Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: October 8
October 8, 2025 is the 281st day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 84 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Wednesday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Libra is your zodiac sign. Opal is your modern birthstone. Jasper is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: October 8
- 1829 –Rail transport: Stephenson’s The Rocket wins The Rainhill Trials.
- 1895 –Eulmi incident- Queen Min of Joseon, the last empress of Korea, is assassinated and her corpse burnt by the Japanese in Gyeongbok Palace.
- 1912 –First Balkan War begins: Montenegro declares war against Turkey.
- 1939 –World War II: Germany annexes Western Poland.
- 1962 –Algeria joins the United Nations.
- 1962 –Spiegel scandal: Der Spiegel publishes the article “Bedingt abwehrbereit” (“Conditionally prepared for defense”) about a NATO manoeuver called “Fallex 62”, which uncovered the sorry state of the Bundeswehr (Germany’s army) facing the communist threat from the east at the time. The magazine is soon accused of treason.
- 1968 –Vietnam War: Operation Sealords – United States and South Vietnamese forces launch a new operation in the Mekong Delta.
- 1973 –Greek military junta of 1967–1974: Junta strongman George Papadopoulos appoints Spyros Markezinis as Prime Minister of Greece with the task to lead Greece to parliamentary rule.
- 1973 –Yom Kippur War: Gabi Amir’s armored brigade attacks Egyptian occupied positions on the Israeli side of the Suez Canal, in hope of driving them away. The attack fails, and over 150 Israeli tanks are destroyed.
- 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.
Who were born on October 8?
- 1765 –Harman Blennerhassett, Irish lawyer (d. 1831)
- 1848 –Pierre De Geyter, Belgian socialist and composer. Wrote the music for the song The International (d. 1932)
- 1887 –Huntley Gordon, Canadian actor (d. 1956)
- 1919 –Kiichi Miyazawa, 78th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2007)
- 1943 –Chevy Chase, American comedian and actor
- 1948 –Benjamin Cheever, American novelist and editor
- 1948 –Johnny Ramone, American musician (The Ramones) (d. 2004)
- 1966 –Camille Coduri, British actress
- 1980 –Nick Cannon, American actor
- 1981 –Kalil Wilson, American vocalist
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