Page 5: Historical Events In October - 08

1913  On this day in history walter Schumann, NYC, choral director (Ford Show)/composer (Rhenish)   

1915  On this day in history battle of Loos, almost 430,000 French, British & Germans killed   

1916  Piper James C. Richardson (16th Cdn. Infanctry Batt.) winds the Victoria Cross at the Somme, France on October - 08.   

1916  On this day in history spark Matsunaga, (D-Ha-Sen)   

1917  Trotski named chairman of Petrograd Soviet on this day in history.   

1917  Danny Murtaugh, baseball manager (Pittsburgh Pirates) on October - 08.   

1918  On this day in history capt. Coulson Norman Mitchell (4th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Cambrai, France   

1918  On October - 08 sgt Alvin York single-handedly kills 25, captures 132 Germans   

1918  On this day in history ron Randell, Sydney Australia, actor (Loves of Carmen, I am a Camera)   

1919  The first transcontinental air race in the United States begins on this day in history.   

1919  Bill Anderson, cricketer (played in 1st NZ-Aust Test 1946) on October - 08.   

1919  Eugene Demolder, Belgian writer (Sous la Robe), dies on this day in history.   

1920  Frank [Patrick] Herbert, US, sci-fi author (Dune) on October - 08.   

1921  Abraham Sarmiento, Filipino Supreme Court jurist on this day in history.   

1922  On October - 08 nY Giants beat Yankees, 4 games to 0, with a tie in 19th World Series   

1922  Douglas Gray, archivist on this day in history.   

1924  British Labour govt of MacDonald falls to Communists on October - 08.   

1924  On this day in history arkady Vorobyev, Middle heavyweight (Olympic-gold-1956, 60)   

1925  On this day in history andrei Donatovich Sinyavsky, writer/critic   

1925  On October - 08 abraham PC of Karnebeek, liberal foreign minister (1918-27), dies   

1927  On this day in history nY Yankees sweep Pirates in 24th World Series   

1927  Al Duncan, drummer on this day in history.   

1928  Cole Porter & E Ray Goetz' musical "Paris," premieres in NYC on October - 08.   

1928  On this day in history neil Harvey, cricketer (prolific Australian lefty bat of 50's)   

1929  A's Howard Ehmke (7-2) sets World Series record striking out 13 Cubs on this day in history.   

1930  On October - 08 phila A's beat St Louis Cards, 4 games to 2 in 27th World Series   

1932  On this day in history the Indian Air Force is established.   

1933  Coit Tower dedicated in SF, a monument to firefighters on this day in history.   

1934  On this day in history bruno Hauptmann is indicted for murder of Lindbergh's son   

1935  Ozzie Nelson marries Harriet Hilliard (Ozzie and Harriet) on this day in history.   

1935  Ozzie Nelson marries Harriet Hilliard (Ozzie & Harriet) on this day in history.   

1938  On this day in history g Kaufman & Moss Hart's "Fabulous Invalid," premieres in NYC   

1939  Germany annexes Western Poland on this day in history.   

1940  On this day in history cin Reds beat Detroit Tigers, 4 games to 3, in 37th World Series   

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1515  Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox (d. 1578) was born on this day in history.   

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

1676  On this day in history birth of benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish scholar (d. 1764)   

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

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

1697  On this day in history 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  Death of St Mark, the Evangelist, buried in San Marcos minstery in Venice on this day in history.   

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 October - 08 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  On this day in history jan, the Aged, count of Nassau/fathered 24, dies