Page 4: Historical Events In October - 10

1906  Paul Creston, [Giuseppe Guttoveggio], NY, composer (Creative Harmony) on October - 10.   

1908  Baseball Writers Association, formed on October - 10.   

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  Willem Maris, painter (Hague School), dies at 66 on October - 10.   

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

1911  Sun Yat-sen's revolutionaries overthrow Manchus (Taiwan Natl Day) on this day in history.   

1912  On October - 10 charles Henry Madge, poet writer/sociologist   

1913  Gamboa Dam in Panama blown up; Atlantic & Pacific waters mix completing the Panama Canal on this day in history.   

1913  British passenger ship Volturno catches fire in Atlantic (136 kill) on this day in history.   

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 October - 10.   

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 this day in history.   

1916  On this day in history 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  On this day in history ilona Ference, actress (Quatermass II, Star of My Night)   

1918  On this day in history baden's Geisz forms govt   

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 this day in history gerald Etheridge Gomez, cricketer (post-war WI all-rounder)   

1920  The birth of Thelonius Monk, Celebrated US Jazz pianist and composer on this day in history.   

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

1921  NFL Decatur Staleys become Chicago Staleys, win 14-10 on October - 10.   

1921  "Boy" [FHP] Trip, Dutch minister on this day in history.   

1922  Boeli [Willem C] van Leeuwen, Antillian writer (Vreemdeling Op Aarde) on October - 10.   

1923  Saxony gets Social Democratic & Communist coalition government on October - 10.   

1923  Louis Gottlieb, musician on this day in history.   

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 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  Charles III, Duke of Savoy was born on October - 10.   

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 this day in history birth of john Campbell, 2nd duke of Argyll/fieldmarshal (Union of 1707)   

1684  Jean Antoine Watteau, French rococo painter (Onverschillige) was born on October - 10.   

1700  Lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor (d. 1759) was born on October - 10.   

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 this day in history death of hussein, grandson of prophet Mohammed, beheaded   

0732  On this day in history death of abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi, Moorish Governor of Andalusia   

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

1359  On October - 10 death of king Hugh IV of Cyprus (b. 1295)   

1616  On this day in history maria van Nassau, countess of Buren, dies at 60   

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