October 8th, 1987

Born on October 8th, 1987

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, 1987

36

Duda Beat

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*October 8th, 1987, Recife

36

Ksenia Solo

Latvian-Canadian actress

*October 8th, 1987, Riga

36

Chris Korb

American soccer player (born 1987)

*October 8th, 1987, Gates Mills

36

Aya Hirano

Japanese actress, voice actress and singer

*October 8th, 1987, Nagoya

36

Semir Štilić

Bosnian footballer

*October 8th, 1987, Sarajevo

36

Andrea Lanzl

German ice hockey player

*October 8th, 1987, Starnberg

36

Frankie Brown

Scottish footballer (born 1987)

*October 8th, 1987, Scotland

36

Yeelem Jappain

French actress

*October 8th, 1987, Paris

36

Taylor Price

American football player

*October 8th, 1987, Hilliard

36

Griffin Frazen

American actor

*October 8th, 1987, Los Angeles

36

Rajesh Bishnoi

Indian cricketer

*October 8th, 1987, Bikaner

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

38

Bruno Mars

American singer, songwriter, and record producer

*October 8th, 1985, Honolulu

65

Ursula von der Leyen

President of the European Commission since 2019

*October 8th, 1958, Ixelles - Elsene

52

David Gauke

British politician and solicitor (born 1971)

*October 8th, 1971, Ipswich

30

Molly Quinn

American actress

*October 8th, 1993, Texarkana

30

Barbara Palvin

Hungarian model

*October 8th, 1993, Budapest

53

Matt Damon

American actor, screenwriter, and producer

*October 8th, 1970, Cambridge

46

Jamie Marchi

American voice actress

*October 8th, 1977, Knoxville

30

Garbiñe Muguruza

Spanish-Venezuelan tennis player

*October 8th, 1993, Caracas

74

Sigourney Weaver

American actress

*October 8th, 1949, Manhattan

42

Anja Gräfenstein

German actress

*October 8th, 1981, Schwerin

41

Annemiek van Vleuten

Dutch cyclist

*October 8th, 1982, Vleuten

50

Murmel Clausen

German screenwriter

*October 8th, 1973, Munich

26

Bella Thorne

American actress and singer (born 1997)

*October 8th, 1997, Pembroke Pines

44

Kristanna Loken

American actress

*October 8th, 1979, Ghent

37

Lluís Cortés

Spanish association football coach

*October 8th, 1986, Lleida

93

Otto Winter Hjelm

Norwegian composer

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

41

Jost Schömann-Finck

German rower

*October 8th, 1982, Zell (Mosel)

38

Elliphant

Swedish singer

*October 8th, 1985, Stockholm

55

Julia Ann

American pornographic actress

*October 8th, 1968, Glendale

38

Simone Bolelli

Italian tennis player

*October 8th, 1985, Bologna

Same year
Born in 1987

36

Kendrick Lamar

American rapper, singer and record producer (born 1987)

*June 17th, 1987, Compton

36

Tontowi Ahmad

Indonesian badminton player

*July 18th, 1987, Banyumas

37

Annari Viljoen

Badminton player

*January 16th, 1987, Bloemfontein

36

Jax Jones

English DJ, songwriter, record producer and remixer

*July 25th, 1987, London

36

Kontra K

German rapper

*July 3rd, 1987, Berlin

36

Milan Borjan

Canadian association football player

*October 23rd, 1987, Knin

37

Eva Avila

Canadian singer, songwriter and actress

*February 25th, 1987, Gatineau

36

Philippa Strache

Austrian presenter and politician

*December 1st, 1987, Vienna

36

Rosalie Thomass

German actress

*August 14th, 1987, Munich

36

Lionel Messi

Argentine association football player (born 1987)

*June 24th, 1987, Rosario

36

Vladimir Ivanov

Russian badminton player

*July 3rd, 1987, Kusa

37

Andrew Ellis

Badminton player

*January 21st, 1987, Leeds

36

Shendy Puspa Irawati

Indonesian badminton player

*May 20th, 1987, Nganjuk

36

Sevdaliza

Iranian-Dutch singer-songwriter, record producer, visual artist and director

*September 1st, 1987, Tehran

37

Anna Hopkins

Canadian actress

*February 12th, 1987, Montreal

37

Vaidas Baumila

Lithuanian singer

*March 28th, 1987, Vilnius

37

Megan Sweeney

American luger

*February 17th, 1987, Portland

37

Kevin-Prince Boateng

Ghanaian association football player

*March 6th, 1987, West Berlin

36

Novak Djokovic

Serbian tennis player

*May 22nd, 1987, Belgrade

36

Greysia Polii

Indonesian badminton player

*August 11th, 1987, Jakarta

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1987 is a normal year and no leap year.

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