Famous Birthdays In October - 08

1908  On this day in history birth of paul Van Buskirk Yoder, composer   

1909  On October - 08 birth of bill Hewitt, NFL end (Chicago Bears, Phila Eagles)   

1910  Raymod Gray Lewis, Ontario Canada, 4X400 relayer (Olympic-bronze-1932) was born on October - 08.   

1910  On this day in history birth of kirk Alyn, American actor (d. 1999)   

1910  Gus Hall, American union organizer and head of the U.S. Communist Party (d. 2000) was born on this day in history.   

1910  On October - 08 birth of ray Lewis, Canadian runner (d. 2003)   

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

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

1917  On October - 08 birth of danny Murtaugh, baseball manager (Pittsburgh Pirates)   

1917  On this day in history birth of hans Poser, composer   

1917  On October - 08 birth of billy Conn, American boxer (d. 1993)   

1917  On this day in history birth of walter Lord, American author (d. 2002)   

1918  On this day in history birth of ron Randell, Sydney Australia, actor (Loves of Carmen, I am a Camera)   

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

1919  On October - 08 birth of kiichi Miyazawa, premier Japan (1991-93)   

1920  On October - 08 birth of frank [Patrick] Herbert, US, sci-fi author (Dune)   

1920  Maxie Herber, Germany, figure skater pairs (Olympic-gold-1936) was born on October - 08.   

1921  Abraham Sarmiento, Filipino Supreme Court jurist was born on October - 08.   

1922  Douglas Gray, archivist was born on this day in history.   

1922  Svend Westergaard, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1924  Alphons Egli, member of the Swiss Federal Council was born on October - 08.   

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

1927  On this day in history birth of al Duncan, drummer   

1927  On October - 08 birth of gigi Durston, Balt Md, singer (Sonny Kendis Show)   

1927  On this day in history birth of raaj Kumar, film star   

1927  Torbjorn Falkanger, Norway, took Olympic oath (1952) was born on October - 08.   

1927  Jim Elliot, American missionary (d. 1956) was born on October - 08.   

1927  César Milstein, Argentine scientist, Nobel laureate (d. 2002) was born on this day in history.   

1928  Neil Harvey, cricketer (prolific Australian lefty bat of 50's) was born on October - 08.   

1928  M. Russell Ballard, LDS apostle was born on this day in history.   

1928  Bill Maynard, British actor was born on this day in history.   

1929  Valdir Pereira, Brazilian footballer (d. 2001) was born on this day in history.   

1930  James Olsen, Evanston IL, actor (Andromeda Strain, Spell) was born on October - 08.   

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

1253  Robert Grosseteste, English Bishop/expert (optica), dies on this day in history.   

1286  Death of John I of Dreux, Duke of Brittany (b. 1217) on this day in history.   

1317  Death of Fushimi, Emperor of Japan (b. 1265) on October - 08.   

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

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