Shaikh Khalifa City foundation stone layed
2005 - Palestinians reacted with joy at the generous initiative of UAE President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who ordered a city with all amenities be constructed on the former Israeli colony of Morag in the southern Gaza Strip. Alaa Abu Zaid, 33, said the Shaikh Khalifa City’s initiative came as expected from a leader who is known for his generosity and honest feelings for the Palestinian people. The UAE has always been and is still standing by the Palestinian people. The foundation stone-laying ceremony was the most important event in the city. With a new city being built, the Palestinians are looking forward to seeing their long-standing dream come true. Ebrahim Abu Humaid, 44, said: “The UAE always supports the Palestinian people.”
October 8
1912 - Montenegro declares war on Turkey.
1932 - The Indian Air Force is established.
1954 - Communist Vietnamese forces occupy Hanoi.
1955 - The US Navy’s aircraft carrier USS Saratoga is launched.
1962 - Uganda becomes an independent nation within the British Commonwealth.
1965 - The Post Office Tower (now the BT Tower) in London is officially Opened.
1967 - Che Guevara, a Marxist revolutionary, is captured
1975 - Heavy fighting in Beirut and northern Lebanon kills at least 25 people.
1982 - Poland bans Solidarity and all labour unions.
1984 - China announces plan to make primary school education compulsory by 1990 and eradicate adult illiteracy by 1995.
1996 - Palestine Liberation Organisation leader Yasser Arafat makes his first public visit to Israel.
2000 - Michael Schumacher wins Japanese Grand Prix.
2001 - An SAS airliner taking off for Denmark from Milan, Italy, hits a private jet and explodes, killing all 114 people on both planes and four people on the ground.
2002 - Pakistan conducts tests of a medium-range missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead.
2005 - A 7.5 magnitude quake kills thousands of people in India, Pakistan and Afghanistan.
2008 - Maldivian islanders vote in the first democratic presidential election in their nation’s history.
2009 - A suicide car bomb explodes outside the Indian Embassy in Kabul, killing at least 17 people.
2012 - West Indies wins the World Twenty20 cricket tournament after beating Sri Lanka in the final in Colombo.
