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Shigeru Ishiba More than 20 people die in flooding and landslides in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Shigeru Ishiba (pictured) becomes Prime Minister of Japan after winning the Liberal Democratic Party leadership election. Amid escalating tensions in the Middle East, Israel invades Lebanon, and Iran launches missiles against Israel. Flooding in Nepal leaves more than 250 people dead, including 37 in the nation's capital, Kathmandu. In Australian rules football, the Brisbane Lions defeat the Sydney Swans to win the AFL Grand Final. Ongoing: Israel–Hamas war Israel–Hezbollah conflict Russian invasion of Ukraine timeline Sudanese civil war timeline Recent deaths: Christopher Ciccone Humberto Ortega Gavin Creel Rohan de Saram Stoika Milanova Dikembe Mutombo
On this day...
October 8 Lithograph depicting the Great Chicago Fire 1871 – Five large fires broke out in the United States, including the Great Chicago Fire (depicted) in Illinois and the Peshtigo fire in Wisconsin, the latter being the deadliest in U.S. history. 1956 – Major League Baseball pitcher Don Larsen threw the only perfect game in World Series history. 1998 – A new airport for Oslo, Norway, opened at Gardermoen, replacing a smaller one at the same location that had served as a backup to the city's previous main airport at Fornebu. 2001 – At Linate Airport in Milan, Italy, Scandinavian Airlines Flight SK686 collided on take-off with a Cessna Citation II business jet, killing 118 people. Edward Wright (bap 1561) John Hancock (d. 1793) Franklin Pierce (d. 1869) Marilou Diaz-Abaya (d. 2012) More anniversaries: October 7 October 8 October 9