October 8th, 1975

Born on October 8th, 1975

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, 1975

48

Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan

Indian film director

*October 8th, 1975, Gwalior

48

Julia Dufvenius

Swedish actress

*October 8th, 1975, Vasa parish

48

Ernesto Ríos

Mexican visual artist

*October 8th, 1975, Cuernavaca

48

Richard Short

British actor

*October 8th, 1975, South Shields

48

Tahmima Anam

British writer, novelist and columnist (1975- )

*October 8th, 1975, Dhaka

48

Marianna Csörnyei

Hungarian mathematician

*October 8th, 1975, Budapest

48

Martin Comploi

Austrian bicycle racer

*October 8th, 1975, Kitzbühel

48

Tore Vikingstad

Norwegian ice hockey player

*October 8th, 1975, Trondheim

48

Laetitia Pujol

Ballet dancer

*October 8th, 1975, Paris

48

Tatiana Grigorieva

Australian pole vaulter

*October 8th, 1975, Saint Petersburg

48

Mikhail Osinov

Russian footballer

*October 8th, 1975, Arti

48

Terryn Westbrook

American actress

*October 8th, 1975, United States of America

42

Claudia Brandmair

Austrian fashion designer

*October 8th, 1975, Upper Austria †October 17th, 2017

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Who's birthday is on October 8th?

52

David Gauke

British politician and solicitor (born 1971)

*October 8th, 1971, Ipswich

36

Duda Beat

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*October 8th, 1987, Recife

65

Ursula von der Leyen

President of the European Commission since 2019

*October 8th, 1958, Ixelles - Elsene

46

Jamie Marchi

American voice actress

*October 8th, 1977, Knoxville

50

Murmel Clausen

German screenwriter

*October 8th, 1973, Munich

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

49

Bruno Mantovani

French composer

*October 8th, 1974, Châtillon

47

Renate Groenewold

Dutch speed skater and cyclist

*October 8th, 1976, Veendam plaats

74

Sigourney Weaver

American actress

*October 8th, 1949, Manhattan

42

Anja Gräfenstein

German actress

*October 8th, 1981, Schwerin

30

Molly Quinn

American actress

*October 8th, 1993, Texarkana

44

Kristanna Loken

American actress

*October 8th, 1979, Ghent

55

Julia Ann

American pornographic actress

*October 8th, 1968, Glendale

30

Barbara Palvin

Hungarian model

*October 8th, 1993, Budapest

47

Karina Bacchi

Brazilian actress, model and reality television personality

*October 8th, 1976, São Manuel

41

Annemiek van Vleuten

Dutch cyclist

*October 8th, 1982, Vleuten

53

Sadiq Khan

British politician, Mayor of London (born 1970)

*October 8th, 1970, Tooting

30

Garbiñe Muguruza

Spanish-Venezuelan tennis player

*October 8th, 1993, Caracas

93

Otto Winter Hjelm

Norwegian composer

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

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Born in 1975

49

André Poggenburg

German politician and entrepreneur

*March 12th, 1975, Weißenfels

49

Lorin Morgan-Richards

American author, illustrator, and songwriter

*February 16th, 1975, Beebetown

48

Ane Dahl Torp

Norwegian actress

*August 1st, 1975, Bærum Municipality

48

Maria Thayer

American actress

*October 30th, 1975, Portland

48

Zhang Ning

Chinese female badminton player

*May 19th, 1975, Jinzhou

48

Ha Tae-kwon

South Korean badminton player

*April 30th, 1975, Jeonju

48

Kim Dong-moon

South Korean badminton player

*September 22nd, 1975, Gokseong County

48

Candra Wijaya

Badminton player

*September 16th, 1975, Cirebon City

49

Gu Jun

Badminton player

*January 3rd, 1975, Wuxi

48

Ge Fei

Chinese badminton player

*October 9th, 1975, Nantong

48

Xu Huaiwen

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1975, Guiyang

49

Tracey Hallam

English badminton player

*March 24th, 1975, Burton upon Trent

48

Jim Ronny Andersen

Badminton player

*May 4th, 1975, Songdalen Municipality

48

Sarah Hardaker

English badminton player

*December 1st, 1975, Dartford

49

Tony Gunawan

Badminton player

*April 9th, 1975, Surabaya

49

Bradley Cooper

American actor

*January 5th, 1975, Philadelphia

48

Marion Cotillard

French actress

*September 30th, 1975, Paris

48

Anders Anundsen

Norwegian politician

*November 17th, 1975, Stavern

48

Angelina Jolie

American actress (born 1975)

*June 4th, 1975, Los Angeles

48

Konrad Bansa

German handball player and coach

*July 24th, 1975, Neuwied

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No: With 365 days 1975 is a normal year and no leap year.

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