Historical Events In October - 08

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

1888  On this day in history clifford Heatherley, Preston England, actress (For Love or Money)   

1888  On October - 08 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 this day in history.   

1895  The birth of Juan Peron, Argentine general, and former President on October - 08.   

1895  Ohio Valley Improvement Association forms on October - 08.   

1895  On this day in history jeanne G van Schaik-Willing, Dutch author (Sinner & the Girl)   

1895  On October - 08 charles Oberthur, composer, dies at 76   

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

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

1897  On October - 08 emperor Karl Joseph I named Gustav Mahler director of Opera   

1897  Rouben Mamoulian, movie director/author (Mark of Zorro, Applause) on October - 08.   

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  On this day in history clarence Williams, composer   

1899  Milner Connorton Gray, designer on October - 08.   

1900  On October - 08 geoffrey Alan Jellicoe, landscape architect   

1901  Eivind Groven, composer on this day in history.   

1903  J M Synge's "In the Shadow of the Glen," premieres in Dublin on October - 08.   

1903  Lina Radke, Germany, 800m runner (Olympic-gold-1928) on October - 08.   

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

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  On this day in history howard Joslin, GA, actor (Quebec, Detective Story)   

1907  On October - 08 alfred, Liechtensteins noble of Austrian Herrenhaus, dies at 65   

1908  On this day in history nY Giants set season attendance record at 910,000 (broken in 1920)   

1908  On this day in history 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 this day in history raymod Gray Lewis, Ontario Canada, 4X400 relayer (Olympic-bronze-1932)   

1912  First Balkan War begins on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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  Antonio Palella, composer was born on October - 08.   

1697  On October - 08 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 October - 08.   

1094  Death of St Mark, the Evangelist, buried in San Marcos minstery in Venice on this day in history.   

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

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

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