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  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 this day in history.   

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

1895  On this day in history ohio Valley Improvement Association forms   

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

1895  Charles Oberthur, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

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

1896  On October - 08 dow Jones starts reporting an average of selected industrial stocks   

1897  Emperor Karl Joseph I named Gustav Mahler director of Opera on this day in history.   

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

1897  On this day in history martin Pluddemann, composer, dies at 43   

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

1898  On this day in history clarence Williams, composer   

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

1900  Geoffrey Alan Jellicoe, landscape architect on October - 08.   

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  On October - 08 1st Vanderbilt Cup auto race (Hicksville, Long Island, NY)   

1904  On this day in history gustav Ratzenhofer, Austria sociologist/philosopher, dies at 62   

1906  On October - 08 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 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  Bill Hewitt, NFL end (Chicago Bears, Phila Eagles) on this day in history.   

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

1912  On this day in history first Balkan War begins   

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

1912  On October - 08 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  On this day in history birth of heinrich Schutz, composer   

1619  On this day in history birth of philipp von Zesen, German poet/historian (Amsterdam)   

1621  Maximilian H of Bayern, prince-bishop of Liege/bishop of Hildesheim was born on October - 08.   

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

1690  Jaime de Casellas, composer was born on October - 08.   

1692  Antonio Palella, composer was born on this day in history.   

1697  On October - 08 birth of cornelis Consolation, Dutch portrait painter (Unseemly Love)   

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  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 October - 08.   

1286  Death of John I of Dreux, Duke of Brittany (b. 1217) on October - 08.   

1317  Death of Fushimi, Emperor of Japan (b. 1265) on October - 08.   

1604  Janus Dousa, [Johan van de Does], literature/politician, dies at 58 on October - 08.   

1606  Jan, the Aged, count of Nassau/fathered 24, dies on this day in history.