What happened on October 8 ?

1515 - Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox (d. 1578)

1676 - Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish scholar (d. 1764)

1713 - Yechezkel Landau, Polish rabbi and Talmudist (d. 1793)

1715 - Michel Benoist, French Jesuit missionary and scientist (d. 1774)

1720 - Jonathan Mayhew, American minister and patriot (d. 1766)

1747 - Jean-François Rewbell, French politician (d. 1807)

1765 - Harman Blennerhassett, Irish lawyer (d. 1831)

1789 - John Ruggles, American politician (d. 1874)

1818 - John Henninger Reagan, American and Confederate politician (d. 1905)

1834 - Walter Kittredge, American musician and composer (d. 1905)

1850 - Henri Louis le Chatelier, French chemist (d. 1936)

1870 - Louis Vierne, French organist (d. 1937)

1877 - Hans Heysen, German-born landscape artist (d. 1968)

1883 - Otto Heinrich Warburg, German physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970)

1887 - Huntley Gordon, Canadian actor (d. 1956)

1888 - Ernst Kretschmer, German psychiatrist (d. 1964)

1889 - C. E. Woolman, American airline founder (d. 1966)

1890 - Edward Rickenbacker, American pilot (d. 1973)

1895 - Juan Perón, President of Argentina (d. 1974)

1895 - Zog I, King of Albania (d. 1961)

1901 - Doris Allen, American psychologist (d. 2002)

1901 - Eivind Groven, Norwegian composer and ethnomusicologist (d. 1977)

1910 - Kirk Alyn, American actor (d. 1999)

1910 - Gus Hall, American union organizer and Communist Party leader (d. 2000)

1910 - Ray Lewis, Canadian runner (d. 2003)

1917 - Billy Conn, American boxer (d. 1993)

1917 - Walter Lord, American author (d. 2002)

1917 - Danny Murtaugh, baseball player and manager (d. 1976)

1917 - Rodney Robert Porter, English biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1985)

1918 - Jens Christian Skou, Danish chemist, Nobel Prize laureate

1920 - Frank Herbert, American writer (d. 1986)

1924 - Alphons Egli, member of the Swiss Federal Council

1927 - Jim Elliot, American missionary (d. 1956)

1927 - César Milstein, Argentine scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 2002)

1928 - Neil Harvey, Australian cricketer

1928 - Bill Maynard, British actor

1932 - Ray Reardon, Welsh snooker player

1936 - Rona Barrett, American gossip columnist

1938 - Fred Stolle, Australian tennis player

1938 - Walter Gretzky, father of Wayne Gretzky

1939 - Paul Hogan, Australian actor

1941 - Jesse Jackson, American clergyman and civil rights activist

1943 - Chevy Chase, American comedian and actor

1943 - R. L. Stine, American author

1944 - Susan Raye, American country singer

1946 - Jean-Jacques Beineix, French film director

1946 - Dennis Kucinich, U.S. Congressman and Presidential candidate

1948 - Sarah Purcell, American television host

1948 - Johnny Ramone, American guitarist (The Ramones) (d. 2004)

1949 - Sigourney Weaver, American actress

1950 - Robert Kool Bell, American musician (Kool & the Gang)

1952 - Jan Marijnissen, Dutch politician

1955 - Bill Elliott, NASCAR driver, 1988 series champion

1956 - Stephanie Zimbalist, American actress

1958 - Steve Coll, Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist

1959 - Nick Bakay, American actor, voice actor, and comedian

1964 - CeCe Winans, American singer

1965 - Ardal O'Hanlon, Irish comedian

1965 - C-Jay Ramone, American bassist (The Ramones)

1968 - Leeroy Thornhill, British musician (The Prodigy)

1969 - Julia Ann, American porn actress

1969 - Dylan Neal, Canadian actor

1970 - Matt Damon, American actor

1970 - Tetsuya Nomura, Japanese Video Games Director, Character Designer and Concept Designer

1972 - DJ Q-Ball, American Musician (Bloodhound Gang)

1973 - Rhys Evans, Renowned Welsh born raconteur and street performer

1976 - Renate Groenewold, Dutch speed skater

1977 - Anne-Caroline Chausson, French down hill mountain bike rider

1979 - Kristanna Loken, American actress and model

1980 - Mike Mizanin, American wrestler

1985 - Eiji Wentz, German-Japanese entertainer and singer