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 this day in history.   

1916  On this day in history spark Matsunaga, (D-Ha-Sen)   

1917  On this day in history trotski named chairman of Petrograd Soviet   

1917  On October - 08 danny Murtaugh, baseball manager (Pittsburgh Pirates)   

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

1918  Sgt Alvin York single-handedly kills 25, captures 132 Germans on this day in history.   

1918  On this day in history ron Randell, Sydney Australia, actor (Loves of Carmen, I am a Camera)   

1919  On this day in history 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  On October - 08 eugene Demolder, Belgian writer (Sous la Robe), dies   

1920  Frank [Patrick] Herbert, US, sci-fi author (Dune) on this day in history.   

1921  Abraham Sarmiento, Filipino Supreme Court jurist on October - 08.   

1922  NY Giants beat Yankees, 4 games to 0, with a tie in 19th World Series on this day in history.   

1922  On October - 08 douglas Gray, archivist   

1924  British Labour govt of MacDonald falls to Communists on October - 08.   

1924  On October - 08 arkady Vorobyev, Middle heavyweight (Olympic-gold-1956, 60)   

1925  Andrei Donatovich Sinyavsky, writer/critic on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1927  On this day in history al Duncan, drummer   

1928  On this day in history cole Porter & E Ray Goetz' musical "Paris," premieres in NYC   

1928  On October - 08 neil Harvey, cricketer (prolific Australian lefty bat of 50's)   

1929  A's Howard Ehmke (7-2) sets World Series record striking out 13 Cubs on this day in history.   

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 October - 08.   

1933  On October - 08 coit Tower dedicated in SF, a monument to firefighters   

1934  Bruno Hauptmann is indicted for murder of Lindbergh's son on October - 08.   

1935  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1676  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

0705  On October - 08 abd al-Malik, kalief of Damascus, dies   

0976  Death of Jelena of Zadar, Croatian queen on October - 08.   

1094  Death of St Mark, the Evangelist, buried in San Marcos minstery in Venice on this day in history.   

1253  On this day in history 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 this day in history.