October 8th, 1949

Born on October 8th, 1949

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 27,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 609 days, exactly on June 6th, 2026, people who were born on October 8th, 1949 will be 28,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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, 1949

74

Sigourney Weaver

American actress

*October 8th, 1949, Manhattan

74

Hamish Stuart

Scottish born British guitarist, bassist, singer, composer and record producer

*October 8th, 1949, Glasgow

74

Jorge Velosa

Colombian singer-songwriter

*October 8th, 1949, Ráquira

42

Mark Hopkinson

American mass murderer (1949-1992)

*October 8th, 1949, Evanston †January 22nd, 1992

74

Maggie Ollerenshaw

British actress

*October 8th, 1949, Ashton-on-Ribble

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

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

58

Claude Jade

French actress (1948-2006)

*October 8th, 1948, Dijon †December 1st, 2006, Boulogne-Billancourt

55

Johnny Ramone

American guitarist (1948–2004)

*October 8th, 1948, Long Island †September 15th, 2004, Los Angeles

53

Matt Damon

American actor, screenwriter, and producer

*October 8th, 1970, Cambridge

38

Bruno Mars

American singer, songwriter, and record producer

*October 8th, 1985, Honolulu

63

Urvashi Vaid

Indian and American writer, lawyer and LGBTQ+ activist

*October 8th, 1958, New Delhi †May 14th, 2022, New York City

63

Lorenzo Mila

Spanish journalist and presenter

*October 8th, 1960, Esplugues de Llobregat

75

Gottfried Helnwein

Austrian-Irish visual artist

*October 8th, 1948, Vienna

76

Sheila Ferguson

American soul singer

*October 8th, 1947, Philadelphia

93

Otto Winter Hjelm

Norwegian composer

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

53

Sadiq Khan

British politician, Mayor of London (born 1970)

*October 8th, 1970, Tooting

73

Robert Bell

American musician, founder of Kool & the Gang

*October 8th, 1950, Youngstown

41

Annemiek van Vleuten

Dutch cyclist

*October 8th, 1982, Vleuten

46

Jamie Marchi

American voice actress

*October 8th, 1977, Knoxville

50

Murmel Clausen

German screenwriter

*October 8th, 1973, Munich

57

Heiko Pinkowski

German actor

*October 8th, 1966, Krefeld

69

Brigitte Rohde

East German hurdler and sprinter

*October 8th, 1954, Prenzlau

73

Terry Gou

Founder and former Chief Executive Officer of Foxconn

*October 8th, 1950, Banqiao District

Same year
Born in 1949

75

Joachim Witt

German rock musician

*February 22nd, 1949, Hamburg

75

Rudy Hartono

Indonesian badminton player

*August 18th, 1949, Surabaya

70

Jahn Teigen

Norwegian singer, musician, and comedian (1949–2020)

*September 27th, 1949, Tønsberg †February 24th, 2020, Ystad

75

Åse Kleveland

Swedish-Norwegian singer and politician

*March 18th, 1949, Stockholm

75

David Rubenstein

American businessman

*August 11th, 1949, Baltimore

75

Sherman Howard

American actor

*June 11th, 1949, Chicago

75

Egon Flaig

German university teacher, Historian of classical antiquity and writer

*May 16th, 1949, Oberstenfeld

75

Meryl Streep

American actress (born 1949)

*June 22nd, 1949, Summit

74

Odaline de la Martinez

American conductor and composer

*October 31st, 1949, Matanzas

75

Gertrúd Ladányi

Badminton player

*May 3rd, 1949, Esztergom

66

Papa Wemba

Congolese singer, musician and actor (1949-2016)

*June 14th, 1949, Lubefu †April 24th, 2016, Abidjan

67

Denis Johnson

American writer (novel, drama, poetry, essay) (1949-2017)

*July 1st, 1949, Munich †May 24th, 2017, Sea Ranch

40

Stiv Bators

American punk rock vocalist and guitarist

*October 22nd, 1949, Youngstown †June 3rd, 1990, 1st arrondissement of Paris

75

Sverre Årnes

Norwegian writer

*May 14th, 1949, Surnadal Municipality

75

Hans Michelbach

German politician

*May 3rd, 1949, Gemünden am Main

74

Benjamin Netanyahu

Prime Minister of Israel (1996–1999, 2009–2021, 2022–present)

*October 21st, 1949, Tel Aviv

75

Gloria Gaynor

American singer

*September 7th, 1949, Newark

75

Bruce Springsteen

American rock singer (born 1949)

*September 23rd, 1949, Long Branch

75

Jessica Lange

American actress

*April 20th, 1949, Cloquet

67

Carlos Slepoy

Argentinian lawyer (1949-2017)

*October 2nd, 1949, Buenos Aires †April 17th, 2017, Madrid

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on October 8th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on October 8th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Born on October 8th, 1949
Future birthdays

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1949 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
October 1949