Famous Birthdays In October - 08

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

1909  On this day in history birth of bill Hewitt, NFL end (Chicago Bears, Phila Eagles)  

1910  Raymod Gray Lewis, Ontario Canada, 4X400 relayer (Olympic-bronze-1932) was born on October - 08.  

1910  On October - 08 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  Walter Schumann, NYC, choral director (Ford Show)/composer (Rhenish) was born on October - 08.  

1916  On this day in history birth of spark Matsunaga, (D-Ha-Sen)  

1917  On October - 08 birth of danny Murtaugh, baseball manager (Pittsburgh Pirates)  

1917  On this day in history birth of hans Poser, composer  

1917  On this day in history birth of billy Conn, American boxer (d. 1993)  

1917  Walter Lord, American author (d. 2002) was born on October - 08.  

1918  On October - 08 birth of ron Randell, Sydney Australia, actor (Loves of Carmen, I am a Camera)  

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

1919  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of maxie Herber, Germany, figure skater pairs (Olympic-gold-1936)  

1921  On October - 08 birth of abraham Sarmiento, Filipino Supreme Court jurist  

1922  On this day in history birth of douglas Gray, archivist  

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

1924  On October - 08 birth of arkady Vorobyev, Middle heavyweight (Olympic-gold-1956, 60)  

1924  On this day in history birth of alphons Egli, member of the Swiss Federal Council  

1925  On this day in history birth of andrei Donatovich Sinyavsky, writer/critic  

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

1927  Gigi Durston, Balt Md, singer (Sonny Kendis Show) was born on October - 08.  

1927  On October - 08 birth of raaj Kumar, film star  

1927  Torbjorn Falkanger, Norway, took Olympic oath (1952) was born on October - 08.  

1927  Jim Elliot, American missionary (d. 1956) was born on this day in history.  

1927  César Milstein, Argentine scientist, Nobel laureate (d. 2002) was born on October - 08.  

1928  On October - 08 birth of neil Harvey, cricketer (prolific Australian lefty bat of 50's)  

1928  On this day in history birth of m. Russell Ballard, LDS apostle  

1928  Bill Maynard, British actor was born on this day in history.  

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

1930  On this day in history birth of james Olsen, Evanston IL, actor (Andromeda Strain, Spell)  

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0705  Abd al-Malik, kalief of Damascus, dies on this day in history.  

0976  Death of Jelena of Zadar, Croatian queen on October - 08.  

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

1253  On this day in history robert Grosseteste, English Bishop/expert (optica), dies  

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

1317  On this day in history death of fushimi, Emperor of Japan (b. 1265)  

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

1606  On this day in history jan, the Aged, count of Nassau/fathered 24, dies