October 8th, 1978

Born on October 8th, 1978

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What happened on October 8th, 1978?

October 8th, 1978

Australia's Ken Warby sets the current world water speed record of 275.97 knots at Blowering Dam, Australia.

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What else 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.

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

Born on October 8th, 1978

45

Gregori Chad Petree

American musician

*October 8th, 1978, Shawnee

45

Mick O'Driscoll

Professional rugby player

*October 8th, 1978, Cork

45

Antonino D'Agostino

Italian footballer

*October 8th, 1978, Turin

45

Femi Ogunbanjo

Actor

*October 8th, 1978, London Borough of Wandsworth

45

Adrian Politowski

Swedish film producer

*October 8th, 1978, Stockholm

45

Eddie Hargitay

American actor

*October 8th, 1978, Hollywood

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Who's birthday is on October 8th?

36

Duda Beat

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*October 8th, 1987, Recife

46

Jamie Marchi

American voice actress

*October 8th, 1977, Knoxville

52

David Gauke

British politician and solicitor (born 1971)

*October 8th, 1971, Ipswich

65

Ursula von der Leyen

President of the European Commission since 2019

*October 8th, 1958, Ixelles - Elsene

38

Bruno Mars

American singer, songwriter, and record producer

*October 8th, 1985, Honolulu

44

Kristanna Loken

American actress

*October 8th, 1979, Ghent

53

Matt Damon

American actor, screenwriter, and producer

*October 8th, 1970, Cambridge

42

Anja Gräfenstein

German actress

*October 8th, 1981, Schwerin

50

Murmel Clausen

German screenwriter

*October 8th, 1973, Munich

74

Sigourney Weaver

American actress

*October 8th, 1949, Manhattan

30

Molly Quinn

American actress

*October 8th, 1993, Texarkana

47

Renate Groenewold

Dutch speed skater and cyclist

*October 8th, 1976, Veendam plaats

30

Barbara Palvin

Hungarian model

*October 8th, 1993, Budapest

41

Annemiek van Vleuten

Dutch cyclist

*October 8th, 1982, Vleuten

43

Nick Cannon

American rapper, actor and comedian

*October 8th, 1980, San Diego

55

Julia Ann

American pornographic actress

*October 8th, 1968, Glendale

49

Bruno Mantovani

French composer

*October 8th, 1974, Châtillon

30

Garbiñe Muguruza

Spanish-Venezuelan tennis player

*October 8th, 1993, Caracas

41

Jost Schömann-Finck

German rower

*October 8th, 1982, Zell (Mosel)

93

Otto Winter Hjelm

Norwegian composer

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

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Born in 1978

45

Miroslav Klose

German association football player

*June 9th, 1978, Opole

45

Ani Lorak

Ukrainian singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur

*September 27th, 1978, Kitsman

45

Joachim Fischer Nielsen

Danish badminton player

*November 23rd, 1978, Copenhagen

45

Vibeke Stene

Gothic metal soprano singer, ex female vocals of Tristania

*August 17th, 1978, Sokndal

46

Malin Arvidsson

Swedish actress and dancer

*February 19th, 1978, El Salvador

45

Marit Berger Røsland

Norwegian lawyer and politician

*September 21st, 1978, Lørenskog

45

Ella Diehl

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1978, Samara

46

Didier Drogba

Ivorian and French association football player

*March 11th, 1978, Abidjan

46

Jonas Dahl

Danish politician

*February 26th, 1978, Randers

45

Kim Yong-hyun

South Korean badminton player

*May 13th, 1978, Incheon

46

Yim Bang-eun

Badminton player

*April 25th, 1978, Incheon

46

Chris Blair

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1978, Invercargill

45

Konstrakta

Serbian singer-songwriter

*October 12th, 1978, Belgrade

45

Jessica Pilnäs

Swedish singer

*July 5th, 1978, Åryd

45

Poo Bear

American songwriter and singer

*September 4th, 1978, Connecticut

46

Jamie Carragher

English footballer and sportcaster

*January 28th, 1978, Bootle

46

Aparna Popat

Indian badminton player

*January 18th, 1978, Mumbai

46

Gianluigi Buffon

Former Italian footballer (born 1978)

*January 28th, 1978, Carrara

46

Donna Kellogg

Badminton player

*January 20th, 1978, Derby

45

Rio Ferdinand

English association football player (born 1978)

*November 7th, 1978, Camberwell

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No: With 365 days 1978 is a normal year and no leap year.

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