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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 Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is martes.
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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)
1645
Jeanne Mance opened the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal, the first lay hospital in North America.
1860
Telegraph line between Los Angeles and San Francisco opens.
1895
Eulmi incident- Queen Min of Joseon, the last empress of Korea, is assassinated and her corpse burnt by the Japanese in Gyeongbok Palace.
1904
Edmonton, Alberta was incorporated as a city.
1904
Prince Albert, Saskatchewan was incorporated as a city.
1921
KDKA in Pittsburgh’s Forbes Field conducts the first live broadcast of a football game.
1928
Joseph Szigeti gives the first performance of Alfredo Casella’s Violin Concerto.
1956
New York Yankees’s Don Larsen pitched the only perfect game in a World Series; one of only 20 perfect games in MLB history.
1978
Australia’s Ken Warby sets the current world water speed record of 317.60mph at Blowering Dam, Australia.
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?
1720
Jonathan Mayhew, American minister (d. 1766)
1847
Rose Scott, Australian social reformer (d. 1925)
1917
Billy Conn, American boxer (d. 1993)
1924
Thirunalloor Karunakaran, Indian poet (d.2006 )
1935
Albert Roux, French chef
1940
Fred Cash, American singer (The Impressions)
1952
Edward Zwick, American film director
1972
Kim Myung Min, Korean actor
1972
Stanislav Varga, Slovakian footballer
1984
Domenik Hixon, American Football player
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Holy Toledo! Did you know that coffee and word games are an excellent combination to sharpen your vocabulary? Let’s give it a quick spin. Within 30 seconds, how many words can you think of from these letters VEIOAFYP? Check your answers here: Make words with these letters VEIOAFYP. (Sponsored by WordFinder.Cafe)
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