Page 5: Historical Events In October - 08

1913  Walter Schumann, NYC, choral director (Ford Show)/composer (Rhenish) on this day in history.   

1915  On this day in history battle of Loos, almost 430,000 French, British & Germans killed   

1916  Piper James C. Richardson (16th Cdn. Infanctry Batt.) winds the Victoria Cross at the Somme, France on October - 08.   

1916  On this day in history spark Matsunaga, (D-Ha-Sen)   

1917  On October - 08 trotski named chairman of Petrograd Soviet   

1917  Danny Murtaugh, baseball manager (Pittsburgh Pirates) on October - 08.   

1918  On October - 08 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  Ron Randell, Sydney Australia, actor (Loves of Carmen, I am a Camera) on October - 08.   

1919  The first transcontinental air race in the United States begins on October - 08.   

1919  On October - 08 bill Anderson, cricketer (played in 1st NZ-Aust Test 1946)   

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 this day in history.   

1922  On October - 08 douglas Gray, archivist   

1924  British Labour govt of MacDonald falls to Communists on October - 08.   

1924  On October - 08 arkady Vorobyev, Middle heavyweight (Olympic-gold-1956, 60)   

1925  Andrei Donatovich Sinyavsky, writer/critic on October - 08.   

1925  Abraham PC of Karnebeek, liberal foreign minister (1918-27), dies on this day in history.   

1927  On October - 08 nY Yankees sweep Pirates in 24th World Series   

1927  On October - 08 al Duncan, drummer   

1928  On October - 08 cole Porter & E Ray Goetz' musical "Paris," premieres in NYC   

1928  Neil Harvey, cricketer (prolific Australian lefty bat of 50's) on this day in history.   

1929  A's Howard Ehmke (7-2) sets World Series record striking out 13 Cubs on October - 08.   

1930  On October - 08 phila A's beat St Louis Cards, 4 games to 2 in 27th World Series   

1932  On October - 08 the Indian Air Force is established.   

1933  On this day in history coit Tower dedicated in SF, a monument to firefighters   

1934  On October - 08 bruno Hauptmann is indicted for murder of Lindbergh's son   

1935  Ozzie Nelson marries Harriet Hilliard (Ozzie and Harriet) on this day in history.   

1935  On October - 08 ozzie Nelson marries Harriet Hilliard (Ozzie & Harriet)   

1938  G Kaufman & Moss Hart's "Fabulous Invalid," premieres in NYC on October - 08.   

1939  Germany annexes Western Poland on this day in history.   

1940  On October - 08 cin Reds beat Detroit Tigers, 4 games to 3, in 37th World Series   

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1515  Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox (d. 1578) was born on October - 08.   

1585  On October - 08 birth of heinrich Schutz, composer   

1619  On this day in history birth of philipp von Zesen, German poet/historian (Amsterdam)   

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

1676  On October - 08 birth of benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish scholar (d. 1764)   

1690  Jaime de Casellas, composer was born on October - 08.   

1692  On October - 08 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1286  On this day in history death of john I of Dreux, Duke of Brittany (b. 1217)   

1317  On this day in history death of fushimi, Emperor of Japan (b. 1265)   

1604  On this day in history janus Dousa, [Johan van de Does], literature/politician, dies at 58   

1606  Jan, the Aged, count of Nassau/fathered 24, dies on October - 08.