Page 5: Historical Events In October - 08

1913  On October - 08 walter Schumann, NYC, choral director (Ford Show)/composer (Rhenish)   

1915  On October - 08 battle of Loos, almost 430,000 French, British & Germans killed   

1916  Piper James C. Richardson (16th Cdn. Infanctry Batt.) winds the Victoria Cross at the Somme, France on October - 08.   

1916  Spark Matsunaga, (D-Ha-Sen) on this day in history.   

1917  Trotski named chairman of Petrograd Soviet on October - 08.   

1917  Danny Murtaugh, baseball manager (Pittsburgh Pirates) on October - 08.   

1918  On October - 08 capt. Coulson Norman Mitchell (4th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Cambrai, France   

1918  On this day in history sgt Alvin York single-handedly kills 25, captures 132 Germans   

1918  On October - 08 ron Randell, Sydney Australia, actor (Loves of Carmen, I am a Camera)   

1919  On October - 08 the first transcontinental air race in the United States begins.   

1919  Bill Anderson, cricketer (played in 1st NZ-Aust Test 1946) on October - 08.   

1919  Eugene Demolder, Belgian writer (Sous la Robe), dies on October - 08.   

1920  On October - 08 frank [Patrick] Herbert, US, sci-fi author (Dune)   

1921  On October - 08 abraham Sarmiento, Filipino Supreme Court jurist   

1922  NY Giants beat Yankees, 4 games to 0, with a tie in 19th World Series on October - 08.   

1922  On this day in history douglas Gray, archivist   

1924  On this day in history british Labour govt of MacDonald falls to Communists   

1924  Arkady Vorobyev, Middle heavyweight (Olympic-gold-1956, 60) on October - 08.   

1925  On this day in history andrei Donatovich Sinyavsky, writer/critic   

1925  On this day in history abraham PC of Karnebeek, liberal foreign minister (1918-27), dies   

1927  NY Yankees sweep Pirates in 24th World Series on October - 08.   

1927  On October - 08 al Duncan, drummer   

1928  On October - 08 cole Porter & E Ray Goetz' musical "Paris," premieres in NYC   

1928  Neil Harvey, cricketer (prolific Australian lefty bat of 50's) on this day in history.   

1929  A's Howard Ehmke (7-2) sets World Series record striking out 13 Cubs on October - 08.   

1930  Phila A's beat St Louis Cards, 4 games to 2 in 27th World Series on October - 08.   

1932  The Indian Air Force is established on this day in history.   

1933  On this day in history coit Tower dedicated in SF, a monument to firefighters   

1934  On this day in history bruno Hauptmann is indicted for murder of Lindbergh's son   

1935  On October - 08 ozzie Nelson marries Harriet Hilliard (Ozzie and Harriet)   

1935  On this day in history ozzie Nelson marries Harriet Hilliard (Ozzie & Harriet)   

1938  G Kaufman & Moss Hart's "Fabulous Invalid," premieres in NYC on October - 08.   

1939  Germany annexes Western Poland on this day in history.   

1940  On October - 08 cin Reds beat Detroit Tigers, 4 games to 3, in 37th World Series   

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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  Philipp von Zesen, German poet/historian (Amsterdam) was born on this day in history.   

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  On October - 08 birth of jaime de Casellas, composer   

1692  On this day in history birth of antonio Palella, composer   

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

0705  Abd al-Malik, kalief of Damascus, dies on October - 08.   

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

1094  Death of St Mark, the Evangelist, buried in San Marcos minstery in Venice on October - 08.   

1253  On October - 08 robert Grosseteste, English Bishop/expert (optica), dies   

1286  On October - 08 death of john I of Dreux, Duke of Brittany (b. 1217)   

1317  On this day in history death of fushimi, Emperor of Japan (b. 1265)   

1604  On October - 08 janus Dousa, [Johan van de Does], literature/politician, dies at 58   

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