Oct 28   Howard Hanson, Wahoo Nebraska, composer/conductor (Nordic).   

Oct 30   Anatoly Grigor'yevich Novikov, composer.   

Oct 30   Charles Tupper, PM of Canada (C) (1896), dies.   

Oct 30   Martha Hughes Cannon of Utah is recorded as becoming 1st female senator   

Oct 31   Ethel Waters, Chester Pa, actress (Beulah)/singer (Stormy Weather)   

Nov 01   1st bare women breast (Zulu) to appear in National Geographic Mag.   

Nov 01   Edmund Blunden, English poet/critic (Undertones of War).   

Nov 03   J H Hunter patents portable weighing scales   

Nov 03   William McKinley (R) defeats William Jennings Bryan (D) for President.   

Nov 06   Jim Jordan, Peoria IL, radio comedian (Fibber McGee)   

Nov 07   Herbert R O'Connor, Balt Md, (Sen-Md)/TV narrator (Crime Syndicate)   

Nov 08   Bucky Harris, baseball manager (Phillies, Yankees)   

Nov 11   Charles "Lucky" Luciano, Sicily, NYC Mafia gangster.   

Nov 11   Jules Vandenpeereboom is recorded as becoming Belgium's minister of War   

Nov 12   Spyridon Xyndas, composer, dies at 84   

Nov 13   Antonio Pena y Goni, composer, dies at 50   

Nov 13   Nobusuke Kishi, premier of Japan (1957-60).   

Nov 14   Mamie G Doud Eisenhower, 1st lady (1953-61)   

Nov 14   Power plant at Niagara Falls begins operation   

Nov 16   Lawrence Tibbett, Bakersfield Calif, baritone (Metropolitan 1923-50).   

Nov 19   Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Sussex Vampire" (BG)   

Nov 19   Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of The Sussex Vampire" (BG).   

Nov 20   Mykhaylo Verikivsky, composer   

Nov 22   George Washington Gale Ferris, inventor (Ferris wheel), dies.   

Nov 22   Mario La Broca, composer   

Nov 23   Joris Vriamont, Flemish author/music publisher.   

Nov 24   1st US absentee voting law enacted by Vermont   

Nov 25   Virgil Thomson, KC Mo, composer/music critic (4 Saints in 3 Acts).   

Nov 26   1st large indoor football game, U of Chic beats U of Mich 7-6.   

Nov 27   "Also Sprach Zarathustra" (Thus Spake Zarathustra) debuts in Frankfurt   

Nov 27   Giovanni B Angioletti, Italian author (Il giorno del giudizio).   

Nov 28   Lilia Skala, Vienna, actress (House of Games, Flashdance, Charly)   

Nov 29   Philip L Carret, Lynn Mass, CEO (Pioneer Fund).   

Dec 01   1st certified public accountants receive certificates (NY).   

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Jan 01   Maurice jacobson: Composer   

Jan 01   Teinosuke kinugasa: Japans actor/director (jujiro, jigoku-mon)   

Jan 02   Dziga vertiv: [denis a kaufman], russian director (sjagai, soviet!)   

Jan 02   Ernst-lothar von knorr: Composer   

Jan 02   Sir lawrence wackett: Australian aircraft engineer    

Jan 04   Everett mckinley dirkson: (sen-r-ill)   

Jan 04   Everett dirksen: American politician   

Jan 04   Everett dirksen: American politician (sen-r-ill)    

Jan 01   Alfred ely beach: American inventor (b. 1826)   

Jan 04   Joseph hubert reinkens: German old catholic bishop (b. 1821)   

Jan 08   William rainey marshall: Governor of minnesota (b. 1825)   

Jan 15   Matthew b brady: Us photographer (civil war),    

Jan 18   Charles floquet: French statesman (b. 1828)   

Jan 20   Heinrich m von battenberg: German son-in-law of victoria,    

Jan 25   Frans c baeckelmans: Flemish architect (court of justice),    

Jan 28   Joseph barnby: Composer,