| 1 October 2008

In October 2008 the Russian bank Gazprombank, the banking arm of Gazprom, acquired 100 percent of Armenian bank Areximbank after previously buying 80 percent of said bank in November 2007 and 94. 15 percent in July of the same year.

On October 7, 2008, Armenia withdrew its contingent of 46 peacekeepers.

The " Theater am Bahnhof " ( Theatre at the Railway Station ) is mostly used by the Theatergruppe Lampenfieber and was opened on 19 October 2008.

On January 17, 2008, NYSE Euronext announced it would acquire the AMEX for $ 260 million in stock ; on October 1, 2008, NYSE Euronext completed the acquisition.

The American Stock Exchange merged with the New York Stock Exchange ( NYSE Euronext ) on October 1, 2008.

In October 2008, the United States Department of Justice defined an Alford plea as: " when a the defendant maintains his or her innocence with respect to the charge to which he or she offers to plead guilty ".

On October 11, 2008, Infogrames completed its acquisition of Atari Inc., making it a wholly owned subsidiary.

This would be later broken by Sachin Tendulkar of India on 17 October 2008 whilst playing against Australia at Mohali in the 2nd Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2008.

* He was the all-time leading run scorer in Test cricket, a record he attained on 26 November 2005 until surpassed by Sachin Tendulkar on 17 October 2008.

The fourth revamp, which happened with the issue dated 18 October 2008 had been the most major revamp to date.

On 30 October 2008 a spokesman for the team announced that the team would complete its last three performances of the year with five jets instead of six.

TACV Cabo Verde Airlines opened a route from London Stansted in October 2008 though it was rumoured that flights were being cancelled due to minimum take up though with effect from May 2008, TACV now fly direct from London Gatwick every Thursday to Sal and Praia.

As the February 28, 2008 deadline to approve or reject CAFTA loomed, Arias decided to call for the referendum himself, and it took take place on October 7, 2007.

Costa Rican colones (₡) per US $ 1 – 512. 11 ( September 4, 2010 ), US $ 1 – 559. 51 ( October 24, 2008 ), per US $ 1 – 500. 10 ( December 2007 ), 516. 78 ( November 2007 ), 506. 11 ( April 2006 ), 479. 57 ( July 2005 ), 299. 63 ( February 2000 ), 285. 68 ( 1999 ), 257. 23 ( 1998 ), 232. 60 ( 1997 ), 207. 69 ( 1996 ) and 179. 73 ( 1995 )

The A4 connection from Zagreb to Varaždin and Čakovec exists since 2003, which was extended to the Hungarian border in October 2008 to complete the upgrade of the European route E71.

The A6 route between Rijeka and Zagreb was constructed as an expressway in spring 2004, and upgraded to a full motorway in October 2008, thus upgrading the Croatian section of the European route E65.

On October 22, 2008, the soccer team snapped a 201-game losing streak with a last-second goal against Cal Lutheran University, 1 – 0.

Kung Te-cheng died in October 2008, and his son, Kung Wei-yi, the 78th lineal descendant, had died in 1989.

The 153rd Engineer Battalion based in Olomouc was created on 15 October 2008 and is subordinated to the 15th Engineer Brigade, Joint Forces Command.

Czech BMP-2 | BVP-2 on a Military parade in Prague, 28 October 2008.

Following the assassination in Parliament of Prime Minister Vazgen Sargsyan and parliament Speaker Karen Demirchyan and six other officials, on 27 October 1999, a period of political instability ensued during which an opposition headed by elements of the former Armenian National Movement government attempted unsuccessfully to force Kocharyan to resign.

By October 1993, Armenian forces succeeded in occupying almost all of former NKAO, Lachin and large areas in southwestern Azerbaijan.

This friction has been due to disputes including the self annexation of the Hatay Province to Turkey in 1939, water disputes resulting from the Southeastern Anatolia Project, and Syria ’ s support for the outlawed Kurdistan Worker's Party ( PKK ) and the Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia ( ASALA ), but relations have improved greatly since October 1998 ; when PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan was expelled by Syrian authorities.

* October 15 – Rafael Vaganian, Armenian chess grandmaster

* October 2 – Zareh Baronian, Archimandrite doctor, theologian of the Armenian Church, Bucarest

* October 28 – Tamar Kaprelian, Armenian American musician and singer

Khachaturian's statue by was opened in Moscow on October 31, 2006. Notable attendees included Armenian President Robert Kocharyan, Mayor of Moscow Yury Luzhkov and Russia's First Lady Lyudmila Putina.

On 16 October 1812 he died and was given a Christian burial by Armenian clergy.

A failed attack in Geneva on October 3, 1980, in which two Armenian militants were injured resulted in a new nickname for the group, the 3 October Organization.

Vazgen Sargsyan (, March 5, 1959 – October 27, 1999 ) was an Armenian military commander, politician and writer.

Armenian national team history begins in October 1992, when Armenia met Moldova.

Soghomon Gevorgi Soghomonyan (), commonly known as Komitas Vardapet (, by Western Armenian transliteration also Gomidas Vartabed ) or simply Komitas ( Gomidas ) ( born on September 26 or October 8, 1869, in Kütahya, Ottoman Empire ; died on October 22, 1935, in Paris, France ) was an Armenian priest, composer, choir leader, singer, music ethnologist, music pedagogue and musicologist.

Photograph by William Sachtleben | W. L. Sachtleben showing Armenian victims of a massacre in Erzurum on October 30, 1895 being gathered for burial in a mass grave.

Kars had been fortified to withstand a lengthy siege but, to the astonishment of all, was taken with little resistance by Turkish forces on October 30, 1920, in what some modern scholars have called one of the worst military fiascoes in Armenian history.

Akim Mikhailovich Tamiroff (; birth name ` Hovakim, ; 29 October 1899 – 17 September 1972 ) was an Armenian actor.

On the Sunday closest to October 26, the Armenian Church celebrates the Discovery of the Holy Cross ( Kyood Khach ), commemorating the finding of the True Cross by Saint Helena ( 327 AD ).

On October 29, 1993 the rayon was taken under the Armenian Armed Forces ’ control.

Rouben Zachary Mamoulian ( pronounced: roo-BEN ma-mool-YAN ; October 8, 1897 – December 4, 1987 ) was an Armenian American film and theatre director.

In October 1999, he was elected by the Bishops of the Holy Synod of the Catholic Armenian Synod, Catholicos Patriarch of Cilicia of Armenian Catholics and took the name Nerses Bedros XIX.

It was reported in October 2011 that the Australian federal government had reached an agreement with all of the states on potential changes to their laws in the wake of amendments to the Act of Settlement.

In the October 1974 general election the Liberals slipped back slightly and the Labour government won a wafer-thin majority.

* On 14 October 2011 Secretary of State for Defence Liam Fox resigned from the Cabinet after he " mistakenly allowed the distinction between personal interest and government activities to become blurred " over his friendship with Adam Werrity.

The draft was circulated and during October the government received replies from various representatives of the Jewish community.

Since October 1998, Chadian Movement for Justice and Democracy ( MDJT ) rebels, led by Youssuf Togoimi until his death in September 2002, have skirmished with government troops in the Tibesti region, resulting in hundreds of civilian, government, and rebel casualties, but little ground won or lost.

Because the government refused to consider opposition demands for an independent election commission, the three major opposition parties boycotted the October 1997 presidential election, which Biya easily won.

However, in October 2004, the Cuban government announced an end to this policy: from November US dollars would no longer be legal tender in Cuba, but would instead be exchanged for convertible pesos ( since April 2005 at the exchange rate of $ 1. 08 ) with a 10 % tax payable to the state on the exchange of US dollars cash — though not on other forms of exchange.

In March 1996, following presidential elections, Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim, a member of the civilian government that Denard had tried to set up in October 1995, became president.

Apart from this, when no party has had a majority, minority governments normally have been formed with one or more opposition parties agreeing to vote for the legislation governments need to function, as the Labour government of James Callaghan formed a coalition with the Liberals in 1977 when it lost its narrow majority gained at the October 1974 election.

In October 1984, it was amended to forbid action by not only the Defense Department and the Central Intelligence Agency but all U. S. government agencies.

The country agreed to contribute personnel to the multinational force, which restored the democratically elected government of Haiti in October 1994.

The Dictum of Kenilworth, issued 31 October 1266, was a pronouncement designed to reconcile the rebels of the Barons ' War with the royal government of England.

Friction with the provincial government rose notably when, in October 1771, Allen and a company of Boys drove off a group of Scottish settlers near Rupert.

By October 1558, Elizabeth was already making plans for her government.

In return for Vanuatu's lifting of the biscuit ban on 25 October, the Fijian government announced on 7 December that it was lifting its kava ban for the sake of freer trade among the members of the Melanesian Spearhead Group ( MSG ).

Following the October 2001 American invasion and the Bonn Agreement the new government under the leadership of Hamid Karzai started to re-establish diplomatic relationships with many countries who had held close diplomatic relations before the communist coup d ' état and the subsequent civil war.

The UDR was a crucial component of the majority that supported the D ' Alema government in October 1998, after the fall of the Prodi government which lost a vote of confidence.

On 14 October 1983, a power struggle within the government resulted in the house arrest of Bishop at the order of his Deputy Prime Minister, Bernard Coard who became Head of Government.

On 19 October 1983 the military under Hudson Austin took power in a second coup and formed a military government to run the country.

Grenada subsequently contributed personnel to the multinational force which restored the democratically elected government of Haiti in October 1994.

In October 1894, the French government awarded him the Grand-Croix de la Legion d ' Honneur.