Editing October 8 (section)

===1901–present===
*[[1912]] &ndash; The [[First Balkan War]] begins when Montenegro declares war against the Ottoman Empire.
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: Corporal [[Alvin C. York]] kills 28 German soldiers and captures 132 for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor.
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[KDKA (AM)|KDKA]] in Pittsburgh's Forbes Field conducts the first live broadcast of a football game.
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: Germany [[Polish areas annexed by Nazi Germany|annexes western Poland]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Leslie |first1=Roy Francis |title=The History of Poland Since 1863 |date=19 May 1983 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-27501-9 |page=214 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0tYVKUsnw9IC&dq=Germany+annexes+western+Poland+8+october+1939&pg=PA214 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1941]] &ndash; World War II: During the preliminaries of the [[Battle of Rostov (1941)|Battle of Rostov]], German forces reach the Sea of Azov with the capture of Mariupol.
*[[1943]] &ndash; World War II: Around 30 civilians are [[Kallikratis executions|executed]] by Friedrich Schubert's paramilitary group in Kallikratis, Crete.
*[[1944]] &ndash; World War II: Captain Bobbie Brown earns a Medal of Honor for his actions during the [[Battle of Crucifix Hill]], just outside Aachen.
*[[1952]] &ndash; The [[Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash]] kills 112 people.
*[[1956]] &ndash; The New York Yankees's [[Don Larsen]] pitches the only perfect game in a [[World Series]].
*[[1962]] &ndash; ''Der Spiegel'' [[Spiegel scandal|publishes an article]] disclosing the sorry state of the [[Bundeswehr]], and is soon accused of treason.
*[[1967]] &ndash; Guerrilla leader [[Che Guevara]] and his men are captured in Bolivia.
*[[1969]] &ndash; The opening rally of the [[Days of Rage]] occurs, organized by the Weather Underground in Chicago.
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn]] wins the Nobel Prize in literature.
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Yom Kippur War]]: Israel loses more than 150 tanks in a failed attack on Egyptian-occupied positions.
*  1973   &ndash; [[Spyros Markezinis]] begins his 48-day term as prime minister in an abortive attempt to lead Greece to parliamentary rule.
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Franklin National Bank]] collapses due to fraud and mismanagement; at the time it is the largest bank failure in the history of the United States.
*[[1978]] &ndash; Australia's [[Ken Warby]] sets the current world water speed record of 275.97&nbsp;knots at Blowering Dam, Australia.
*[[1982]] &ndash; Poland bans [[Solidarity (Polish trade union)|Solidarity]] and all other trade unions.
*  1982   &ndash; After its London premiere, [[Cats (musical)|''Cats'']] opens on Broadway and runs for nearly 18 years before closing on September 10, 2000.
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[First Intifada]]: Israeli police kill 17 Palestinians and wound over 100 near the Dome of the Rock.
*[[1991]] &ndash; Upon the expiration of the [[Brioni Agreement]], Croatia and Slovenia sever all official relations with Yugoslavia.
*[[2001]] &ndash; A twin engine Cessna and a [[Scandinavian Airlines]] System jetliner [[2001 Linate Airport runway collision|collide in heavy fog during takeoff]] from Milan, Italy, killing 118 people.
*  2001   &ndash; U.S. President George W. Bush announces the establishment of the [[United States Department of Homeland Security|Office of Homeland Security]].
*[[2005]] &ndash; The 7.6 {{M|w}} [[2005 Kashmir earthquake|Kashmir earthquake]] leaves 86,000–87,351 people dead, 69,000–75,266 injured, and 2.8&nbsp;million homeless.
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Thomas Eric Duncan]], the first person in the United States to be diagnosed with [[Zaire ebolavirus|Ebola]], dies.
*[[2016]] &ndash; In the wake of [[Hurricane Matthew]], the death toll rises to nearly 900.
*[[2019]] &ndash; About 200 [[Extinction Rebellion]] activists block the gates of [[Leinster House]] (parliament) in the [[Republic of Ireland]].<ref>{{cite web|website=BBC News|title=Extinction Rebellion: Dublin activists block Irish parliament gates|date=Oct 8, 2019|access-date=Oct 11, 2019 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-49981111?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/cmj34zmwm1zt/climate-change&link_location=live-reporting-story}}</ref>
*[[2020]] &ndash; [[Second Nagorno-Karabakh War]]: [[Azerbaijan]] twice deliberately [[2020 Ghazanchetsots Cathedral shelling|targeted]] the [[Ghazanchetsots Cathedral|Church of the Holy Savior Ghazanchetsots]] of [[Shusha]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-12-16|title=Azerbaijan: Attack on Church Possible War Crime|url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/12/16/azerbaijan-attack-church-possible-war-crime|access-date=2021-04-17|website=Human Rights Watch|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Nagorno-Karabakh: Armenia accuses Azerbaijan of shelling Shusha cathedral |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54465172 |agency=[[BBC News]] |date=8 October 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20201008144651/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54465172 |archive-date=8 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Church bombed to ruins - Journalists were injured during second attack – one of them is fighting for his life |url=https://www.bild.de/politik/international/bild-international/bild-reporter-at-armenian-frontline-church-bombed-to-ruins-73330690.bild.html |work=bild.de |agency=BILD.de |date=8 October 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20201010083850/https://m.bild.de/politik/international/bild-international/bild-reporter-at-armenian-frontline-church-bombed-to-ruins-73330690,view=amp.bildMobile.html |archive-date=10 October 2020}}</ref>