Historical Events for 8th October 2022

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1085 - San Marcos ministry in Venice initiated
1930 - Baseball World Series: Philadelphia A's beat St Louis Cards, 7-1 at Shibe Park for a 4 games to 2 series victory to retain title
1944 - Samuel Barber's "Capricorn Concerto" premieres
1950 - Cleveland Browns play Pittsburgh for 1st time, beat Steelers 30-17
1972 - MLB Detroit Tiger pitcher Lerrin LaGrow and Oakland A's shortstop Bert Campaneris, each fined and suspended when Campaneris flung his bat at the mound after getting hit by a pitch
1984 - NBC's premiere of TV made "The Burning Bed", based on Francine Hughes
1985 - Little Richard seriously injured in a single car accident in Los Angeles
1994 - BPAA US Women's Bowling Open won by Aleta Sill
2004 - Kenyan Wangari Maathai is the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for "her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace"
2018 - Nobel prize for Economics awarded to William Nordhaus for climate change and Paul Romer for endogenous growth theory

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