Historical Events In October - 08
Saturday, 07 September 2024
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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