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Historical events & facts — October 8
What happened on October 8?
On October 7, 1959, the Soviet probe Luna 3 photographed the far side of the Moon for the first time, sending back to Earth images of a surface no human had ever seen. The achievement was a Soviet propaganda coup in the midst of the Space Race and allowed the geographical features of the Moon's invisible side to be mapped and named for the first time.
On the night of October 8, 1871, a devastating fire swept through Chicago for nearly two days, destroying more than 17,000 buildings, leaving 100,000 people homeless and killing between 200 and 300. Legend attributes the start of the fire to a cow belonging to a Mrs O'Leary. The blaze allowed the city to be rebuilt as a laboratory of modern architecture.
On October 8, 1932, the British government established the Royal Indian Air Force as an independent branch of the colonial armed forces. Starting with just six officers and some second-hand aircraft, it grew to become the fourth-largest air force in the world. It took part in World War II and, after Indian independence in 1947, in all subsequent conflicts on the subcontinent.
Notable birthdays — October 8
Famous people born on October 8
319 BC
Year 319 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Cursor and Cerretanus. The denomination 319 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Juan Perón
Juan Domingo Perón was an Argentine military officer and politician who was the 29th and 40th president of Argentina, serving from 1946 to his overthrow in 1955, and from 1973 until his death in 1974. He was the only Argentine president elected three times and holds the highest percentage of votes in clean elections.
Marios Makrionitis
Marios Makrionitis, SJ was a Greek Jesuit prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as the Archbishop of Athens from 1953 until 1959, when he died from injuries caused by an automobile accident.
John Nelder
John Ashworth Nelder was a British statistician known for his contributions to experimental design, analysis of variance, computational statistics, and statistical theory.
Gerry Hitchens
Gerald Archibald Hitchens was an English footballer who played as a centre forward.
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