8 October It Happened Today

1805  French troops defeat Austrian forces at Ulm.

1895  Birth of Argentinian general and president, Juan Peron.

1941  Birth of American civil rights leader, Reverend Jesse Jackson.

1965  The Post Office Tower in London is officially opened.

1967  The first British motorist to be breathalysed is stopped by Police in Somerset.

1981  Millions of pounds worth of gold bullion is retrieved from the wreck of HMS Edinburgh which sank in the Barents Sea in 1942.