Historical Events In October - 10

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

1908  On October - 10 baseball Writers Association, formed   

1908  On October - 10 david Alexander Reginald Herbert, writer   

1909  Florida Friebus, actress (Dobie Gillis' mom, Bob Newhart Show) on October - 10.   

1910  Alan Frank, music publisher on this day in history.   

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

1911  Sun Yat-sen's revolutionaries overthrow Manchus on this day in history.   

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

1912  Charles Henry Madge, poet writer/sociologist on this day in history.   

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

1913  On October - 10 british passenger ship Volturno catches fire in Atlantic (136 kill)   

1913  Claude Simon, writer on this day in history.   

1914  On October - 10 german forces route Belgians in Antwerp Belgium (WW I)   

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  On October - 10 in Game 3, Charlie Ebbets becomes the 1st owner to raise the price of World Series grandstand seats to $5-up from $3   

1916  On October - 10 benson Fong, Sacramento CA, actress (Charlie Chan, Purple Heart)   

1917  On this day in history giants Rube Benton is 1st lefty to pitch a World Series no hitter   

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

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 this day in history.   

1919  On October - 10 gerald Etheridge Gomez, cricketer (post-war WI all-rounder)   

1920  On this day in history the birth of Thelonius Monk, Celebrated US Jazz pianist and composer   

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

1921  NFL Decatur Staleys become Chicago Staleys, win 14-10 on this day in history.   

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

1922  On this day in history boeli [Willem C] van Leeuwen, Antillian writer (Vreemdeling Op Aarde)   

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

1923  On this day in history louis Gottlieb, musician   

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  Edward D Wood Jr, Poughkeepsie NY, director (Plan 9 from Outer Space) on this day in history.   

1925  Ivan Svitak, philosopher on this day in history.   

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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 this day in history.   

1567  Infanta Caterina Micaela of Spain (d. 1597) was born on October - 10.   

1599  Jacob Aertsz Colom, Dutch publisher (Consolation of the Sea) was born on October - 10.   

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

1713  On October - 10 birth of johann Ludwig Krebs, composer   

0019  On October - 10 julius Caesar Germanicus, Roman commandant of Rijnleger, dies at 33   

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 October - 10.   

0732  Death of Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi, Moorish Governor of Andalusia on this day in history.   

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

1359  Death of King Hugh IV of Cyprus (b. 1295) on October - 10.   

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.