WHAT HAPPENED ON 8. OCTOBER
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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. (8. October 1974)

Australia's Ken Warby sets the current world water speed record of 317.60 mph at Blowering Dam, Australia. (8. October 1978)

Poland bans Solidarity and all trade unions. (8. October 1982)

Cats opens on Broadway and runs for nearly 18 years before closing on September 10, 2000. (8. October 1982)

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. (8. October 1990)

Croatia votes to sever constitutional relations with Yugoslavia, rendering the country fully independent. (8. October 1991)

A twin engine Cessna and Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) jetliner collide in heavy fog during takeoff from Milan, Italy killing 118 people. (8. October 2001)

U.S. President George W. Bush announces the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security. (8. October 2001)

2005 Kashmir earthquake: Thousands of people are killed by a magnitude 7.6 earthquake in parts of Pakistan, India and Afghanistan. (8. October 2005)