Page 4: Historical Events In October - 08

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

1888  Clifford Heatherley, Preston England, actress (For Love or Money) on October - 08.   

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  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 October - 08.   

1896  On this day in history dow Jones starts reporting an average of industrial stocks   

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 October - 08.   

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

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

1898  1st Canadian Intercollegiate football game: McGill beats Queen's, 3-2 on this day in history.   

1898  Clarence Williams, composer on this day in history.   

1899  On October - 08 milner Connorton Gray, designer   

1900  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1904  1st Vanderbilt Cup auto race (Hicksville, Long Island, NY) on this day in history.   

1904  On October - 08 gustav Ratzenhofer, Austria sociologist/philosopher, dies at 62   

1906  On October - 08 karl Nessler demonstrates 1st 'permanent wave' for hair, in London   

1907  On October - 08 howard Joslin, GA, actor (Quebec, Detective Story)   

1907  Alfred, Liechtensteins noble of Austrian Herrenhaus, dies at 65 on October - 08.   

1908  NY Giants set season attendance record at 910,000 (broken in 1920) on October - 08.   

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

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

1912  First Balkan War begins on this day in history.   

1912  On this day in history 1st Balkan War begins   

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

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1515  On October - 08 birth of margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox (d. 1578)   

1585  Heinrich Schutz, composer was born on October - 08.   

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  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  Cornelis Consolation, Dutch portrait painter (Unseemly Love) was born on October - 08.   

0705  Abd al-Malik, kalief of Damascus, dies on this day in history.   

0976  On this day in history death of jelena of Zadar, Croatian queen   

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 October - 08.   

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

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