This Day, That Year – October 8

Supernova “Kepler’s nova” was first sighted by Lodovico delle Colombe in Italy on this day in 1604.

Did you know that:

• Jack Broughton designed padded gloves on this day in 1818 – first used in a competitive boxing match at Aix-la-Chapelle in France
• Karl Nessler demonstrated the first ‘permanent wave’ for hair in London on this day in 1906
• Barbara Palvin is a Hungarian model born on this day in 1993