Historical Events In October - 08
Thursday, 28 March 2024
1887 On this day in history phillies set club record 16th straight victory
1888 Clifford Heatherley, Preston England, actress (For Love or Money) on October - 08.
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 On this day in history sergei Rachmaninoff 1st performs "Prelude in C-sharp-Minor" in Moscow
1895 On October - 08 the birth of Juan Peron, Argentine general, and former President
1895 On October - 08 ohio Valley Improvement Association forms
1895 On this day in history jeanne G van Schaik-Willing, Dutch author (Sinner & the Girl)
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 this day in history dow Jones starts reporting an average of selected industrial stocks
1897 On October - 08 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 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 Clarence Williams, composer on October - 08.
1899 On this day in history milner Connorton Gray, designer
1900 On this day in history geoffrey Alan Jellicoe, landscape architect
1901 On this day in history eivind Groven, composer
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 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 On this day in history howard Joslin, GA, actor (Quebec, Detective Story)
1907 On October - 08 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 Bill Hewitt, NFL end (Chicago Bears, Phila Eagles) on this day in history.
1910 On this day in history raymod Gray Lewis, Ontario Canada, 4X400 relayer (Olympic-bronze-1932)
1912 First Balkan War begins on this day in history.
1912 On October - 08 1st Balkan War begins
1912 Wilhelm Kuhe, composer, dies at 88 on this day in history.
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