Page 5: 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  On October - 10 oscar Brown Jr, US songwriter (Brown Baby, Forbidden Fruit)   

1927  Clairmonte Depeiaza, cricketer (world record partnership v Aust 1955) on October - 10.   

1930  AP votes Joe Cronin unofficial AL MVP & BWA names Hack Wilson NL MVP on October - 10.   

1930  On October - 10 adlai Stevenson III, (D-Sen-Ill)   

1931  On October - 10 a J Bennett hits H Garbarino for 1st scoring pass in Canada's Big 4   

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  The first synthetic detergent for home use marketed on this day in history.   

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

1935  On October - 10 george Gershwin's "Porgy & Bess" opens on Broadway   

1935  "Porgy & Bess," by George Gershwin, NY premiere on this day in history.   

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

1936  On this day in history bradman scores 212 in 202 mins in a cricket testimonial game   

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

1938  On this day in history germany completed annexation of Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland   

1938  On October - 10 martin Bladen, cricketer (the 7th Lord Hawke), dies   

1939  Annexation of Western Poland by Third Reich on October - 10.   

1941  The resienstadt ghetto in Czechoslovakia is established on October - 10.   

1941  On this day in history german U-boat torpedoes US destroyer Kearney   

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

1942  On October - 10 richard von Schaukal, Austria poet/writer (Schlemihle), dies at 68   

1943  Chiang Kai-shek takes oath of office as president of China on this day in history.   

1944  Adm Halsey's Task Force 30 bombs Okinawa, 700 die on this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history 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  On this day in history max Frisch' "Die Chinesische Mauer," premieres in Zurich   

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 October - 10.   

1949  On October - 10 3rd NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Toronto 3-1 at Toronto   

1951  On October - 10 yanks beat Giants 4 games to 2 in World Series, DiMaggio's final game   

1954  On this day in history ho Chi Minh enters Hanoi after French troops pulled out   

1955  On October - 10 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 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 October - 10 birth of infanta Caterina Micaela of Spain (d. 1597)   

1599  Jacob Aertsz Colom, Dutch publisher (Consolation of the Sea) was born on this day in history.   

1678  On this day in history 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  Lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor (d. 1759) was born on October - 10.   

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

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  Death of Hussein, grandson of prophet Mohammed, beheaded on October - 10.   

0732  On October - 10 death of abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi, Moorish Governor of Andalusia   

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

1359  Death of King Hugh IV of Cyprus (b. 1295) on this day in history.   

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.