Page 5: Historical Events In October - 10

1926  St Louis Cards beat NY Yankees, 4 games to 3 in 23rd World Series on October - 10.   

1926  On this day in history oscar Brown Jr, US songwriter (Brown Baby, Forbidden Fruit)   

1927  Clairmonte Depeiaza, cricketer (world record partnership v Aust 1955) on this day in history.   

1930  On this day in history aP votes Joe Cronin unofficial AL MVP & BWA names Hack Wilson NL MVP   

1930  Adlai Stevenson III, (D-Sen-Ill) on October - 10.   

1931  On October - 10 a J Bennett hits H Garbarino for 1st scoring pass in Canada's Big 4   

1931  Karl von Bach, German engineer (Maschinenelemente), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1932  On October - 10 "Betty & Bob" premiers on radio   

1932  On October - 10 "Betty & Bob" premieres on radio   

1933  The first synthetic detergent for home use marketed on this day in history.   

1933  On October - 10 1st synthetic detergent, "Dreft" by Procter & Gamble, goes on sale   

1935  George Gershwin's "Porgy & Bess" opens on Broadway on October - 10.   

1935  On October - 10 "Porgy & Bess," by George Gershwin, NY premiere   

1935  Arthur Henderson, British Labour minister (Nobel 1934), dies at 72 on October - 10.   

1936  On this day in history bradman scores 212 in 202 mins in a cricket testimonial game   

1937  On October - 10 nY Yankees beat Giants 4 games to 1 in 34th World Series   

1938  Germany completed annexation of Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland on this day in history.   

1938  Martin Bladen, cricketer (the 7th Lord Hawke), dies on this day in history.   

1939  On October - 10 annexation of Western Poland by Third Reich.   

1941  On October - 10 the resienstadt ghetto in Czechoslovakia is established.   

1941  On this day in history german U-boat torpedoes US destroyer Kearney   

1942  1,300 Austrian Jews transported to Theresienstadt on October - 10.   

1942  On October - 10 richard von Schaukal, Austria poet/writer (Schlemihle), dies at 68   

1943  Chiang Kai-shek takes oath of office as president of China on October - 10.   

1944  Adm Halsey's Task Force 30 bombs Okinawa, 700 die on October - 10.   

1945  Detroit Tigers beat Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 3 in 42nd World Series on October - 10.   

1946  On this day in history the birth of Chris Tarrant, British TV show creator (who wants to be a millionaire)   

1946  Max Frisch' "Die Chinesische Mauer," premieres in Zurich on October - 10.   

1947  "Allegro" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 318 performances on October - 10.   

1948  Then record 86,288 see game 5 of World Series in Cleveland on this day in history.   

1949  3rd NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Toronto 3-1 at Toronto on October - 10.   

1951  On this day in history yanks beat Giants 4 games to 2 in World Series, DiMaggio's final game   

1954  Ho Chi Minh enters Hanoi after French troops pulled out on October - 10.   

1955  On this day in history the carrier Saipan with Helicopter Training Unit HTU-1 aboard, left Tampico, Mexico, after a week of disaster relief operations for the inhabitants of the area. During these operations, the helicopters rescued 5,439 people   

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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 October - 10 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  John Campbell, 2nd duke of Argyll/fieldmarshal (Union of 1707) was born on this day in history.   

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  Johann Ludwig Krebs, composer was born on this day in history.   

0019  Julius Caesar Germanicus, Roman commandant of Rijnleger, dies at 33 on October - 10.   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1359  Death of King Hugh IV of Cyprus (b. 1295) on this day in history.   

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

1651  Philippus Rovenius, [Rouveen], apostole, dies at 77 on October - 10.