October 8th, 1846

Born on October 8th, 1846

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on October 8th?

October 8th, 1604

Kepler's Supernova (remnant pictured), the most recent supernova in the Milky Way, was observed worldwide.

October 8th, 2019

Anti-government protests calling for free and fair elections began in Baku, Azerbaijan.

October 8th, 2016

Yemen War: A funeral in Sanaa was hit by two consecutive airstrikes by a Saudi-led coalition, leaving 143–155 civilians dead and more than 525 injured.

October 8th, 2001

At Linate Airport in Milan, Italy, Scandinavian Airlines Flight SK686 collided on take-off with a Cessna Citation II business jet, killing 118 people.

October 8th, 1998

A new airport for Oslo, Norway, opened at Gardermoen, replacing a smaller one at the same location that had served as a backup to the city's previous main airport at Fornebu.

October 8th, 1969

Demonstrations organized by the Weather Underground known as the Days of Rage began in Chicago, aimed at ending U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.

October 8th, 1952

Three trains collided (aftermath pictured) at Harrow & Wealdstone station in London, killing 112 people and injuring 340 others.* 1956 – Major League Baseball pitcher Don Larsen threw the only perfect game in World Series history.

October 8th, 1932

The Indian Air Force was founded as an auxiliary air force of the British Royal Air Force.

October 8th, 1918

World War I: After his platoon suffered heavy casualties during the Meuse–Argonne offensive in France's Forest of Argonne, American Corporal Alvin York led the 7 remaining men on an attack against a German machine gun nest; 25 German soldiers were killed and 132 captured.

October 8th, 1871

Five large fires broke out in the United States, including the Great Chicago Fire in Illinois and the Peshtigo fire in Wisconsin, the latter being the deadliest in U.S. history.

October 8th, 1862

The Battle of Perryville, a battle of the American Civil War with a high casualty count, was fought west of Perryville, Kentucky.

October 8th, 0451

The Council of Chalcedon, a Christian ecumenical council, opened, and went on to repudiate the Eutychian doctrine of monophysitism and set forth the Chalcedonian Creed.

October 8th, 2023

The 2023 Israel–Hamas war is declared following the Hamas attack the day prior

October 8th, 2020

Second Nagorno-Karabakh War: Azerbaijan twice deliberately targeted the Church of the Holy Savior Ghazanchetsots of Shusha.

October 8th, 2019

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

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on October 8th

Born on October 8th, 1846

70

Tarleton Hoffman Bean

American ichthyologist (1846-1916)

*October 8th, 1846, Bainbridge †December 28th, 1916, Albany

Same Day
Who's birthday is on October 8th?

93

Otto Winter Hjelm

Norwegian composer

*October 8th, 1837, Christiania †May 3rd, 1931, Oslo

65

Ursula von der Leyen

President of the European Commission since 2019

*October 8th, 1958, Ixelles - Elsene

36

Duda Beat

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*October 8th, 1987, Recife

52

David Gauke

British politician and solicitor (born 1971)

*October 8th, 1971, Ipswich

83

Pierre De Geyter

Belgian composer

*October 8th, 1848, Ghent †September 26th, 1932, Saint-Denis

74

Sigourney Weaver

American actress

*October 8th, 1949, Manhattan

38

Bruno Mars

American singer, songwriter, and record producer

*October 8th, 1985, Honolulu

53

Matt Damon

American actor, screenwriter, and producer

*October 8th, 1970, Cambridge

69

Huntley Gordon

Canadian actor (1887-1956)

*October 8th, 1887, Montreal †December 7th, 1956, Van Nuys

30

Molly Quinn

American actress

*October 8th, 1993, Texarkana

46

Jamie Marchi

American voice actress

*October 8th, 1977, Knoxville

30

Barbara Palvin

Hungarian model

*October 8th, 1993, Budapest

85

Henry Louis Le Châtelier

French chemist

*October 8th, 1850, Paris †September 17th, 1936, Miribel-les-Échelles

50

Murmel Clausen

German screenwriter

*October 8th, 1973, Munich

78

Salomon Kalischer

German physicist and composer

*October 8th, 1845, Toruń †September 22nd, 1924, Mariánské Lázně

68

Gabriel Dell

American actor (1919-1988)

*October 8th, 1919, New York City †July 3rd, 1988, North Hollywood

30

Garbiñe Muguruza

Spanish-Venezuelan tennis player

*October 8th, 1993, Caracas

42

Anja Gräfenstein

German actress

*October 8th, 1981, Schwerin

55

Julia Ann

American pornographic actress

*October 8th, 1968, Glendale

26

Bella Thorne

American actress and singer (born 1997)

*October 8th, 1997, Pembroke Pines

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Born in 1846

70

Gaston Maspero

French Egyptologist (1846–1916)

*June 23rd, 1846, Paris †June 30th, 1916, Palais de l'Institut de France

70

Henryk Sienkiewicz

Polish writer, novelist, journalist, philanthropist and Nobel Prize laureate

*May 5th, 1846, Wola Okrzejska †November 15th, 1916, Vevey

61

Holger Drachmann

Poet and painter (1846-1908)

*October 9th, 1846, Copenhagen †January 14th, 1908, Hornbæk

80

Rudolf Christoph Eucken

(1846-1926) German philosopher

*January 5th, 1846, Aurich †September 15th, 1926, Jena

81

Léon Denis

Spiritist philosopher

*January 1st, 1846, Foug †April 12th, 1927, Tours

70

Francesco Paolo Tosti

Italian, later British composer and music teacher (1846–1916)

*April 9th, 1846, Ortona †December 2nd, 1916, Rome

75

Luigi Denza

Italian composer

*February 23rd, 1846, Castellammare di Stabia †January 26th, 1922, London

88

Auguste Escoffier

French chef and culinary writer (1846–1935)

*October 28th, 1846, Villeneuve-Loubet †February 12th, 1935, Monte Carlo

3

Edward Baker Lincoln

Second son of Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln

*March 10th, 1846, Springfield †February 1st, 1850, Washington, D.C.

70

Buffalo Bill

American frontiersman and showman (1846–1917)

*February 26th, 1846, Scott County †January 10th, 1917, Denver

72

Henryk Jarecki

Polish conductor, composer and music educator (1846-1918)

*December 6th, 1846, Warsaw †December 18th, 1918, Lviv

67

George Westinghouse

American inventor and businessman (1846–1914)

*October 6th, 1846, Central Bridge †March 12th, 1914, New York City

78

G. Stanley Hall

American psychologist and educator (1846–1924)

*February 1st, 1846, Ashfield †April 24th, 1924, Worcester

24

Comte de Lautréamont

Uruguayan born French poet, Isidore Ducasse (1846-1870)

*April 4th, 1846, Montevideo †November 24th, 1870, 9th arrondissement of Paris

72

Edward Charles Pickering

American astronomer

*July 19th, 1846, Boston †February 3rd, 1919, Cambridge

58

Wilson Barrett

British actor (1846-1904)

*February 18th, 1846, Essex †September 22nd, 1904, London

54

Naim Frashëri

Albanian poet, writer and activist (1846–1900)

*May 25th, 1846, Frashër †October 20th, 1900, Istanbul

74

Peter Carl Fabergé

Russian jeweller (1846–1920)

*May 30th, 1846, Saint Petersburg †September 24th, 1920, Pully

57

Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau

Prime Minister of France (1846-1904)

*December 2nd, 1846, Nantes †August 10th, 1904, Corbeil-Essonnes

71

Léon Bloy

French writer, poet and essayist

*July 11th, 1846, Périgueux †November 3rd, 1917, Bourg-la-Reine

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1846 is a normal year and no leap year.

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