Historical Events In October - 08
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1913 Walter Schumann, NYC, choral director (Ford Show)/composer (Rhenish) on October - 08.
1915 Battle of Loos, almost 430,000 French, British & Germans killed on October - 08.
1916 Piper James C. Richardson (16th Cdn. Infanctry Batt.) winds the Victoria Cross at the Somme, France on October - 08.
1916 On October - 08 spark Matsunaga, (D-Ha-Sen)
1917 On October - 08 trotski named chairman of Petrograd Soviet
1917 On this day in history danny Murtaugh, baseball manager (Pittsburgh Pirates)
1918 On this day in history capt. Coulson Norman Mitchell (4th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Cambrai, France
1918 Sgt Alvin York single-handedly kills 25, captures 132 Germans on October - 08.
1918 On this day in history ron Randell, Sydney Australia, actor (Loves of Carmen, I am a Camera)
1919 The first transcontinental air race in the United States begins on this day in history.
1919 Bill Anderson, cricketer (played in 1st NZ-Aust Test 1946) on this day in history.
1919 On October - 08 eugene Demolder, Belgian writer (Sous la Robe), dies
1920 On October - 08 frank [Patrick] Herbert, US, sci-fi author (Dune)
1921 Abraham Sarmiento, Filipino Supreme Court jurist on October - 08.
1922 NY Giants beat Yankees, 4 games to 0, with a tie in 19th World Series on October - 08.
1922 On this day in history douglas Gray, archivist
1924 On this day in history british Labour govt of MacDonald falls to Communists
1924 Arkady Vorobyev, Middle heavyweight (Olympic-gold-1956, 60) on this day in history.
1925 Andrei Donatovich Sinyavsky, writer/critic on October - 08.
1925 On October - 08 abraham PC of Karnebeek, liberal foreign minister (1918-27), dies
1927 On this day in history nY Yankees sweep Pirates in 24th World Series
1927 On October - 08 al Duncan, drummer
1928 On this day in history cole Porter & E Ray Goetz' musical "Paris," premieres in NYC
1928 Neil Harvey, cricketer (prolific Australian lefty bat of 50's) on October - 08.
1929 On October - 08 a's Howard Ehmke (7-2) sets World Series record striking out 13 Cubs
1930 Phila A's beat St Louis Cards, 4 games to 2 in 27th World Series on this day in history.
1932 The Indian Air Force is established on October - 08.
1933 Coit Tower dedicated in SF, a monument to firefighters on October - 08.
1934 Bruno Hauptmann is indicted for murder of Lindbergh's son on October - 08.
1935 Ozzie Nelson marries Harriet Hilliard (Ozzie and Harriet) on October - 08.
1935 Ozzie Nelson marries Harriet Hilliard (Ozzie & Harriet) on October - 08.
1938 On October - 08 g Kaufman & Moss Hart's "Fabulous Invalid," premieres in NYC
1939 On October - 08 germany annexes Western Poland
1940 On October - 08 cin Reds beat Detroit Tigers, 4 games to 3, in 37th World Series
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