October 8 in History

Historical Events on October 8

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.

1918 World War I: In action near Pittem, Belgium, USMC 2nd Lieutenant aviator Ralph Talbot of Weymouth, Massachusetts becomes the first-ever USMC aviator to earn the Medal of Honor.

1918 World War I: In the Argonne Forest in France, United States Corporal Alvin C. York kills 28 German soldiers and captures 132, for which he is awarded the Medal of Honor.

1939 World War II: Germany annexes western Poland.

1956 New York Yankees's Don Larsen pitched the only perfect game in a World Series.

1973 Yom Kippur War: Gabi Amir's armored brigade unsuccessfully attacks Egyptian-occupied positions on the Israeli side of the Suez Canal, in hope of driving them away; more than 150 Israeli tanks are destroyed.

1990 Israeli-Palestinian conflict: In Jerusalem, Israeli police kill 17 Palestinians and wound over 100 near the Dome of the Rock mosque on the Temple Mount.

1991 Croatia and Slovenia vote to sever constitutional relations with Yugoslavia.

2001 U.S. President George W. Bush announces the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security.

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Famous Birthdays on October 8

1895 Juan Perón

1955 Bill Elliott

1970 Sadiq Khan

1985 Bruno Mars

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Famous Deaths on October 8

705 Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan

1869 Franklin Pierce

1967 Clement Attlee

1992 Willy Brandt

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