Oct 08   Juan Peron, Argentine general, and former President is born.   

Oct 08   Ohio Valley Improvement Association forms.   

Oct 10   Johnny Taylor, cricketer (stalwart Aussie batsman of post-WW I days).   

Oct 11   Emperor Menelik II of Addis Ababa draws against Italians.   

Oct 11   H Schiebelhuth, writer   

Oct 13   Kurt Schumacher, German politicial chairman (SPD) [NS].   

Oct 15   Alfred Neumann, German playwright (Devil).   

Oct 17   Doris Humphrey, Oak Park Ill, dancer (Dances of Women)   

Oct 18   Raymond Brulez, Flemish author (Appearance at Kallista).   

Oct 19   Louis Mumford, cultural historian/city planner/writer   

Oct 20   Rex Ingram, US actor (Tarzan of the Apes, 10 Commandments)   

Oct 21   Alexander d'Arbeloff, entrepreneur   

Oct 21   The Republic of Formosa collapses as Japanese forces invade   

Oct 22   David Belasco's "Heart of Maryland," premieres in NYC   

Oct 25   Charles Halle, British pianist, dies   

Oct 25   Levi Eshkol, [Sjkolnik], Israeli PM (MWP) (1963-69)   

Oct 27   John Boles, Greenville TX, singer/actor (Babes in Baghdad).   

Oct 31   Basil H Liddell Heart, English military historian/publicist   

Oct 31   Franz Hedrich, Austria writer, dies at about 62.   

Nov 01   Aleksander Zarzycki, composer, dies at 61.   

Nov 02   In this year, 29th Belmont: Fred Taral aboard Belmar claims in 2:11½.   

Nov 05   1st US patent granted for auto (George B Selden)   

Nov 05   Inventor George B. Selden receives a patent on a "road engine," the inaugural gas-powered automobile   

Nov 05   The inaugural US patent granted for auto (George B Selden)   

Nov 05   Walter Gieseking, German pianist/composer.   

Nov 07   Jakob Kaplan, French head rabbi (1955-81)   

Nov 08   Hermann Schey, German/Neth singer   

Nov 08   Wilhelm Roentgen (Germany) discovers X-rays.   

Nov 08   Wilhelm Rontgen discovers x-rays.   

Nov 09   Mae Marsh, Madrid NM, silent film actress (Birth of a Nation)   

Nov 10   John Knudsen Northrop, aircraft designer (Northrop Air)   

Nov 11   Bechuanaland is recorded as becoming part of Cape Colony   

Nov 11   Bechuanaland is recorded as becoming part of the Cape Colony.   

Nov 11   Beulah Ecton Woodard, US sculptor   

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Jan 01   J edgar hoover: Mr fbi   

Jan 01   Nathaniel shilkret: Nyc, conductor   

Jan 02   Count folke bernadotte: Sweden, statesman (red cross, un)   

Jan 03   Boris mykolayovich lyatoshyns'ky: Composer   

Jan 04   Lourens g m baas becking: Dutch botanist/resistance fighter   

Jan 04   Leroy grumman: American industrialist   

Jan 05   Jeannette piccard: Balloonist/episcopal priest   

Jan 05   Elizabeth cotten: American musician   

Jan 03   James merritt ives: American lithographer with nathaniel currier (b. 1824)   

Jan 09   Aaron lufkin dennison: American watch manufacturer (b. 1812)   

Jan 10   Benjamin louis paul godard: Composer,   

Jan 22   Edward solomon: Composer,   

Jan 24   Lord randolph churchill: British politician (b. 1849)   

Jan 26   Arthur cayley: Mathematician,   

Jan 28   Francois certain de canrobert: French marshal,    

Feb 02   Archduke albert: Austrian general (b. 1817)