Historical Events In October - 08

1887  On this day in history phillies set club record 16th straight victory   

1888  Clifford Heatherley, Preston England, actress (For Love or Money) on October - 08.   

1888  Jules J baron d'Anethan, Belgian Minister of Justice, dies on this day in history.   

1890  On this day in history cyril Rutherford "Snuffy" Browne, cricketer (pioneer WI Test player)   

1892  On this day in history sergei Rachmaninoff 1st performs "Prelude in C-sharp-Minor" in Moscow   

1895  The birth of Juan Peron, Argentine general, and former President on October - 08.   

1895  Ohio Valley Improvement Association forms on October - 08.   

1895  Jeanne G van Schaik-Willing, Dutch author (Sinner & the Girl) on October - 08.   

1895  On this day in history charles Oberthur, composer, dies at 76   

1896  On this day in history dow Jones starts reporting an average of industrial stocks   

1896  On this day in history dow Jones starts reporting an average of selected industrial stocks   

1897  Emperor Karl Joseph I named Gustav Mahler director of Opera on this day in history.   

1897  Rouben Mamoulian, movie director/author (Mark of Zorro, Applause) on October - 08.   

1897  Martin Pluddemann, composer, dies at 43 on October - 08.   

1898  On October - 08 1st Canadian Intercollegiate football game: McGill beats Queen's, 3-2   

1898  On this day in history clarence Williams, composer   

1899  Milner Connorton Gray, designer on this day in history.   

1900  Geoffrey Alan Jellicoe, landscape architect on this day in history.   

1901  Eivind Groven, composer on this day in history.   

1903  On this day in history j M Synge's "In the Shadow of the Glen," premieres in Dublin   

1903  On October - 08 lina Radke, Germany, 800m runner (Olympic-gold-1928)   

1904  On October - 08 1st Vanderbilt Cup auto race (Hicksville, Long Island, NY)   

1904  Gustav Ratzenhofer, Austria sociologist/philosopher, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1906  Karl Nessler demonstrates 1st 'permanent wave' for hair, in London on October - 08.   

1907  On this day in history howard Joslin, GA, actor (Quebec, Detective Story)   

1907  Alfred, Liechtensteins noble of Austrian Herrenhaus, dies at 65 on October - 08.   

1908  NY Giants set season attendance record at 910,000 (broken in 1920) on October - 08.   

1908  Paul Van Buskirk Yoder, composer on October - 08.   

1909  Chicago Cubs beat NY Giants 4-2 in a playoff to win NL pennant on October - 08.   

1909  On October - 08 bill Hewitt, NFL end (Chicago Bears, Phila Eagles)   

1910  Raymod Gray Lewis, Ontario Canada, 4X400 relayer (Olympic-bronze-1932) on October - 08.   

1912  First Balkan War begins on this day in history.   

1912  On this day in history 1st Balkan War begins   

1912  On this day in history wilhelm Kuhe, composer, dies at 88   

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1515  On this day in history birth of margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox (d. 1578)   

1585  On October - 08 birth of heinrich Schutz, composer   

1619  Philipp von Zesen, German poet/historian (Amsterdam) was born on October - 08.   

1621  Maximilian H of Bayern, prince-bishop of Liege/bishop of Hildesheim was born on this day in history.   

1676  Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish scholar (d. 1764) was born on this day in history.   

1690  Jaime de Casellas, composer was born on October - 08.   

1692  On this day in history birth of antonio Palella, composer   

1697  On this day in history birth of cornelis Consolation, Dutch portrait painter (Unseemly Love)   

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  On October - 08 death of st Mark, the Evangelist, buried in San Marcos minstery in Venice   

1253  Robert Grosseteste, English Bishop/expert (optica), dies on this day in history.   

1286  Death of John I of Dreux, Duke of Brittany (b. 1217) on this day in history.   

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

1604  On this day in history janus Dousa, [Johan van de Does], literature/politician, dies at 58   

1606  On October - 08 jan, the Aged, count of Nassau/fathered 24, dies