What Happened on October 8, 2023

Historical Events

Verstappen Wins 3rd F1 Title

Dutch driver Max Verstappen scores his 14th win of the F1 season with a dominant victory in the Qatar Grand Prix at the Lusail Circuit; clinches his third consecutive Formula 1 title

Israel formally declares war on Hamas as the death toll reaches about 1,100 on both sides and Israel increases airstrikes on Gaza [1]
South Australia cricket batsman Jake Fraser-McGurk breaks AB de Villiers' 2015 record for the fastest century in a List A game, plundering a 29-ball hundred against Tasmania in Adelaide; out on 125 from 38 balls

Events in 2023

Famous Deaths

Agneta Andersson, Swedish sprint canoer (Olympic gold K-1 500 1984, K-2 500 1984, 96; World C'ship gold K-2 500 1993), dies from cancer at 62
Alcides Báez, Paraguayan soccer goalkeeper (16 caps; FC Cerro Porteño, FC Libertad), dies at 76
Burt Young [Gerald DeLouise or Richard Morea], American character actor (Rocky; Convoy; The Choirboys), screenwriter (Uncle Joe Shannon), and visual artist, and visual artist, dies at 83 [1]
Stewkey [Robert Antoni], American power pop-rock vocalist and keyboard player (Nazz - "Open My Eyes", "Hello It's Me), dies of cancer at 75

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