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 this day in history.   

1888  On this day in history 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  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  On this day in history ohio Valley Improvement Association forms   

1895  Jeanne G van Schaik-Willing, Dutch author (Sinner & the Girl) on this day in history.   

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

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

1896  Dow Jones starts reporting an average of selected industrial stocks on October - 08.   

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 this day in history.   

1897  On October - 08 martin Pluddemann, composer, dies at 43   

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

1898  On October - 08 clarence Williams, composer   

1899  Milner Connorton Gray, designer on this day in history.   

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

1901  On this day in history eivind Groven, composer   

1903  On October - 08 j M Synge's "In the Shadow of the Glen," premieres in Dublin   

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  Karl Nessler demonstrates 1st 'permanent wave' for hair, in London on October - 08.   

1907  Howard Joslin, GA, actor (Quebec, Detective Story) on this day in history.   

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

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

1908  On this day in history 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  Raymod Gray Lewis, Ontario Canada, 4X400 relayer (Olympic-bronze-1932) on October - 08.   

1912  First Balkan War begins on this day in history.   

1912  1st Balkan War begins on October - 08.   

1912  Wilhelm Kuhe, composer, dies at 88 on October - 08.   

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1515  On this day in history birth of margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox (d. 1578)   

1585  Heinrich Schutz, composer was born on this day in history.   

1619  On this day in history birth of philipp von Zesen, German poet/historian (Amsterdam)   

1621  On October - 08 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 this day in history.   

1690  On October - 08 birth of jaime de Casellas, composer   

1692  On this day in history birth of antonio Palella, composer   

1697  Cornelis Consolation, Dutch portrait painter (Unseemly Love) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1286  On October - 08 death of john I of Dreux, Duke of Brittany (b. 1217)   

1317  On this day in history death of fushimi, Emperor of Japan (b. 1265)   

1604  On this day in history janus Dousa, [Johan van de Does], literature/politician, dies at 58   

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