Page 4: Historical Events In October - 10

1906  Paul Creston, [Giuseppe Guttoveggio], NY, composer (Creative Harmony) on this day in history.   

1908  Baseball Writers Association, formed on this day in history.   

1908  David Alexander Reginald Herbert, writer on this day in history.   

1909  Florida Friebus, actress (Dobie Gillis' mom, Bob Newhart Show) on this day in history.   

1910  On this day in history alan Frank, music publisher   

1910  Willem Maris, painter (Hague School), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1911  On October - 10 sun Yat-sen's revolutionaries overthrow Manchus   

1911  On October - 10 sun Yat-sen's revolutionaries overthrow Manchus (Taiwan Natl Day)   

1912  On this day in history charles Henry Madge, poet writer/sociologist   

1913  Gamboa Dam in Panama blown up; Atlantic & Pacific waters mix completing the Panama Canal on October - 10.   

1913  On this day in history british passenger ship Volturno catches fire in Atlantic (136 kill)   

1913  On October - 10 claude Simon, writer   

1914  German forces route Belgians in Antwerp Belgium (WW I) on this day in history.   

1914  Dorothy Lamour, [Kaumeyer], NO LA, actress (Road to Bali, Road to Rio) on this day in history.   

1914  Gijsbert van Tienhoven, mayor (Amsterdam)/foreign minister, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1916  In Game 3, Charlie Ebbets becomes the 1st owner to raise the price of World Series grandstand seats to $5-up from $3 on October - 10.   

1916  On October - 10 benson Fong, Sacramento CA, actress (Charlie Chan, Purple Heart)   

1917  On October - 10 giants Rube Benton is 1st lefty to pitch a World Series no hitter   

1917  On this day in history ilona Ference, actress (Quatermass II, Star of My Night)   

1918  Baden's Geisz forms govt on this day in history.   

1918  On October - 10 bobby Byrne, Columbus Ohio, orch leader (Club Seven)   

1919  Richard Strauss & Hugo van Hofmannsthals premieres in Vienna on October - 10.   

1919  On October - 10 gerald Etheridge Gomez, cricketer (post-war WI all-rounder)   

1920  On this day in history the birth of Thelonius Monk, Celebrated US Jazz pianist and composer   

1920  1st Grandslam in WS (Smith) & 1st unassisted triple play (Wambsganss) on October - 10.   

1921  NFL Decatur Staleys become Chicago Staleys, win 14-10 on this day in history.   

1921  "Boy" [FHP] Trip, Dutch minister on October - 10.   

1922  On this day in history boeli [Willem C] van Leeuwen, Antillian writer (Vreemdeling Op Aarde)   

1923  On this day in history saxony gets Social Democratic & Communist coalition government   

1923  On October - 10 louis Gottlieb, musician   

1924  On October - 10 james Clavell is born (author of Shogun, Noble House, Tai-Pan)   

1924  Ibn Saud of Nedzhed captures Mecca on October - 10.   

1924  On October - 10 edward D Wood Jr, Poughkeepsie NY, director (Plan 9 from Outer Space)   

1925  Ivan Svitak, philosopher on October - 10.   

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1344  Mary Plantagenet,English princess (d. 1362) was born on this day in history.   

1486  Charles III, Duke of Savoy was born on this day in history.   

1567  Infanta Caterina Micaela of Spain (d. 1597) was born on October - 10.   

1599  On October - 10 birth of jacob Aertsz Colom, Dutch publisher (Consolation of the Sea)   

1678  On October - 10 birth of john Campbell, 2nd duke of Argyll/fieldmarshal (Union of 1707)   

1684  On this day in history birth of jean Antoine Watteau, French rococo painter (Onverschillige)   

1700  On this day in history birth of lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor (d. 1759)   

1713  On October - 10 birth of johann Ludwig Krebs, composer   

0019  Julius Caesar Germanicus, Roman commandant of Rijnleger, dies at 33 on this day in history.   

0413  On this day in history death of nicias, Athens politician (Peace of Nicias), killed at about 57   

0680  Death of Hussein, grandson of prophet Mohammed, beheaded on October - 10.   

0732  Death of Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi, Moorish Governor of Andalusia on this day in history.   

0833  On this day in history death of al-Ma'mun, Abbasid caliph of Baghdad (b. 786)   

1359  On this day in history death of king Hugh IV of Cyprus (b. 1295)   

1616  Maria van Nassau, countess of Buren, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1651  On this day in history philippus Rovenius, [Rouveen], apostole, dies at 77