Page 5: Historical Events In October - 08

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

1915  On October - 08 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 this day in history.   

1916  On October - 08 spark Matsunaga, (D-Ha-Sen)   

1917  On October - 08 trotski named chairman of Petrograd Soviet   

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

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

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  On October - 08 the first transcontinental air race in the United States begins.   

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  On October - 08 frank [Patrick] Herbert, US, sci-fi author (Dune)   

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

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

1922  On this day in history douglas Gray, archivist   

1924  On October - 08 british Labour govt of MacDonald falls to Communists   

1924  Arkady Vorobyev, Middle heavyweight (Olympic-gold-1956, 60) on this day in history.   

1925  On October - 08 andrei Donatovich Sinyavsky, writer/critic   

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

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

1927  On October - 08 al Duncan, drummer   

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

1928  On October - 08 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 October - 08.   

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

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  Bruno Hauptmann is indicted for murder of Lindbergh's son on October - 08.   

1935  Ozzie Nelson marries Harriet Hilliard (Ozzie and Harriet) on October - 08.   

1935  On this day in history ozzie Nelson marries Harriet Hilliard (Ozzie & Harriet)   

1938  On October - 08 g Kaufman & Moss Hart's "Fabulous Invalid," premieres in NYC   

1939  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox (d. 1578)   

1585  On October - 08 birth of heinrich Schutz, composer   

1619  On October - 08 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  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 October - 08 birth of cornelis Consolation, Dutch portrait painter (Unseemly Love)   

0705  On October - 08 abd al-Malik, kalief of Damascus, dies   

0976  Death of Jelena of Zadar, Croatian queen on this day in history.   

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  Death of Fushimi, Emperor of Japan (b. 1265) on October - 08.   

1604  Janus Dousa, [Johan van de Does], literature/politician, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

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