October 8
1869 - Franklin Pierce, the 14th president of the United States, died in Concord, New Hampshire.
1871 - The Great Fire of Chicago started, killing more than 300 and destroying more than 17,000 buildings over three days; the same day in Peshtigo, Wisconsin, the worst forest fire in U.S. history also began.
1934 - Bruno Hauptmann was indicted for the murder of Charles Lindbergh's baby.
1945 - President Harry S. Truman announced the U.S. would share the secret of the atomic bomb only with Great Britain and Canada.
1997 - Scientists reported the Mars Pathfinder had yielded what could be the strongest evidence yet that Mars might once have been hospitable to life.
2002 - A federal judge approved President George W. Bush’s request to reopen West Coast ports, ending a 10-day labor lockout that was costing the U.S. economy an estimated $1 billion to $2 billion a day.
2004 - Martha Stewart began her prison sentence at Alderson Federal Prison Camp.
2005 - A 7.6-magnitude earthquake in Pakistan killed more than 80,000 and injured another 65,000.
2016 - Donald Trump vowed to continue his campaign after many Republicans called on him to abandon his presidential bid in the wake of the release of a 2005 video in which he made lewd remarks about women and appeared to condone sexual assault.
2020 - Authorities in Michigan said six men had been charged with conspiring to kidnap Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in reaction to what they viewed as her “uncontrolled power.”
2022 - An explosion caused the partial collapse of a bridge linking the Crimean Peninsula with Russia, damaging an important supply artery for the Kremlin’s war effort in southern Ukraine.
Birthdays
27 - Bella Thorne (actress/singer)
28 - Kylee Russell (actress)
31 - Angus T. Jones (actor)
31 - Barbara Palvin (model)
39 - Bruno Mars (singer)
44 - Nick Cannon (actor/TV host)
44 - Mike "The Miz" Mizanin (professional wrestler)
54 - Matt Damon (actor)
57 - Teddy Riley (singer)
58 - Karyn Parsons (actress)
63 - Kim Wayans (actress)
69 - Darrell Hammond (actor/comedian)
69 - Bill Elliott (race car driver)
74 - Robert "Kool" Bell (musician)
75 - Sigourney Weaver (actress)
81 - R.L. Stine (author)
81 - Chevy Chase (actor/comedian)
83 - Jesse Jackson (civil rights activist)
85 - Paul Hogan (actor)
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Today in Sports History - October 8
1922 - The New York Giants defeat the New York Yankees in five games to win the World Series.
1927 - The New York Yankees sweep the Pittsburgh Pirates to win the World Series.
1930 - The Philadelphia Athletics defeat the St. Louis Cardinals in six games to win the World Series.
1939 - The New York Yankees sweep the Cincinnati Reds to win the World Series.
1940 - The Cincinnati Reds defeat the Detroit Tigers in seven games to win the World Series.
1956 - Don Larsen of the New York Yankees pitched the first and only perfect game in a World Series in a 2-0 win over the Brooklyn Dodgers.
1957 - The Brooklyn Baseball Club announced that it had accepted a deal to move the Dodgers to Los Angeles.
1959 - The Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the Chicago White Sox in six games to win the World Series.
1975 - The San Antonio Spurs, then members of the ABA, defeat the NBA's Atlanta Hawks 109-107 in the first basketball game ever played in the Louisiana Superdome.
1982 - The New Jersey Devils record their first victory, a 3-2 win over the New York Rangers.
1995 - Miami Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino breaks Fran Tarkenton's NFL career completions record.
2009 - The UFL (United Football League) began it's first season with four teams.
2018 - New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees becomes the NFL's all-time passing yardage leader with 71,940 yards, breaking the mark held by Peyton Manning.
1869 - Franklin Pierce, the 14th president of the United States, died in Concord, New Hampshire.
1871 - The Great Fire of Chicago started, killing more than 300 and destroying more than 17,000 buildings over three days; the same day in Peshtigo, Wisconsin, the worst forest fire in U.S. history also began.
1934 - Bruno Hauptmann was indicted for the murder of Charles Lindbergh's baby.
1945 - President Harry S. Truman announced the U.S. would share the secret of the atomic bomb only with Great Britain and Canada.
1997 - Scientists reported the Mars Pathfinder had yielded what could be the strongest evidence yet that Mars might once have been hospitable to life.
2002 - A federal judge approved President George W. Bush’s request to reopen West Coast ports, ending a 10-day labor lockout that was costing the U.S. economy an estimated $1 billion to $2 billion a day.
2004 - Martha Stewart began her prison sentence at Alderson Federal Prison Camp.
2005 - A 7.6-magnitude earthquake in Pakistan killed more than 80,000 and injured another 65,000.
2016 - Donald Trump vowed to continue his campaign after many Republicans called on him to abandon his presidential bid in the wake of the release of a 2005 video in which he made lewd remarks about women and appeared to condone sexual assault.
2020 - Authorities in Michigan said six men had been charged with conspiring to kidnap Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in reaction to what they viewed as her “uncontrolled power.”
2022 - An explosion caused the partial collapse of a bridge linking the Crimean Peninsula with Russia, damaging an important supply artery for the Kremlin’s war effort in southern Ukraine.
Birthdays
27 - Bella Thorne (actress/singer)
28 - Kylee Russell (actress)
31 - Angus T. Jones (actor)
31 - Barbara Palvin (model)
39 - Bruno Mars (singer)
44 - Nick Cannon (actor/TV host)
44 - Mike "The Miz" Mizanin (professional wrestler)
54 - Matt Damon (actor)
57 - Teddy Riley (singer)
58 - Karyn Parsons (actress)
63 - Kim Wayans (actress)
69 - Darrell Hammond (actor/comedian)
69 - Bill Elliott (race car driver)
74 - Robert "Kool" Bell (musician)
75 - Sigourney Weaver (actress)
81 - R.L. Stine (author)
81 - Chevy Chase (actor/comedian)
83 - Jesse Jackson (civil rights activist)
85 - Paul Hogan (actor)
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Today in Sports History - October 8
1922 - The New York Giants defeat the New York Yankees in five games to win the World Series.
1927 - The New York Yankees sweep the Pittsburgh Pirates to win the World Series.
1930 - The Philadelphia Athletics defeat the St. Louis Cardinals in six games to win the World Series.
1939 - The New York Yankees sweep the Cincinnati Reds to win the World Series.
1940 - The Cincinnati Reds defeat the Detroit Tigers in seven games to win the World Series.
1956 - Don Larsen of the New York Yankees pitched the first and only perfect game in a World Series in a 2-0 win over the Brooklyn Dodgers.
1957 - The Brooklyn Baseball Club announced that it had accepted a deal to move the Dodgers to Los Angeles.
1959 - The Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the Chicago White Sox in six games to win the World Series.
1975 - The San Antonio Spurs, then members of the ABA, defeat the NBA's Atlanta Hawks 109-107 in the first basketball game ever played in the Louisiana Superdome.
1982 - The New Jersey Devils record their first victory, a 3-2 win over the New York Rangers.
1995 - Miami Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino breaks Fran Tarkenton's NFL career completions record.
2009 - The UFL (United Football League) began it's first season with four teams.
2018 - New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees becomes the NFL's all-time passing yardage leader with 71,940 yards, breaking the mark held by Peyton Manning.
