* Astronomy

The University of London Observatory at Mill Hill in London was opened on 8 October 1929 by the then Astronomer Royal Frank Watson Dyson
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_London_Observatory

The Great Chicago Fire was a conflagration that burned from Sunday, October 8, to early Tuesday, October 10, 1871
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Chicago_Fire

People

Robert Rowe Gilruth (October 8, 1913-August 17, 2000) was an American aviation and space pioneer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_R._Gilruth

Janice Elaine Voss (October 8, 1956 - February 6, 2012) was a NASA astronaut.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janice_E._Voss

Carlos Ismael Noriega (born 1959) is a former NASA astronaut
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_I._Noriega

Frank Patrick Herbert, Jr. (October 8, 1920 - February 11, 1986) was an American science fiction writer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Herbert

Ejnar Hertzsprung (8 October 1873 - 21 October 1967) was a Danish chemist and astronomer.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t45437375/ejnar-hertzsprung-1873-1967/

Mark Oliphant (8 October 1901 - 14 July 2000) was an Australian physicist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Oliphant

William Scott (8 October 1825 - 29 March 1917), was a Church of England clergyman
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Scott_(astronomer_and_clergyman)

James Cuffey (October 8, 1911 - May 30, 1999) was an American astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cuffey

Edward Wright (baptised 8 October 1561; died November 1615) was an English mathematician
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Wright_(mathematician)

NGC Discovered

NGC 99 was discovered on 8 October 1883 by the French astronomer Edouard Stephan
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55185805/ngc-99/

NGC 109 is a magnitude +14.1 barred spiral galaxy discovered by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on the 8th October 1861.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58720650/ngc-109/

NGC 277 is a magnitude +13.7 elliptical galaxy discovered by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on the 8th October 1864.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58720628/ngc-277/

NGC 443 was discovered on October 8, 1861 by the German astronomer Heinrich d'Arrest
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55186745/ngc-443/

NGC 447 was discovered on October 8, 1861 by the German astronomer Heinrich d'Arrest
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55186698/ngc-447/

NGC 467 was discovered on October 8, 1785 by the British astronomer William Herschel
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55186646/ngc-467/

NGC 521 was discovered on October 8, 1785 by the British astronomer William Herschel
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55186509/ngc-521/

NGC 533 was discovered on October 8, 1785 by the British astronomer William Herschel
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55186576/ngc-533/

NGC 550 was discovered on October 8, 1785 by the British astronomer William Herschel
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55186452/ngc-550/

NGC 765 was discovered on October 8, 1864 by the German astronomer Albert Marth
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t36563850/ngc-765/

NGC 1054 is a magnitude +13.9 spiral galaxy discovered by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on the 8th October 1864
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58720434/ngc-1054/

NGC 1355 is a magnitude +13.3 spiral galaxy discovered by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on the 8th October 1864
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58720426/ngc-1355/

NGC 1551 is a magnitude +12.1 elliptical galaxy discovered by William Herschel on the 8th October 1785.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58720412/ngc-1551/

NGC 7156 is a magnitude +12.5 face-on barred spiral galaxy discovered by William Herschel on the 8th October 1785.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58720401/ngc-7156/