Anti-government protests calling for free and fair elections began in Baku, Azerbaijan.
ClockHorizon daily selection“No legacy is so rich as honesty.”
Second Nagorno-Karabakh War: Azerbaijan twice targets the Church of the Holy Savior Ghazanchetsots of Shusha.
About 200 Extinction Rebellion activists block the gates of Leinster House (parliament) in the Republic of Ireland.
The 7.6 Mw Kashmir earthquake leaves 86,000–87,351 people dead, 69,000–75,266 injured, and 2.8 million homeless.
A twin engine Cessna and a Scandinavian Airlines System jetliner collide in heavy fog during takeoff from Milan, Italy, killing 118 people.
U.S. president George W. Bush announces the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security.
“No legacy is so rich as honesty.”
One highlighted entry is from 2019: Anti-government protests calling for free and fair elections began in Baku, Azerbaijan.
People listed for October 8 include Ángela Aguilar (2003), Brian Thomas Jr. (2002), and Zheng Qinwen (2002).
Observances listed for October 8 include Christian feast day: Blessed John Adams, John Lowe, and Robert Dibdale, Christian feast day: Evodus (or Yves), and Christian feast day: October 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics).
