Page 4: Historical Events In October - 08

1887  On October - 08 phillies set club record 16th straight victory   

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  Cyril Rutherford "Snuffy" Browne, cricketer (pioneer WI Test player) on October - 08.   

1892  Sergei Rachmaninoff 1st performs "Prelude in C-sharp-Minor" in Moscow on October - 08.   

1895  The birth of Juan Peron, Argentine general, and former President on this day in history.   

1895  On October - 08 ohio Valley Improvement Association forms   

1895  Jeanne G van Schaik-Willing, Dutch author (Sinner & the Girl) on October - 08.   

1895  Charles Oberthur, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1896  Dow Jones starts reporting an average of industrial stocks on October - 08.   

1896  Dow Jones starts reporting an average of selected industrial stocks on October - 08.   

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 this day in history.   

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  On October - 08 geoffrey Alan Jellicoe, landscape architect   

1901  Eivind Groven, composer on October - 08.   

1903  On this day in history j M Synge's "In the Shadow of the Glen," premieres in Dublin   

1903  Lina Radke, Germany, 800m runner (Olympic-gold-1928) on this day in history.   

1904  1st Vanderbilt Cup auto race (Hicksville, Long Island, NY) on October - 08.   

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 this day in history.   

1907  Howard Joslin, GA, actor (Quebec, Detective Story) on October - 08.   

1907  On October - 08 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  On October - 08 paul Van Buskirk Yoder, composer   

1909  On this day in history chicago Cubs beat NY Giants 4-2 in a playoff to win NL pennant   

1909  Bill Hewitt, NFL end (Chicago Bears, Phila Eagles) on October - 08.   

1910  On October - 08 raymod Gray Lewis, Ontario Canada, 4X400 relayer (Olympic-bronze-1932)   

1912  On October - 08 first Balkan War begins   

1912  1st Balkan War begins on this day in history.   

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

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1515  On this day in history birth of margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox (d. 1578)   

1585  On this day in history birth of heinrich Schutz, composer   

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

1621  On this day in history birth of maximilian H of Bayern, prince-bishop of Liege/bishop of Hildesheim   

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

1690  On this day in history birth of jaime de Casellas, composer   

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

1697  On this day in history birth of cornelis Consolation, Dutch portrait painter (Unseemly Love)   

0705  Abd al-Malik, kalief of Damascus, dies on October - 08.   

0976  Death of Jelena of Zadar, Croatian queen on this day in history.   

1094  On October - 08 death of st Mark, the Evangelist, buried in San Marcos minstery in Venice   

1253  On this day in history robert Grosseteste, English Bishop/expert (optica), dies   

1286  Death of John I of Dreux, Duke of Brittany (b. 1217) on October - 08.   

1317  Death of Fushimi, Emperor of Japan (b. 1265) on this day in history.   

1604  On October - 08 janus Dousa, [Johan van de Does], literature/politician, dies at 58   

1606  On October - 08 jan, the Aged, count of Nassau/fathered 24, dies