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8 Oct 2004
Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai became the first African female to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
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8 Oct 1992
Pioneer Venus Orbiter, or Pioneer 12, sent its last transmission as it fell from its orbit around Venus.
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8 Oct 1974
The Franklin National Bank closed due to fraud, the largest US bank to fail at the time.
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8 Oct 1967
Argentinian Communist and Guerilla leader Che Guevara was captured by the Bolivian military.
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8 Oct 1958
World's first internal pacemaker implanted.
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8 Oct 1956
New York Yankees' Don Larsen pitches only World Series perfect game.
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8 Oct 1945
Inventor Percy L. Spencer patented the Microwave Oven.
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8 Oct 1927
The first Laurel and Hardy movie, 'The Second Hundred Years,' was released in the United States.
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8 Oct 1919
World's first transcontinental air race.
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8 Oct 1918
American Army Corporal Alvin York and seven men attacked a major German gun nest on their own during World War I.
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8 Oct 1912
First Balkan war begins.
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8 Oct 1871
Great Chicago Fire begins.
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8 Oct 1871
Wisconsin was struck by the deadliest wildfire in US history.
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8 Oct 1813
The Treaty of Ried was signed between Bavaria and Austria.
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8 Oct 1769
Captain James Cook landed on Poverty Bay, New Zealand, where he studied and explored the land.
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8 Oct 1604
Kepler's Supernova was discovered.
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8 Oct 1200
Isabella of Angoulême was crowned Queen consort of England at Westminster Abbey, London.
