Page 4: Historical Events In October - 08

1887  On this day in history phillies set club record 16th straight victory   

1888  On October - 08 clifford Heatherley, Preston England, actress (For Love or Money)   

1888  Jules J baron d'Anethan, Belgian Minister of Justice, dies on October - 08.   

1890  On October - 08 cyril Rutherford "Snuffy" Browne, cricketer (pioneer WI Test player)   

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 October - 08.   

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

1895  Jeanne G van Schaik-Willing, Dutch author (Sinner & the Girl) on October - 08.   

1895  On this day in history charles Oberthur, composer, dies at 76   

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

1896  On this day in history dow Jones starts reporting an average of selected industrial stocks   

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 this day in history.   

1897  On October - 08 martin Pluddemann, composer, dies at 43   

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

1898  Clarence Williams, composer on this day in history.   

1899  On this day in history milner Connorton Gray, designer   

1900  Geoffrey Alan Jellicoe, landscape architect on this day in history.   

1901  On October - 08 eivind Groven, composer   

1903  J M Synge's "In the Shadow of the Glen," premieres in Dublin on this day in history.   

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 October - 08.   

1906  On this day in history karl Nessler demonstrates 1st 'permanent wave' for hair, in London   

1907  Howard Joslin, GA, actor (Quebec, Detective Story) on October - 08.   

1907  Alfred, Liechtensteins noble of Austrian Herrenhaus, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1908  On October - 08 nY Giants set season attendance record at 910,000 (broken in 1920)   

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

1909  Chicago Cubs beat NY Giants 4-2 in a playoff to win NL pennant on October - 08.   

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

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

1912  First Balkan War begins on this day in history.   

1912  1st Balkan War begins on this day in history.   

1912  Wilhelm Kuhe, composer, dies at 88 on this day in history.   

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1515  On this day in history birth of margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox (d. 1578)   

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

1619  On October - 08 birth of philipp von Zesen, German poet/historian (Amsterdam)   

1621  Maximilian H of Bayern, prince-bishop of Liege/bishop of Hildesheim was born on this day in history.   

1676  On October - 08 birth of benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish scholar (d. 1764)   

1690  Jaime de Casellas, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

0976  On October - 08 death of jelena of Zadar, Croatian queen   

1094  On this day in history 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 October - 08.   

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