8 October 1480<\/h3>\n
In what became known as the Great Stand on the Ugra river, the Russians, under Ivan III, faced down the Tatar Great Horde\u2019s attempt to invade Muscovy.<\/p>\n
8 October 1582<\/h3>\n
In Italy, Spain, Portugal and Poland, the implementation of Pope Gregory XIII\u2019s controversial new calendar<\/a> (which we still use today) means that, spookily, this day never happens.<\/p>\n English artist Alfred Munnings is born at Mendham in Suffolk. Best known for his paintings of horses, he will become president of the Royal Academy in 1944 and receive a knighthood in the same year.<\/p>\n A Chilean naval squadron captured the Peruvian ironclad Huascar off Angamos Point, north of Antofagasta, Chile. The elimination of the threat posed by the Huascar enabled the Chileans to mount a number of seaborne operations against Peru.<\/p>\n 112 people were killed and 340 injured when two express trains collided at Harrow and Wealdstone station and a third train crashed into the wreckage.<\/p>\n Former Prime Minister Clement Attlee<\/a> dies aged 84.<\/p>\n Browse more\u00a0On this day in history<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p><\/div> By Elinor Evans Published: Saturday, 08 October 2022 at 12:00 am 8 October 1361 A judicial combat was (supposedly) held on the \u00cele Notre Dame in Paris between a dog and the man suspected of the murder of its master. The dog was victorious and the man hanged. 8 October 1480 In what became known […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":18430,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"2"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2022\/10\/8-october-on-this-day-in-history.jpg",620,413,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2022\/10\/8-october-on-this-day-in-history-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2022\/10\/8-october-on-this-day-in-history-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2022\/10\/8-october-on-this-day-in-history.jpg",620,413,false],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2022\/10\/8-october-on-this-day-in-history.jpg",620,413,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2022\/10\/8-october-on-this-day-in-history.jpg",620,413,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2022\/10\/8-october-on-this-day-in-history.jpg",620,413,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Elinor Evans Published: Saturday, 08 October 2022 at 12:00 am 8 October 1361 A judicial combat was (supposedly) held on the \u00cele Notre Dame in Paris between a dog and the man suspected of the murder of its master. The dog was victorious and the man hanged. 8 October 1480 In what became known…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/18429"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}8 October 1878<\/h3>\n
8 October 1879<\/h3>\n
8 October 1952<\/h3>\n
8 October 1967<\/h3>\n
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