Page 4: Historical Events In October - 08

1887  Phillies set club record 16th straight victory on this day in history.   

1888  On this day in history clifford Heatherley, Preston England, actress (For Love or Money)   

1888  On this day in history jules J baron d'Anethan, Belgian Minister of Justice, dies   

1890  Cyril Rutherford "Snuffy" Browne, cricketer (pioneer WI Test player) on this day in history.   

1892  Sergei Rachmaninoff 1st performs "Prelude in C-sharp-Minor" in Moscow on October - 08.   

1895  The birth of Juan Peron, Argentine general, and former President on this day in history.   

1895  Ohio Valley Improvement Association forms on this day in history.   

1895  Jeanne G van Schaik-Willing, Dutch author (Sinner & the Girl) on this day in history.   

1895  On October - 08 charles Oberthur, composer, dies at 76   

1896  Dow Jones starts reporting an average of industrial stocks on October - 08.   

1896  Dow Jones starts reporting an average of selected industrial stocks on this day in history.   

1897  On this day in history emperor Karl Joseph I named Gustav Mahler director of Opera   

1897  Rouben Mamoulian, movie director/author (Mark of Zorro, Applause) on October - 08.   

1897  Martin Pluddemann, composer, dies at 43 on this day in history.   

1898  1st Canadian Intercollegiate football game: McGill beats Queen's, 3-2 on October - 08.   

1898  On October - 08 clarence Williams, composer   

1899  Milner Connorton Gray, designer on this day in history.   

1900  On October - 08 geoffrey Alan Jellicoe, landscape architect   

1901  Eivind Groven, composer on this day in history.   

1903  J M Synge's "In the Shadow of the Glen," premieres in Dublin on October - 08.   

1903  Lina Radke, Germany, 800m runner (Olympic-gold-1928) on October - 08.   

1904  1st Vanderbilt Cup auto race (Hicksville, Long Island, NY) on this day in history.   

1904  Gustav Ratzenhofer, Austria sociologist/philosopher, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1906  Karl Nessler demonstrates 1st 'permanent wave' for hair, in London on this day in history.   

1907  On October - 08 howard Joslin, GA, actor (Quebec, Detective Story)   

1907  On this day in history alfred, Liechtensteins noble of Austrian Herrenhaus, dies at 65   

1908  On this day in history nY Giants set season attendance record at 910,000 (broken in 1920)   

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

1909  On this day in history chicago Cubs beat NY Giants 4-2 in a playoff to win NL pennant   

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

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

1912  First Balkan War begins on October - 08.   

1912  On this day in history 1st Balkan War begins   

1912  On this day in history wilhelm Kuhe, composer, dies at 88   

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1515  Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox (d. 1578) was born on this day in history.   

1585  Heinrich Schutz, composer was born on October - 08.   

1619  Philipp von Zesen, German poet/historian (Amsterdam) was born on October - 08.   

1621  On October - 08 birth of maximilian H of Bayern, prince-bishop of Liege/bishop of Hildesheim   

1676  Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish scholar (d. 1764) was born on October - 08.   

1690  On October - 08 birth of jaime de Casellas, composer   

1692  Antonio Palella, composer was born on October - 08.   

1697  Cornelis Consolation, Dutch portrait painter (Unseemly Love) was born on October - 08.   

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

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

1094  On October - 08 death of st Mark, the Evangelist, buried in San Marcos minstery in Venice   

1253  Robert Grosseteste, English Bishop/expert (optica), dies on this day in history.   

1286  Death of John I of Dreux, Duke of Brittany (b. 1217) on this day in history.   

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  On October - 08 jan, the Aged, count of Nassau/fathered 24, dies