Major events on 8th October:
1932 - The Indian Air Force was established
1945 - Microwave oven was patented
1958 - First pacemaker was installed by Dr Ake Senning (Stockholm)
2004 - Kenyan Wangari Maathai was the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for "her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace"
2018 - Major climate report by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for the UN says planet will warm 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit (1.5 degrees Celsius) by 2040 with dire results...