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

1927  Clairmonte Depeiaza, cricketer (world record partnership v Aust 1955) on this day in history.   

1930  On this day in history 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  On this day in history a J Bennett hits H Garbarino for 1st scoring pass in Canada's Big 4   

1931  On this day in history karl von Bach, German engineer (Maschinenelemente), dies at 84   

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

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

1933  The first synthetic detergent for home use marketed on this day in history.   

1933  On this day in history 1st synthetic detergent, "Dreft" by Procter & Gamble, goes on sale   

1935  George Gershwin's "Porgy & Bess" opens on Broadway on this day in history.   

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

1935  Arthur Henderson, British Labour minister (Nobel 1934), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1936  On October - 10 bradman scores 212 in 202 mins in a cricket testimonial game   

1937  NY Yankees beat Giants 4 games to 1 in 34th World Series on October - 10.   

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  The resienstadt ghetto in Czechoslovakia is established on this day in history.   

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 October - 10.   

1944  On this day in history adm Halsey's Task Force 30 bombs Okinawa, 700 die   

1945  On this day in history detroit Tigers beat Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 3 in 42nd World Series   

1946  On October - 10 the birth of Chris Tarrant, British TV show creator (who wants to be a millionaire)   

1946  Max Frisch' "Die Chinesische Mauer," premieres in Zurich on October - 10.   

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

1951  On this day in history yanks beat Giants 4 games to 2 in World Series, DiMaggio's final game   

1954  On October - 10 ho Chi Minh enters Hanoi after French troops pulled out   

1955  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 on this day in history.   

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1344  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1599  On October - 10 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 October - 10.   

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 this day in history birth of johann Ludwig Krebs, composer   

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

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