History Events on October 08

In the wake of Hurricane Matthew, the death toll rises to nearly 900.

#Hurricane_Matthew

World War II: Germany annexes western Poland.

#World_War_II

World War I: Corporal Alvin C. York kills 28 German soldiers and captures 132 for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor.

#World_War_I

Franklin National Bank collapses due to fraud and mismanagement; at the time it is the largest bank failure in the history of the United States.

#Franklin_National_Bank

The first session of the Council of Chalcedon begins.

#Council_of_Chalcedon

Upon the expiration of the Brioni Agreement, Croatia and Slovenia sever all official relations with Yugoslavia.

#Brioni_Agreement

The Great Chicago Fire and the much deadlier Peshtigo Fire break out.

#Great_Chicago_Fire

About 200 Extinction Rebellion activists block the gates of Leinster House (parliament) in the Republic of Ireland.

#Extinction_Rebellion

Frankish forces led by Louis the Younger prevent a West Frankish invasion and defeat emperor Charles II ("the Bald").

#Battle_of_Andernach_(876)

Korean Empress Myeongseong is assassinated by Japanese infiltrators.

#Empress_Myeongseong

The 7.6 Mw? Kashmir earthquake leaves 86,000-87,351 people dead, 69,000-75,266 injured, and 2.8 million homeless.

#2005_Kashmir_earthquake

Stephenson's Rocket wins the Rainhill Trials.

#Rainhill_Trials

War of the Pacific: The Chilean Navy defeats the Peruvian Navy in the Battle of Angamos.

#Battle_of_Angamos

American Civil War: The Confederate invasion of Kentucky is halted at the Battle of Perryville.

#Battle_of_Perryville

Poland bans Solidarity and all other trade unions.

#Solidarity_(Polish_trade_union)

Australia's Ken Warby sets the current world water speed record of 317.60 mph at Blowering Dam, Australia.

#Ken_Warby

Guerrilla leader Che Guevara and his men are captured in Bolivia.

#Che_Guevara

Yom Kippur War: Israel loses more than 150 tanks in a failed attack on Egyptian-occupied positions.

#Yom_Kippur_War

U.S. President George W. Bush announces the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security.

#United_States_Department_of_Homeland_Security

The Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash kills 112 people.

#Harrow_and_Wealdstone_rail_crash

World War II: Captain Bobbie Brown earns a Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Crucifix Hill, just outside Aachen.

#Battle_of_Crucifix_Hill

Isabella of Angoulême is crowned Queen consort of England.

#Isabella_of_Angoulême

The Second Opium War between several western powers and China begins with the Arrow Incident.

#Second_Opium_War

Dmitar Zvonimir is crowned King of Croatia.

#Demetrius_Zvonimir_of_Croatia

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn wins the Nobel Prize in literature.

#Aleksandr_Solzhenitsyn

A twin engine Cessna and a Scandinavian Airlines System jetliner collide in heavy fog during takeoff from Milan, Italy, killing 118 people.

#Linate_Airport_disaster

World War II: During the preliminaries of the Battle of Rostov, German forces reach the Sea of Azov with the capture of Mariupol.

#Battle_of_Rostov_(1941)

Constantine I defeats Roman Emperor Licinius, who loses his European territories.

#Battle_of_Cibalae

The Peruvian Navy is established during the War of Independence.

#Peruvian_Navy

End of the Spanish siege of Alkmaar, the first Dutch victory in the Eighty Years' War.

#Siege_of_Alkmaar

The First Balkan War begins when Montenegro declares war against the Ottoman Empire.

#First_Balkan_War

The New York Yankees's Don Larsen pitches the only perfect game in a World Series.

#Don_Larsen

Jeanne Mance open the first lay hospital in North America.

#Jeanne_Mance

Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person in the United States to be diagnosed with Ebola, dies.

Second Intifada: Israeli police kill 17 Palestinians and wound over 100 near the Dome of the Rock.

Cats opens on Broadway and runs for nearly 18 years before closing on September 10, 2000.

Spyros Markezinis begins his 48-day term as prime minister in an abortive attempt to lead Greece to parliamentary rule.

The opening rally of the Days of Rage occurs, organized by the Weather Underground in Chicago.

Der Spiegel publishes an article disclosing the sorry state of the Bundeswehr, and is soon accused of treason.

World War II: Around 30 civilians are executed by Friedrich Schubert's paramilitary group in Kallikratis, Crete.

KDKA in Pittsburgh's Forbes Field conducts the first live broadcast of a football game.

The Treaty of Ried is signed between Bavaria and Austria.

The Great stand on the Ugra river puts an end to Tartar rule over Moscow

Mladen II Šubi? of Bribir is deposed as the Croatian Ban after the Battle of Bliska.