Tuesday October 8, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

October 8: Day of the Week

October 8, 2024 is the 282nd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 84 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Kayōbi.

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Here’s the October calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Libra is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Opal is the modern birthstone for this month. Jasper is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

October 8 Historical Event(s)

1480
Great standing on the Ugra river, a standoff between the forces of Akhmat Khan, Khan of the Great Horde, and the Grand Duke Ivan III of Russia, which results in the retreat of the Tataro-Mongols and the eventual disintegration of the Horde.
1600
San Marino adopts its written constitution.
1645
Jeanne Mance opened the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal, the first lay hospital in North America.
1856
The Second Opium War between several western powers and China begins with the Arrow Incident on the Pearl River.
1862
American Civil War: Battle of Perryville – Union forces under General Don Carlos Buell halt the Confederate invasion of Kentucky by defeating troops led by General Braxton Bragg at Perryville, Kentucky.
1967
Guerrilla leader Che Guevara and his men are captured in Bolivia.
1969
The opening rally of the Days of Rage occurs, organized by the Weather Underground in Chicago, Illinois.
1973
Yom Kippur War: Gabi Amir’s armored brigade attacks Egyptian occupied positions on the Israeli side of the Suez Canal, in hope of driving them away. The attack fails, and over 150 Israeli tanks are destroyed.
1998
Oslo’s Gardermoen airport opens after the close down of Fornebu airport.
2001
A twin engine Cessna and Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) jetliner collide in heavy fog during takeoff from Milan, Italy killing 118.

Who were born on October 8?

1807
Harriet Taylor Mill, English feminist philosopher (d. 1858)
1910
Gus Hall, American union organizer and head of the U.S. Communist Party (d. 2000)
1946
Jean-Jacques Beineix, French film director
1949
Sigourney Weaver, American actress
1960
Ralf Minge, German footballer
1970
Tetsuya Nomura, Japanese video-game designer
1974
DJ Q-Ball, American musician (Bloodhound Gang)
1978
Antonino D'Agostino, Italian footballer
1981
Raffi Torres, Canadian ice hockey player
1984
Domenik Hixon, American Football player

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