Page 4: Historical Events In October - 10

1906  Paul Creston, [Giuseppe Guttoveggio], NY, composer (Creative Harmony) on this day in history.   

1908  On October - 10 baseball Writers Association, formed   

1908  On October - 10 david Alexander Reginald Herbert, writer   

1909  Florida Friebus, actress (Dobie Gillis' mom, Bob Newhart Show) on October - 10.   

1910  On October - 10 alan Frank, music publisher   

1910  On this day in history willem Maris, painter (Hague School), dies at 66   

1911  Sun Yat-sen's revolutionaries overthrow Manchus on October - 10.   

1911  Sun Yat-sen's revolutionaries overthrow Manchus (Taiwan Natl Day) on October - 10.   

1912  On this day in history charles Henry Madge, poet writer/sociologist   

1913  On this day in history gamboa Dam in Panama blown up; Atlantic & Pacific waters mix completing the Panama Canal   

1913  On October - 10 british passenger ship Volturno catches fire in Atlantic (136 kill)   

1913  On this day in history claude Simon, writer   

1914  On this day in history german forces route Belgians in Antwerp Belgium (WW I)   

1914  Dorothy Lamour, [Kaumeyer], NO LA, actress (Road to Bali, Road to Rio) on October - 10.   

1914  Gijsbert van Tienhoven, mayor (Amsterdam)/foreign minister, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1916  On October - 10 in Game 3, Charlie Ebbets becomes the 1st owner to raise the price of World Series grandstand seats to $5-up from $3   

1916  On October - 10 benson Fong, Sacramento CA, actress (Charlie Chan, Purple Heart)   

1917  On October - 10 giants Rube Benton is 1st lefty to pitch a World Series no hitter   

1917  On October - 10 ilona Ference, actress (Quatermass II, Star of My Night)   

1918  Baden's Geisz forms govt on October - 10.   

1918  On this day in history bobby Byrne, Columbus Ohio, orch leader (Club Seven)   

1919  Richard Strauss & Hugo van Hofmannsthals premieres in Vienna on this day in history.   

1919  On October - 10 gerald Etheridge Gomez, cricketer (post-war WI all-rounder)   

1920  On October - 10 the birth of Thelonius Monk, Celebrated US Jazz pianist and composer   

1920  On October - 10 1st Grandslam in WS (Smith) & 1st unassisted triple play (Wambsganss)   

1921  NFL Decatur Staleys become Chicago Staleys, win 14-10 on October - 10.   

1921  On this day in history "Boy" [FHP] Trip, Dutch minister   

1922  Boeli [Willem C] van Leeuwen, Antillian writer (Vreemdeling Op Aarde) on October - 10.   

1923  Saxony gets Social Democratic & Communist coalition government on October - 10.   

1923  On this day in history louis Gottlieb, musician   

1924  On October - 10 james Clavell is born (author of Shogun, Noble House, Tai-Pan)   

1924  On October - 10 ibn Saud of Nedzhed captures Mecca   

1924  Edward D Wood Jr, Poughkeepsie NY, director (Plan 9 from Outer Space) on this day in history.   

1925  Ivan Svitak, philosopher on October - 10.   

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1344  On this day in history birth of mary Plantagenet,English princess (d. 1362)   

1486  On this day in history birth of charles III, Duke of Savoy   

1567  Infanta Caterina Micaela of Spain (d. 1597) was born on October - 10.   

1599  On this day in history birth of jacob Aertsz Colom, Dutch publisher (Consolation of the Sea)   

1678  John Campbell, 2nd duke of Argyll/fieldmarshal (Union of 1707) was born on October - 10.   

1684  Jean Antoine Watteau, French rococo painter (Onverschillige) was born on this day in history.   

1700  Lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor (d. 1759) was born on this day in history.   

1713  Johann Ludwig Krebs, composer was born on this day in history.   

0019  On October - 10 julius Caesar Germanicus, Roman commandant of Rijnleger, dies at 33   

0413  Death of Nicias, Athens politician (Peace of Nicias), killed at about 57 on this day in history.   

0680  On this day in history death of hussein, grandson of prophet Mohammed, beheaded   

0732  Death of Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi, Moorish Governor of Andalusia on October - 10.   

0833  On October - 10 death of al-Ma'mun, Abbasid caliph of Baghdad (b. 786)   

1359  On October - 10 death of king Hugh IV of Cyprus (b. 1295)   

1616  Maria van Nassau, countess of Buren, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1651  Philippus Rovenius, [Rouveen], apostole, dies at 77 on this day in history.