Famous Birthdays In October - 08

1908  On October - 08 birth of paul Van Buskirk Yoder, composer   

1909  Bill Hewitt, NFL end (Chicago Bears, Phila Eagles) was born on October - 08.   

1910  On October - 08 birth of raymod Gray Lewis, Ontario Canada, 4X400 relayer (Olympic-bronze-1932)   

1910  On this day in history birth of kirk Alyn, American actor (d. 1999)   

1910  Gus Hall, American union organizer and head of the U.S. Communist Party (d. 2000) was born on October - 08.   

1910  Ray Lewis, Canadian runner (d. 2003) was born on this day in history.   

1913  On October - 08 birth of walter Schumann, NYC, choral director (Ford Show)/composer (Rhenish)   

1916  Spark Matsunaga, (D-Ha-Sen) was born on this day in history.   

1917  Danny Murtaugh, baseball manager (Pittsburgh Pirates) was born on October - 08.   

1917  On October - 08 birth of hans Poser, composer   

1917  Billy Conn, American boxer (d. 1993) was born on October - 08.   

1917  On this day in history birth of walter Lord, American author (d. 2002)   

1918  On October - 08 birth of ron Randell, Sydney Australia, actor (Loves of Carmen, I am a Camera)   

1919  Bill Anderson, cricketer (played in 1st NZ-Aust Test 1946) was born on October - 08.   

1919  Kiichi Miyazawa, premier Japan (1991-93) was born on October - 08.   

1920  Frank [Patrick] Herbert, US, sci-fi author (Dune) was born on October - 08.   

1920  On October - 08 birth of maxie Herber, Germany, figure skater pairs (Olympic-gold-1936)   

1921  On this day in history birth of abraham Sarmiento, Filipino Supreme Court jurist   

1922  Douglas Gray, archivist was born on October - 08.   

1922  Svend Westergaard, composer was born on this day in history.   

1924  On this day in history birth of arkady Vorobyev, Middle heavyweight (Olympic-gold-1956, 60)   

1924  Alphons Egli, member of the Swiss Federal Council was born on this day in history.   

1925  On this day in history birth of andrei Donatovich Sinyavsky, writer/critic   

1927  Al Duncan, drummer was born on this day in history.   

1927  On October - 08 birth of gigi Durston, Balt Md, singer (Sonny Kendis Show)   

1927  Raaj Kumar, film star was born on this day in history.   

1927  Torbjorn Falkanger, Norway, took Olympic oath (1952) was born on this day in history.   

1927  Jim Elliot, American missionary (d. 1956) was born on October - 08.   

1927  On this day in history birth of césar Milstein, Argentine scientist, Nobel laureate (d. 2002)   

1928  On October - 08 birth of neil Harvey, cricketer (prolific Australian lefty bat of 50's)   

1928  M. Russell Ballard, LDS apostle was born on this day in history.   

1928  Bill Maynard, British actor was born on October - 08.   

1929  On October - 08 birth of valdir Pereira, Brazilian footballer (d. 2001)   

1930  James Olsen, Evanston IL, actor (Andromeda Strain, Spell) was born on this day in history.   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Next Page »

0705  On this day in history abd al-Malik, kalief of Damascus, dies   

0976  On October - 08 death of jelena of Zadar, Croatian queen   

1094  Death of St Mark, the Evangelist, buried in San Marcos minstery in Venice on this day in history.   

1253  On October - 08 robert Grosseteste, English Bishop/expert (optica), dies   

1286  On this day in history death of john I of Dreux, Duke of Brittany (b. 1217)   

1317  On October - 08 death of fushimi, Emperor of Japan (b. 1265)   

1604  Janus Dousa, [Johan van de Does], literature/politician, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1606  On this day in history jan, the Aged, count of Nassau/fathered 24, dies