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On this day: October 8 in history

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1. 316Constantine I defeats Licinius, who loses his European territories.Europe
2. 451The first session of the Council of Chalcedon begins.Middle East
3. 876Frankish forces led by Louis the Younger prevent a West Frankish invasion and defeat emperor Charles II ("the Bald").Europe
4. 1075Dmitar Zvonimir is crowned King of Croatia.Europe
5. 1200Isabella of Angoulême is crowned Queen consort of England.Europe
6. 1322Mladen II Šubić of Bribir is deposed as the Croatian Ban after the Battle of Bliska.Europe
7. 1480The Great Stand on the Ugra River puts an end to Tatar rule over MoscowEurope
8. 1573The Spanish siege of Alkmaar ends with the first Dutch victory in the Eighty Years' War.Europe
9. 1645Jeanne Mance opens the first lay hospital of North America in Montreal.North America
10. 1813The Treaty of Ried is signed between Bavaria and Austria.Europe
11. 1821The Peruvian Navy is established during the War of Independence.Latin America
12. 1829Stephenson's Rocket wins the Rainhill Trials.Europe
13. 1856The Second Opium War between several western powers and China begins with the Arrow Incident.Asia
14. 1862American Civil War: The Confederate invasion of Kentucky is halted at the Battle of Perryville.North America
15. 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.North America
16. 1879War of the Pacific: The Chilean Navy defeats the Peruvian Navy in the Battle of Angamos.Latin America
17. 1895Korean Empress Myeongseong is assassinated by Japanese infiltrators.AsiaAsia
18. 1912The First Balkan War begins when Montenegro declares war against the Ottoman Empire.EuropeMiddle East
19. 1918World War I: Corporal Alvin C. York kills 28 German soldiers and captures 132, for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor.Europe
20. 1921KDKA in Pittsburgh's Forbes Field conducts the first live broadcast of a football game.North America
21. 1939World War II: Germany annexes western Poland.Europe
22. 1941World War II: During the preliminaries of the Battle of Rostov, German forces reach the Sea of Azov with the capture of Mariupol.Europe
23. 1943World War II: Around 30 civilians are executed by Friedrich Schubert's paramilitary group in Kallikratis, Crete.Europe
24. 1944World War II: Captain Bobbie Brown earns a Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Crucifix Hill, just outside Aachen.Europe
25. 1952The Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash in England kills 112 people.Europe
26. 1956The New York Yankees's Don Larsen pitches the only perfect game in a World Series.North America
27. 1962Der Spiegel publishes an article disclosing the sorry state of the Bundeswehr, leading to accusations of treason.Europe
28. 1967Guerrilla leader Che Guevara and his men are captured in Bolivia. Guevara would be executed the next day.Latin America
29. 1969The opening rally of the Days of Rage occurs, organized by the Weather Underground in Chicago.North America
30. 1970Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn wins the Nobel Prize in literature.Europe
31. 1973Yom Kippur War: Israel loses more than 150 tanks in a failed attack on Egyptian-occupied positions.Middle East
32. 1973Spyros Markezinis begins his 48-day term as prime minister in an abortive attempt to lead Greece to parliamentary rule.Europe
33. 1974Franklin National Bank collapses due to fraud and mismanagement; at the time it is the largest bank failure in the history of the United States.North America
34. 1978Australia's Ken Warby sets the current world water speed record of 275.97 knots at Blowering Dam, Australia.Oceania
35. 1982Poland bans Solidarity and all other trade unions.Europe
36. 1986An explosion occurred at the Cipel-Marco fur factory in Kwai Chung, Hong Kong, killing 14 and injuring 10.Asia
37. 1990First Intifada: Israeli police kill 17 Palestinians and wound over 100 near the Dome of the Rock.Middle East
38. 1991Upon the expiration of the Brioni Agreement, Croatia and Slovenia sever all official relations with Yugoslavia.Europe
39. 2001U.S. president George W. Bush announces the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security.North America
40. 2001A twin engine Cessna and a Scandinavian Airlines System jetliner collide in heavy fog during takeoff from Milan, Italy, killing 118 people.Europe
41. 2005The 7.6 Mw Kashmir earthquake leaves 86,000–87,351 people dead, 69,000–75,266 injured, and 2.8 million homeless.Asia
42. 2014Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person in the United States to be diagnosed with Ebola, dies.North America
43. 2016In the wake of Hurricane Matthew, the death toll rises to nearly 900.Latin America
44. 2019About 200 Extinction Rebellion activists block the gates of Leinster House (parliament) in the Republic of Ireland.Europe
45. 2020Second Nagorno-Karabakh War: Azerbaijan twice deliberately targeted the Church of the Holy Savior Ghazanchetsots of Shusha.Europe

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