Historical Events In October - 08

1887  Phillies set club record 16th straight victory on October - 08.   

1888  On October - 08 clifford Heatherley, Preston England, actress (For Love or Money)   

1888  On this day in history jules J baron d'Anethan, Belgian Minister of Justice, dies   

1890  On October - 08 cyril Rutherford "Snuffy" Browne, cricketer (pioneer WI Test player)   

1892  Sergei Rachmaninoff 1st performs "Prelude in C-sharp-Minor" in Moscow on this day in history.   

1895  On this day in history the birth of Juan Peron, Argentine general, and former President   

1895  Ohio Valley Improvement Association forms on October - 08.   

1895  On October - 08 jeanne G van Schaik-Willing, Dutch author (Sinner & the Girl)   

1895  Charles Oberthur, composer, dies at 76 on October - 08.   

1896  Dow Jones starts reporting an average of industrial stocks on this day in history.   

1896  On October - 08 dow Jones starts reporting an average of selected industrial stocks   

1897  Emperor Karl Joseph I named Gustav Mahler director of Opera on October - 08.   

1897  Rouben Mamoulian, movie director/author (Mark of Zorro, Applause) on this day in history.   

1897  On this day in history martin Pluddemann, composer, dies at 43   

1898  On this day in history 1st Canadian Intercollegiate football game: McGill beats Queen's, 3-2   

1898  Clarence Williams, composer on this day in history.   

1899  Milner Connorton Gray, designer on October - 08.   

1900  Geoffrey Alan Jellicoe, landscape architect on October - 08.   

1901  Eivind Groven, composer on this day in history.   

1903  On October - 08 j M Synge's "In the Shadow of the Glen," premieres in Dublin   

1903  On this day in history lina Radke, Germany, 800m runner (Olympic-gold-1928)   

1904  1st Vanderbilt Cup auto race (Hicksville, Long Island, NY) on this day in history.   

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  Howard Joslin, GA, actor (Quebec, Detective Story) on this day in history.   

1907  On this day in history alfred, Liechtensteins noble of Austrian Herrenhaus, dies at 65   

1908  NY Giants set season attendance record at 910,000 (broken in 1920) on this day in history.   

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  Bill Hewitt, NFL end (Chicago Bears, Phila Eagles) on October - 08.   

1910  Raymod Gray Lewis, Ontario Canada, 4X400 relayer (Olympic-bronze-1932) on this day in history.   

1912  On October - 08 first Balkan War begins   

1912  On October - 08 1st Balkan War begins   

1912  On October - 08 wilhelm Kuhe, composer, dies at 88   

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1515  Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox (d. 1578) was born on this day in history.   

1585  Heinrich Schutz, composer was born on this day in history.   

1619  Philipp von Zesen, German poet/historian (Amsterdam) was born on this day in history.   

1621  Maximilian H of Bayern, prince-bishop of Liege/bishop of Hildesheim was born on October - 08.   

1676  Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish scholar (d. 1764) was born on October - 08.   

1690  On October - 08 birth of jaime de Casellas, composer   

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

1697  On October - 08 birth of cornelis Consolation, Dutch portrait painter (Unseemly Love)   

0705  On October - 08 abd al-Malik, kalief of Damascus, dies   

0976  Death of Jelena of Zadar, Croatian queen on October - 08.   

1094  Death of St Mark, the Evangelist, buried in San Marcos minstery in Venice on October - 08.   

1253  On October - 08 robert Grosseteste, English Bishop/expert (optica), dies   

1286  On October - 08 death of john I of Dreux, Duke of Brittany (b. 1217)   

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

1604  Janus Dousa, [Johan van de Does], literature/politician, dies at 58 on October - 08.   

1606  On this day in history jan, the Aged, count of Nassau/fathered 24, dies