This day in history

October 08

1912 - Montenegro declared war on Turkey, beginning the First Balkan War.

1998 - Japan formally apologised to South Korea for 35 years of harsh colonial rule.

2001 - US President George W Bush announces the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security.

2005 - More than 73,000 people were killed and about 3 million became homeless when an earthquake hit Pakistani Kashmir and neighbouring North West Frontier Province. Another 1,300 died in Indian Kashmir.