October 8: on this day in history
A few events that happened on October 8. You do not need to know them all; curiosity is enough.
Historical events
- 1480The standoff between the armies of Moscow and the Great Horde on the Ugra River began; it lasted until November.
- 1970Russian writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
- 1978Australian Ken Warby set a new world water speed record in his jet-powered boat.
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