Page 5: Historical Events In October - 10

1926  St Louis Cards beat NY Yankees, 4 games to 3 in 23rd World Series on October - 10.   

1926  Oscar Brown Jr, US songwriter (Brown Baby, Forbidden Fruit) on this day in history.   

1927  On October - 10 clairmonte Depeiaza, cricketer (world record partnership v Aust 1955)   

1930  AP votes Joe Cronin unofficial AL MVP & BWA names Hack Wilson NL MVP on October - 10.   

1930  On this day in history adlai Stevenson III, (D-Sen-Ill)   

1931  On this day in history a J Bennett hits H Garbarino for 1st scoring pass in Canada's Big 4   

1931  On October - 10 karl von Bach, German engineer (Maschinenelemente), dies at 84   

1932  On October - 10 "Betty & Bob" premiers on radio   

1932  "Betty & Bob" premieres on radio on this day in history.   

1933  On this day in history the first synthetic detergent for home use marketed   

1933  1st synthetic detergent, "Dreft" by Procter & Gamble, goes on sale on this day in history.   

1935  On this day in history george Gershwin's "Porgy & Bess" opens on Broadway   

1935  "Porgy & Bess," by George Gershwin, NY premiere on October - 10.   

1935  Arthur Henderson, British Labour minister (Nobel 1934), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1936  On this day in history bradman scores 212 in 202 mins in a cricket testimonial game   

1937  On October - 10 nY Yankees beat Giants 4 games to 1 in 34th World Series   

1938  Germany completed annexation of Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland on October - 10.   

1938  On this day in history martin Bladen, cricketer (the 7th Lord Hawke), dies   

1939  Annexation of Western Poland by Third Reich on this day in history.   

1941  The resienstadt ghetto in Czechoslovakia is established on October - 10.   

1941  On this day in history german U-boat torpedoes US destroyer Kearney   

1942  On October - 10 1,300 Austrian Jews transported to Theresienstadt   

1942  Richard von Schaukal, Austria poet/writer (Schlemihle), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1943  Chiang Kai-shek takes oath of office as president of China on this day in history.   

1944  Adm Halsey's Task Force 30 bombs Okinawa, 700 die on this day in history.   

1945  Detroit Tigers beat Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 3 in 42nd World Series on this day in history.   

1946  The birth of Chris Tarrant, British TV show creator (who wants to be a millionaire) on October - 10.   

1946  On this day in history max Frisch' "Die Chinesische Mauer," premieres in Zurich   

1947  On this day in history "Allegro" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 318 performances   

1948  Then record 86,288 see game 5 of World Series in Cleveland on this day in history.   

1949  3rd NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Toronto 3-1 at Toronto on October - 10.   

1951  On October - 10 yanks beat Giants 4 games to 2 in World Series, DiMaggio's final game   

1954  On October - 10 ho Chi Minh enters Hanoi after French troops pulled out   

1955  On this day in history the carrier Saipan with Helicopter Training Unit HTU-1 aboard, left Tampico, Mexico, after a week of disaster relief operations for the inhabitants of the area. During these operations, the helicopters rescued 5,439 people   

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1344  Mary Plantagenet,English princess (d. 1362) was born on October - 10.   

1486  On October - 10 birth of charles III, Duke of Savoy   

1567  Infanta Caterina Micaela of Spain (d. 1597) was born on this day in history.   

1599  Jacob Aertsz Colom, Dutch publisher (Consolation of the Sea) was born on this day in history.   

1678  John Campbell, 2nd duke of Argyll/fieldmarshal (Union of 1707) was born on this day in history.   

1684  On October - 10 birth of jean Antoine Watteau, French rococo painter (Onverschillige)   

1700  On this day in history birth of lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor (d. 1759)   

1713  Johann Ludwig Krebs, composer was born on this day in history.   

0019  On this day in history julius Caesar Germanicus, Roman commandant of Rijnleger, dies at 33   

0413  Death of Nicias, Athens politician (Peace of Nicias), killed at about 57 on October - 10.   

0680  On this day in history death of hussein, grandson of prophet Mohammed, beheaded   

0732  On October - 10 death of abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi, Moorish Governor of Andalusia   

0833  Death of al-Ma'mun, Abbasid caliph of Baghdad (b. 786) on this day in history.   

1359  On this day in history death of king Hugh IV of Cyprus (b. 1295)   

1616  On this day in history maria van Nassau, countess of Buren, dies at 60   

1651  Philippus Rovenius, [Rouveen], apostole, dies at 77 on October - 10.