8, 451 Council of Chalcedon (4th ecumenical council) opens October 8, 314 Battle at Cibalae: emperor Constantine beats emperor Licinius |