Famous Birthdays In October - 08

1908  Paul Van Buskirk Yoder, composer was born on this day in history.  

1909  Bill Hewitt, NFL end (Chicago Bears, Phila Eagles) was born on October - 08.  

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

1910  On this day in history birth of kirk Alyn, American actor (d. 1999)  

1910  On October - 08 birth of gus Hall, American union organizer and head of the U.S. Communist Party (d. 2000)  

1910  On October - 08 birth of ray Lewis, Canadian runner (d. 2003)  

1913  On October - 08 birth of walter Schumann, NYC, choral director (Ford Show)/composer (Rhenish)  

1916  Spark Matsunaga, (D-Ha-Sen) was born on October - 08.  

1917  On this day in history birth of danny Murtaugh, baseball manager (Pittsburgh Pirates)  

1917  Hans Poser, composer was born on October - 08.  

1917  Billy Conn, American boxer (d. 1993) was born on October - 08.  

1917  On October - 08 birth of walter Lord, American author (d. 2002)  

1918  Ron Randell, Sydney Australia, actor (Loves of Carmen, I am a Camera) was born on October - 08.  

1919  On this day in history birth of bill Anderson, cricketer (played in 1st NZ-Aust Test 1946)  

1919  On October - 08 birth of kiichi Miyazawa, premier Japan (1991-93)  

1920  Frank [Patrick] Herbert, US, sci-fi author (Dune) was born on this day in history.  

1920  On October - 08 birth of maxie Herber, Germany, figure skater pairs (Olympic-gold-1936)  

1921  Abraham Sarmiento, Filipino Supreme Court jurist was born on October - 08.  

1922  On October - 08 birth of douglas Gray, archivist  

1922  On this day in history birth of svend Westergaard, composer  

1924  On this day in history birth of arkady Vorobyev, Middle heavyweight (Olympic-gold-1956, 60)  

1924  On October - 08 birth of alphons Egli, member of the Swiss Federal Council  

1925  Andrei Donatovich Sinyavsky, writer/critic was born on October - 08.  

1927  On this day in history birth of al Duncan, drummer  

1927  On October - 08 birth of gigi Durston, Balt Md, singer (Sonny Kendis Show)  

1927  On this day in history birth of raaj Kumar, film star  

1927  On this day in history birth of torbjorn Falkanger, Norway, took Olympic oath (1952)  

1927  On this day in history birth of jim Elliot, American missionary (d. 1956)  

1927  César Milstein, Argentine scientist, Nobel laureate (d. 2002) was born on this day in history.  

1928  On this day in history birth of neil Harvey, cricketer (prolific Australian lefty bat of 50's)  

1928  M. Russell Ballard, LDS apostle was born on this day in history.  

1928  Bill Maynard, British actor was born on October - 08.  

1929  On this day in history birth of valdir Pereira, Brazilian footballer (d. 2001)  

1930  James Olsen, Evanston IL, actor (Andromeda Strain, Spell) was born on this day in history.  

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

0976  On this day in history death of jelena of Zadar, Croatian queen  

1094  Death of St Mark, the Evangelist, buried in San Marcos minstery in Venice on October - 08.  

1253  Robert Grosseteste, English Bishop/expert (optica), dies on October - 08.  

1286  On October - 08 death of john I of Dreux, Duke of Brittany (b. 1217)  

1317  On October - 08 death of fushimi, Emperor of Japan (b. 1265)  

1604  On October - 08 janus Dousa, [Johan van de Does], literature/politician, dies at 58  

1606  Jan, the Aged, count of Nassau/fathered 24, dies on October - 08.