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 this day in history.   

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 October - 08.   

1895  On October - 08 ohio Valley Improvement Association forms   

1895  On October - 08 jeanne G van Schaik-Willing, Dutch author (Sinner & the Girl)   

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  Clarence Williams, composer on October - 08.   

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 this day in history.   

1904  1st Vanderbilt Cup auto race (Hicksville, Long Island, NY) on October - 08.   

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

1906  On October - 08 karl Nessler demonstrates 1st 'permanent wave' for hair, in London   

1907  Howard Joslin, GA, actor (Quebec, Detective Story) on this day in history.   

1907  Alfred, Liechtensteins noble of Austrian Herrenhaus, dies at 65 on October - 08.   

1908  NY Giants set season attendance record at 910,000 (broken in 1920) on this day in history.   

1908  On this day in history paul Van Buskirk Yoder, composer   

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

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

1910  On this day in history raymod Gray Lewis, Ontario Canada, 4X400 relayer (Olympic-bronze-1932)   

1912  On October - 08 first Balkan War begins   

1912  1st Balkan War begins on October - 08.   

1912  Wilhelm Kuhe, composer, dies at 88 on October - 08.   

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

1585  On October - 08 birth of heinrich Schutz, composer   

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

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

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

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

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

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 October - 08 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  On October - 08 death of fushimi, Emperor of Japan (b. 1265)   

1604  Janus Dousa, [Johan van de Does], literature/politician, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

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