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2010 Event - Air India Express Flight 812 crashes near Mangalore International Airport; eight passengers survive and 158 perish
2010 Event - An employee at ABB Power building in St. Louis, Missouri, commits suicide after shooting eight people, 3 fatally 2009 Event - Eight Eastern Europeans are accused of stealing $9 million in a huge computer payroll scam 2009 Event - The engine on an airbus A320 plane catches fire at Paris-Orly airport, eight people are injured 2009 Event - Eight people are killed, several injured, after gunmen attack a bus carrying Sri Lankan cricketeers in Lahore, Pakistan 2001 Death - Lani O'Grady, actress, Eight Is Enough, dies at 46 2001 Event - The heir to the Nepalese throne killed his parents and eight other family members before shooting himself, after an argument over his choice of a bride 2000 Death - Marguerite Churchill, actress, in Broadway's Dinner at Eight, dies at 90 1993 Event - New South Wales beat Qld by eight wkts to win Sheffield Shield 1991 Death - Eddie Bartell, actor (Every Night at Eight), dies at 83 1977 Event - "Eight is Enough" premiers on ABC-TV 1973 Birthday - Paul Walker, born in Glendale, California, actor, known for 'The Fast and the Furious' movie, also appeared in films, '2 Fast 2 Furious', 'Joy Ride', 'Eight Below' 1972 Birthday - Gwyneth Paltrow, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Pallbearer, Emma, Hard Eight 1965 Birthday - Moby, born in Harlem, New York, Richard Melville Hall, singer, songwriter, DJ, electronica, eight top 40 songs, album, Play sold 10 million copies worldwide 1965 Event - Beatles' "Eight Days a Week," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 2 weeks 1960 Event - Alan Freed and eight other DJ accused of taking radio payola 1960 Birthday - Sean Kerly, born in Whitstable, Kent, England, Sean Robin Kerly, athlete, field hockey player, awarded bronze medal at 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, 1984, scored eight goals at 1988 Olympics in Seoul, playing for Great Britain and Northern Ireland squad 1958 Birthday - Werner Schwab, born in Austria, writer, playwright, visual artist, studied sculpture at Vienna's Akademie der bildenden Kunste in 1990, wrote sixteen plays, produced eight, controversial works in the Austrian Black comedy tradition 1956 Birthday - Lance Parrish, born in Clairton, Pennsylvania, professional baseball player, catcher, played for many Major League Baseball teams, won All-Star eight times, won Silver Slugger award six times 1955 Birthday - Buster Mottram, born in Kingston upon Thames, in south-west London, English tennis player, ranked 15th best tennis player in the world, represented Great Britain in Davis Cup eight times 1954 Birthday - F. R. David, born in Menzel Bourguiba, Tunisia, singer, band member of French rock band, Les Variations, hit 'Words', 1982, sold eight million records worldwide 1950 Birthday - David Strathairn, actor, LA Confidential, Eight Men Out 1929 Death - Robert Henri, U.S. painter (The Eight), dies at 63 1917 Event - Indians set club record by stealing eight bases in a game |
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