Page 5: Historical Events In October - 08

1913  Walter Schumann, NYC, choral director (Ford Show)/composer (Rhenish) on this day in history.   

1915  Battle of Loos, almost 430,000 French, British & Germans killed on this day in history.   

1916  On this day in history piper James C. Richardson (16th Cdn. Infanctry Batt.) winds the Victoria Cross at the Somme, France   

1916  Spark Matsunaga, (D-Ha-Sen) on October - 08.   

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

1917  On this day in history danny Murtaugh, baseball manager (Pittsburgh Pirates)   

1918  On October - 08 capt. Coulson Norman Mitchell (4th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Cambrai, France   

1918  Sgt Alvin York single-handedly kills 25, captures 132 Germans on October - 08.   

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 October - 08.   

1919  On this day in history bill Anderson, cricketer (played in 1st NZ-Aust Test 1946)   

1919  On this day in history eugene Demolder, Belgian writer (Sous la Robe), dies   

1920  Frank [Patrick] Herbert, US, sci-fi author (Dune) on this day in history.   

1921  Abraham Sarmiento, Filipino Supreme Court jurist on October - 08.   

1922  On this day in history nY Giants beat Yankees, 4 games to 0, with a tie in 19th World Series   

1922  On October - 08 douglas Gray, archivist   

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

1924  Arkady Vorobyev, Middle heavyweight (Olympic-gold-1956, 60) on October - 08.   

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

1925  On this day in history abraham PC of Karnebeek, liberal foreign minister (1918-27), dies   

1927  NY Yankees sweep Pirates in 24th World Series on October - 08.   

1927  Al Duncan, drummer on this day in history.   

1928  Cole Porter & E Ray Goetz' musical "Paris," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

1928  Neil Harvey, cricketer (prolific Australian lefty bat of 50's) on this day in history.   

1929  On October - 08 a's Howard Ehmke (7-2) sets World Series record striking out 13 Cubs   

1930  Phila A's beat St Louis Cards, 4 games to 2 in 27th World Series on this day in history.   

1932  On October - 08 the Indian Air Force is established.   

1933  On this day in history coit Tower dedicated in SF, a monument to firefighters   

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 October - 08.   

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  On October - 08 germany annexes Western Poland   

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

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1515  On October - 08 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  Maximilian H of Bayern, prince-bishop of Liege/bishop of Hildesheim was born on October - 08.   

1676  Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish scholar (d. 1764) was born on this day in history.   

1690  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of jelena of Zadar, Croatian queen   

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 October - 08.   

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

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