On this day: October 8

POSTED: 01:42 PM PDT Oct 05, 2012    UPDATED: 11:00 PM PDT Oct 07, 2012 

Chicago burns, Don Larsen is perfection in the World Series, Jerry Lee Lewis records his biggest hit, and Martha Stewart reports to prison, all on this day.

OTD October 8 - Bruno Mars
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1985: Singer-songwriter and record producer Bruno Mars, whose October 2010 debut album "Doo-Wops & Hooligans" peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard 200, is born under the birth name Peter Gene Hernandez in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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