10-07-2010, 08:12 PM
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October 8th
1871 ~ The Great Chicago Fire destroyed about 17,450 buildings, killed about 250 people and left another 90,000 homeless.
1949 ~ Birthday of Sigourney Weaver, Actress.
1952 ~ The UK suffered its worst peacetime rail accident.
1961 ~ In London, the Post Office Tower opened.
1969 ~ Birthday of Julia Ann, Porn Actress.
1982 ~ Solidarity, and all other labor organizations in Poland, were banned.
1992 ~ Death of Willy Brandt, German politician.
2003 ~ Arnold Schwarzenegger was elected governor of California.
2004 ~ Martha Stewart went to jail.
2004 ~ Death of Jacques Derrida, French philosopher.
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