Page 4: Historical Events In October - 10

1906  Paul Creston, [Giuseppe Guttoveggio], NY, composer (Creative Harmony) on October - 10.   

1908  On this day in history baseball Writers Association, formed   

1908  On this day in history david Alexander Reginald Herbert, writer   

1909  On October - 10 florida Friebus, actress (Dobie Gillis' mom, Bob Newhart Show)   

1910  Alan Frank, music publisher on this day in history.   

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

1911  On this day in history sun Yat-sen's revolutionaries overthrow Manchus   

1911  Sun Yat-sen's revolutionaries overthrow Manchus (Taiwan Natl Day) on this day in history.   

1912  Charles Henry Madge, poet writer/sociologist on this day in history.   

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

1913  On this day in history british passenger ship Volturno catches fire in Atlantic (136 kill)   

1913  Claude Simon, writer on October - 10.   

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 October - 10.   

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

1918  On October - 10 baden's Geisz forms govt   

1918  Bobby Byrne, Columbus Ohio, orch leader (Club Seven) on October - 10.   

1919  On October - 10 richard Strauss & Hugo van Hofmannsthals premieres in Vienna   

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

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  Louis Gottlieb, musician on October - 10.   

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

1924  On October - 10 ibn Saud of Nedzhed captures Mecca   

1924  Edward D Wood Jr, Poughkeepsie NY, director (Plan 9 from Outer Space) on October - 10.   

1925  On October - 10 ivan Svitak, philosopher   

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1344  Mary Plantagenet,English princess (d. 1362) was born on October - 10.   

1486  Charles III, Duke of Savoy was born on this day in history.   

1567  On October - 10 birth of infanta Caterina Micaela of Spain (d. 1597)   

1599  Jacob Aertsz Colom, Dutch publisher (Consolation of the Sea) was born on October - 10.   

1678  On October - 10 birth of john Campbell, 2nd duke of Argyll/fieldmarshal (Union of 1707)   

1684  On this day in history birth of jean Antoine Watteau, French rococo painter (Onverschillige)   

1700  On October - 10 birth of lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor (d. 1759)   

1713  On October - 10 birth of johann Ludwig Krebs, composer   

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

0413  On this day in history death of nicias, Athens politician (Peace of Nicias), killed at about 57   

0680  On October - 10 death of hussein, grandson of prophet Mohammed, beheaded   

0732  On this day in history death of abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi, Moorish Governor of Andalusia   

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

1359  Death of King Hugh IV of Cyprus (b. 1295) on October - 10.   

1616  On October - 10 maria van Nassau, countess of Buren, dies at 60   

1651  On this day in history philippus Rovenius, [Rouveen], apostole, dies at 77