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This Day In History: October 8th

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Communication
 
 
Crime and Corruption
1934
Bruno Hauptmann was indicted for the murder of the infant son of Charles A. Lindbergh.
1957
Jack Soble, a confessed Soviet spy, was sentenced to seven years in prison for espionage.
2004
  At Alderson Federal Prison Camp, WV, Martha Stewart began her five-month prison sentence. The sentence was imposed for Stewart lying about a stock sale.

Defence
1945
U.S. President Truman announced that only Britain and Canada would be given the secret to the atomic bomb.
1950
U.N. forces crossed into North Korea from South Korea.
1998
  Canada and Netherlands were voted into the U.N. Security Council.
2001
  Tom Ridge, former Governor of Pennsylvania, was sworn in as director of the new U.S. department of Homeland Security.
Disasters
1871
The Great Fire of Chicago broke out destroying about 17,450 buildings. About 250 people were killed and 90,000 were left homeless.
1871
Peshtigo, WI, was destroyed by a forest fire. Over 1,100 people were killed by the fire that eventually burned across 6 counties.
Discovery
 
 
Education
 
 
Film, Television and Radio
1935
"The O’Neills" debuted on CBS radio.
1944
"The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" debuted on CBS radio.
2001
  Rush Limbaugh announced to his listeners that he was totally deaf in his left ear and had only partial hearing in his right ear. The condition had happened in a three month period.
Heads of State
1981
U.S. President Reagan greeted former Presidents Carter, Ford and Nixon to the White House. The group was preparing to leave for Egypt to attend the funeral of Anwar Sadat.
 
Health and Social Welfare
1966
The U.S. Government declared that LSD was dangerous and an illegal substance.
 
Industry
1895
The Berliner Gramophone Company was founded in Philadelphia, PA.
2003
It was announced that Vivendi Universal and General Electric Co. had reached an agreement to merge. The name for the combined company was NBC Universal.
Law
1993
The U.S. government issued a report absolving the FBI of any wrongdoing in its final assault in Waco, TX, on the Branch Davidian compound. The fire that ended the siege killed as many as 85 people.
 
Motor Sport
 
 
People
   
 
Politics
2004
The first-ever direct presidential elections were held in Afghanistan.
 
Publishing
1938
The cover of "The Saturday Evening Post" portrayed Norman Rockwell.
1952
"The Complete Book of Etiquette" was published for the first time.
1970
  Soviet author Alexander Solzhenitsyn won the Nobel Prize for literature.
Religion
1996
Pope John Paul II underwent a successful operation to remove his inflamed appendix.
 
Science
2001
  Two Russian cosmonauts made the first spacewalk to be conducted outside of the international space station without a shuttle present.
2003
China announced that it would have a human crew orbit the Earth briefly on October 15.
Sport
1919
The first transcontinental air race in the U.S. began.
1956
Donald James Larsen (New York Yankees) pitched the first perfect game in the history of the World Series.
1957
  The Brooklyn Baseball Club announced that it had accepted a deal to move the Dodgers to Los Angeles.
Technology
 
 
The Arts
1904
"Little Johnny Jones" opened in Hartford, CT.
1979
"Sugar Babies" opened at the Mark Hellinger Theatre on Broadway.
2003
  Siegfried Fischbacher and his manager announced that the "Siegfried and Roy" show at the Mirage was canceled permanently. It was also said that if Roy Horn survived, after a tiger attack on October 3, the duo would continue to work together.
The Environment
 
 
The Law
 
 
The Workforce
1982
In Poland, all labor organizations, including Solidarity, were banned.
1991
A slave burial site was found by construction workers in lower Manhattan. The "Negro Burial Ground" had been closed in 1790. Over a dozen skeletons were found.
2002
  A federal judge approved U.S. President George W. Bush's request to reopen West Coast ports, to end a caustic 10-day labor lockout. The lockout was costing the U.S. economy an estimated $1 billion to $2 billion a day.
Trade and Economy
 
 
Transport
1919
The first transcontinental air race in the U.S. began.
2003
Vietnam and the United States reached a tentative agreement that would allow the first commercial flights between the two countries since the end of the Vietnam War.
War
1915
During World War 1, the Battle of Loos concluded.
1918
U.S. Corporal Alvin C. York almost single-handedly killed 25 German soldiers and captured 132 in the Argonne Forest in France. York had originally tried to avoid being drafted as a conscientious objector. After this event his was promoted to sergeant and was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.
1998
  Taliban forces attacked Iranian border posts. Iran said that three border posts were destroyed before the Taliban forces were forced to retreat. The Taliban of Afghanistan denied the event occurred.
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