On this day — October 8

Azerbaijan twice deliberately targeted the Church of the Holy Savior Ghazanchetsots of Shusha.

the death toll rises to nearly 900.

the first person in the United States to be diagnosed with Ebola, dies.

69,000–75,266 injured, and 2.8 million homeless.

Bush announces the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security.

Croatia and Slovenia sever all official relations with Yugoslavia.

Israeli police kill 17 Palestinians and wound over 100 near the Dome of the Rock.

Hong Kong, killing 14 and injuring 10.

Australia.

at the time it is the largest bank failure in the history of the United States.

Israel loses more than 150 tanks in a failed attack on Egyptian-occupied positions.