Famous Birthdays In October - 08

1908  Paul Van Buskirk Yoder, composer was born on October - 08.   

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

1910  On October - 08 birth of raymod Gray Lewis, Ontario Canada, 4X400 relayer (Olympic-bronze-1932)   

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

1910  Gus Hall, American union organizer and head of the U.S. Communist Party (d. 2000) was born on October - 08.   

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 this day in history.   

1916  Spark Matsunaga, (D-Ha-Sen) was born on this day in history.   

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

1917  Hans Poser, composer was born on this day in history.   

1917  Billy Conn, American boxer (d. 1993) was born on this day in history.   

1917  On this day in history birth of walter Lord, American author (d. 2002)   

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  Kiichi Miyazawa, premier Japan (1991-93) was born on this day in history.   

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

1920  Maxie Herber, Germany, figure skater pairs (Olympic-gold-1936) was born on this day in history.   

1921  On this day in history birth of abraham Sarmiento, Filipino Supreme Court jurist   

1922  Douglas Gray, archivist was born on this day in history.   

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

1924  Arkady Vorobyev, Middle heavyweight (Olympic-gold-1956, 60) was born on this day in history.   

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

1925  Andrei Donatovich Sinyavsky, writer/critic was born on this day in history.   

1927  Al Duncan, drummer was born on this day in history.   

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

1927  Raaj Kumar, film star was born on this day in history.   

1927  Torbjorn Falkanger, Norway, took Olympic oath (1952) was born on this day in history.   

1927  Jim Elliot, American missionary (d. 1956) was born on October - 08.   

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

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 October - 08.   

1928  On October - 08 birth of bill Maynard, British actor   

1929  Valdir Pereira, Brazilian footballer (d. 2001) was born on this day in history.   

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

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0705  On this day in history abd al-Malik, kalief of Damascus, dies   

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

1094  On this day in history death of st Mark, the Evangelist, buried in San Marcos minstery in Venice   

1253  On October - 08 robert Grosseteste, English Bishop/expert (optica), dies   

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 this day in history.   

1604  On this day in history janus Dousa, [Johan van de Does], literature/politician, dies at 58   

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