Page 5: Historical Events In October - 10

1926  St Louis Cards beat NY Yankees, 4 games to 3 in 23rd World Series.   

1926  Oscar Brown Jr, US songwriter (Brown Baby, Forbidden Fruit).   

1927  Clairmonte Depeiaza, cricketer (world record partnership v Aust 1955).   

1930  AP votes Joe Cronin unofficial AL MVP and BWA names Hack Wilson NL MVP.   

1930  Adlai Stevenson III, (D-Sen-Ill)   

1931  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.   

1932  "Betty and Bob" premiers on radio   

1932  "Betty and Bob" premieres on radio.   

1933  The inaugural synthetic detergent for home use marketed   

1933  1st synthetic detergent, "Dreft" by Procter and Gamble, goes on sale   

1935  George Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess" opens on Broadway.   

1935  "Porgy and Bess," by George Gershwin, NY premiere.   

1935  Arthur Henderson, British Labour minister (Nobel 1934), dies at 72   

1936  Bradman scores 212 in 202 mins in a cricket testimonial game   

1937  NY Yankees beat Giants 4 games to 1 in 34th World Series.   

1938  Germany completed annexation of Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland   

1938  Martin Bladen, cricketer (the 7th Lord Hawke), dies.   

1939  Annexation of Western Poland by Third Reich.   

1941  The resienstadt ghetto in Czechoslovakia is established   

1941  German U-boat torpedoes US destroyer Kearney   

1942  1300 Austrian Jews transported to Theresienstadt   

1942  Richard von Schaukal, Austria poet/writer (Schlemihle), dies at 68   

1943  Chiang Kai-shek takes oath of office as president of China   

1944  Adm Halsey's Task Force 30 bombs Okinawa, 700 die.   

1945  Detroit Tigers beat Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 3 in 42nd World Series   

1946  Chris Tarrant, British TV show creator (who wants to be a millionaire) is born   

1946  Max Frisch' "Die Chinesische Mauer," premieres in Zurich.   

1947  "Allegro" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 318 performances   

1948  Then record 86288 see game 5 of World Series in Cleveland.   

1949  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   

1954  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 5439 people   

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1344  Mary plantagenet: English princess   

1486  Charles iii: Duke of savoy   

1567  Infanta caterina micaela of spain: Infanta caterina micaela of spain (d. 1597)   

1599  Jacob aertsz colom: Dutch publisher (consolation of the sea)   

1678  John campbell: 2nd duke of argyll/fieldmarshal (union of 1707)   

1684  Jean antoine watteau: French rococo painter (onverschillige)   

1700  Lambert-sigisbert adam: French sculptor   

1713  Johann ludwig krebs: Composer   

0019  Death of Julius caesar germanicus: Roman commandant of rijnleger,   

0413  Nicias: Athens politician (peace of nicias), killed at about 57   

0680  Death of Hussein: Grandson of prophet mohammed, beheaded   

0732  Death of Abdul rahman al ghafiqi: Moorish governor of andalusia   

0833  Death of Al-ma'mun: Abbasid caliph of baghdad (b. 786)   

1359  King hugh iv of cyprus: King hugh iv of cyprus (b. 1295)   

1616  Maria van nassau: Countess of buren,   

1651  Philippus rovenius: [rouveen], apostole,