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The 2006–07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Czech Republic was an A1 Grand Prix race, held on October 8, 2006 at Masaryk Circuit near Brno, Czech Republic.
Adela Elena Popescu (born October 8, 1986 in Șușani, Vâlcea County) is a Romanian actress and singer.
Alfred William Goldie (December 10, 1920, Coseley, Staffordshire – October 8, 2005, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria) was an English Mathematician.
Stone was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Heman A. Moore and served from October 8, 1844, to March 3, 1845.
He was arrested on October 8, 1997 by the Chinese government, along with Su Zhi-Ming, since professing loyalty to the pope in Rome over loyalty to the Chinese state is forbidden in China.
William Henry Landis (born October 8, 1942 in Hanford, California) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1963 through 1969 for the Kansas City Athletics (1963) and Boston Red Sox (1967–1969).
C.J. Thomason is starring in the upcoming horror film The Monkey's Paw, set for release in theaters and on demand on October 8, 2013.
The camp opened on October 8, 1942 and was named in honor of Myles Standish who was the first military commander in the Old Colony region.
Wiegmann and Kansas native Danni Boatwright of Survivor: Guatemala fame had their first child on October 8, 2007.
Charles Phillips Dorr (August 12, 1852 – October 8, 1914) was a lawyer and Republican politician from West Virginia who served as a United States Representative in the 55th United States Congress.
It was created on October 8, 1908, during the presidency of Ismael Montes and is now one of four (until June 2009: three) municipalities of the province.
Christian Ludwig Rutt (October 8, 1859 - 1936) was a managing editor for the St. Joseph News-Press who is credited with coming up with the recipe and name for Aunt Jemima pancakes.
He was born on October 8, 1835 to a landowning family in Wesselburen in the Holstein region.
The Council of Chalcedon was a church council held from October 8 to November 1, AD 451, at Chalcedon (a city of Bithynia in Asia Minor), on the Asian side of the Bosporus, known in modern times as Kadıköy in Istanbul, although it was then separate from Constantinople.
Derk Cheetwood (born October 8, 1973) is an American actor who appears on the soap opera General Hospital on a recurring basis as mob enforcer Max Giambetti, who works for mob boss Sonny Corinthos.
Edgar Eduardo Castillo Carrillo (born October 8, 1986, in Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States) is a Mexican-American association football player.
This line was opened on October 8, 1872, and the company was consolidated with the Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad (F&PM).
Morrison was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of James Wilson and served from October 8, 1850, to March 3, 1851.
The bridge was dedicated by Governor David C. Treen and Bishop Stanley Ott of Baton Rouge and opened to traffic on October 8, 1983 connecting Louisiana Highway 18 on the West Bank and Louisiana Highway 48 on the East Bank.
Heather Fitzenhagen (born October 8, 1960) is a Republican member of the Florida House of Representatives, representing the 78th District, which includes central Lee County, namely, Fort Myers, since 2012.
A few days later, on October 8, 2010, he also resigned his positions at Neofonie GmbH.
Hyman Bernard Samuels (born March 12, 1909, St Louis, Missouri, died October 8, 1973, Los Angeles, California) was a brassiere manufacturer and third husband of B-picture heroine Lynne Roberts.
On October 8, 1918, while fighting near Consenvoye, France, while his unit was pinned down by heavy German machine gun fire, First Sergeant Anderson volunteered to leave his unit in an attempt at flanking the enemy machine gun emplacement.
Julian was not a part of the Canadian national team plans until early October in 2010, when senior national team coach Stephen Hart named him in the 18 man Canada squad to play a friendly on October 8 versus Ukraine.
Ludwig Christian Friedrich (von) Förster (October 8, 1797, Ansbach - June 16, 1863, Bad Gleichenberg, Steiermark) was a German-born Austrian architect.
Marcos Leonel Posadas Segura (born October 8, 1938, Tampico) is a Mexican politician.
Bessette was set to make his first title defense against Joe Proctor on October 8, 2011 at Reality Fighting: Gonzaga vs. Porter.
Silverstein (DE-534) was laid down on October 8, 1943 at the Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts; launched on November 8, 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Ruth B. Silverstein; and commissioned on July 14, 1944, Lt. Comdr.
On October 8, 2013 Mohammed Hameed made his international debut against Lebanon national football team in Saida International Stadium in Beirut, Lebanon.
“We, most opposition parties, believe that we should have a parliamentary form of government and its perfect form is a constitutional monarchy,” MP Zviad Dzidziguri of the Conservative Party said on October 8.
The term was first documented in the October 8, 2011, issue of Manila Standard Today.
Dodds was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Aaron F. Perry and served from October 8, 1872, to March 3, 1873.
Arica y Parinacota Region was created on October 8, 2007 under Law 20.175, promulgated on March 23, 2007 by President Michelle Bachelet in the city of Arica.
Dallin H. Oaks presided at the groundbreaking ceremony on October 8, 2011, with William R. Walker conducting and Janette Hales Beckham, Steven E. Snow and Jay E. Jensen in attendance.
The battle was fought on October 8, 1862, between the Union Army of the Ohio, commanded by Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell, and the Confederate Army of Mississippi, commanded by Gen. Braxton Bragg.
Phill Drobnick (born October 8, 1980 in Virginia, Minnesota) is an American curler who has been involved with curling since 1986.
:Attilio Piccirilli (May 16, 1866 - October 8, 1945), an Italian-American sculptor
Rafael dos Santos (Makanaki) (born October 8, 1983 in Salvador, Brazil) is a Brazilian footballer currently playing for 3 de Febrero of the Primera Division in Paraguay.
Born October 8, 1960 in Lachine, Quebec, he was one of five children born to James Moffat, a decorated World War 2 hero with the Royal Canadian Air Force and the Belgian and French Resistance whose wartime memoir was published in "Behind Enemy Lines", and to Anne Dosman Moffat, a Prairie survivor of the Depression and the Dustbowl of Saskatchewan in the 1930s.
The Righteous Branch was organized on April 6, 1978, by Gerald Wilbur Peterson, Sr. (born October 8, 1917 in Lusk, Wyoming, died January 1981).
Atwater introduced Austin to Reagan and included him in White House social functions and high level events, including the October 8, 1981, South Lawn departure ceremony of former Presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Jimmy Carter who were leading the nation's delegation to the State funeral of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat.
On October 8, 1874, the Salesian Sisters were able to open their first house in Borgo San Martino.
The album was released on October 8, 2013 through Warner Bros. Records.
October 8, 1862 • Confederate General Braxton Bragg's invasion of Kentucky comes to an end when his army defeats Union Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell at the Battle of Perryville, but then withdraws through the Cumberland Gap, leaving Eastern Kentucky in Union hands for the rest of the war.
(October 8, 1917 – May 19, 2002), was an American author, best known for his documentary-style non-fiction account A Night to Remember, about the sinking of the RMS Titanic.
Wilhelm Hegeler (February 25, 1870 in Varel, Grand Duchy of Oldenburg - October 8, 1943 in Irschenhausen) was a German novelist.
On October 8, 2012, the NFL suspended Hill for using Adderall.
Wolfgang Lakenmacher (born October 8, 1943 in Neuenhofe, Sachsen-Anhalt) is a former East German handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.