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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 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)
1200
Isabella of Angoulême is crowned Queen consort of England.
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.
1918
World War I: In the Argonne Forest in France, United States Corporal Alvin C. York kills 25 German soldiers and captures 132.
1944
World War II: The Battle of Crucifix Hill occurs on Crucifix Hill just outside Aachen. Capt. Bobbie Brown receives a Medal of Honor for his heroics in this battle.
1952
The Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash kills 112 people.
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.
1968
Vietnam War: Operation Sealords – United States and South Vietnamese forces launch a new operation in the Mekong Delta.
1969
The opening rally of the Days of Rage occurs, organized by the Weather Underground in Chicago, Illinois.
1974
Franklin National Bank collapses due to fraud and mismanagement; at the time it is the largest bank failure in the history of the United States.
Who were born on October 8?
1818
John Henninger Reagan, American politician (d. 1905)
1863
Edythe Chapman, American actress (d. 1948)
1910
Paulette Dubost, French actress (d. 2011)
1939
Lynne Stewart, American civil liberties lawyer
1951
Jack O'Connell, American politician
1956
Stephanie Zimbalist, American actress
1964
Igor Jijikine, Russian actor
1966
Camille Coduri, British actress
1968
Leeroy Thornhill, British musician (The Prodigy)
1980
Nick Cannon, American actor
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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 ERIYINZLG? Check your answers here: Unscramble words ERIYINZLG. (Sponsored by WordFinder.Cafe)
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