Historical Events In October - 10

1926  On October - 10 st Louis Cards beat NY Yankees, 4 games to 3 in 23rd World Series   

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  Adlai Stevenson III, (D-Sen-Ill) on this day in history.   

1931  A J Bennett hits H Garbarino for 1st scoring pass in Canada's Big 4 on October - 10.   

1931  Karl von Bach, German engineer (Maschinenelemente), dies at 84 on October - 10.   

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

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

1933  On October - 10 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 October - 10 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 October - 10 bradman scores 212 in 202 mins in a cricket testimonial game   

1937  NY Yankees beat Giants 4 games to 1 in 34th World Series on this day in history.   

1938  Germany completed annexation of Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland on this day in history.   

1938  Martin Bladen, cricketer (the 7th Lord Hawke), dies on October - 10.   

1939  On October - 10 annexation of Western Poland by Third Reich.   

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

1941  German U-boat torpedoes US destroyer Kearney on October - 10.   

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

1942  Richard von Schaukal, Austria poet/writer (Schlemihle), dies at 68 on October - 10.   

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 October - 10.   

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

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

1946  Max Frisch' "Die Chinesische Mauer," premieres in Zurich on this day in history.   

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

1948  On October - 10 then record 86,288 see game 5 of World Series in Cleveland   

1949  On this day in history 3rd NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Toronto 3-1 at Toronto   

1951  Yanks beat Giants 4 games to 2 in World Series, DiMaggio's final game on October - 10.   

1954  On this day in history ho Chi Minh enters Hanoi after French troops pulled out   

1955  On October - 10 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 this day in history.   

1486  Charles III, Duke of Savoy was born on this day in history.   

1567  On this day in history birth of infanta Caterina Micaela of Spain (d. 1597)   

1599  On this day in history birth of jacob Aertsz Colom, Dutch publisher (Consolation of the Sea)   

1678  On this day in history birth of john Campbell, 2nd duke of Argyll/fieldmarshal (Union of 1707)   

1684  Jean Antoine Watteau, French rococo painter (Onverschillige) was born on this day in history.   

1700  Lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor (d. 1759) was born on this day in history.   

1713  Johann Ludwig Krebs, composer was born on October - 10.   

0019  Julius Caesar Germanicus, Roman commandant of Rijnleger, dies at 33 on this day in history.   

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

0680  On October - 10 death of hussein, grandson of prophet Mohammed, beheaded   

0732  Death of Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi, Moorish Governor of Andalusia on October - 10.   

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

1359  Death of King Hugh IV of Cyprus (b. 1295) on this day in history.   

1616  Maria van Nassau, countess of Buren, dies at 60 on October - 10.   

1651  On October - 10 philippus Rovenius, [Rouveen], apostole, dies at 77