Historical Events In October - 08

1887  On October - 08 phillies set club record 16th straight victory   

1888  On October - 08 clifford Heatherley, Preston England, actress (For Love or Money)   

1888  On October - 08 jules J baron d'Anethan, Belgian Minister of Justice, dies   

1890  Cyril Rutherford "Snuffy" Browne, cricketer (pioneer WI Test player) on this day in history.   

1892  Sergei Rachmaninoff 1st performs "Prelude in C-sharp-Minor" in Moscow on October - 08.   

1895  The birth of Juan Peron, Argentine general, and former President on October - 08.   

1895  On October - 08 ohio Valley Improvement Association forms   

1895  Jeanne G van Schaik-Willing, Dutch author (Sinner & the Girl) on this day in history.   

1895  On this day in history charles Oberthur, composer, dies at 76   

1896  On this day in history dow Jones starts reporting an average of industrial stocks   

1896  On October - 08 dow Jones starts reporting an average of selected industrial stocks   

1897  Emperor Karl Joseph I named Gustav Mahler director of Opera on this day in history.   

1897  On October - 08 rouben Mamoulian, movie director/author (Mark of Zorro, Applause)   

1897  On this day in history martin Pluddemann, composer, dies at 43   

1898  1st Canadian Intercollegiate football game: McGill beats Queen's, 3-2 on this day in history.   

1898  On this day in history clarence Williams, composer   

1899  Milner Connorton Gray, designer on October - 08.   

1900  On this day in history geoffrey Alan Jellicoe, landscape architect   

1901  On October - 08 eivind Groven, composer   

1903  J M Synge's "In the Shadow of the Glen," premieres in Dublin on this day in history.   

1903  On October - 08 lina Radke, Germany, 800m runner (Olympic-gold-1928)   

1904  1st Vanderbilt Cup auto race (Hicksville, Long Island, NY) on October - 08.   

1904  On this day in history gustav Ratzenhofer, Austria sociologist/philosopher, dies at 62   

1906  On this day in history karl Nessler demonstrates 1st 'permanent wave' for hair, in London   

1907  On this day in history howard Joslin, GA, actor (Quebec, Detective Story)   

1907  Alfred, Liechtensteins noble of Austrian Herrenhaus, dies at 65 on October - 08.   

1908  NY Giants set season attendance record at 910,000 (broken in 1920) on October - 08.   

1908  On this day in history paul Van Buskirk Yoder, composer   

1909  Chicago Cubs beat NY Giants 4-2 in a playoff to win NL pennant on this day in history.   

1909  On October - 08 bill Hewitt, NFL end (Chicago Bears, Phila Eagles)   

1910  Raymod Gray Lewis, Ontario Canada, 4X400 relayer (Olympic-bronze-1932) on this day in history.   

1912  First Balkan War begins on October - 08.   

1912  1st Balkan War begins on this day in history.   

1912  Wilhelm Kuhe, composer, dies at 88 on October - 08.   

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1515  On October - 08 birth of margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox (d. 1578)   

1585  Heinrich Schutz, composer was born on this day in history.   

1619  On this day in history birth of philipp von Zesen, German poet/historian (Amsterdam)   

1621  On this day in history birth of maximilian H of Bayern, prince-bishop of Liege/bishop of Hildesheim   

1676  Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish scholar (d. 1764) was born on this day in history.   

1690  Jaime de Casellas, composer was born on this day in history.   

1692  On this day in history birth of antonio Palella, composer   

1697  On this day in history birth of cornelis Consolation, Dutch portrait painter (Unseemly Love)   

0705  On October - 08 abd al-Malik, kalief of Damascus, dies   

0976  On October - 08 death of jelena of Zadar, Croatian queen   

1094  On October - 08 death of st Mark, the Evangelist, buried in San Marcos minstery in Venice   

1253  Robert Grosseteste, English Bishop/expert (optica), dies on this day in history.   

1286  On this day in history death of john I of Dreux, Duke of Brittany (b. 1217)   

1317  Death of Fushimi, Emperor of Japan (b. 1265) on October - 08.   

1604  Janus Dousa, [Johan van de Does], literature/politician, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1606  Jan, the Aged, count of Nassau/fathered 24, dies on this day in history.