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| Birthday October 08, 1869 J Frank Duryea, invented 1st auto built & operated in the US |
| Birthday October 08, 1869 Frank Duryea, winner of the first American horseless carriage race, is born |
| Birthday October 08, 1873 Ejnar Hertzsprung, Danish astronomer (Hertzsprung-Russell diagram) |
| Birthday October 08, 1890 Eddie Rickenbacker, aviator |
| Birthday October 08, 1895 Juan Per¢n, president of Argentina (1946-55, 1973-74) |
| Birthday October 08, 1897 Rouben Mamoulian, Movie director |
| Birthday October 08, 1909 Bill Hewitt, NFL end (Chicago Bears, Philadelphia Eagles) |
| Birthday October 08, 1916 Spark Matsunaga, D-Ha-Sen) |
| Birthday October 08, 1920 Frank Herbert, sci-fi writer (Dune) |
| Birthday October 08, 1930 James Olsen |
| Birthday October 08, 1936 Rona Barrett, Gossip columnist & friend of Tom Snyder |
| Birthday October 08, 1940 David Carradine |
| Birthday October 08, 1941 Jesse Jackson, (D), clergyman, presidential candidate |
| Birthday October 08, 1943 Chevy Chase, comedian, Actor (SNL, Vacation, Fletch, Caddyshack) |
| Birthday October 08, 1949 Sigourney Weaver, LA (Alien) |
| Birthday October 08, 1951 Johnny Ramone, rock guitarist |
| Birthday October 08, 1970 Matt Damon born |
| History October 08, 1604 The supernova called "Kepler's nova" is 1st sighted. |
| History October 08, 1778 Continentals raid Unadilla |
| History October 08, 1840 1st Hawaiian constitution proclaimed |
| History October 08, 1860 Telegraph line between LA & SF opens |
| History October 08, 1862 Battle of Perryville |
| History October 08, 1865 Earthquake in Santa Cruz Mountains. |
| History October 08, 1869 Franklin Peirce 14th president of US died in Concord N.H. |
| History October 08, 1871 Fire rips through Chicago |
| History October 08, 1871 The Great Fire destroys much of Chicago |
| History October 08, 1871 Nation's worst forest fire starts in Peshtigo WI. Great Fire destroys over 4ý miles of Chicago |
| History October 08, 1896 Dow Jones starts reporting an average of industrial stocks |
| History October 08, 1918 Sgt. Alvin York single-handedly kills 25 captures 132 Germans. |
| History October 08, 1918 U.S. soldier Alvin York displays heroics at Argonne |
| History October 08, 1919 First transcontinental air race |
| History October 08, 1927 Yanks sweep Pirates in the world series |
| History October 08, 1933 Coit Tower dedicated in SF a monument to firefighters. |
| History October 08, 1934 Bruno Hauptmann was indicted for murder of Lindbergh's son |
| History October 08, 1935 Ozzie & Harriet Nelson married |
| History October 08, 1937 Lord Peter Wimsey marries Harriet Vane |
| History October 08, 1938 Yanks sweep Reds in the world series |
| History October 08, 1941 Germans overrun Mariupol, in southern Russia |
| History October 08, 1944 Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet debut on CBS radio |
| History October 08, 1945 Truman announced atomic bomb secret shared with Britain & Canada |
| History October 08, 1956 Don Larsen is perfect in World Series |
| History October 08, 1956 Don Larsen's Perfect world series game beats Dodgers 2-0 |
| History October 08, 1957 Brooklyn Dodgers announced they would move to LA |
| History October 08, 1957 Jerry Lee Lewis records Great Balls Of Fire in Memphis, Tennessee |
| History October 08, 1960 Bobby Richarson hits a world series grand slammer |
| History October 08, 1962 N Korea reports 100% election turnout 100% vote for Workers' Party. |
| History October 08, 1967 Che Guevara defeated |
| History October 08, 1968 U.S. and South Vietnamese navies commence Operation Sealords |
| History October 08, 1970 Soviet author Alexander I. Solzhenitsyn awarded Nobel Prize for Lit |
| History October 08, 1970 Communists reject Nixon's peace proposal |
| History October 08, 1970 Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn wins the Nobel Prize in literature |
| History October 08, 1972 Possible breakthrough at Paris peace talks |
| History October 08, 1978 Kenneth Warby sets world speed record on water (514 kph). |
| History October 08, 1978 Yanks win 3rd straight AL Championship against Kansas City |
| History October 08, 1981 Pres Reagan greeted predecessors Jimmy Carter Gerald R. Ford and Richard Nixon before sending them to Egypt for Anwar Sadat's funeral |
| History October 08, 1983 1st regular season Islander OT game beat Caps 8-7 |
| History October 08, 1998 U.S. House of Representatives initiates Clinton impeachment inquiry |
| History October 08, 2005 Massive earthquake hits Kashmir region |
| History October 08, 2009 Self-help guru's sweat lodge ceremony turns deadly |
| History October 08, 2014 First person in U.S. diagnosed with Ebola dies |