Page 5: Historical Events In October - 11

1927  Lou Gehrig elected MVP   

1927  Lou Gehrig named AL MVP (Babe Ruth (former winner) not eligible).   

1928  Ennio Morricone, Italian composer and film scorer is born   

1929  Sean O'Casey's "Silver Tassle," premieres in London   

1929  Liselotte Pulver, Swiss actress   

1930  Collingwood Football Club in Melbourne, Australia, won the VFL premiership for the fourth consecutive year   

1930  Bill Fischer, baseball player   

1931  100000 extreme-right Germans form "Harzburger Front"   

1932  The inaugural political telecast (Democratic National Committee) at CBS, NYC   

1932  1st political telecast (Democratic National Committee) at CBS, NYC.   

1932  Dottie West, Nashville Tenn, country singer (Here Comes My Baby)   

1933  Josef Hofmiller, writer, dies   

1935  Jan van Vlijmen, composer   

1935  Frank Mitchell, cricketer (2 Tests for Eng then 3 for S Africa), dies   

1936  "Professor Quiz", 1st radio quiz show premieres.   

1936  "Professor Quiz," 1st radio quiz show premieres.   

1937  Bobby Charlton, English soccer player.   

1939  Albert Einstein informs FDR of possibilities of atomic bomb   

1939  Franklin A Sonn, union leader (South African workers)   

1941  1st NSB-battalion departures to Eastern front   

1942  Battle of Cape Esperance begins In two-day battle, American task force formally ends Japanese attack on Guadalcanal and sinks two Japanese ships while losing only USS Duncan (DD-485).   

1942  -Oct 12] Sea battle at Cape Esperance Guadalcanal   

1942  Leonid Vladimirovich Nikolayev, composer, dies at 64.   

1942  Battle of Cape Esperance begins: In two-day battle, American task force formally ends Japanese attack on Guadalcanal and sinks two Japanese ships while losing only USS Duncan (DD-485)   

1943  NY Yankees beat Cards 4 games to 1, in 40th World Series, to become 1st team to win 10 World Series   

1944  Allies bomb sea wall at Veere.   

1945  Chinese civil war begins, Chiang Kai-Shek vs Mao Tse-Tung   

1945  Typhoon hits Okinawa, damaging many Navy ships   

1947  Brazil and Chile break diplomatic relations with USSR   

1948  "Love Life" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 252 performances.   

1950  Task Force 77 Aircraft destroy North Korean vessels off Songjin and Wonsan and north of Hungham.   

1950  The U.S. Federal Communications Commission issues the inaugural license to broadcast television in color, to CBS   

1954  "On Your Toes" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 64 performances.   

1955  All Peron feast days disposed of in Argentina.   

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1335  Taejo of joseon: Ruler of korea   

1573  Jacob boonen: South netherlands clergyman/lawyer   

1593  Claes p "nicolaas" tulip: Anatomy/mayor of amsterdam (1654..71)   

1611  Hugues de lionne: Marquess de berry, french ambassador to rome   

1616  Andreas gryphius: German writer   

1661  Melchior de polignac: French diplomat/elect (anti-lucretius)   

1671  Frederik iv: King of denmark/norway (1699-1730)   

1671  Richard moungler: Richard moungler (d. 1730)   

0732  Abd ar-rahman: Yemenite general strategist (bordeaux occupier),   

0965  Bruno i: Archbishop of cologne/duke of lutheran,   

1188  Death of Robert i of dreux: Son of louis vi of france   

1303  Boniface viii: [benedetto gaetani], lawyer/pope (1294-1303),   

1347  Louis iv: Duke of bayern/romania-germany king/emperor,   

1424  Jan zizka: Czech (army)leader (hussieten),   

1531  Huldrych zwingli: Swiss church reformer (zwinglianen),   

1598  Joachim camerarius: German botanist (horticulture catalog),