On This Day: 8 October

8 October in Indian history

• 2005The 7.6 Mw Kashmir earthquake leaves 86,000–87,351 people dead, 69,000–75,266 injured, and 2.8 million homeless.India
• 1932The Indian Air Force was founded as an auxiliary air force of the British Royal Air Force.India

8 October in world history

• 2020Second Nagorno-Karabakh War: Azerbaijan twice targets the Church of the Holy Savior Ghazanchetsots of Shusha.
• 2019About 200 Extinction Rebellion activists block the gates of Leinster House (parliament) in the Republic of Ireland.
• 2016Yemen War: A funeral in Sanaa was hit by two consecutive airstrikes by a Saudi-led coalition, leaving 143–155 civilians dead and more than 525 injured.
• 2001At Linate Airport in Milan, Italy, Scandinavian Airlines Flight SK686 collided on take-off with a Cessna Citation II business jet, killing 118 people.
• 1991Upon the expiration of the Brioni Agreement, Croatia and Slovenia sever all official relations with Yugoslavia.
• 1990First Intifada: Israeli police kill 17 Palestinians and wound over 100 near the Dome of the Rock.
• 1986An explosion occurs at the Cipel-Marco fur factory in Kwai Chung, Hong Kong, killing 14 and injuring 10.
• 1969Demonstrations organized by the Weather Underground known as the Days of Rage began in Chicago, aimed at ending U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.
• 1967Marxist revolutionary and guerrilla leader Che Guevara was captured near La Higuera, Bolivia.
• 1956Major League Baseball pitcher Don Larsen threw the only perfect game in World Series history.
• 1944World War II: Captain Bobbie E. Brown earns a Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Crucifix Hill, just outside Aachen.
• 1939World War II: Germany annexes western Poland.
• 1918World War I: After his platoon suffered heavy casualties during the Meuse–Argonne offensive in France's Forest of Argonne, American Corporal Alvin York led the 7 remaining men on an attack against a German machine gun nest; 25 German soldiers were killed and 1
• 1871Slash-and-burn land management, months of drought, and the passage of a strong cold front cause the Peshtigo Fire, the Great Chicago Fire and the Great Michigan Fires to break out.
• 1645Jeanne Mance opens the first lay hospital of North America in Montreal.
• 451The Council of Chalcedon, a Christian ecumenical council, opened, and went on to repudiate the Eutychian doctrine of monophysitism and set forth the Chalcedonian Creed.

Born on 8 October

• 1957Antonio Cabrini, Italian footballer and manager
• 1955Bill Elliott, American race car driver
• 1951Shannon C. Stimson, American philosopher, historian, and theorist
• 1947Hansa Yogendra, Indian yoga guruIndia
• 1930Alasdair Milne, Indian-English director and producer (died 2013)India
• 1901Saumyendranath Tagore, Indian revolutionary and thinker, founder of the Revolutionary Communist Party of India (died 1974)India

Died on 8 October

• 2012Nawal Kishore Sharma, Indian politician, 20th Governor of Gujarat (born 1925)India
• 1983Joan Hackett, American actress (born 1934)
• 1979Jayaprakash Narayan, Indian politician (born 1902)India
• 1793John Hancock, American merchant and politician, 1st Governor of Massachusetts (born 1737)

Frequently asked questions

What happened on 8 October in history?

2020: Second Nagorno-Karabakh War: Azerbaijan twice targets the Church of the Holy Savior Ghazanchetsots of Shusha. 2019: About 200 Extinction Rebellion activists block the gates of Leinster House (parliament) in the Republic of Ireland. 2016: Yemen War: A funeral in Sanaa was hit by two consecutive airstrikes by a Saudi-led coalition, leaving 143–155 civilians dead and more than 525 injured. 2005: The 7.6 Mw Kashmir earthquake leaves 86,000–87,351 people dead, 69,000–75,266 injured, and 2.8 million homeless.

What happened on 8 October in Indian history?

2005: The 7.6 Mw Kashmir earthquake leaves 86,000–87,351 people dead, 69,000–75,266 injured, and 2.8 million homeless. 1932: The Indian Air Force was founded as an auxiliary air force of the British Royal Air Force.

Which famous people were born on 8 October?

Antonio Cabrini, Italian footballer and manager (1957); Bill Elliott, American race car driver (1955); Shannon C. Stimson, American philosopher, historian, and theorist (1951); Hansa Yogendra, Indian yoga guru (1947).

Which day is observed on 8 October?

Indian Air Force Day; Air Force Day (India); World Space Week (October 4–10); Children's Day (Iran); Navy Day (Peru).