Important Events From This day in History October 8

 

8 Oct, 2005 Pakistan Earthquake

2005 : A massive 7.6-magnitude earthquake strikes Azad Kashmir (Pakistan-administered Kashmir) leaving an estimated 70,000 dead and 70,000 more injured. More than 3 million were left homeless and without food and basic supplies.

8 Oct, 1983 U.S.A. Earthquake

1983 : A moderate earthquake 5.2 on the Richter Scale hit Central New York up as far as Canada, earthquakes in the region are not common so everybody who was woken by the movement at 6:19 in the morning noticed it, effects ranged from water in a water bed making waves to things falling off shelves, the last earthquake of any size was back in 1944 which measured 5.9 on the Richter Scale.

8 Oct, 1871 Great Chicago Fire

1871 : The Great Chicago Fire started on Sunday, October 8, and burned for three days before it finally burned itself out Tuesday, October 10, 1871.

8 Oct, 1919 U.S.A. Air Races

1919 : The first transcontinental air race in the United States begins with 63 planes competing between California and New York.

8 Oct, 1921 U.S.A. Still

1921 : A 100 gallon capacity still, three barrels of mash and 50 gallons of whisky were found when prohibition agents raided a home in a fashionable neighborhood in Toledo, Ohio.

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8 Oct, 1929 U.S.A. Obscene Language

1929 : A Man is charged of Speaking Offensively in Front of a Lady and found guilty for using obscene language in front of a woman in Ohio.

8 Oct, 1933 Moratorium on Farm Foreclosures

1933 : As the nations farmers continue to struggle the National Farmers Union has asked President Roosevelt to intervene and place a moratorium on farm mortgage foreclosures and that farm prices be pegged at the cost of production.

8 Oct, 1941 World War II Moscow

1941 : German armies have mounted an all out offensive towards Moscow in an attempt to beat the winter, they are now only 125 miles from the Russian capital itself. Hitler believes that conquering the Soviet Union early will provide a great source of supplies and that Russian armies are close to collapse and defeat.

8 Oct, 1952 U.S.A. Drive In Movie

1952 : A woman is suing her local drive-in movie theater in Supreme Court for $13,000 in damages after she complained that the fog prevented her from watching the movie and the manager refused to refund her money, she then told the manager to do a fog check and the theater manager struck her.

8 Oct, 1952 UK Train Crash

1952 : Three Trains crash at Harrow in North London with over 80 dead and many more injured.

8 Oct, 1965 Post Office Tower Opens In London

1965 : London's Post Office Tower which at 581 ft tall is officially opened by the then Prime Minister, Harold Wilson as the tallest building in Britain at the time. It's main purpose was to support microwave aerials used to carry telecommunications traffic from London to the rest of the country.

8 Oct, 1966 Canada Train Crash

1966 : A Canadian Pacific Toronto bound freight train bound crashed into a school bus carrying children to the School Dance, 18 children were killed together with the Bus driver and police are investigating the cause of the accident.

8 Oct, 1969 U.S.A. Weather Underground

1969 : The Weather Underground (Weatherman) has the first of the Days of Rage riots in Chicago, Illinois. The Weatherman were an American radical left organization which were involved in bombings, riots, and a jailbreak including the bombing of United States Capitol, The Pentagon and the Harry S Truman Building which houses the United States Department of State.

8 Oct, 1970 Sweden Solzhenitsyn

October 8th, 1970 : The Russian writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn wins the Nobel Prize for literature.

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8 Oct, 1973 Great Britain LBC

1973 : Britain's first commercial independent radio station begins broadcasting LBC (London Broadcasting Company) on VHF and medium wave.

8 Oct, 1973 Middle East Arab Israeli War

October 8th, 1973 : Reports from the middle east on the third day of the Arab - Israeli war give differing news with Israel stating Syria is in full retreat from the Golan Heights back to Damascus while Syrian Radio states they repulsed the Israeli attacks and are in full control. Egypt has also stated they are in full control of the east bank of the Suez Canal. The US is meanwhile asking for a meeting of the full security council of the United Nations so they can put forward proposals to end the war.

8 Oct, 1974 Franklin National Bank

1974 : Franklin National Bank once the United States 20th largest bank, is declared insolvent due to mismanagement and fraud by the Treasury Department making it the largest bank failure in the history of the United States at that point in time.

8 Oct, 1982 Poland Solidarity Union Banned

1982 : The Polish government bans the Solidarity Trade Union in an attempt to destroy the Union.

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