Historical Events In October - 10

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

1908  On this day in history baseball Writers Association, formed   

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

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

1910  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1912  Charles Henry Madge, poet writer/sociologist on October - 10.   

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

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

1913  Claude Simon, writer on this day in history.   

1914  German forces route Belgians in Antwerp Belgium (WW I) on this day in history.   

1914  On October - 10 dorothy Lamour, [Kaumeyer], NO LA, actress (Road to Bali, Road to Rio)   

1914  Gijsbert van Tienhoven, mayor (Amsterdam)/foreign minister, dies at 73 on October - 10.   

1916  In Game 3, Charlie Ebbets becomes the 1st owner to raise the price of World Series grandstand seats to $5-up from $3 on this day in history.   

1916  On this day in history benson Fong, Sacramento CA, actress (Charlie Chan, Purple Heart)   

1917  On this day in history 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  On this day in history baden's Geisz forms govt   

1918  Bobby Byrne, Columbus Ohio, orch leader (Club Seven) on this day in history.   

1919  Richard Strauss & Hugo van Hofmannsthals premieres in Vienna on October - 10.   

1919  Gerald Etheridge Gomez, cricketer (post-war WI all-rounder) on this day in history.   

1920  On this day in history 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  "Boy" [FHP] Trip, Dutch minister on this day in history.   

1922  On October - 10 boeli [Willem C] van Leeuwen, Antillian writer (Vreemdeling Op Aarde)   

1923  On this day in history saxony gets Social Democratic & Communist coalition government   

1923  On October - 10 louis Gottlieb, musician   

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

1924  On this day in history ibn Saud of Nedzhed captures Mecca   

1924  On October - 10 edward D Wood Jr, Poughkeepsie NY, director (Plan 9 from Outer Space)   

1925  On this day in history ivan Svitak, philosopher   

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1344  Mary Plantagenet,English princess (d. 1362) was born on this day in history.   

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

1567  On this day in history 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 October - 10 birth of jean Antoine Watteau, French rococo painter (Onverschillige)   

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

1713  Johann Ludwig Krebs, composer was born on October - 10.   

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

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

0680  Death of Hussein, grandson of prophet Mohammed, beheaded on this day in history.   

0732  On October - 10 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 this day in history.   

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

1651  On October - 10 philippus Rovenius, [Rouveen], apostole, dies at 77