| 1 October 2008

As of October 2008, the Armenian government is considering implementing an ambitious project to build a railway to Iran.

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.

Suggested starting points for the Bronze Age of comics include Roy Thomas and Barry Windsor-Smith's Conan No. 1 ( October 1970 ), Denny O ' Neil and Neal Adams ' Green Lantern / Green Arrow No. 76 ( April 1970 ), or Stan Lee and Gil Kane's The Amazing Spider-Man No. 96 ( May 1971 ; the non-Comics Code issue ).

* Interview with Tim Adams, The Guardian, October 23, 2011

In October 1805 John Adams wrote to his friend Benjamin Waterhouse, an American physician and scientist:

* Abigail Adams, second First Lady of the United States, wife of John Adams, died of typhoid fever on October 28, 1818.

* October 28 – Abigail Adams, First Lady of the United States ( b. 1744 )

* October 6 – Gerry Adams, Northern Irish politician

* October 30 – John Adams, 2nd President of the United States ( d. 1826 )

* October – Robert Adams, American sailor and first white man to visit Timbuktu, was found wandering the streets of London, starving and half-naked.

* October 2 – Samuel Adams, American revolutionary leader ( b. 1722 )

Gerry Adams (; born 6 October 1948 ) is an Irish republican politician and Teachta Dála ( TD ) for the constituency of Louth.

This ban was imposed by the then prime minister Margaret Thatcher on 19 October 1988, the reason given being to " starve the terrorist and the hijacker of the oxygen of publicity on which they depend " after the BBC interviewed Martin McGuinness and Adams had been the focus of a row over an edition of After Dark, an intended Channel 4 discussion programme which was never made.

* In October 2010, former Plainfield music teacher Anwar Robinson and performer Yolanda Adams joined with community residents to try to be recognized by Guinness World Records for assembling the world's largest gospel chorus.

Tony Alexander Adams, MBE ( born 10 October 1966 in Romford, London ) is an English football manager and former player.

Tony Adams statue outside the Emirates Stadium. His recovery and rehabilitation were helped in no small part by the arrival of Arsène Wenger as Arsenal manager in October 1996.

Adams was appointed caretaker manager of Portsmouth in October 2008, alongside Joe Jordan, following the departure of Harry Redknapp to Tottenham Hotspur.

A treaty of amity and commerce was however concluded with the Americans in October, 1782, after John Adams, who succeeded Henry Laurens, had managed to obtain diplomatic recognition of the American republic from the States-General in April, 1782.

Abigail Adams ( née Smith ; October 28, 1818 ) was the wife of John Adams, who was the second President of the United States, and the mother of John Quincy Adams, the sixth.

Adams died on October 28, 1818, of typhoid fever.

From October 2001 to January 2002, several guest celebrities played the Narrator role normally performed by Dick Cavett ( Kate Clinton took over for a week while Cavett was on vacation ), including Gilbert Gottfried, Sally Jesse Raphael, Robin Leach, magicians Penn & Teller, New York Post columnist Cindy Adams, MTV personality Dave Holmes, and talk show host Jerry Springer.

* Adams, Massachusetts, The North Adams Transcript, " Jeanne Eagels Dies Suddenly ", October 4, 1929, p. 1.