Page 4: Historical Events In October - 10

1906  On October - 10 paul Creston, [Giuseppe Guttoveggio], NY, composer (Creative Harmony)   

1908  On this day in history baseball Writers Association, formed   

1908  On October - 10 david Alexander Reginald Herbert, writer   

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

1910  On October - 10 alan Frank, music publisher   

1910  On October - 10 willem Maris, painter (Hague School), dies at 66   

1911  On this day in history sun Yat-sen's revolutionaries overthrow Manchus   

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

1912  Charles Henry Madge, poet writer/sociologist on October - 10.   

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 October - 10.   

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  Giants Rube Benton is 1st lefty to pitch a World Series no hitter on October - 10.   

1917  Ilona Ference, actress (Quatermass II, Star of My Night) on October - 10.   

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

1918  On this day in history bobby Byrne, Columbus Ohio, orch leader (Club Seven)   

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

1919  Gerald Etheridge Gomez, cricketer (post-war WI all-rounder) on this day in history.   

1920  The birth of Thelonius Monk, Celebrated US Jazz pianist and composer on October - 10.   

1920  1st Grandslam in WS (Smith) & 1st unassisted triple play (Wambsganss) on this day in history.   

1921  On this day in history nFL Decatur Staleys become Chicago Staleys, win 14-10   

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  Louis Gottlieb, musician on October - 10.   

1924  On this day in history james Clavell is born (author of Shogun, Noble House, Tai-Pan)   

1924  On this day in history ibn Saud of Nedzhed captures Mecca   

1924  On this day in history edward D Wood Jr, Poughkeepsie NY, director (Plan 9 from Outer Space)   

1925  On this day in history ivan Svitak, philosopher   

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1344  On this day in history birth of mary Plantagenet,English princess (d. 1362)   

1486  On this day in history birth of charles III, Duke of Savoy   

1567  On this day in history birth of infanta Caterina Micaela of Spain (d. 1597)   

1599  On this day in history 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  Jean Antoine Watteau, French rococo painter (Onverschillige) was born on this day in history.   

1700  On October - 10 birth of lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor (d. 1759)   

1713  On this day in history birth of johann Ludwig Krebs, composer   

0019  On this day in history julius Caesar Germanicus, Roman commandant of Rijnleger, dies at 33   

0413  On October - 10 death of nicias, Athens politician (Peace of Nicias), killed at about 57   

0680  On October - 10 death of hussein, grandson of prophet Mohammed, beheaded   

0732  Death of Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi, Moorish Governor of Andalusia on October - 10.   

0833  Death of al-Ma'mun, Abbasid caliph of Baghdad (b. 786) on October - 10.   

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

1616  On October - 10 maria van Nassau, countess of Buren, dies at 60   

1651  On October - 10 philippus Rovenius, [Rouveen], apostole, dies at 77