Historical Events In October - 08
Friday, 17 May 2024
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 On October - 08 piper James C. Richardson (16th Cdn. Infanctry Batt.) winds the Victoria Cross at the Somme, France
1916 Spark Matsunaga, (D-Ha-Sen) on this day in history.
1917 On this day in history trotski named chairman of Petrograd Soviet
1917 Danny Murtaugh, baseball manager (Pittsburgh Pirates) on this day in history.
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 Ron Randell, Sydney Australia, actor (Loves of Carmen, I am a Camera) on October - 08.
1919 The first transcontinental air race in the United States begins on this day in history.
1919 On this day in history bill Anderson, cricketer (played in 1st NZ-Aust Test 1946)
1919 On October - 08 eugene Demolder, Belgian writer (Sous la Robe), dies
1920 On this day in history frank [Patrick] Herbert, US, sci-fi author (Dune)
1921 Abraham Sarmiento, Filipino Supreme Court jurist on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1924 Arkady Vorobyev, Middle heavyweight (Olympic-gold-1956, 60) on October - 08.
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 this day in history.
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 On this day in history neil Harvey, cricketer (prolific Australian lefty bat of 50's)
1929 On this day in history a's Howard Ehmke (7-2) sets World Series record striking out 13 Cubs
1930 On this day in history phila A's beat St Louis Cards, 4 games to 2 in 27th World Series
1932 The Indian Air Force is established on October - 08.
1933 Coit Tower dedicated in SF, a monument to firefighters on October - 08.
1934 On October - 08 bruno Hauptmann is indicted for murder of Lindbergh's son
1935 On this day in history ozzie Nelson marries Harriet Hilliard (Ozzie and Harriet)
1935 On October - 08 ozzie Nelson marries Harriet Hilliard (Ozzie & Harriet)
1938 G Kaufman & Moss Hart's "Fabulous Invalid," premieres in NYC on October - 08.
1939 Germany annexes Western Poland on October - 08.
1940 On October - 08 cin Reds beat Detroit Tigers, 4 games to 3, in 37th World Series
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