Page 4: Historical Events In October - 14

1901  On October - 14 justin Huntly McCarthy's "If I were King," premieres in NYC   

1901  Willem A Wagenaar, journalist/writer (Shanghai) on October - 14.   

1902  On this day in history stanley Coen, cricketer (South African batsman in two Tests 1927-28)   

1904  On October - 14 karel Srom, composer   

1905  On October - 14 nY Giants beats Phila A's, 4 games to 1 in 2nd World Series   

1906  On this day in history all Chicago World Series, 1st AL victory, White Sox win 4 games to 2 Cubs losers share of $439.50 is lowest for World Series   

1906  On this day in history benita Hume, London England, actress (Vicky-Halls of Ivy)   

1907  "Red" McKenzie, jazz singer (played comb-with-tissue-paper) [or 1899] on October - 14.   

1908  On this day in history baseball Writers Association of America, forms   

1909  Pirates beat Tigers, 5-4, forces 1st full 7 game world series on October - 14.   

1909  Bernd Rosemeyer, German auto racer (Indy 500) on this day in history.   

1909  On October - 14 johann Gottfred Matthison-Hansen, composer, dies at 76   

1910  On October - 14 jef Keuleers, Belgian worker's union leader   

1911  On this day in history largest baseball crowd ever 38,281 (Polo Grounds) see Giants beat A's, 2-1 (gate is record $77,379)   

1911  Le Duc Tho, North Vietnamese representive at Paris peace talk on this day in history.   

1912  On October - 14 an assassin shoots Theodore Roosevelt in Milwaukee. A thick coat and documents he was carrying save his life   

1912  Bull Moose Teddy Roosevelt shot while campaigning in Milwaukee on October - 14.   

1912  Helmut Schelsky, German sociologist (Sociology of Sex) on October - 14.   

1913  Explosion in coal mine at Cardiff kills 439 on October - 14.   

1913  Ginty Lush, cricketer (NSW quick of the 30's who didn't play for Aust) on this day in history.   

1914  German troops occupy Brug on October - 14.   

1914  On this day in history brendan Gill, critic   

1916  On October - 14 sophomore tackle and guard Paul Robeson is excluded from the Rutgers football team when Washington and Lee University refused to play against a black person.   

1916  C Everett Koop, surgeon general (1981-89) on this day in history.   

1918  Doug Ring, cricketer (Australian leggie of the late 40's early 50's) on this day in history.   

1919  Edward L Feightner, US rear-admiral (WW II-Santa Cruz Islands) on October - 14.   

1919  On October - 14 wilhelm von Siemens, German industrial/son of Werner, dies   

1920  Part of Petsamo province ceded by Soviet Union to Finland on October - 14.   

1922  On this day in history first automated telephones-Pennsylvania exchange in NYC   

1922  1st Thom McAn shoe store opens, on Third Avenue NYC on October - 14.   

1923  On October - 14 george Elbridge Whiting, composer, dies at 83   

1924  On October - 14 arnold Schoebergs opera "Die Gluckliche Hand," premieres in Vienna   

1924  On October - 14 robert Webber, Santa Ana Calif, actor (79 Park Avenue)   

1925  On October - 14 anti-French uprising in Damascus (French inhabitants flee)   

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1257  On this day in history birth of king Przemysl II of Poland (d. 1296)   

1404  On October - 14 birth of marie of Anjou, queen of France (d. 1463)   

1493  Shimazu Tadayoshi, Japanese warlord (d. 1568) was born on this day in history.   

1499  Claude of France, wife of Louis XII of France (d. 1524) was born on October - 14.   

1542  On this day in history birth of abul-Fath Djalal-ud-Din, 3rd Mogol emperor of India (1556-1605)   

1606  On October - 14 birth of johan Maetsuyker, Dutch governor-general of Ceylon (1653-78)   

1630  On October - 14 birth of sophia of Hanover, Princess Palatine and Electress of Saxony (d. 1714)   

1633  On October - 14 birth of james II Stuart, king of England/Scotland (James VII) (1685-88)   

0530  On this day in history dioscurus, anti-Pope (530), dies   

1066  On October - 14 harold II, King of England (1066), dies   

1092  On October - 14 death of aboe Ali Hasan ibn Nizam al-Moelk, writer (Sijasetname), assassinated   

1256  Death of Kujo Yoritsugu, Japanese shogun (b. 1239) on October - 14.   

1318  Death of Edward Bruce, High King of Ireland on this day in history.   

1536  Garcilaso de la Vega, Spanish poet/diplomat, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1552  On this day in history death of oswald Myconius, Swiss Protestant reformer (b. 1488)   

1565  Death of Thomas Chaloner, English statesman and poet (b. 1521) on this day in history.