On This Day - 8th October

On This Day - 8th October - quiz round
 
10 trivia questions about things that happened on this day in history - 8th October
 
A great round for a weekly quiz night.
 
Example questions;
 

Which Soviet writer was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature on this day in 1970?

On this day in 1982, which musical opened on Broadway and ran for nearly 18 years?