Page 4: Historical Events In October - 08

1887  Phillies set club record 16th straight victory on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1892  On this day in history sergei Rachmaninoff 1st performs "Prelude in C-sharp-Minor" in Moscow   

1895  On October - 08 the birth of Juan Peron, Argentine general, and former President   

1895  On this day in history ohio Valley Improvement Association forms   

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

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

1896  On this day in history 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 this day in history emperor Karl Joseph I named Gustav Mahler director of Opera   

1897  On October - 08 rouben Mamoulian, movie director/author (Mark of Zorro, Applause)   

1897  Martin Pluddemann, composer, dies at 43 on October - 08.   

1898  On October - 08 1st Canadian Intercollegiate football game: McGill beats Queen's, 3-2   

1898  Clarence Williams, composer on this day in history.   

1899  On this day in history milner Connorton Gray, designer   

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

1901  Eivind Groven, composer on October - 08.   

1903  J M Synge's "In the Shadow of the Glen," premieres in Dublin on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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 October - 08 nY Giants set season attendance record at 910,000 (broken in 1920)   

1908  On October - 08 paul Van Buskirk Yoder, composer   

1909  On October - 08 chicago Cubs beat NY Giants 4-2 in a playoff to win NL pennant   

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

1910  On this day in history raymod Gray Lewis, Ontario Canada, 4X400 relayer (Olympic-bronze-1932)   

1912  On this day in history first Balkan War begins   

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

1912  Wilhelm Kuhe, composer, dies at 88 on this day in history.   

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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  Philipp von Zesen, German poet/historian (Amsterdam) was born on October - 08.   

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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history death of jelena of Zadar, Croatian queen   

1094  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of fushimi, Emperor of Japan (b. 1265)   

1604  Janus Dousa, [Johan van de Does], literature/politician, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1606  Jan, the Aged, count of Nassau/fathered 24, dies on this day in history.