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| October 8th, 2007 (October 08 2007) | Death | John Henry, American race horse (born in 1975) | |
| October 8th, 2006 (October 08 2006) | Death | Mark Porter, New Zealand racing driver (born in 1975) | |
| October 8th, 2005 (October 08 2005) | Event | The Kashmir earthquake hits parts of northern South Asia at 03:50 UTC. | |
| October 8th, 2005 (October 08 2005) | Death | Alekos Alexandrakis, Greek actor (born in 1928) | |
| October 8th, 2004 (October 08 2004) | Death | Jacques Derrida, French philosopher (born in 1930) | Jacques Derrida Quotes |
| October 8th, 2004 (October 08 2004) | Death | James Chace, American historian (born in 1931) | |
| October 8th, 2002 (October 08 2002) | Death | Jacques Richard, French Canadian ice hockey player (born in 1952) | |
| October 8th, 2001 (October 08 2001) | Event | A twin engine Cessna and Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) jetliner collide in heavy fog during takeoff from Milan, Italy killing 118. | |
| October 8th, 2001 (October 08 2001) | Event | U.S. President George W. Bush announces the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security. | George W. Bush Quotes |
| October 8th, 1999 (October 08 1999) | Event | New Coligny Calendar, NCC, The beginning of a new era of the Coligny calendar, the oldest material Celtic calendar. | |
| October 8th, 1999 (October 08 1999) | Death | John McLendon, American basketball coach (born in 1915) | |
| October 8th, 1998 (October 08 1998) | Event | Oslo Gardermoen airport opening after the close down of Fornebu. | |
| October 8th, 1997 (October 08 1997) | Death | Bertrand Goldberg, American architect (born in 1913) | |
| October 8th, 1995 (October 08 1995) | Death | Christopher Keene, American conductor (born in 1946) | |
| October 8th, 1993 (October 08 1993) | Birth | Angus T. Jones, American actor (Two and a Half Men) | |
| October 8th, 1992 (October 08 1992) | Death | Willy Brandt, Chancellor of Germany, Nobel laureate (born in 1913) | Willy Brandt Quotes |
| October 8th, 1991 (October 08 1991) | Event | The Croatian Parliament cuts all remaining ties with Yugoslavia | |
| October 8th, 1990 (October 08 1990) | Event | 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 | The Rock Quotes |
| October 8th, 1990 (October 08 1990) | Death | B.J. Wilson, English musician (Procol Harum) (born in 1947) | |
| October 8th, 1987 (October 08 1987) | Birth | Aya Hirano, Japanese Seiyuu | |
| October 8th, 1985 (October 08 1985) | Birth | Eiji Wentz, German-Japanese entertainer | |
| October 8th, 1985 (October 08 1985) | Death | Malcolm Ross, American balloonist and atmospheric physicist (born in 1919) | |
| October 8th, 1983 (October 08 1983) | Birth | Michael Fraser, Scottish football goalkeeper | |
| October 8th, 1983 (October 08 1983) | Birth | Travis Pastrana, American motorsports competitor | |
| October 8th, 1983 (October 08 1983) | Death | Joan Hackett, American actress (born in 1934) | |
| October 8th, 1982 (October 08 1982) | Event | Poland bans Solidarity. | |
| October 8th, 1982 (October 08 1982) | Death | Fernando Lamas, Argentine actor (born in 1915) | |
| October 8th, 1982 (October 08 1982) | Death | Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker, Canadian-born peace activist, Nobel laureate (born in 1889) | |
| October 8th, 1981 (October 08 1981) | Birth | Raffi Torres, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| October 8th, 1981 (October 08 1981) | Birth | Ruby (Egyptian Singer), Egyptian singer | |
| October 8th, 1980 (October 08 1980) | Birth | Mike Mizanin, American wrestler | |
| October 8th, 1980 (October 08 1980) | Birth | Nick Cannon, American actor | |
| October 8th, 1979 (October 08 1979) | Birth | Kristanna Loken, American actress | |
| October 8th, 1979 (October 08 1979) | Birth | Paul Burchill, English professional wrestler | |
| October 8th, 1979 (October 08 1979) | Birth | Gregori Chad Petree, American musician (Shiny Toy Guns) | |
| October 8th, 1978 (October 08 1978) | Event | Australia s Ken Warby sets the current world water speed record of 317.60mph at Blowering Dam, Australia. | |
| October 8th, 1978 (October 08 1978) | Birth | Mick O Driscoll, Irish rugby player | |
| October 8th, 1978 (October 08 1978) | Birth | Antonino D Agostino, Italian football player | |
| October 8th, 1977 (October 08 1977) | Birth | Anne-Caroline Chausson, French mountain-bike rider | |
| October 8th, 1977 (October 08 1977) | Birth | Erna Siikavirta, Finnish musician (Deathlike Silence) | |
| October 8th, 1977 (October 08 1977) | Death | Giorgos Papasideris, Greek country singer , composer , lyricist (born in 1902 ) | |
| October 8th, 1976 (October 08 1976) | Birth | Galo Blanco, Spanish tennis player | |
| October 8th, 1976 (October 08 1976) | Birth | Renate Groenewold, Dutch speed skater | |
| October 8th, 1974 (October 08 1974) | Event | Franklin National Bank collapses due to fraud and mismanagement; at the time it was the largest bank failure in the history of the United States. | |
| October 8th, 1974 (October 08 1974) | Birth | Fredrik Modin, Swedish hockey player | |
| October 8th, 1974 (October 08 1974) | Birth | DJ Q-Ball, American musician (Bloodhound Gang) | |
| October 8th, 1974 (October 08 1974) | Birth | Koji Murofushi, Japanese hammer thrower | |
| October 8th, 1973 (October 08 1973) | Event | 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. | |
| October 8th, 1973 (October 08 1973) | Death | Gabriel Marcel, French philosopher (born in 1889) | Philo Quotes |
| October 8th, 1972 (October 08 1972) | Birth | Stanislav Varga, Slovakian footballer | |
| October 8th, 1970 (October 08 1970) | Event | Vietnam War: In Paris, a Communist delegation rejects US President Richard Nixon s October 7 peace proposal as "a maneuver to deceive world opinion." | |
| October 8th, 1970 (October 08 1970) | Birth | Matt Damon, American actor | |
| October 8th, 1970 (October 08 1970) | Birth | Gauri Khan, wife of Indian actor Shahrukh Khan | Shahrukh Khan Quotes |
| October 8th, 1970 (October 08 1970) | Birth | Tetsuya Nomura, Japanese video-game designer | |
| October 8th, 1970 (October 08 1970) | Birth | Soon-Yi Previn, Korean American actress | |
| October 8th, 1970 (October 08 1970) | Death | Mitr Chaibancha, Thai film actor (born in 1934) | |
| October 8th, 1970 (October 08 1970) | Death | Jean Giono, French author (born in 1895) | |
| October 8th, 1969 (October 08 1969) | Event | The opening rally of the Days of Rage occurs, organized by the Weather Underground in Chicago, Illinois. | |
| October 8th, 1969 (October 08 1969) | Birth | Julia Ann, American pornographic actress | |
| October 8th, 1969 (October 08 1969) | Birth | Jeremy Davies, American actor | |
| October 8th, 1969 (October 08 1969) | Birth | Dylan Neal, Canadian actor | |
| October 8th, 1968 (October 08 1968) | Event | Vietnam War: Operation SealordsUnited States and South Vietnamese forces launch a new operation in the Mekong Delta. | |
| October 8th, 1968 (October 08 1968) | Birth | Ali Benarbia, former Algerian footballer | |
| October 8th, 1968 (October 08 1968) | Birth | Zvonimir Boban, Croatian football player | |
| October 8th, 1968 (October 08 1968) | Birth | Emily Procter, American actress | |
| October 8th, 1968 (October 08 1968) | Birth | Karyn Parsons, American actress | |
| October 8th, 1968 (October 08 1968) | Birth | Leeroy Thornhill, British musician (The Prodigy) | |
| October 8th, 1967 (October 08 1967) | Event | Guerrilla leader Che Guevara and his men are captured in Bolivia. | |
| October 8th, 1967 (October 08 1967) | Birth | Yvonne Reyes, Venezuelan actress | |
| October 8th, 1967 (October 08 1967) | Death | Clement Attlee, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born in 1883) | |
| October 8th, 1966 (October 08 1966) | Birth | Art Barr, American wrestler (died in 1994) | |
| October 8th, 1965 (October 08 1965) | Birth | Ardal O Hanlon, Irish comedian and actor | |
| October 8th, 1965 (October 08 1965) | Birth | C-Jay Ramone, American musician (The Ramones) | |
| October 8th, 1964 (October 08 1964) | Birth | CeCe Winans, American singer | |
| October 8th, 1962 (October 08 1962) | Event | Spiegel scandal: Der Spiegel publishes the article "Bedingt abwehrbereit" ("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. The magazine was soon accused of treason. | |
| October 8th, 1962 (October 08 1962) | Birth | Bruno Thiry, Belgian rally driver | |
| October 8th, 1962 (October 08 1962) | Death | Solomon Linda, South African singer and composer | Solomon Quotes |
| October 8th, 1960 (October 08 1960) | Birth | Lorenzo Mila, Spanish newscaster | |
| October 8th, 1960 (October 08 1960) | Birth | Francois Perusse, Quebec humorist | |
| October 8th, 1960 (October 08 1960) | Birth | Reed Hastings, American businessman and entrepreneur | |
| October 8th, 1959 (October 08 1959) | Birth | Nick Bakay, American actor | |
| October 8th, 1959 (October 08 1959) | Birth | Mike Morgan, American baseball player | |
| October 8th, 1958 (October 08 1958) | Birth | Steve Coll, American journalist | |
| October 8th, 1958 (October 08 1958) | Death | Ran Bosilek, Bulgarian author (born in 1886) | |
| October 8th, 1957 (October 08 1957) | Birth | Antonio Cabrini, Italian footballer | |
| October 8th, 1957 (October 08 1957) | Birth | Joe Castiglione, American college athletic director | |
| October 8th, 1956 (October 08 1956) | Birth | Stephanie Zimbalist, American actress | |
| October 8th, 1956 (October 08 1956) | Birth | Jeff Lahti, American baseball player | |
| October 8th, 1955 (October 08 1955) | Birth | Bill Elliott, American racecar driver | |
| October 8th, 1955 (October 08 1955) | Birth | Lonnie Pitchford, American blues musician | |
| October 8th, 1954 (October 08 1954) | Birth | Michael Dudikoff, American actor | |
| October 8th, 1954 (October 08 1954) | Birth | Huub Rothengatter, Dutch racecar driver | |
| October 8th, 1953 (October 08 1953) | Death | Nigel Bruce, British actor (born in 1895) | |
| October 8th, 1953 (October 08 1953) | Death | Kathleen Ferrier, British contralto (born in 1912) | |
| October 8th, 1952 (October 08 1952) | Event | Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash kills 112 people. | |
| October 8th, 1952 (October 08 1952) | Birth | Jan Marijnissen, Dutch politician | |
| October 8th, 1952 (October 08 1952) | Birth | Edward Zwick, American film director | |
| October 8th, 1952 (October 08 1952) | Death | Joe Adams, American baseball player (born in 1877) | |
| October 8th, 1951 (October 08 1951) | Birth | Jack O Connell, American politician | |
| October 8th, 1950 (October 08 1950) | Birth | Robert Kool Bell, American musician (Kool & the Gang) | |
| October 8th, 1949 (October 08 1949) | Birth | Sigourney Weaver, American actress | |
| October 8th, 1948 (October 08 1948) | Birth | Benjamin Cheever, American novelist and editor | |
| October 8th, 1948 (October 08 1948) | Birth | Sarah Purcell, American television host | |
| October 8th, 1948 (October 08 1948) | Birth | Johnny Ramone, American musician (The Ramones) (died in 2004) | |
| October 8th, 1948 (October 08 1948) | Birth | Pedro Lopez, Colombian serial killer | |
| October 8th, 1948 (October 08 1948) | Birth | Claude Jade, French actress (died in 2006) | |
| October 8th, 1947 (October 08 1947) | Birth | Emiel Puttemans, Belgian athlete | |
| October 8th, 1946 (October 08 1946) | Birth | Jean-Jacques Beineix, French film director | |
| October 8th, 1946 (October 08 1946) | Birth | Dennis Kucinich, American politician | |
| October 8th, 1945 (October 08 1945) | Death | Felix Salten, Austrian author (born in 1869) | |
| October 8th, 1944 (October 08 1944) | Event | The Battle of Crucifix Hill, a World War II battle, occurs on Crucifix Hill just outside of Aachen. Capt. Bobbie Brown receives a Medal of Honor for his heroics in this battle. | |
| October 8th, 1944 (October 08 1944) | Birth | Susan Raye, American singer | |
| October 8th, 1944 (October 08 1944) | Death | Wendell Willkie, American politician (born in 1892) | |
| October 8th, 1943 (October 08 1943) | Birth | Chevy Chase, American comedian and actor | |
| October 8th, 1943 (October 08 1943) | Birth | R. L. Stine, American author | |
| October 8th, 1942 (October 08 1942) | Death | Sergei Chaplygin, Soviet engineer | |
| October 8th, 1941 (October 08 1941) | Event | World War II: In their invasion of the Soviet Union, Germany reaches the Sea of Azov with the capture of Mariupol. | |
| October 8th, 1941 (October 08 1941) | Birth | Jesse Jackson, American clergyman and civil rights activist | Jesse Jackson Quotes |
| October 8th, 1940 (October 08 1940) | Birth | Fred Cash, American singer (The Impressions) | |
| October 8th, 1939 (October 08 1939) | Event | World War II: Germany annexes Western Poland. | |
| October 8th, 1939 (October 08 1939) | Birth | Paul Hogan, Australian actor | |
| October 8th, 1939 (October 08 1939) | Birth | Harvey Pekar, American author | |
| October 8th, 1938 (October 08 1938) | Birth | Fred Stolle, Australian tennis player | |
| October 8th, 1938 (October 08 1938) | Birth | Walter Gretzky, father of Wayne Gretzky | |
| October 8th, 1936 (October 08 1936) | Birth | Rona Barrett, American gossip columnist | |
| October 8th, 1936 (October 08 1936) | Death | William Henry Stark, American business leader (born in 1851) | |
| October 8th, 1936 (October 08 1936) | Death | Red Ames, American baseball player (born in 1882) | |
| October 8th, 1932 (October 08 1932) | Event | The Indian Air Force is established. | |
| October 8th, 1932 (October 08 1932) | Birth | Ray Reardon, Welsh snooker player | |
| October 8th, 1931 (October 08 1931) | Death | Sir John Monash, Australian soldier general (born in 1865) | |
| October 8th, 1930 (October 08 1930) | Birth | Toru Takemitsu, Japanese composer (died in 1996) | |
| October 8th, 1929 (October 08 1929) | Birth | Valdir Pereira, Brazilian footballer (died in 2001) | |
| October 8th, 1928 (October 08 1928) | Event | Joseph Szigeti debuted Alfredo Casella s Violin Concerto. | |
| October 8th, 1928 (October 08 1928) | Birth | Neil Harvey, Australian cricketer | |
| October 8th, 1928 (October 08 1928) | Birth | Bill Maynard, British actor | |
| October 8th, 1928 (October 08 1928) | Death | Larry Semon, comedian (born in 1889) | |
| October 8th, 1927 (October 08 1927) | Birth | Jim Elliot, American missionary (died in 1956) | Jim Elliot Quotes |
| October 8th, 1927 (October 08 1927) | Birth | Cesar Milstein, Argentine scientist, Nobel laureate (died in 2002) | |
| October 8th, 1924 (October 08 1924) | Birth | Alphons Egli, member of the Swiss Federal Council | |
| October 8th, 1922 (October 08 1922) | Birth | Nils Liedholm, Swedish football midfielder and coach (died in 2007) | |
| October 8th, 1921 (October 08 1921) | Birth | Abraham Sarmiento, Filipino Supreme Court jurist | Abraham Quotes |
| October 8th, 1920 (October 08 1920) | Birth | Frank Herbert, American writer (died in 1986) | |
| October 8th, 1919 (October 08 1919) | Birth | Kiichi Miyazawa, 78th Prime Minister of Japan (died in 2007) | |
| October 8th, 1918 (October 08 1918) | Event | World WarIn the Argonne Forest in France, United States Corporal Alvin C. York almost single-handedly kills 25 German soldiers and captures 132. | |
| October 8th, 1918 (October 08 1918) | Birth | Ron Randell, film character actor (d.2005) | |
| October 8th, 1918 (October 08 1918) | Birth | Jens Christian Skou, Danish chemist, Nobel laureate | |
| October 8th, 1917 (October 08 1917) | Birth | Billy Conn, American boxer (died in 1993) | |
| October 8th, 1917 (October 08 1917) | Birth | Walter Lord, American author (died in 2002) | |
| October 8th, 1917 (October 08 1917) | Birth | Danny Murtaugh, American baseball player (died in 1976) | |
| October 8th, 1917 (October 08 1917) | Birth | Rodney Robert Porter, English biochemist, Nobel laureate (died in 1985) | |
| October 8th, 1912 (October 08 1912) | Event | First Balkan War begins: Montenegro declares war against Turkey. | |
| October 8th, 1910 (October 08 1910) | Birth | Kirk Alyn, American actor (died in 1999) | |
| October 8th, 1910 (October 08 1910) | Birth | Gus Hall, American union organizer and head of the U.S. Communist Party (died in 2000) | |
| October 8th, 1910 (October 08 1910) | Birth | Ray Lewis, Canadian runner (died in 2003) | |
| October 8th, 1901 (October 08 1901) | Birth | Eivind Groven, Norwegian composer (died in 1977) | |
| October 8th, 1897 (October 08 1897) | Birth | Rouben Mamoulian, Armenian-American film director (died in 1987) | |
| October 8th, 1897 (October 08 1897) | Death | Alexei Savrasov, Russian painter (born in 1830) | |
| October 8th, 1896 (October 08 1896) | Birth | Julien Duvivier, French film director (died in 1967) | |
| October 8th, 1895 (October 08 1895) | Event | Eulmi incident- Queen Min of Joseon, the last empress of Korea, is assassinated and her corpse burnt by the Japanese in Gyeongbok Palace. | |
| October 8th, 1895 (October 08 1895) | Birth | Juan Peron, President of Argentina (died in 1974) | |
| October 8th, 1895 (October 08 1895) | Birth | Zog I, King of Albania (died in 1961) | |
| October 8th, 1890 (October 08 1890) | Birth | Edward Rickenbacker, American pilot (died in 1973) | |
| October 8th, 1890 (October 08 1890) | Birth | Philippe Thys, Belgian cyclist (died in 1971) | |
| October 8th, 1889 (October 08 1889) | Birth | C. E. Woolman, American airline founder (died in 1966) | |
| October 8th, 1888 (October 08 1888) | Birth | Ernst Kretschmer, German psychiatrist (died in 1964) | |
| October 8th, 1887 (October 08 1887) | Birth | Huntley Gordon, Canadian actor (died in 1956) | |
| October 8th, 1886 (October 08 1886) | Death | Austin F. Pike, American politician from New Hampshire (born in 1819) | |
| October 8th, 1884 (October 08 1884) | Birth | Walther von Reichenau, German military officer (died in 1942) | |
| October 8th, 1883 (October 08 1883) | Birth | Otto Heinrich Warburg, German physician, Nobel laureate (died in 1970) | |
| October 8th, 1883 (October 08 1883) | Birth | Dick Burnett, American musician (died in 1977) | |
| October 8th, 1879 (October 08 1879) | Event | 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. | |
| October 8th, 1879 (October 08 1879) | Death | Miguel Grau Seminario, Peruvian Admiral (born in 1834) | |
| October 8th, 1877 (October 08 1877) | Birth | Hans Heysen, German-born landscape artist (died in 1968) | |
| October 8th, 1871 (October 08 1871) | Event | Four major fires break out on the shores of Lake Michigan in Chicago, Peshtigo, Wisconsin, Holland, Michigan, and Manistee, Michigan. The Great Chicago Fire is the most famous of these, having left nearly 100,000 people homeless, although the Peshtigo Fire killed as many as 2,500 people making it the deadliest fire in United States history. | |
| October 8th, 1870 (October 08 1870) | Birth | Louis Vierne, French organist (died in 1937) | |
| October 8th, 1869 (October 08 1869) | Death | Franklin Pierce, 14th President of the United States (born in 1804) | Franklin Pierce Quotes |
| October 8th, 1864 (October 08 1864) | Birth | Ozias Leduc, Quebecois painter (died in 1955) | |
| October 8th, 1863 (October 08 1863) | Birth | Edythe Chapman, American actress (died in 1948) | |
| October 8th, 1862 (October 08 1862) | Event | American Civil War: Battle of PerryvilleUnion forces under General Don Carlos Buell halt the Confederate invasion of Kentucky by defeating troops led by General Braxton Bragg at Perryville, Kentucky. | |
| October 8th, 1856 (October 08 1856) | Event | The Second Opium War between several western powers and China begins with the Arrow Incident on the Pearl River. | |
| October 8th, 1850 (October 08 1850) | Birth | Henri Louis le Chatelier, French chemist (died in 1936) | |
| October 8th, 1847 (October 08 1847) | Death | Rose Scott, Social Reformer | |
| October 8th, 1834 (October 08 1834) | Birth | Walter Kittredge, American musician (died in 1905) | |
| October 8th, 1834 (October 08 1834) | Death | Francois-Adrien Boieldieu, French composer (born in 1775) | |
| October 8th, 1821 (October 08 1821) | Event | The government of general Jose de San Martin establishes the Peruvian Navy. | Jose de San Martin Quotes |
| October 8th, 1818 (October 08 1818) | Birth | John Henninger Reagan, American politician (died in 1905) | |
| October 8th, 1809 (October 08 1809) | Death | James Elphinston, Scottish philologist (born in 1721) | Philo Quotes |
| October 8th, 1795 (October 08 1795) | Death | Andrew Kippis, English non-conformist clergyman (born in 1725) | |
| October 8th, 1793 (October 08 1793) | Death | John Hancock, American revolutionary (born in 1737) | |
| October 8th, 1789 (October 08 1789) | Birth | John Ruggles, American politician (died in 1874) | |
| October 8th, 1789 (October 08 1789) | Birth | William John Swainson, English naturalist and artist (died in 1855) | John Wain Quotes |
| October 8th, 1772 (October 08 1772) | Death | Jean Joseph de Mondonville, French composer (born in 1711) | |
| October 8th, 1765 (October 08 1765) | Birth | Harman Blennerhassett, Irish lawyer (died in 1831) | |
| October 8th, 1754 (October 08 1754) | Death | Henry Fielding, English author (born in 1707) | Henry Fielding Quotes |
| October 8th, 1747 (October 08 1747) | Birth | Jean-Francois Rewbell, French politician (died in 1807) | |
| October 8th, 1735 (October 08 1735) | Death | Yongzheng Emperor of China (born in 1678) | |
| October 8th, 1720 (October 08 1720) | Birth | Jonathan Mayhew, American minister (died in 1766) | |
| October 8th, 1715 (October 08 1715) | Birth | Michel Benoist, French Jesuit missionary (died in 1774) | |
| October 8th, 1713 (October 08 1713) | Birth | Yechezkel Landau, Polish rabbi and Talmudist (died in 1793) | |
| October 8th, 1676 (October 08 1676) | Birth | Benito Jeronimo Feijoo y Montenegro, Spanish scholar (died in 1764) | |
| October 8th, 1659 (October 08 1659) | Death | Jean de Quen, French Jesuit missionary | |
| October 8th, 1656 (October 08 1656) | Death | John George I, Elector of Saxony (born in 1585) | |
| October 8th, 1652 (October 08 1652) | Death | John Greaves, English mathematician (born in 1602) | |
| October 8th, 1647 (October 08 1647) | Death | Christian Sorensen Longomontanus, Danish astronomer (born in 1562) | |
| October 8th, 1621 (October 08 1621) | Death | Antoine de Montchretien, French dramatist | |
| October 8th, 1600 (October 08 1600) | Event | San Marino adopts its written constitution. | |
| October 8th, 1582 (October 08 1582) | Event | Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain. | |
| October 8th, 1515 (October 08 1515) | Birth | Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox (died in 1578) | |
| October 8th, 1480 (October 08 1480) | Event | 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 resulted in the retreat of the Tataro-Mongols and eventual disintegration of the Horde. | |
| October 8th, 1317 (October 08 1317) | Death | Fushimi, Emperor of Japan (born in 1265) | |
| October 8th, 1286 (October 08 1286) | Death | John I of Dreux, Duke of Brittany (born in 1217) | |
| October 8th, 1075 (October 08 1075) | Event | Dmitar Zvonimir is crowned king of Croatia. | |
| October 8th, 0976 (October 08 0976) | Death | Jelena of Zadar, Croatian queen | |
| October 8th, 0451 (October 08 0451) | Event | At Chalcedon, a city of Bithynia in Asia Minor, the first session of the Council of Chalcedon begins (ends on November 1). | |
| October 8th, 0314 (October 08 0314) | Event | Roman Emperor Licinius is defeated by his colleague Constantine I at the Battle of Cibalae, and loses his European territories. | |
