Historical Events In October - 10

1926  On this day in history st Louis Cards beat NY Yankees, 4 games to 3 in 23rd World Series  

1926  Oscar Brown Jr, US songwriter (Brown Baby, Forbidden Fruit) on October - 10.  

1927  On this day in history clairmonte Depeiaza, cricketer (world record partnership v Aust 1955)  

1930  On October - 10 aP votes Joe Cronin unofficial AL MVP & BWA names Hack Wilson NL MVP  

1930  Adlai Stevenson III, (D-Sen-Ill) on this day in history.  

1931  A J Bennett hits H Garbarino for 1st scoring pass in Canada's Big 4 on this day in history.  

1931  Karl von Bach, German engineer (Maschinenelemente), dies at 84 on October - 10.  

1932  On this day in history "Betty & Bob" premiers on radio  

1932  On October - 10 "Betty & Bob" premieres on radio  

1933  On October - 10 the first synthetic detergent for home use marketed  

1933  On October - 10 1st synthetic detergent, "Dreft" by Procter & Gamble, goes on sale  

1935  George Gershwin's "Porgy & Bess" opens on Broadway on October - 10.  

1935  "Porgy & Bess," by George Gershwin, NY premiere on October - 10.  

1935  On October - 10 arthur Henderson, British Labour minister (Nobel 1934), dies at 72  

1936  Bradman scores 212 in 202 mins in a cricket testimonial game on this day in history.  

1937  On this day in history nY Yankees beat Giants 4 games to 1 in 34th World Series  

1938  On October - 10 germany completed annexation of Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland  

1938  On this day in history martin Bladen, cricketer (the 7th Lord Hawke), dies  

1939  On this day in history annexation of Western Poland by Third Reich.  

1941  On October - 10 the resienstadt ghetto in Czechoslovakia is established.  

1941  On October - 10 german U-boat torpedoes US destroyer Kearney  

1942  On October - 10 1,300 Austrian Jews transported to Theresienstadt  

1942  Richard von Schaukal, Austria poet/writer (Schlemihle), dies at 68 on October - 10.  

1943  Chiang Kai-shek takes oath of office as president of China on October - 10.  

1944  On October - 10 adm Halsey's Task Force 30 bombs Okinawa, 700 die  

1945  On October - 10 detroit Tigers beat Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 3 in 42nd World Series  

1946  The birth of Chris Tarrant, British TV show creator (who wants to be a millionaire) on this day in history.  

1946  Max Frisch' "Die Chinesische Mauer," premieres in Zurich on this day in history.  

1947  "Allegro" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 318 performances on October - 10.  

1948  Then record 86,288 see game 5 of World Series in Cleveland on this day in history.  

1949  On this day in history 3rd NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Toronto 3-1 at Toronto  

1951  Yanks beat Giants 4 games to 2 in World Series, DiMaggio's final game on this day in history.  

1954  Ho Chi Minh enters Hanoi after French troops pulled out on this day in history.  

1955  On this day in history the carrier Saipan with Helicopter Training Unit HTU-1 aboard, left Tampico, Mexico, after a week of disaster relief operations for the inhabitants of the area. During these operations, the helicopters rescued 5,439 people  

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1344  On October - 10 birth of mary Plantagenet,English princess (d. 1362)  

1486  Charles III, Duke of Savoy was born on October - 10.  

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

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

1700  On this day in history birth of lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor (d. 1759)  

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

0019  On this day in history julius Caesar Germanicus, Roman commandant of Rijnleger, dies at 33  

0413  Death of Nicias, Athens politician (Peace of Nicias), killed at about 57 on October - 10.  

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

0732  Death of Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi, Moorish Governor of Andalusia on this day in history.  

0833  On this day in history death of al-Ma'mun, Abbasid caliph of Baghdad (b. 786)  

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

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

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