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History on the 8th of October

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08 Oct 1910 WW2 Rear Admiral Yushichi Kanno was named the Chief of Staff of the Mako naval port at Pescadores islands, Taiwan. 
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08 Oct 1912 WW2 The Kingdom of Montenegro declared war on the Ottoman Empire in the 1st Balkan War. 
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08 Oct 1914 WW2 Prodded by Winston Churchill, the Admiralty had agreed to the plan masterminded by Wing Commdander Charles Rumney Sampson of the Eastchurch Squadron, RNAS, for a bombing raid on the Zeppelin sheds in Cologne and Dusseldorf in Germany. Flying from Antwerp, Belgium, the two Sopwith Tabloid aircraft, piloted by Squadron Leader D. A. Spenser Grey and Flight Lieutenant L.G. "Reggie" Marix, flew a distance of 112 miles and 104 miles respectively on this, which the first air raid against a target on German soil. Grey, unable to find the target because of poor visibility, became frustrated and dropped his bombs on Cologne Railway Station. Marix however was more successful. Locating the Zeppelin sheds, he attacked with bombs from a height of around 600 feet. Inside the sheds, the recently completed and fully inflated Zeppelin Z.IX airship LZ 25 was destroyed as were the adjoining workshops in the resulting fire. 
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08 Oct 1914 WW2 The French claimed their first air victory in combat when a Voisin Type LA of Escadrille V24 shot down a German Aviatik B.1. 
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08 Oct 1918 WW2 Major Ralph Sasse of the 301st Battalion of the American Expeditionary Forces made the first recorded use of a radio equipped tank when he called up assistance to help repel an attack at the village of Brancourt, France. 
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08 Oct 1931 WW2 Leipzig was commissioned into service. 
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08 Oct 1935 WW2 The Italian Army entered Makalle, Abyssinia. General Emilio de Bono declared that slavery was abolished in Abyssinia, and dispatched emissaries all over the Tigre province to spread the news that Italian rule was going to be beneficent. Benito Mussolini was livid. 
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08 Oct 1938 WW2 Czechoslovakia and Hungary negotiated over territory, but the negotiations soon broke down, and Hungary threatened Czechoslovakia with war. 
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08 Oct 1939 WW2 Cruiser Köln began in a raid in the North Sea. 
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08 Oct 1939 WW2 A RAF reconnaissance plane shot down a German flying boat conducting reconnaissance over the North Sea. 
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08 Oct 1939 WW2 Chinese 195th Division pursued the retreating Japanese troops in the Miluo River and Sinchiang River region in Hunan Province, China. 
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08 Oct 1939 WW2 The first Jewish ghetto was established in Piotrkow, Poland. 
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08 Oct 1939 WW2 The prototype of the Percival Proctor, designed to British Air Ministry Specification 20/38 for a communications and radio training aircraft, made its maiden flight. 
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08 Oct 1940 WW2 During the night, 17 British aircraft from Waddington, Lincolnshire attacked battleship Tirpitz to little effect. 
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08 Oct 1940 WW2 Orion made rendezvous with raider Komet and Komet's supply ship Kulmerland. Orion and Komet began operating together against Allied shipping. 
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08 Oct 1940 WW2 The United States transferred 8 more old destroyers to the British Royal Navy as part of the Destroyers for Bases Agreement. 
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08 Oct 1940 WW2 Czech-born fighter ace Sergeant Josef Frantisek of No. 303 "Warsaw-Kosciuszko" Squadron RAF was killed when his Hurricane crashed whilst landing at RAF Northolt at Ruislip near London, England, United Kingdom. At the time of his death Frantisek had a score of 17 kills and had been awarded the British Distinguished Flying Medal. Posthumously he was commissioned lieutenant, and awarded a Bar to his DFM, the Czech Military Cross, the Polish Cross of Valour (with three bars) and the Polish Virtuti Militari. 
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08 Oct 1940 WW2 British submarine HMS Trident and German submarine U-31 exchanged fire in the Bay of Biscay off France; Trident hit U-31 with the deck gun, causing minor damage; both torpedoes fired missed. German submarine U-58 hit British ship Confield 88 miles west of Barra Head, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom at 2131 hours with two torpedoes, killing 1; the ship remained afloat, allowing the remaining 36 to escape via lifeboats. Far to the south, 350 miles northeast of Natal, Brazil, German armed merchant cruiser Thor attacked British refrigeration ship Natia, killing 2; after the remaining 83 crew members were captured, Natia was sunk by a torpedo and two more shells from Thor's 150-mm gun; after this attack, Thor now had 368 prisoners aboard, outnumbering her crew. 
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08 Oct 1940 WW2 The British Mediterranean Fleet departed Alexandria, Egypt to escort a supply convoy to Malta. The fleet consisted of battleship HMS Warspite, battleship HMS Valiant, battleship HMS Malaya, battleship HMS Ramillies, aircraft carrier HMS Eagle, aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious, 12 cruisers, 16 destroyers, and 6 submarines; they escorted four British transport ships. 
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08 Oct 1940 WW2 The German Luftwaffe mounted 4 raids of 30 to 160 aircraft consisted mostly of fighter-bombers and fighters, with few medium bombers, against London, England, United Kingdom; various government offices in Whitehall and the Charing Cross Railway Station were damaged by bombs. The Germans lost 1 Bf 109 fighter and 3 bombers; the British lost 4 fighters with all 4 pilots killed. Overnight, London, East Anglia, East Midlands, Portsmouth, and Southampton were bombed, with a serious fire damaging wharves and nearby warehouses. 
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08 Oct 1940 WW2 Josef Frantisek passed away in Ewell, England, United Kingdom. 
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08 Oct 1940 WW2 The United States Department of State released an announcement advising American citizens to leave the Far East and return to the US. 
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08 Oct 1941 WW2 Shokaku arrived at Kure, Japan and joined new sister ship Zuikaku for the first time. She moved around in Kure, Oita, Saeki area in the remainder of the month. 
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08 Oct 1941 WW2 British RAF airmen in Murmansk and Arkhangel areas in northern Russia began to hand over their aircraft and related equipment to their Soviet counterparts. 
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08 Oct 1941 WW2 German Panzergruppe 1 reached Berdyansk and Mariupol in Ukraine in an attempt to reinforce the German 11th Army against Soviet 9th and 18th Armies. Across many sectors of the Eastern Front of the European War, heavy rain set in, resulting in mud that crippled the German Panzers' mobility and held up supplies. 
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08 Oct 1942 WW2 Trawler Anticosti was commissioned into service. 
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08 Oct 1942 WW2 A Nazi radio announcement stated that from midday (German time) officers and men captured at Dieppe, France had been manacled as a retaliation for the alleged tying of prisoners during a small-scale raid on Sark on 3 October 1942. The British War Office replied that German prisoners brought back from Dieppe had not had their hands tied and had been treaty humanely. It was further threatened that unless the Germans immediately unshackle their captives, then German prisoners of war in Canada would be put into chains from noon 10 October 1942. 
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08 Oct 1942 WW2 Troops of the Japanese 81st Naval Garrison executed Allied prisoners of war airman Harl Pease, airman Chester Czechowski, airman Harold Massie, coast watcher Cecil John Trevelyan Mason, coast watcher Arthur King, and coast watcher Ray Woodroffe at Rabaul, New Britain. They were executed by either rifle fire or bayonet. A Japanese Army doctor was seen dissecting at least one of the six men after the execution. 
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08 Oct 1942 WW2 36 US B-17 Flying Fortress bombers moved from Mareeba airfield in Queensland, Australia to Port Moresby, Australian Papua. Before the end of the day, they took off for Rabaul, New Britain for an attack early on the next day. 4 Australian PBY Catalina aircraft dropped bombs on Rabaul to start fires for the B-17 bombers that would arrive in a few hours. 
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08 Oct 1942 WW2 Vice Admiral Jinichi Kusaka arrived at Rabaul, New Britain. 
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08 Oct 1942 WW2 Hans-Erich Voß was named the commanding officer of German cruiser Prinz Eugen. 
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08 Oct 1943 WW2 USS Hoe searched for down American airmen in the Wake Island area. 
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08 Oct 1943 WW2 17 US bombers attacked Vegesack, Bremen, Germany. Two B-24 bombers were lost, with pilot William Clifford's crew lost entirely and pilot John Buschman's crew mostly captured. 
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08 Oct 1943 WW2 Major General Charles Barrett died in the US military hospital at Nouméa, New Caledonia just three weeks after taking command of I Amphibious Corps. His predecessor, Major General Alexander Vandegrift, was hastily recalled to take over until a new corps commander could be appointed. 
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08 Oct 1943 WW2 Satoru Anabuki, flying Ki-43 fighter "Kimikaze", shot down a P-38 fighters and three B-24 bombers over Rangoon, Burma, increasing his score to 48. He was seriously wounded in combat. 
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08 Oct 1943 WW2 Robert Johnson shot down a German Fw 190 aircraft over Lingen, Germany. 
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08 Oct 1943 WW2 USS Snook arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her third war patrol. 
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08 Oct 1943 WW2 USS Harder arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her second war patrol. 
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08 Oct 1943 WW2 Destroyer Yukikaze departed Kure, Japan to escort carrier Ryuho to Singapore. 
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08 Oct 1943 WW2 British merchant ship Ocean Strength arrived at Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom with a supply of iron ore and captured German Tiger I heavy tank "131". 
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08 Oct 1943 WW2 USS Texas began escorting an Allied convoy from New York, New York, United States to Britain. 
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08 Oct 1944 WW2 Czechoslovakian 1st Armored Brigade was deployed to the British 2nd Army in France. 
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08 Oct 1944 WW2 Elements of US Ninth Army reached Aachen, Germany. 
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08 Oct 1944 WW2 The US Navy canceled Project Pigeon/Project Orcon, which was University of Minnesota professor B. F. Skinner's attempt to design missiles piloted by pigeons. He complained that, even if the project was a success, people would not take this project seriously. 
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08 Oct 1944 WW2 USS Hoe fired 17 torpedoes at a Japanese convoy, scoring 5 hits, sinking 1 freighter and damaging 3 other ships. 
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08 Oct 1944 WW2 USS Becuna damaged Japanese tanker Kimikawa Maru in the South China Sea with two of four torpedoes fired. 
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08 Oct 1944 WW2 USS Guitarro departed Frementle, Australia for her third war patrol. 
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08 Oct 1944 WW2 Unryu departed Yashiro-jima, Japan and arrived at Yashima, Kagawa, Japan. 
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08 Oct 1944 WW2 Shinano was launched at Yokosuka, Japan. During the launch, one of the caissons at the end of the dock lifted unexpectedly, causing her to move forward, damaging the bow. 
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08 Oct 1944 WW2 USS Wasp refueled from an oiler in the Philippine Sea. 
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08 Oct 1944 WW2 Bulgarian troops engaged German troops at Bela Palanka, Yugoslavia. Elsewhere in Yugoslavia, Yugoslavian troops captured two German bridgeheads on the Morawa River near Velika Plana and Palanka. 
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08 Oct 1945 WW2 Rudolph Heß was transported from Britain to Nürnberg, Germany for trial. 
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08 Oct 1945 WW2 Japanese General Yamashita was arraigned in war crimes court in the Philippine Islands. 
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08 Oct 1945 WW2 António de Oliveira Salazar of Portugal allowed opposition political parties for the first time. 
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