What Happened on October 8, 2020

Historical Events

American poet Louise Glück is awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature
FBI charge 13 men with plotting to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and storm the Michigan Capitol

Famous Deaths

Jim Dwyer, American journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner, dies of cancer at 63
Mohammad Reza Shajarian, Iranian classical singer, dies at 80 [1]

Whitey Ford (1928-2020)

American Baseball HOF pitcher (10 x MLB All Star; World Series 1950, 53, 56, 58, 61 [MVP], 62; AL Cy Young Award 1961; NY Yankees), dies from dementia at 91