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October 8 is the 281st day of the year ... 2005 – The 7.6 M w Kashmir earthquake leaves 86,000–87,351 people dead, 69,000–75,266 injured, and 2.8 million homeless.
October 8 Lithograph depicting the Great Chicago Fire 1871 – The Great Chicago Fire (pictured) , which according to popular belief was started by a cow belonging to Catherine O'Leary kicking over a lantern, began and proceeded to destroy much of the city's central business district .
Karel Vlach (October 8, 1911 –February 26, 1986), Czech bandleader, would have turned 113 this year. Clarence Williams (October 8, 1893 –November 06, 1965), American jazz pianist and composer, would have turned 131 this year. Louis Vierne (October 8, 1870 –June 21, 1937), French organist, would have turned 154 this year.
The Grammy Award-winning musician was born on October 31, 1961. My Chemical Romance guitarist Frank Iero was born on October 31, 1981. That means he'll turn 43 this year.
October 7 – Diego Costa, Brazilian born-Spanish footballer [289] October 8 – Maddie Hinch, English field hockey player [290] October 9 – Amanda Serrano, Puerto Rican boxer, mixed martial artist and professional wrestler [291] October 10 – Jodie Devos, Belgian soprano (d. 2024) [292] October 15 – Mesut Özil, German football player [293]
1917 - The "Miracle of the Sun" is witnessed by an estimated 70,000 people in the Cova da Iria in Fátima, Portugal 1954 – Birth of Mordechai Vanunu , Israeli nuclear technician 1976 - The first electron micrograph of an Ebola viral particle was obtained by Dr. F.A. Murphy , now at U.C. Davis , who was then working at the C.D.C.
Hugh Hefner, the man who created a magazine empire, died Wednesday at the age of 91. His legacy includes some of the most famous Playboy playmates ever to grace the cover and go one to become ...
8. They Have a Cynical Streak According to Brittanica , Gen Xers are more likely to have a cynical opinion of humanity—namely due to the economic and geopolitical tumult that served as a ...