Page 4: Historical Events In October - 10

1906  On this day in history paul Creston, [Giuseppe Guttoveggio], NY, composer (Creative Harmony)   

1908  Baseball Writers Association, formed on October - 10.   

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  Willem Maris, painter (Hague School), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1911  Sun Yat-sen's revolutionaries overthrow Manchus on this day in history.   

1911  On this day in history sun Yat-sen's revolutionaries overthrow Manchus (Taiwan Natl Day)   

1912  On October - 10 charles Henry Madge, poet writer/sociologist   

1913  Gamboa Dam in Panama blown up; Atlantic & Pacific waters mix completing the Panama Canal on this day in history.   

1913  British passenger ship Volturno catches fire in Atlantic (136 kill) on October - 10.   

1913  On October - 10 claude Simon, writer   

1914  On October - 10 german forces route Belgians in Antwerp Belgium (WW I)   

1914  On this day in history dorothy Lamour, [Kaumeyer], NO LA, actress (Road to Bali, Road to Rio)   

1914  On October - 10 gijsbert van Tienhoven, mayor (Amsterdam)/foreign minister, dies at 73   

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  Benson Fong, Sacramento CA, actress (Charlie Chan, Purple Heart) on this day in history.   

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

1917  Ilona Ference, actress (Quatermass II, Star of My Night) on this day in history.   

1918  On October - 10 baden's Geisz forms govt   

1918  On October - 10 bobby Byrne, Columbus Ohio, orch leader (Club Seven)   

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

1919  On this day in history gerald Etheridge Gomez, cricketer (post-war WI all-rounder)   

1920  The birth of Thelonius Monk, Celebrated US Jazz pianist and composer on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1921  "Boy" [FHP] Trip, Dutch minister on October - 10.   

1922  Boeli [Willem C] van Leeuwen, Antillian writer (Vreemdeling Op Aarde) on this day in history.   

1923  Saxony gets Social Democratic & Communist coalition government on this day in history.   

1923  On October - 10 louis Gottlieb, musician   

1924  James Clavell is born (author of Shogun, Noble House, Tai-Pan) on October - 10.   

1924  Ibn Saud of Nedzhed captures Mecca on this day in history.   

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

1925  On this day in history ivan Svitak, philosopher   

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

1486  On October - 10 birth of charles III, Duke of Savoy   

1567  On this day in history birth of infanta Caterina Micaela of Spain (d. 1597)   

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 this day in history.   

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  On October - 10 birth of johann Ludwig Krebs, composer   

0019  Julius Caesar Germanicus, Roman commandant of Rijnleger, dies at 33 on this day in history.   

0413  On October - 10 death of nicias, Athens politician (Peace of Nicias), killed at about 57   

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  Death of al-Ma'mun, Abbasid caliph of Baghdad (b. 786) on October - 10.   

1359  On this day in history death of king Hugh IV of Cyprus (b. 1295)   

1616  On this day in history maria van Nassau, countess of Buren, dies at 60   

1651  Philippus Rovenius, [Rouveen], apostole, dies at 77 on October - 10.