October 8th (1776) was a Tuesday. It's the 281st day of the year (282nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 84 days left to the end of the year.
October 8th Holidays in History
» Indian Air Force e.g Air Force Day (India)
» Christian Calendar of saints or Feast Day:
» Palatias and Laurentia
» Saint Pelagia or Pelagia (Roman Catholic Church)
» Che Guevara in popular culture .22Saint Ernesto.22 in Bolivia known as San Ernesto, Che Guevera as a saint. (Bolivian campesinos)
» William Dwight Porter Bliss and Richard T. Ely (Episcopal Church (USA))
» October 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Earliest day on which Columbus Day United States observance named Columbus Day can fall, while October 14 is the latest; observed on the second Monday of October (United States)
» Earliest day on which International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction can fall, while October 14 is the latest; observed on the second Wednesday of October (Hawaii)
» Earliest day on which the first day of Fire Prevention Week can fall, while October 14 is the latest; observed on the second week of October. (United States and Canada)
» Independence Day (Croatia) known as Independence Day, celebrates the official separation of Croatia from Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia known as Yugoslavia in 1991.