Wikislippy:Selected anniversaries/October 8
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- Today - Independence Day in Croatia and Navy Day in Peru.
- 1600 - San Marino adopts its written constitution.
- 1978 - Australia's Ken Warby sets the current world water speed record of 317.60 mph.
- 2001 - U.S. President George W. Bush announces the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security.