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Historical Events on October 8

  • American Civil War

    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.

  • World War I

    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.

  • World War I

    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.

  • World War II

    1939

    World War II: Germany annexes western Poland.

  • New York Yankees

    1956

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

  • Yom Kippur War

    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.

  • Israeli-Palestinian conflict

    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.

  • Croatia

    1991

    Croatia and Slovenia vote to sever constitutional relations with Yugoslavia.

  • George W. Bush

    2001

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

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