On this day: 8 October

Selected events and births on 8 October, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 451 – The Council of Chalcedon, a Christian ecumenical council, opened, and went on to repudiate the Eutychian doctrine of monophysitism and set forth the Chalcedonian Creed. Read more: Council of Chalcedon Ecumenical council Eutyches
• 1932 – The Indian Air Force was founded as an auxiliary air force of the British Royal Air Force. Read more: Indian Air Force Royal Air Force
• 1956 – Major League Baseball pitcher Don Larsen threw the only perfect game in World Series history. Read more: Major League Baseball Don Larsen Don Larsen's perfect game
• 1998 – A new airport for Oslo, Norway, opened at Gardermoen, replacing a smaller one at the same location that had served as a backup to the city's previous main airport at Fornebu. Read more: Oslo Oslo Airport, Gardermoen Oslo Airport, Fornebu
• 2019 – Anti-government protests calling for free and fair elections began in Baku, Azerbaijan. Read more: 2019 Baku protests Baku

Born on this day

• 1946 – Dennis Kucinich, American journalist and politician, 53rd Mayor of Cleveland Read more: Dennis Kucinich Mayor of Cleveland
• 1955 – Paul Lennon, Australian politician, 42nd Premier of Tasmania Read more: Paul Lennon Premier of Tasmania
• 1958 – Ursula von der Leyen, Belgian-German physician and politician, Defense Minister of Germany, President of the European Commission Read more: Ursula von der Leyen List of German defence ministers
• 1960 – Reed Hastings, American businessman, co-founded Netflix Read more: Reed Hastings Netflix
• 1970 – Sadiq Khan, English lawyer and politician, Minister of State for Transport, Mayor of London Read more: Sadiq Khan Minister of State for Transport Mayor of London
• 1997 – Bella Thorne, American actress Read more: Bella Thorne
• 1997 – Josh Kerr, Scottish runner Read more: Josh Kerr
• 1999 – Putthipong Assaratanakul, Thai actor and singer Read more: Putthipong Assaratanakul
• 1999 – Camila Rossi, Brazilian rhythmic gymnast Read more: Camila Rossi
• 2002 – Brian Thomas Jr., American football player Read more: Brian Thomas Jr.
• 2002 – Zheng Qinwen, Chinese tennis player Read more: Zheng Qinwen
• 2003 – Ángela Aguilar, Mexican-American singer Read more: Ángela Aguilar

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