WHAT HAPPENED ON 8. OCTOBER
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Edmonton, Alberta is incorporated as a city. (8. October 1904)

Prince Albert, Saskatchewan is incorporated as a city. (8. October 1904)

First Balkan War begins: Montenegro declares war against the Ottoman Empire. (8. October 1912)

World War I: In the Argonne Forest in France, United States Corporal Alvin C. York kills 28 German soldiers and captures 132, for which he is awarded the Medal of Honor. (8. October 1918)

KDKA in Pittsburgh's Forbes Field conducts the first live broadcast of a football game. (8. October 1921)

Joseph Szigeti gives the first performance of Alfredo Casella's Violin Concerto. (8. October 1928)

The Indian Air Force is established. (8. October 1932)

World War II: Germany annexes Western Poland. (8. October 1939)

World War II: In their invasion of the Soviet Union, Germany reaches the Sea of Azov with the capture of Mariupol. (8. October 1941)

World War II: The Battle of Crucifix Hill occurs on Crucifix Hill just outside Aachen. Capt. Bobbie Brown receives a Medal of Honor for his heroics in this battle. (8. October 1944)

The Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash kills 112 people. (8. October 1952)

New York Yankees's Don Larsen pitched the only perfect game in a World Series; one of only 21 perfect games in MLB history. (8. October 1956)

Spiegel scandal: Der Spiegel publishes the article "Bedingt abwehrbereit" ("Conditionally prepared for defense") about a NATO manoeuvre 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. (8. October 1962)

Algeria joins the United Nations. (8. October 1962)

Guerrilla leader Che Guevara and his men are captured in Bolivia. (8. October 1967)

Vietnam War: Operation Sealords – United States and South Vietnamese forces launch a new operation in the Mekong Delta. (8. October 1968)

The opening rally of the Days of Rage occurs, organized by the Weather Underground in Chicago, Illinois. (8. October 1969)

Vietnam War: In Paris, a Communist delegation rejects US President Richard Nixon's October 7 peace proposal as "a manoeuvre to deceive world opinion". (8. October 1970)

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. (8. October 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. (8. October 1973)