Page 4: Historical Events In October - 04

1900  Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "The Problem of Thor Bridge" (BG) on October - 04.   

1900  On October - 04 start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Problem of Thor Bridge" (BG)   

1901  Columbia (US) beats Shamrock II (England) in 12th America's Cup on October - 04.   

1901  Carroll Nye, Canton OH, actress (Lawless Woman) on October - 04.   

1903  Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Austrian nazi (SS/SD) on October - 04.   

1904  On October - 04 frederic Auguste Bertholdi French sculptor ("Statue of Liberty") dies   

1904  1st day of NYC subway, 350,000 people ride 9.1 mile tracks on October - 04.   

1904  Harris Rhoad, rocker on October - 04.   

1904  On October - 04 frederic Auguste Bertholdi, French sculptor (Statue of Liberty), dies   

1905  On October - 04 leon Orthel, composer   

1906  Chicago Cubs win their 116th game (116-36 .763) of year on October - 04.   

1906  On this day in history johannes Post, Dutch farmer/resistance fighter (passage fight)   

1907  On this day in history alfredo Kiel, composer, dies at 57   

1909  On this day in history james B Pritchard, US, theologist/archaeologist   

1910  Portugal becomes a republic, King Manuel II flees to England on October - 04.   

1911  On this day in history 1st public elevator (London's Earl's Court Metro Station)   

1912  Nicaraguan Gen Zeledon, opponent of US occupation, is executed on October - 04.   

1912  Alfonso Letelier-Llonas, composer on this day in history.   

1912  Gen Zeledon, Nicaraguan opponent of US occupation, is executed on this day in history.   

1913  Bkln Dodger Jake Daubert earns a new Chalmers auto as NL MVP on this day in history.   

1913  Stanley Oliphant Stewart, librarian on this day in history.   

1914  Dardanellen (French & English) fleet bombs Turkish forts on October - 04.   

1914  On October - 04 brendan Gill, writer/critic (New Yorker magazine)   

1915  On this day in history dinosaur National Monument in Colorado & Utah is established   

1915  On October - 04 koos Schuur, Dutch journalist/poet (7 Curses)   

1916  Market Street's "Path of Gold" lit for 1st time on this day in history.   

1916  Owen Tudor Williams, civil engineer on this day in history.   

1917  British assault on Broodseinde, France on October - 04.   

1917  Albert de Klerk, Dutch composer/conductor on October - 04.   

1918  On October - 04 musical "Sometime" with Mae West premieres in NYC   

1920  George Tribe, cricketer (Australian chinaman bowler, Northants) on October - 04.   

1921  On this day in history league of Nations refuses to assist starving Russians   

1922  On October - 04 the Canadian National Railway Company becomes a corporate entity (order in council P.C. 2094).   

1922  For 1st time, entire World Series broadcast over radio (WJZ & WGY) on October - 04.   

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1160  On October - 04 birth of alys, Countess of the Vexin, daughter of Louis VII of France (d. 1220)   

1276  On October - 04 birth of margaret of Brabant, Queen of Germany (d. 1311)   

1289  On this day in history birth of louis X, the Stubborn, king of France (1314-16)   

1331  On October - 04 birth of james Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormonde (d. 1382)   

1379  On October - 04 birth of king Henry III of Castile (d. 1406)   

1515  On October - 04 birth of lucas Cranach, the Younger, German painter   

1542  On this day in history birth of roberto Bellarmino, Italian theologist/diplomat   

1542  On this day in history birth of robert Bellarmine, Italian saint (d. 1621)   

1072  Death of Sancho II, king of Castile/bro of Alfonso VI, murdered at about 35 on October - 04.   

1221  On this day in history death of william III Talvas, Count of Ponthieu (b. 1179)   

1250  Death of Herman VI, Margrave of Baden on October - 04.   

1305  Death of Emperor Kameyama of Japan (b. 1249) on October - 04.   

1540  On October - 04 helius Eobanus Hessus, German humanist/poet (Silvae), dies   

1564  On October - 04 pietro P Vergerio, Italian theologist/bishop of Croatia, dies   

1571  On this day in history claude Togniel d'Espence, French theologist (Sorbonne), dies at 60   

1582  On October - 04 theresia van Avila, Spanish mystic writer, dies