October 8
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[edit] Events
- At 03:50:38 UTC, an earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale happens in the Pakistan region of Kashmir.
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- 1286 - John I of Dreux, Duke of Brittany (b. 1217)
- 1754 - Henry Fielding, English author (b. 1707)
- 1793 - John Hancock, American revolutionary and businessman (b. 1737)
- 1834 - François-Adrien Boieldieu, French composer (b. 1775)
- 1869 - Franklin Pierce, 14th President of the United States (b. 1804)
- 1894 - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., American physician and writer (b. 1809)
- 1928 - Larry Semon, Silent film comedian (b. 1889)
- 1944 - Wendell Willkie, American politician, candidate for President of the United States (b. 1892)
- 1945 - Felix Salten, Austrian author (b. 1869)
- 1948 - Johnny Ramone, guitarist (The Ramones) (b. 1948)
- 1953 - Nigel Bruce, British actor (b. 1895)
- 1953 - Kathleen Ferrier, American contralto (b. 1912)
- 1967 - Clement Attlee, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1883)
- 1972 - Prescott Bush, father of US President George H. W. Bush (b. 1895)
- 1982 - Fernando Lamas, Argentine actor (b. 1916)
- 1992 - Willy Brandt, German politician (b. 1913)
- 1996 - Mignon G. Eberhart, author
- 2004 - Jacques Derrida, French philosopher (b. 1930)
- 2005 - More than 1,50,000 died in Earthquake, In Pakistan and Kashmir.
