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  Jules J baron d'Anethan, Belgian Minister of Justice, dies on this day in history.   

1890  On October - 08 cyril Rutherford "Snuffy" Browne, cricketer (pioneer WI Test player)   

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 this day in history.   

1895  Ohio Valley Improvement Association forms on October - 08.   

1895  On October - 08 jeanne G van Schaik-Willing, Dutch author (Sinner & the Girl)   

1895  Charles Oberthur, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

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 October - 08 martin Pluddemann, composer, dies at 43   

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

1898  On this day in history clarence Williams, composer   

1899  On this day in history milner Connorton Gray, designer   

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

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

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

1906  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1908  NY Giants set season attendance record at 910,000 (broken in 1920) on this day in history.   

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

1909  Chicago Cubs beat NY Giants 4-2 in a playoff to win NL pennant on this day in history.   

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  1st Balkan War begins on October - 08.   

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  Philipp von Zesen, German poet/historian (Amsterdam) was born on this day in history.   

1621  On this day in history birth of maximilian H of Bayern, prince-bishop of Liege/bishop of Hildesheim   

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  On this day in history abd al-Malik, kalief of Damascus, dies   

0976  Death of Jelena of Zadar, Croatian queen on October - 08.   

1094  On this day in history death of st Mark, the Evangelist, buried in San Marcos minstery in Venice   

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  Death of Fushimi, Emperor of Japan (b. 1265) on this day in history.   

1604  On October - 08 janus Dousa, [Johan van de Does], literature/politician, dies at 58   

1606  On this day in history jan, the Aged, count of Nassau/fathered 24, dies