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October 19 Deaths in History

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October 19, 1997 Glen Buxton, guitarist (Alice Cooper), dies of pneumonia at 49
October 19, 1996 Frank Neville Hosband Robinson, physicist, dies at 71
October 19, 1996 Oliver Charles Anderson, novelist, dies at 84
October 19, 1995 Don E Cherry, jazz Musician, dies at 58
October 19, 1995 Vicki Stangroome, campaigner, dies at 53
October 19, 1994 Martha Raye, actress (Pin Up Girl), dies after illness at 78
October 19, 1994 Munavarsjo Nazrijev, vice-president of Tadzjikistan, dies
October 19, 1994 Oldrich Cernik, Czechoslovakia premier (1968-70), dies at 72
October 19, 1994 Stanislaw Brunstein, artist, dies at 79
October 19, 1993 Bert Schoofs, table tennis star, dies at 48
October 19, 1993 Dionisio Herrero, Spanish air force general, murdered
October 19, 1993 Lois Kibbee, actress (Edge of Night), dies of brain tumor at 71
October 19, 1993 Roy Armstrong, English historian (Traditional buildings), dies at 91
October 19, 1992 Cleavon Little, actor (Blazing Saddles), dies at 53
October 19, 1992 Gert Nastian, general and companion of Petra Kelly, found dead at 69
October 19, 1992 Maurice le Roux, French conductor and composer (Contes immoraux), dies
October 19, 1992 Petra Kelly, founder (German Green Party), found dead at 44
October 19, 1988 Friedrich Weinreb, Polish/Neth theologist/economist, dies at 77
October 19, 1987 Jacqueline du Pre, British cellist, dies at 42
October 19, 1986 Moses Asch, record founder (Folkways), dies at 81
October 19, 1984 Henri Michaux, writer, dies
October 19, 1984 Jerzy Popieluszko, Polish priest/dissident, kidnapped and murdered
October 19, 1984 Jon-Erik Hexum, accidentally shoots himself on set of "Cover Up" at 27
October 19, 1983 18/10? Albert "Carel" Willink, painter: magic(al)-realism, dies at 83
October 19, 1983 Albert Carel Willink, painter (surrealism), dies at 83
October 19, 1983 Maurice Bishop, premier of Grenada (1979-83), murdered in coup
October 19, 1982 Jock Ewing, dies in an aircrash on TV show "Dallas"
October 19, 1981 Frank DeKova, actor (F Troop), dies
October 19, 1981 Paul Snoek, [Edm Schietekat], Belgian poet, dies at 48
October 19, 1978 Gig Young, kills his bride of 3 weeks and then commits suicide at 64
October 19, 1971 Alberto Pirelli, Italian industrial, dies at 89
October 19, 1971 Betty Bronson, actress (Naked Kiss), dies after brief illness at 64
October 19, 1970 Unica Zurn, writer, dies at 54
October 19, 1966 Elizabeth Arden, U.S. cosmetic manufacturer, dies
October 19, 1964 Maurice Gosfield, actor (Doberman-Phil Silvers Show), dies at 51
October 19, 1961 Benjamin Merkelbach, architect/city builder of Amsterdam, dies at 60
October 19, 1961 John Axel Fernstrom, composer, dies at 63
October 19, 1960 Gunther AR Raphael, German composer (Busskantate), dies at 57
October 19, 1959 Boughera El Quafi, marathoner 1928 Olympics gold, shot to death at 60
October 19, 1959 Stanley Bate, composer, dies at 45
October 19, 1957 Vere G Childe, British archaeologist/prehistorian, dies at 65
October 19, 1955 John Hodiak, actress (Lifeboat, Battleground), dies at 41
October 19, 1950 Edna St. Vincent Millay, American Author
October 19, 1943 Adrianus M de Young, writer (Merijntje Gijzen's youth), murdered
October 19, 1937 Betty Carver, wife of English fieldmarshal Bernard Montgomery, dies
October 19, 1937 Ernest Rutherford baron of Nelson, Engl physicist (Nobel 1908), dies
October 19, 1936 Lu Xun, Chinese Author
October 19, 1934 Johan J Arch, graphic artist (houtgravures), dies at 63
October 19, 1932 Arthur Friedheim, composer, dies at 72
October 19, 1921 Antonio Granjo, premier (Portugal), murdered
October 19, 1918 Joseph Lesage, French painter/etcher (WW I), dies at 34
October 19, 1910 Lutzen Wagenaar, Fries writer/vicar (Tsjerk Ages), dies
October 19, 1909 Cesare Lombroso, Italian psychiatrist/criminologist, dies
October 19, 1909 Christopher KH de Neree tot Babberich, cartoonist, dies at 29
October 19, 1890 Richard Francis Burton, English Writer
October 19, 1888 Amaat Vyncke, Flemish missionary/founder (Flemish Wind), dies at 38
October 19, 1864 Daniel Davidson Bidwell, magistrate/brig-general, dies in battle at 45
October 19, 1851 Marie-Therese-Charlotte, d of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette, dies at 72
October 19, 1838 Henry Fagel, baron/court clerk of States-General/diplomat, dies at 73
October 19, 1835 Henry Doeff, translator (Dutch-Japanese dictionary), dies at 57
October 19, 1834 Cornelis Loots, accountant/poet (Volkswoede), dies at 69
October 19, 1813 Josef Poniatovski, Polish gen/marshal of France, dies in battle
October 19, 1810 Jean-Georges Noverre, French choreographer (ballet d'action), dies
October 19, 1793 Francisco Morera, composer, dies at 62
October 19, 1790 Lyman Hall, U.S. physician/signer (Decl of Ind), dies at 66
October 19, 1786 Pietro Alessandro Pavona, composer, dies at 58
October 19, 1758 Johan H Roman, Finnish/Swedish composer and conductor /violinist, dies
October 19, 1745 Jonathan Swift, English writer (Gulliver's Travels), dies
October 19, 1609 Jacobus Arminius, [Jacob Hermans], theologist, dies at about 49
October 19, 1608 Martinus A del Rio, Spanish lawyer historian/theologist, dies
October 19, 1553 Bonifazio Veronese/Veneziano, [de' Pitati], Italian painter, dies
October 19, 1547 Pierino del Vaga, Italian painter, dies at about 46
October 19, 1268 Konradin von Hohenstaufen, duke of Zwaben, beheaded

October 19 Birthdays in History

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October 19, 1980 Benjamin Salisbury, Minneapolis, actor, Brighton Sheffield-Nanny
October 19, 1979 Randy Spelling, born in Los Angeles, California, Sean Richards-Sunset Beach
October 19, 1978 Chris Sellers, born in Cleveland, Ohio, rapper, Another Bad Creation
October 19, 1976 Amber Hamilton, Auburn Washington, Miss America-Washington 1996
October 19, 1974 Percy Ellsworth, safety for the New York Giants
October 19, 1973 Robert Tate, wide receiver for the Minnesota Vikings
October 19, 1973 Shi Ting Wang, Tainan Taiwan, tennis star, 1994 Taipei
October 19, 1972 Glen Anthony Mitchell, Hamilton NZ, road race cyclist 1996 Olympics
October 19, 1972 Marc Newfield, Sacramento California, outfielder for the San Diego Padres
October 19, 1972 Megan Still, Australian rower 1996 Olympics
October 19, 1972 Otto Steffers, born in Louisville, Kentucky, field hockey defender 1996 Olympics
October 19, 1972 Reggie Rusk, cornerback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
October 19, 1971 Christina Augustyn, Miss New Jersey USA 1996
October 19, 1970 Benita Brooks, Miss Alabama USA 1996
October 19, 1970 Chamara Dunusinghe, cricket wicketkeeper, Sri Lanka 1995
October 19, 1969 Zdeno Ciger, Martin Slo, NHL left wing for the Edmonton Oilers
October 19, 1967 Amy Carter, President Carter's daughter/peace activist
October 19, 1966 Amy Linker, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Lewis and Clark, Lauren-Square Pegs
October 19, 1966 Anna Clark, born in San Francisco, California, playmate, Apr, 1987
October 19, 1966 Dave Veres, born in Montgomery, Alabama, pitcher for the Montreal Expos
October 19, 1966 Jon Favreau, actor and writer, Swingers
October 19, 1966 Sinitta, rocker, Omn Sinitta
October 19, 1965 Brad Daugherty, NBA center for the Cleveland Cavaliers
October 19, 1965 Lucio Topatigh, hockey forward, Team Italy 1998
October 19, 1965 Maria Lee Ostapiej, La Mess California, Miss California-America 1991
October 19, 1964 Webster Slaughter, NFL wide receiver for the Kansas City Chiefs
October 19, 1963 Brian H Henniger, Sacramento California, PGA golfer, 1994 Deposit Guaranty
October 19, 1963 Jim Dombrowski, NFL guard for the New Orleans Saints
October 19, 1963 Laurens BBM, Belgian prince/son of Albert II and Paola
October 19, 1962 Evander Holyfield, Atmore Ala, boxer, Oly-bronze-1988, champ, 1990-92
October 19, 1962 Ruud Bread, soccer player, NAC
October 19, 1961 Tim Belcher, Sparta Ohio, baseball pitcher, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Royals
October 19, 1960 Dan "Woody" Woodgate, London, rock drummer, Madness
October 19, 1960 Dawn Coe-Jones, Campbell River BC, LPGA golfer, 1992 Kemper Open
October 19, 1960 Woody, rocker, Voice of Beehive-Let it Bee
October 19, 1958 Antoine Trousers, rock drummer/singer, Dike-Bleeding Heart
October 19, 1958 John Bloom, [Joe Bob Briggs], drive-in movie critic
October 19, 1957 Karl Wallingher, Prestatyn Wales, rocker, World Party
October 19, 1956 Nino DeFranco, rocker, DeFranco Family
October 19, 1956 Sue Barker, tennis pro, French Open 1976
October 19, 1955 Lonnie Shelton, NBA forward, New York Knick, Seattle Supersonics
October 19, 1955 Pat Klous, Hutchinson, Kansas, actress, Marcy-Flying High, Judy-Love Boat
October 19, 1952 Alexander Leibkind, Germany, judo, Oly-76, /WLAF GM for the Rhein Fire
October 19, 1952 Veronica Judith Sainz Castro, Mexico, spanish singer and actress, Nana
October 19, 1951 Annie Golden, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Forever Lulu, Hair
October 19, 1948 Chester Biscardi, composer
October 19, 1947 Wilbert Hart, U.S. singer, Four Gents, Delfonics-Didn't I
October 19, 1946 Bob Holland, cricketer, Australian leg-spinner at age 38
October 19, 1946 Philip Pullman, English Writer
October 19, 1945 Ahmed Abel-Wadoud Karadawi, academic/activist
October 19, 1945 Divine, [Harris Glenn Milstead], born in Baltimore, Maryland, actress, Pink Flamingo
October 19, 1945 Harris Glenn Divine, Baltimore MD
October 19, 1945 John Lithgow, born in Rochester, New York, actor, Harry and Hendersons, Pelican Brief
October 19, 1945 Patricia Ireland, feminist/president, National Organization of Women
October 19, 1945 Patrick Simmons, rocker, Doobie Brothers
October 19, 1944 George McCrae, U.S. singer, Lead Me On, Rock Your Baby
October 19, 1944 Keith Adrian, [Johnson], Indies/Dutch actor, Intrepid Mr. Twist
October 19, 1944 Peter Tosh, rocker
October 19, 1943 Michael Findlay, cricket wicket-keeper, WI early 70's
October 19, 1943 Robert Morris, composer
October 19, 1943 Robin Greville Holloway, composer
October 19, 1941 Simon Ward, born in London, England, actor, 4 Musketeers, 4 Feathers
October 19, 1940 Jerzy Kulej, Poland, light welterweight boxer, Olympics gold 1964, 68
October 19, 1940 Michael Gambon, English actor, Singing Detective, Paris at Night
October 19, 1939 Benita Valente, Delano California, soprano, Pamina-Die Zauberflote
October 19, 1938 Ton Regtien, Dutch student leader
October 19, 1937 Nicholas Palmer, television writer/producer
October 19, 1937 Peter Max, psychadelic artist, Dynamite Chicken
October 19, 1937 Sean Garrison, New York City, actor, Up Periscope, Splendor in the Grass
October 19, 1936 Johnetta Betsch Cole, educator/president, Spellman College, /, Sen-D-KY
October 19, 1936 Tony Lo Bianco, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Ann Jillian Story, Hizzoner!
October 19, 1935 Jim Reeves, rocker
October 19, 1934 David Guard, rocker, Kingston Trio
October 19, 1934 Des Hoare, cricketer, Australian quickie in Test in 1961 vs. W Indies
October 19, 1934 Yakubu Gowon, Statesman
October 19, 1933 Brian Booth, cricketer, dual Australian cricket/hockey international
October 19, 1933 Wilfried Dietrich, German FR, super-heavyweight 1960 Olympics gold
October 19, 1932 Lloyd Haynes, South Bend Indiana, actor, Pete Dixon-Room 222
October 19, 1932 Robert Reed, born in Highland Park, Illinois, actor, Mike-Brady Bunch, Nurse
October 19, 1931 John LeCarre, [Cornwell], England, spy novelist, Little Drummer Girl
October 19, 1931 Laszlo Kalmar, composer
October 19, 1930 Tom ap Rees, botanist
October 19, 1929 Balbir Singh, India, field hockey player, Olympics gold 1948-56
October 19, 1929 Dumitru Capoianu, composer
October 19, 1928 Buff Cobb, Florence Italy, actress, Masquerade Party
October 19, 1927 Marjorie Tallchief, U.S. ballerina, Harkness Ballet
October 19, 1927 Pierre Alechinsky, Belgian painter/director, Cobra
October 19, 1925 Bernard Hepton, Bradford England, actor, 6 Wives of Henry VIII
October 19, 1925 Victor Zorza, journalist/Russian specialist
October 19, 1922 Jack Anderson, born in Long Beach, California, journalist, Washington Post
October 19, 1921 George Nader, born in Pasadena, California, actor, Robot Monster, Away All Boats
October 19, 1921 Gunnar Nordahl, Sweden, soccer player 1948 Olympics gold
October 19, 1920 LaWanda Page, born in Cleveland, Ohio, actress, Aunt Esther-Sanford and Sons
October 19, 1918 Louis Althusser, French philosopher, For Marx, Strangled His Wife
October 19, 1918 Robert Charles Evans, mountaineer/doctor
October 19, 1916 David Lewis, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actor, Edward Quartermaine-General Hospital
October 19, 1916 Emil Gilels, Odessa Russia, pianist, Brussels Competition-1938
October 19, 1916 Karl-Birger Blomdahl, Sweden, opera composer, Herr von Hancken
October 19, 1916 Toby Rowland, theatrical manager
October 19, 1914 Harold Gimblett, cricketer, legendary Somerset and England batsman
October 19, 1913 Jean Urruty, France, Jai-Alai champion
October 19, 1913 Vasco Pratolini, Italian writer, Le ragazze di San Frediano
October 19, 1911 George Cates, New York City, orch leader, Lawrence Welk Show
October 19, 1911 Hilde Spiel, writer
October 19, 1910 Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, India, astrophysicist, Nobel 1983
October 19, 1909 Robert Beatty, Ontario, actor, Amorous Mr. Pawn, Where Eagles Dare
October 19, 1908 Nils Geirr Tveitt, composer
October 19, 1908 Patrick Cairns "Spike" Hughes, British jazz musician/composer, Elegy
October 19, 1903 Vittorio Giannini, composer
October 19, 1901 Arleigh A Burke, Colo, Admiral, WW II, Solomon Islands, Navy Cross
October 19, 1901 Arleigh Burke, Soldier
October 19, 1900 Bill Ponsford, cricketer, great Australian batsman, HS 437 Vic vs. NSW
October 19, 1900 Theodoro Valcarcel, composer
October 19, 1899 Miguel Asturias, Guatemala, poet/diplomat, Hombres de Maiz, Nobel 67
October 19, 1895 Louis Mumford, cultural historian/city planner/writer
October 19, 1892 Alexander A Aljechin, Russian/French chess champ, 1927-35, 37-46
October 19, 1892 Ilmari Hannikainen, composer
October 19, 1889 Uncle Art Satherly, entertainer, 1968 Acad of Country Music Award
October 19, 1882 Vincas Kreve-Mickievicius, Lithuania, poet/philologist/playwright
October 19, 1876 Mordecai, 3 finger, Brown, hall of fame pitcher
October 19, 1873 Barton King, cricketer, North America's greatest all-rounder
October 19, 1873 Jaap Eden, Dutch World Champion cycling and speed skating
October 19, 1871 Walter B Cannon, U.S. physiologist, Wisdom of the Body
October 19, 1868 Bertha Landes, 1st woman elected mayor of a major U.S. city, Seattle
October 19, 1866 Clarence Lucas, composer
October 19, 1865 Godfrey Cripps, cricketer, one Test South Africa vs. England 1892, 18 and 3
October 19, 1863 John Huston Finley, Illinois, editor of the New York Times, 1937-38
October 19, 1862 Auguste Lumiere, made 1st movie, Workers Leaving Lumiere Factory
October 19, 1860 Affie Jarvis, cricketer, Australian WK of the late 19th century
October 19, 1859 Georg Knorr, German engineer, brake system trains
October 19, 1850 Annie S Peck, mountain climber/explorer/diplomat
October 19, 1834 Francis Channing Barlow, U.S. lawyer/gen-major/co-founder, ABA
October 19, 1828 Adolfo Fumagalli, composer
October 19, 1824 Frantisek Pivoda, composer
October 19, 1824 Rufus Saxton, Bvt Major General Union volunteers, died in 1908
October 19, 1819 Joseph C Juglar, French physician/economist, Crises Commercial
October 19, 1810 Cassius Marcellus Clay, Major General Union volunteers, died in 1903
October 19, 1792 Dirk Donker Curtius, Dutch attorney/minister of Justice, liberal
October 19, 1784 John McLoughlin, Hudson's Bay Co pioneer in Oregon Country
October 19, 1784 Leigh Hunt, British writer, Lord Byron
October 19, 1690 Giuseppi Maria Carretti, composer
October 19, 1684 Johann Christoph Fravenholtz, composer
October 19, 1652 Louis Le Quointe, composer
October 19, 1605 Thomas Browne, British writer, Garden of Cyrus
October 19, 1581 Dimitri Ivanovitch, Russian son of Ivan IV "the Terrible"
October 19, 1545 Giovanale Ancina, composer
October 19, 1507 Viglius ab Aytta Zuichemus, [Aytta van Zwichem], Dutch priest

October 19 Events in History

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October 19, 2006 Dow closes above 12,000 for the first time
October 19, 2005 Saddam Hussein's trial begins in Iraq
October 19, 1997 "Annie," closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City
October 19, 1997 700th World Series home run (Sandy Alomar, Cleveland Indians)
October 19, 1997 David Duval wins Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile Golf Classic
October 19, 1997 Hyatt Regency Maui Kaanapali Senior Golf Classic
October 19, 1996 Braves beat New York Yanks by record tying 11 runs, 12-1 in a World Series
October 19, 1995 "Hello Dolly!" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City for 118 performances
October 19, 1994 160 killed at battles in Tsjetsjenie
October 19, 1994 Palestinian bomb attack on bus in Tel Aviv, kills 22
October 19, 1993 U.N. authorizes arms, miltary and police supply embargo against Haiti
October 19, 1991 Longest NCAA football game (3:52) as RI beats Maine 52-30 (6 OTs)
October 19, 1991 Lonnie Glieberman purchased Ottawa Rough Riders from CFL
October 19, 1990 HCA, Helsinki Citizens Assembly, forms in Prague
October 19, 1989 "Dangerous Games" opens at Nederlander Theater New York City for 4 performances
October 19, 1989 Astor Piazzolla and Wm Finn's musical "Dangerous Games" premieres in New York City
October 19, 1989 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R.
October 19, 1988 3 Americans win Nobel in physics; 3 W Germans win chemistry Nobel
October 19, 1988 Britain bans broadcast interviews with IRA members
October 19, 1988 Car bomb kills 7 Israelis, wounds 11 near Lebanon border
October 19, 1988 Roxette releases "Roxette Look Sharp!" album
October 19, 1988 South Africa anti-apartheid leader Sisulu wins $100,000 Human Rights prize
October 19, 1988 Senate passes bill curbing ads during children's TV shows
October 19, 1987 "Anything Goes" opens at Beaumont Theater New York City for 804 performances
October 19, 1987 "Black Monday"-Dow Jones down 508.32, 4 times previous record
October 19, 1987 Dow Jones Index drops 508.32 points (22%) (record)
October 19, 1987 U.S. warships destroy 2 Iranian oil platforms in Persian Gulf
October 19, 1987 Woody Woodward resigns as New York Yankee GM, Lou Piniella is named GM and Billy Martin is named New York Yankee manager for 5th and final time
October 19, 1986 "Flamenco Puro" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 40 performances
October 19, 1986 "Raggedy Ann" closes at Nederlander Theater New York City after 5 performances
October 19, 1986 Allan Border scores the 10,000th run in Tests (v India, Bombay)
October 19, 1986 U.S.S.R. expels 5 U.S. diplomats
October 19, 1983 Columbia moves to Orbiter Processing Facility
October 19, 1983 Grenada general Hudson Austin forms "revolutionary council"
October 19, 1983 Philadelphia Flyers begin 13 NHL game win streak
October 19, 1983 Senate establishes Martin Luther King, Jr. federal holiday
October 19, 1982 Automaker John DeLorean arrested on cocaine charges (Not guilty)
October 19, 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers beat Montreal Expos for NL pennant
October 19, 1981 Nicolaas Bloembergen and Arthur Schawlow win Nobel for physics (laser)
October 19, 1980 Steve McPeak rides 101'9" unicycle
October 19, 1977 Corpse of kidnapped West German, H. M. Schleyer, found
October 19, 1977 Supersonic Concorde jet's 1st landing in New York City
October 19, 1975 "Chorus Line" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 6137 performances
October 19, 1975 Cleveland Browns' Don Cockroft kicks club record 5 field goals
October 19, 1975 Hamlisch and Klebans musical "Chorus Line" premieres in New York City
October 19, 1975 Shelley Hamlin wins LPGA Japan Golf Classic
October 19, 1974 Det Red Wing Mickey Redmond scores 1st hat trick against Washington Caps
October 19, 1974 Detroit Pistons beat Trailblazers in Portland (next win 6-1-90)
October 19, 1973 Ringo releases "Photograph"
October 19, 1972 "Mother Earth" opens at Belasco Theater New York City for 12 performances
October 19, 1971 Last issue of "Look" magazine is published
October 19, 1970 "Rothschilds" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City for 505 performances
October 19, 1970 Amdahl Corp forms at Sunnyvale California
October 19, 1970 John Frazier kills Ohta's declares WW 3 has begun
October 19, 1969 J. Bock and S. Harnicks musical "Rothschilds," premieres in New York City
October 19, 1969 Mary Mills wins LPGA Quality Chekd Golf Classic
October 19, 1969 Oakland Darryle Lamonica passes for 6 touchdowns vs Buffalo (50-21)
October 19, 1968 Golden Gate Bridge charges tolls only for southbound cars
October 19, 1967 Igor Ter-Ovanesyan of U.S.S.R., sets then long jump record at 27' 4 3/4"
October 19, 1967 Mariner 5 makes fly-by of Venus
October 19, 1966 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R.
October 19, 1966 Yardbird 1st U.S. tour (New York City)
October 19, 1963 Beatles record "I Want to Hold Your Hand"
October 19, 1962 Stalin-monument removed in Prague
October 19, 1962 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
October 19, 1960 France grants Mauritania independence
October 19, 1960 KWCS (now KOOG) TV channel 30 in Ogden, UT (IND) begins broadcasting
October 19, 1960 Martin Luther King, Jr. arrested in Atlanta sit-in
October 19, 1960 U.S. imposes embargo on exports to Cuba
October 19, 1959 Florence Henderson joins Today Show panel
October 19, 1959 William Gibson's "Miracle Worker," premieres in New York City
October 19, 1958 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
October 19, 1957 "Damn Yankees" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 1,022 performances
October 19, 1957 Maurice "Rocket" Richard, Mont, became 1st NHLer to score 500 goals
October 19, 1954 Egypt and Great Britain sign treaty; British troops departs
October 19, 1954 KAKE TV channel 10 in Wichita, KS (ABC) begins broadcasting
October 19, 1953 1st jet transcontinental nonstop scheduled service
October 19, 1953 Singer Julius LaRosa is fired on TV by Arthur Godfrey
October 19, 1952 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Betty Jameson Golf Tournament
October 19, 1951 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Texas Women's Golf Open
October 19, 1951 President Harry S Truman formally ends state of war with Germany
October 19, 1950 Bird Building at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo is dedicated
October 19, 1950 U.N. forces entered Pyongyang, capital of North Korea
October 19, 1949 A's trade 2nd baseman Nellie Fox to White Sox for Joe Tipton
October 19, 1949 Yanks trade Joe Gordon to Cleveland for Allie Reynolds
October 19, 1948 "My Romance" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 95 performances
October 19, 1947 De Gaulles RPF wins French municipal elections
October 19, 1944 British premier Winston Churchill flies back to London from Moscow
October 19, 1944 Canadian troops liberate Aardensburg
October 19, 1944 John Van Druten's "I Remember Mama," premieres in New York City
October 19, 1944 Navy says black women can join WAVES
October 19, 1944 U.S. forces land in Philippines
October 19, 1943 Conference of foreign ministers in Moscow
October 19, 1943 Theater Guild presentation of "Othello" opens at Shubert
October 19, 1943 Yankee 2nd baseman Joe Gordon announces retirement (hates New York)
October 19, 1941 1st woman jockey in North America, Anna Lee Wiley in Mexico
October 19, 1939 Goering begins plunder through Nazi's occupied areas
October 19, 1936 HR Ekins of "NY World-Telegram" beats 2 other reporters in a race around the world on commercial flights, by 18 days
October 19, 1935 Mao Tse Tung's army reaches Shanxi
October 19, 1933 Berlin Olympic Committee vote to introduce basketball in 1936
October 19, 1932 Austria forbids demonstration by Nazi's and anti fascists
October 19, 1932 British government signs trade agreement with Soviet Union
October 19, 1932 Henry Ford gives his 1st radio speech
October 19, 1932 Jimmie Foxx wins AL MVP and Chuck Klein wins NL MVP
October 19, 1930 Jules Ladoumegue runs world record 1 km (2:23.6)
October 19, 1926 John C Garand patents semi-automatic rifle
October 19, 1926 Russian Politburo throws out Leo Trotsky and followers
October 19, 1925 Italian army takes Somalia
October 19, 1924 General Christian Worker's union demands 8 hr work day in Belgium
October 19, 1923 Ban Johnson persuades AL owners to prohibit boxing in their parks
October 19, 1923 Beierse government refuses to prohibit NSDAP newspaper Volkischer Beobachter
October 19, 1919 1st Distinguished Service Medal awarded to a woman
October 19, 1919 Reds beat White Sox, 5 games to 3 in 16th World Series. This series is known as black sox scandal as 8 White Sox throw series
October 19, 1915 Russia/Italy declares war on Bulgaria
October 19, 1914 U.S. Post Office 1st used an automobile to collect and deliver mail
October 19, 1912 Tripoli (Libya) passes from Turkish to Italian control
October 19, 1911 Royal Mint in London sends dies for $1 coin to Ottawa Branch
October 19, 1907 1st printing of Dutch Tribune (Wijnkoop/Van Ravesteyn/Ceton)
October 19, 1906 Georges Chemenceau succeeds Sarien premier of France
October 19, 1901 Edward Elgar's "Pomp and Circumstance March," premieres in Liverpool
October 19, 1901 Santos-Dumont proves airship maneuverable by circling Eiffel Tower
October 19, 1900 Henry O. Tanner, painter, wins Medal of Honor at Paris Exposition
October 19, 1900 South African President Paul Kruger departs for Europe
October 19, 1888 Moshav Gederah is attacked by Arabs
October 19, 1882 Pierre de Brazza meets Henry Morton Stanley
October 19, 1879 Afghan's emir Mohammed Yakub forced to resign
October 19, 1879 Thomas Edison demonstrates electric light
October 19, 1874 Mary Walsh and Charles Colson are 1st couple to be married in a balloon
October 19, 1872 World's largest gold nugget (215 kg) found in New South Wales
October 19, 1870 1st (4) blacks elected to House of Reps
October 19, 1870 British SS Cambria leaves for Noth sea coast, 196 killed
October 19, 1864 Approx 25 Confederates make surprise attack on St. Albans, Vermont
October 19, 1864 Battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia, Union beats back Conf attackers
October 19, 1864 U.S. brig-gen Emory Upton (25) promoted to general-major
October 19, 1863 Battle of Buckland Mills, VA
October 19, 1859 Wilhelm Tempel discovers diffuse nebula around Pleid star Merope
October 19, 1856 James Kelly and Jack Smith fight bareknuckle for 6h15m in Melbourne
October 19, 1853 1st flour mill in Hawaii begins operations
October 19, 1849 Elizabeth Blackwell becomes 1st woman in U.S. to receive medical degree
October 19, 1845 Richard Wagners opera "Tannhauser," premieres in Dresden
October 19, 1818 U.S. and Chicasaw Indians sign a treaty
October 19, 1812 Napoleon begins his retreat from Moscow
October 19, 1781 Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown at 2 PM; Revolutionary War ends
October 19, 1765 Stamp Act Congress met in New York, wrote declaration of rights and liberties
October 19, 1739 England declares war on Spain
October 19, 1722 French C. Hopffer patents fire extinguisher
October 19, 1682 English Lord Shaftesbury flees to Holland
October 19, 1655 Swedish King Karel X Gustaaf occupies Krakow
October 19, 1634 Beach Island in North sea destroyed by a heavy storm flood
October 19, 1630 In Boston the 1st general court is held
October 19, 1576 Dutch provinces begin consultation about Spanish existence
October 19, 1492 Columbus sites "Isabela" (Fortune Island, Bahamas)
October 19, 1466 2nd Peace of Thorn
October 19, 1453 2nd Battle at Castillon: France beats English, end of hundred year war
October 19, 1298 Rindfleish-140 Jews of Heilbron Germany are murdered
October 19, 1031 Abbot Humbertus van Echternach opens grave of Saint Willibrord
October 19, 615 St. Deusdedit I begins his reign as Catholic Pope

October 18 Deaths in History

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October 18, 2002 Kam Fong, actor, Hawaii Five-O, dies at 84
October 18, 2000 Gwen Verdon, actress/dancer, Damn Yankees, dies at 75
October 18, 2000 Julie London, singer/actress, Emergency!, dies at 74
October 18, 1997 Bill Rotsler, cartoonist/writer, dies of cancer at 62
October 18, 1997 Nancy Dickerson, 1st female news correspondent (CBS), dies at 70
October 18, 1997 Roberto C Goizueta, CEO (Coca-Cola), dies of lung cancer at 65
October 18, 1996 Guiseppe Panini, industrialist, dies at 71
October 18, 1996 Hugh Willatt, solicitor/public servant, dies at 91
October 18, 1995 Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher, lawyer, dies at 67
October 18, 1995 Bryan Johnson, singer/actor, dies at 69
October 18, 1995 Iri Maruki, artist, dies at 94
October 18, 1995 John Gardener, boatbuilder/writer, dies at 90
October 18, 1995 Thomas Lyttle, paramilitary, dies at 56
October 18, 1994 Lee Allen, saxophonist, dies at 68
October 18, 1994 Richard A Garland, artist photographer, dies at 60
October 18, 1994 WIlliam Faure, producer, dies at 45
October 18, 1994 Cab Calloway, American Musician
October 18, 1993 Dionisio Herrero, Spanish air force general, murdered at 63
October 18, 1993 Lois Kibbee, actress (Edge of Night), dies of brain tumor at 71
October 18, 1993 Smail Yefsah, Algerian TV journalist, murdered at 31
October 18, 1988 Dimitri Frenkel Frank, writer and director (Hadimassa), dies at 60
October 18, 1987 Theodore Brameld, author (Use of Explosive Ideas), dies at 83
October 18, 1985 Benjamin Moloisi, South African poet/Anc'er, hanged at 30
October 18, 1984 Florence Rinard, TV panelist (20 Questions), dies at 82
October 18, 1984 Jon-Erik Hexum, actor (Bear), dies by a gun loaded with blanks at 26
October 18, 1983 19/10? Albert "Carel" Willink, painter: magic(al)-realism, dies at 83
October 18, 1982 Bess Truman, 1st lady (1945-53), dies in Independence, Mo at 97
October 18, 1982 Maurice Gilliams, Flemish literary (Sources of Insomnia), dies at 82
October 18, 1982 Pierre Mendes-France, premier France (1954-55), dies
October 18, 1978 Jacques Mornard, [Ramon Mercader], murderer of Trotsky, dies at 64
October 18, 1975 Al Lettieri, actor (Beautiful but Deadly, Don is Dead), dies at 47
October 18, 1973 Crane Wilbur, dir/writer (Bat, Canon City, Yellow Cargo), dies at 86
October 18, 1973 Frank Knight, TV announcer (Chronoscope), dies at 79
October 18, 1973 Walt Kelly, U.S. comic strip artist (Pogo), dies at 60
October 18, 1968 Lee Tracy, actor (Doctor X, Bombshell, Best Man), dies of cancer at 70
October 18, 1966 Bill Nestell, U.S. actor (Dangerous Venture), dies of heart attack at 73
October 18, 1965 Frank Hutchens, composer, dies at 73
October 18, 1965 Henry Travers, actor (Bells of St. Mary, High Sierra), dies at 91
October 18, 1963 Claudio Carneyro, composer, dies at 68
October 18, 1955 Jose Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher, dies at 72
October 18, 1953 Douwe Kalma, Fries literature/christian-socialist, dies at 57
October 18, 1953 Federico Gerdes, composer, dies at 80
October 18, 1948 [Heinrich A H] Walther von Brauchitsch, German fieldmarshal, dies
October 18, 1943 Adrianus M de Young, writer (Merijntje Gijzen's Youth), dies at 55
October 18, 1943 Benedictus H Dancer, botanist, dies at 52
October 18, 1941 Dirk Fock, governor-general van/of Neth-Indies 1921-6, dies at 83
October 18, 1940 Suze Groeneweg, 1st woman in Dutch 2nd Chamber (1918-37), dies at 65
October 18, 1938 Karl J Kautsky, Austrian marxist/socialist, dies
October 18, 1931 Thomas Alva Edison, inventor, dies in West Orange, NJ, at 84
October 18, 1931 Thomas A. Edison, American Inventor
October 18, 1911 Alfred Binet, French Psychologist
October 18, 1910 Thaddaus Robl, German bicyclist (world record), dies
October 18, 1909 Alfredo Oriani, Italian writer (La rivolta ideal), dies
October 18, 1898 Jakov P Polonski, Russian poet (Stichotvorenija), dies at 78
October 18, 1893 Charles F Gounod, French composer (La reine the Saba), dies at 75
October 18, 1893 Lucy [Blackwell-]Stone, U.S. abolitionist/feminist, dies
October 18, 1893 Charles Gounod, French Composer
October 18, 1876 Francis Preston Blair, newspaper editor (Washington Globe), dies at 85
October 18, 1865 Lord Henry JT Palmerston, English min of Foreign affairs, dies at 80
October 18, 1864 David Bell Birney, U.S. lawyer/Union general-major, dies at 39
October 18, 1864 Jacques Francois Gallay, composer, dies at 68
October 18, 1862 James Creighton, dies of rupture bladder from hitting HR on Oct 14th
October 18, 1839 French Jozef Kinsoen, Flemish portrait painter, dies at 68
October 18, 1832 Othon Joseph Vandenbroek, composer, dies at 73
October 18, 1830 Peter I Petrovic Njegos, bishop (Montenegro), dies
October 18, 1817 Etienne-Nicolas Mehul, opera composer (Chant du depart), dies at 54
October 18, 1788 Jean-Guillain Cardon, composer, dies at 56
October 18, 1771 Robert Praelisauer, composer, dies at 62
October 18, 1767 Joseph Paul Ziegler, composer, dies at 45
October 18, 1708 Henry Van Nassau, stable master/fieldmarshal, dies at 67
October 18, 1678 Cornelis Galle II, Flemish engraver/illustrator, dies at 63
October 18, 1678 Jacob Jordaens, Flemish barok painter, dies at 85
October 18, 1676 Nathaniel Bacon, rallied against Virginian government, killed at 29
October 18, 1669 Abraham Willaerts, painter (Brazilie), dies
October 18, 1634 Pierre De La Barre, composer, dies at 42
October 18, 1589 Adolf van Nieuwenaar and Meurs, viceroy of Utrecht, dies in battle
October 18, 1562 Petrus van Alcantara, Spanish Franciscan saint, dies
October 18, 1558 Maria, queen of Hungary/guardian of Netherlands (1531-55), dies at 53
October 18, 1545 John Taverner, English composer (Western Wynde), dies at about 55
October 18, 1526 Lucas Vazquez de Ayllo, Spanish colonialist (settles SC), dies
October 18, 1503 Pius III, [Francesco Todeschini], Pope (9/22-10/18/1503), dies
October 18, 1459 Jan of Heinsberg, bishop of Luik (1419-56), dies
October 18, 1340 Henry Henricus of Friemar, Augustine philosopher, dies
October 18, 1216 John, king of England (1199-1216, Magna Charta), dies
October 18, 707 John VII, Greek Pope (705-07), dies

October 18 Birthdays in History

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October 18, 1981 Richard Vuu, actor, Last Emperor
October 18, 1977 Chris McKenna, Queens, New York, actor, Joey-One Live to Live
October 18, 1975 Rebeca Tamez, Miss Mexico Universe 1997
October 18, 1973 Demetrious Maxie, CFL defensive end for the Toronto Argonauts
October 18, 1973 John Baldwin, Jr., born in Dallas, Texas, figure skater, 1996 SW Pacific Sr champ
October 18, 1972 Angie Marzetta, Norfolk Virginia, female outfielder, Silver Bullets
October 18, 1972 James Stream Thurmond, Jr., son of U.S. senator Strom Thurmond
October 18, 1971 Bob Whitfield, NFL tackle for the Atlanta Falcons
October 18, 1971 Emmett Waldron, WLAF linebacker for the Scottish Claymores
October 18, 1971 Karen J McNenny, Missoula Montana, Miss Montana-America 1991
October 18, 1971 Tammy Harris, Williamstown, New York, Miss America-New York State 1997
October 18, 1970 Bob Kennedy, Bloomington Indiana, 5k runner
October 18, 1970 Camille Spitaleri, born in Mountain View, California, female infielder, Silver Bullets
October 18, 1970 Mark Schenning, Dutch soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles
October 18, 1970 Shane Bonham, NFL defensive linesman, Detroit Lions
October 18, 1969 Anthony Avent, NBA forward for the Vancouver Grizzlies
October 18, 1968 Denisa Szabova, Bratislava Czechoslovakia, tennis star, 1987 Futures-GER
October 18, 1968 Michael Stich, Germany, tennis star
October 18, 1968 Narendra Hirwani, cricketer, Ind leggie 16 wickets vs. WI on debut 1988
October 18, 1968 Stuart Law, cricketer, prolific Queensland batsman, Australia 1995
October 18, 1967 Gary John Anderson, Wanganui NZ, cyclist 1996 Olympics
October 18, 1966 Alan Mills, Lakeland Florida, pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles
October 18, 1966 Angela Visser, Neth, Miss Universe, 1989
October 18, 1966 Denise Philbrick, LPGA golfer
October 18, 1966 Jerod Swallow, Ann Arbor, Michigan, dance skater, & Punsalan-1997 Natls
October 18, 1966 Kristine Middeler, Felicity, Ohio, WPVA volleyballer, U.S. Open-13th-1994
October 18, 1965 Fayette Purser, Sydney Australia, golfer, NSW State Rep 1987-88
October 18, 1964 Etsuko Inoue, Japan, tennis star
October 18, 1964 George Ferris, cricketer, Leewards fast bowler
October 18, 1962 Jody Anschutz, Minneapolis, LPGA golfer, 1987 du Maurier Ltd Classic
October 18, 1962 Vincent Spano, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Alphabet City, Maria's Lovers
October 18, 1961 Eric Jespersen, Port Alberni BC, star yachter, Olympics-bronze-92, 96
October 18, 1961 Erin Moran, born in Burbank, California, actress, Happy Days, Joanie Loves Chachi
October 18, 1961 Gladstone Small, cricketer, in Barbados England quickie with no neck
October 18, 1961 Wynton Marsalis, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, jazz trumpeter, Grammy 1983
October 18, 1960 Doug Lidster, Kamloops, NHL defenseman for the New York Rangers
October 18, 1960 Emily Arth, Evanston, Illinois, playmate, Jun, 1988
October 18, 1958 Hal Haenel, born in St. Louis, Missouri, star yachter, Olympics-8th-1988, 92, 96
October 18, 1958 James M Talent, Rep-R-Missouri
October 18, 1958 Jean-Claude Van Damme, Brussels Belgium, actor, Kickboxer, No Retreat
October 18, 1958 Kjell Samuelsson, Tyngsryd Swe, NHL defenseman for the Philadelphia Flyers
October 18, 1957 Jon Lindstrom, Medford Ore, actor, Kevin Collins-General Hospital
October 18, 1956 Martina Navratilova, Revnice Czechoslovakia, tennis, Wimbledon 1989,79,82-87
October 18, 1956 James Talent, American Politician
October 18, 1952 Ketih Knudsen, Ames, Iowa, rocker, Doobie Brothers
October 18, 1952 Roy Dias, cricketer, pioneering Sri Lankan Test batsman
October 18, 1951 Pam Dawber, Detroit, actress, Mindy-Mork and Mindy, My Sister Sam
October 18, 1950 Merry Martin, Camden, Michigan, actress, Leslie-Peter Loves Mary
October 18, 1950 Patrick L Swindall, Rep-R-GA, 1985-
October 18, 1950 Sheila White, born in London, England, actress, I Claudius
October 18, 1949 Gary Richrath, Peoria, Illinois, rock guitarist, REO Speedwagon
October 18, 1948 Isabel E Allen, biostatician
October 18, 1947 Joe Morton, New York City, actor, Hal-Grady, Abel Marsh-Another World
October 18, 1947 John Johnson, NBA, Seattle SuperSonic
October 18, 1947 Laura Nyro, Bronx, singer and songwriter, Eli's Coming, Stoney End
October 18, 1947 Luc Journet, Belgian physician, Order of Zonnetempel
October 18, 1945 Christopher Shays, Rep-R-Connecticut
October 18, 1944 Katherine Kurtz, UK, sci-fi author, Deryni Rising, Saint Camber
October 18, 1943 Russ Giguere, Portsmouth NH, rock guitarist and vocalist, Association
October 18, 1942 Willie Horton, baseball slugger for the Detroit Tigers
October 18, 1939 Lee Harvey Oswald, assassin, John F. Kennedy
October 18, 1939 Mike Ditka, coach/tight-end, Bears, Cowboys, NFL rookie year 1961
October 18, 1938 Ronnie Bright, rocker, Coasters
October 18, 1935 John B Coleman, Boston, hotel magnate, Ritz Carlton
October 18, 1935 Jorge Cervello, composer
October 18, 1935 Peter Boyle, Philadelphia, actor, Joe, Candidate, Everybody Loves Raymond
October 18, 1934 Inger Stevens, Stockholm Sweden, actress, Katy-Farmer's Daughter
October 18, 1933 Forrest Gregg, NFL tackle, Green Bay Packers, Dallas Cowboys
October 18, 1931 Catharina I "Ien" Dales, Dutch Internal minister, 1989-94
October 18, 1930 Frank Carlucci, National Security Adviser/Sec of Defense, 1987-89
October 18, 1929 Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, president of Nicaragua, 1990-
October 18, 1928 Keith Jackson, Carrolton, Georgia, sportscaster, ABC Monday Night Football
October 18, 1928 R H "Deepak" Shodhan, cricketer, century on Test debut for India
October 18, 1927 Ramesh Divecha, cricketer, eleven wickets for India in early 50's
October 18, 1926 Chuck Berry, St. Louis, rocker, Roll over Beethoven
October 18, 1926 George C Scott, Wise, Virginia, actor, Patton, Bible, Taps, Hardcore
October 18, 1926 Klaus Kinski, [Nikolas Naksynski], Poland, actor, Little Drummer Girl
October 18, 1926 Thomas Millar, historian
October 18, 1925 Melina Mercouri, Athens Greece, actress/politician, Never on a Sunday
October 18, 1925 Wim van Gennep, Dutch singer/keyboardist, Heikrekels
October 18, 1924 Allyn Ferguson, born in San Jose, California, orch leader, Andy Williams Show
October 18, 1924 Egil Hovland, composer
October 18, 1924 Frank Liedel, [Leo van Assche], Flemish writer, Kaperbrief
October 18, 1923 Suzanne Perlman, Hungarian/Dutch Antilian painter
October 18, 1922 Camillo Togni, composer
October 18, 1922 Little Orphan Annie, comic strip character
October 18, 1922 Richard Stankiewicz, U.S. sculptor, 1974 Akston Award, 1966 Brandeis
October 18, 1921 Jesse Helms, Sen-D/R-North Carolina, 1973-
October 18, 1920 Anita O'Day, vocalist/actress, Outfit, Zigzag, Jazz on a Summer Day
October 18, 1919 Pierre Trudeau, 15th Canadian PM, 1968-79, 1980-84
October 18, 1918 Bobby Troup, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, pianist/actor, Emergency, Acapulco
October 18, 1918 James Cameron Tudor, politician
October 18, 1918 Konstantinos Mitsottakis, premier of Greece, 1990-
October 18, 1918 Willem J "Molly" Geertsema, Dutch liberal/interior minister
October 18, 1916 Peter Shepherd, English contractor/multi-millionaire
October 18, 1915 Victor Sen Yung, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Hop Sing-Bonanza, Bachelor Family
October 18, 1910 Albertus "Bert" Botterman, actor, Bridge Too Far
October 18, 1910 Vojislav Vuckovic, composer
October 18, 1907 Alexander Hardie Williamson, artist
October 18, 1906 James Brooks, U.S. mural painter, Acquisition of Long Island
October 18, 1906 Sidney Kiescher Kingslei, playwright
October 18, 1905 Felix Houphouet-Boigny, President of Ivory coast, 1960-93
October 18, 1903 Ambrose Thibodeaux, cajun accordionist
October 18, 1903 Emile Enthoven, composer
October 18, 1902 Miriam Hopkins, Bainbridge Georgia, actress, Becky Sharp, These Three
October 18, 1901 Vladimir Grigor'yevich Zakharov, composer
October 18, 1898 George Cuzon, Amersham England, actor, Hooded Terror
October 18, 1898 Lotte Lenya, Vienna Austria, actor/singer, Appointment, Semi-Tough
October 18, 1898 Raymond Glenn, Frankfort, Kentucky, actor, Raisin in the Sun, Carmen Jones
October 18, 1898 Shin'ichi Suzuki, composer
October 18, 1895 Raymond Brulez, Flemish author, Appearance at Kallista
October 18, 1894 Tibor Dery, writer
October 18, 1893 Roy Del Ruth, DE, director, About Face, Babe Ruth Story, Star Show
October 18, 1893 Sidney Holland, NZ, PM of NZ, 1949-57
October 18, 1892 Leo G Carroll, Weedon England, actor, Topper, Man From Uncle
October 18, 1891 Vaclav Kalik, composer
October 18, 1890 [Agathe] Henriette [M de Beaufort], Dutch author, Rembrandt
October 18, 1889 Fannie Hurst, novelist, Anatomy of Me
October 18, 1879 Grzlegorz Fitelberg, composer
October 18, 1878 James Truslow Adams, historian, Pul-1921, Founding of New England
October 18, 1877 Florence Dahl Walrath, humanitarian, founded Cradle society
October 18, 1875 James E K Aggrey, Ghana, U.S. theologian/educationalist
October 18, 1875 Len Braund, cricketer, great England all-rounder in 23 Tests 1901-08
October 18, 1872 Josephine CMA, princess of Belgium/nun
October 18, 1871 Louis de Vries, Dutch actor, Ghetto
October 18, 1859 Henri Bergson, France, philosopher, Creative Evolution-Nobel 1927
October 18, 1854 Bill Murdoch, cricketer, great pioneer of Australian Test cricket
October 18, 1854 Solomon A Andree, Swedish engineer/balloonist/Artic explorer
October 18, 1850 Francis Thome, composer
October 18, 1844 Emille-Louis-Victor Mathieu, composer
October 18, 1837 Friedrich W. Mengelberg, German sculptor/painter
October 18, 1833 Johannes Habert, composer
October 18, 1831 Frederik III NK of Hohenzollern, German Kaiser/king of Prussia
October 18, 1829 Charles Sidney Winder, Brig General Confederate Army, died in 1862
October 18, 1829 Lucius Marshall Walker, Brig General Confederate Army, died in 1863
October 18, 1824 Juan Valera bon Alcala Galiano, Spanish author, Pepita Jimenez
October 18, 1818 Edward Otho Cresap Ord, Major General Union volunteers, died in 1883
October 18, 1818 Jose da Silva Mendes Leal, Portuguese author, Gloria e Martirio
October 18, 1811 Hugh Thompson Reid, Brig General Union volunteers, died in 1874
October 18, 1806 John Breckinridge Grayson, Brig Genl Confederate Army, died in 1861
October 18, 1804 Rama IV, [Phra Chomklao Chaoyuhua], king of Thailand, 1851-68
October 18, 1794 Ferdinand Lukas Schubert, composer
October 18, 1789 Giovanni Tadolini, composer
October 18, 1785 Thomas Love Peacock, English author, Headlong Hall
October 18, 1777 Heinrich von Kleist, Germany, dramatist/poet, Penthesilea
October 18, 1774 Adolfs Muller, writer
October 18, 1753 Jean J R de Cambacere, French lawyer/minister of justice
October 18, 1712 Jeremias van Riemsdijk, gov-general of Dutch Indies, 1775-77
October 18, 1706 Baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer, opera's buffa
October 18, 1697 Giovanni Canaletto, Venetian painter, Venicei Regatta on Grand Canal
October 18, 1668 Johan Georg IV, elector of Saxony, 1691-94
October 18, 1668 Wierich PL earl von Daun, Austrian prince of Thiano/fieldmarshall
October 18, 1663 Frans Eugenius, duke/prince of Savoye/land guardian of Austria-Neth
October 18, 1638 Lars Johnstown, [Lasse Lucidor], Swedish poet
October 18, 1611 Valentin Strobel, composer
October 18, 1547 Justus Lipsius, [Joost Lips], Dutch classic philologist/historian
October 18, 1405 Pius II, [Aenea S Piccolomini], Italian pope, 1458-64, Cynthia
October 18, 1239 Stefanus V, prince of Transylvania/king of Hungary, 1270-72

October 18 Events in History

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October 18, 1998 Samsung World Championship of Women's Golf
October 18, 1995 NHL Winnipeg Jets sold to Americans who plan to move them to Phoenix
October 18, 1993 STS-58 (Columbia) launches into orbit
October 18, 1992 "Oba Oba '93" closes at Marquis Theater New York City after 22 performances
October 18, 1992 1st non-U.S. team to win a World Series Game; Toronto 5, Atlanta 4
October 18, 1992 6.6 earthquake hits Colombia with no fatalities
October 18, 1992 Philadelphia Eagle Randall Cunningham sets NFL QB scramble record of 3,683
October 18, 1992 Start of Zimbabwe's 1st Test match, vs. India at Harare
October 18, 1991 "Most Happy Fella" closes at New York State Theater New York City
October 18, 1991 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
October 18, 1990 "Once on this Island" opens at Booth Theater New York City for 469 performances
October 18, 1989 East German state/party leader Erich Honecker, resigns
October 18, 1989 Hungary revises constitution
October 18, 1989 U.S. 62nd manned space mission STS 34 (Atlantis 5) launches into orbit
October 18, 1988 Israel's supreme court uphold's ban on Kahane's Kach Party as racist
October 18, 1988 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R.
October 18, 1984 Discovery moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51A mission
October 18, 1984 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R.
October 18, 1981 Andreas Papandreous' PASOK wins Greek elections
October 18, 1981 New York Giant Joe Danelo ties NFL record of 6 field goals in a game
October 18, 1981 Poland General Jaruzelski elected party leader
October 18, 1980 Brooke Alexander, 18, of Hawaii, crowned Miss World USA
October 18, 1980 Detroit blocks 21 Atlanta shots setting NBA record (double OT)
October 18, 1979 "Beatlemania" opens in London
October 18, 1979 Iranian Ayatollah Khomeini orders mass executions to stop
October 18, 1979 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.
October 18, 1979 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R.
October 18, 1978 1st daughter Susan Ford announces engagement to Charles F. Vance
October 18, 1978 New York Islanders 1st scoreless tie, vs Los Angeles Kings
October 18, 1977 1st Islander 0-0 tie-Kings at Nassau-25th time shutout-Resch's 15th
October 18, 1977 New York Yankees win their 21st World Championship, 4 games
October 18, 1977 W German commandos liberate Boeing 737, 86 hostages at Mogadishu
October 18, 1977 Reggie Jackson hits 3 consecutive homers tying Ruth's series record
October 18, 1977 Yanks beat Dodgers 8-4 for 21st world championship, 1st in 15 years
October 18, 1976 Nobel prize for chemistry awarded to William N Lipscomb Jr
October 18, 1975 Simon and Garfunkel reunite on SNL, sing "My Little Town"
October 18, 1975 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.
October 18, 1974 1st NBA game at Market Square Arena - Pacers beat Spurs 129-121
October 18, 1974 Andre van de Louw appointed mayor of Rotterdam
October 18, 1974 Wings (Country Hams) release "Walking in the Park with Eloise"
October 18, 1974 Chicago Bull Nate Thurmond becomes 1st in NBA to complete a quadruple double-22 pts, 14 rebounds, 13 assists and 12 blocks
October 18, 1973 "Raisin" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 847 performances
October 18, 1973 Congress authorizes bi-centennial quarter, half-dollar and dollar coin
October 18, 1973 Judd Woldon and Robert Brittens musical "Raisin," premieres in New York City
October 18, 1973 Nobel prize for economy awarded to Wassily Leontief
October 18, 1970 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Quality Chekd Golf Classic
October 18, 1970 Sachio Kinugasa begins 2,215 cons game streak for Hiroshima Carp
October 18, 1969 Federal government bans use of cyclamates artificial sweeteners
October 18, 1969 Jefferson Airplanes Paul Kanter, arrested for marijuana possession
October 18, 1969 Rod Stewart joins Small Faces
October 18, 1969 Soyuz 8 returns to Earth
October 18, 1968 Bob Beamon of USA sets long jump record (29'2 ") in Mexico City
October 18, 1968 Circus Circus opens in Las Vegas
October 18, 1968 Lee Evans sets world record of 43.8 seconds in 400 meter dash
October 18, 1968 U.S. Olympic Committee suspends Tommie Smith and John Carlos for giving "black power" salute as a protest during victory ceremony
October 18, 1967 Nobel prize for physics awarded to Hans A. Bethe
October 18, 1967 Soviet Venera 4 becomes 1st probe to send data back from Venus
October 18, 1967 Walt Disney's "Jungle Book" is released
October 18, 1967 AL votes to allow Athletics to move from Kansas City to Oakland and expand league to 12 teams in 1971 with Kansas City and Seattle teams
October 18, 1966 "Apple Tree" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 463 performances
October 18, 1964 Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Mickey Wright Golf Invitational
October 18, 1963 IOC votes Mexico City to host 1968 Olympics
October 18, 1962 John F. Kennedy meets Russian minister of Foreign affairs Andrei Gromyko
October 18, 1962 Tony Sheridan and Beat Brothers record "Let's Dance"
October 18, 1962 U.S. launches Ranger 5 for lunar impact; misses Moon
October 18, 1962 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island
October 18, 1962 Dr. Watson (U.S.), Dr. Crick, and Dr. Wilkins (Britain) win Nobel Prize for Medicine for work in determining structure of DNA
October 18, 1961 Emergency crisis proclaimed in South Vietnam due to commun attack
October 18, 1960 Casey Stengel retired by New York Yankees (won 10 pennants in 12 years)
October 18, 1960 In Britain, News Chronicle and Daily Mail merge, and London Evening Star merges with Evening News
October 18, 1955 Track and Field names Jesse Owens all-time track athelete
October 18, 1955 University of California discovers anti-proton
October 18, 1954 Hurricane Hazel (3rd of 1954) becomes most severe to hit US
October 18, 1954 WBTW TV channel 13 in Florence, South Carolina (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting
October 18, 1954 WNBC radio changes call letters to WRCA (New York City)
October 18, 1953 WLJT TV channel 11 in Lexington, Tennessee (PBS) begins broadcasting
October 18, 1953 WTVK TV channel 26 in Knoxville, Tennessee (NBC) begins broadcasting
October 18, 1953 Willie Thrower becomes 1st black NFL quarterback in modern times
October 18, 1952 "Buttrio Square" closes at New Century Theater New York City after 7 performances
October 18, 1952 Vinoo Mankad takes 13 Pakistan wkts to win 1st India-Pak clash
October 18, 1951 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test
October 18, 1950 Connie Mack retires as manager of A's after 50 years
October 18, 1948 Operation 10 Plagues - Israeli offensive against Egyptian army
October 18, 1946 Aaron Copland's 3rd Symphony, premieres
October 18, 1945 Nazi war crime trial opens in Nuremberg
October 18, 1945 Paul Robeson wins Spingarn Medal for singing and acting achievements
October 18, 1944 Eisenhower, Bradley and Montgomery confer in Brussel
October 18, 1944 Soviet troops invade Czechoslovakia during WW II
October 18, 1943 U.S. bombing of Bougainville, Solomon Island
October 18, 1942 Hitler orders allied commandos to be killed
October 18, 1941 Spy Richard Sorge arrested in Tokyo
October 18, 1940 Kaufman and Harts "George Washington Slept Here," premieres in New York City
October 18, 1939 R Rodgers and Lorenz Harts "Too Many Girls," premieres in New York City
October 18, 1934 Chinese Red leader under Mao Tse Tung begins Long March
October 18, 1932 Belgium government of Renkin falls
October 18, 1930 Joseph Sylvester becomes 1st jockey to win 7 races in 1 day
October 18, 1926 Frankfurter Zeitung publishes Lenins political testament
October 18, 1925 French Gen Sarrail bombs Damascus
October 18, 1925 Salt Lake City (PCL) Tony Lazzeri hits his 60th HR of the season
October 18, 1924 Harold "Red" Grange, finest collegiate football game (4 long TD runs)
October 18, 1924 Notre Dame beats Army 13-7, New York Hearld Tribune dubs them (4 Horsemen)
October 18, 1922 British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) forms
October 18, 1918 Czechoslovakia declares Independence from Austro-Hungarian Empire
October 18, 1918 NHL's Quebec Bulldogs sold to a Toronto businessman P J Quinn
October 18, 1918 Russian 10th Army drives out White armies of Tsaritsyn (Stalingrad)
October 18, 1915 3rd Italians offensive at Isonzo
October 18, 1913 Austrian-Hungary demands that Serbia and Albania leave
October 18, 1912 Beginning of 1st Balkan War
October 18, 1912 Italo-Turkish war ends
October 18, 1910 Edward Forster publishes "Howards End"
October 18, 1909 Comte de Lambert of France sets airplane altitude record of 300 m
October 18, 1908 Belgium annexes Congo Free State
October 18, 1904 Mahlers 5th symphony premieres in Cologne
October 18, 1901 Belgium's Louise of den Plas begins activities towards women rights
October 18, 1898 American flag raised in Puerto Rico
October 18, 1892 1st commercial long-distance phone line opens (Chicago-NY)
October 18, 1891 1st international 6-day bicycle race in U.S. (MSG, New York City) begins
October 18, 1890 John Owen is 1st man to run 100 yd dash in under 10 seconds
October 18, 1889 1st all New York City World Series New York Giants (NL) play Brooklyn (AA)
October 18, 1887 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "A Case of Identity"
October 18, 1878 Edison makes electricity available for household usage
October 18, 1873 1st football game between Toronto Argonauts and Hamilton Tigers
October 18, 1873 Columbia Princeton Rutgers and Yale set rules for collegiate football
October 18, 1869 Henrik Ibsen's "De Unges Forbund," premieres in Christiania (Oslo)
October 18, 1867 U.S. takes formal possession of Alaska from Russia
October 18, 1863 Battle of Charlestown, West Virginia
October 18, 1862 Morgan's raiders capture federal garrison at Lexington, KY
October 18, 1855 Franz Liszt's "Prometheus," premieres
October 18, 1776 In a New York bar decorated with bird tail, customer orders "cock tail"
October 18, 1776 Battle of Pelham: Col John Glover and Marblehead regiment meet British Forces in Bronx
October 18, 1767 Boundary between MD and PA, Mason Dixon line, agreed upon
October 18, 1752 Premiere of Rousseau's opera "Le Devin du Village"
October 18, 1748 Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, ends War of Austrian Succession
October 18, 1685 French king Louis XIV revoked Edict van Nantes
October 18, 1685 Louis XIV revokes Edict of Nantes, outlaws Protestantism
October 18, 1672 Poland and Turkey sign Peace of Buczacz
October 18, 1667 English fleet plunders Suriname plantations
October 18, 1648 1st U.S. labor organization forms, Boston Shoemakers
October 18, 1622 French King Louis XIII and Huguenots sign treaty of Montpellier
October 18, 1572 Spanish troops attack Maastricht
October 18, 1564 John Hawkins begins 2nd trip to America
October 18, 1534 New pursuit of French protestants
October 18, 1267 Battle at Marienholz: Henry III, Otto II van Gelre beat Keuls archbishop Engelbert III
October 18, 1210 Pope Innocent III excommunicates German emperor Otto IV
October 18, 1081 Battle at Durazzo/Durres: Normans under Robert Guiscard beat Byzantine
October 18, 1016 Danes defeat Saxons at Battle of Assandun (Ashingdon)
October 18, 707 John VII ends his reign as Catholic Pope

October 17 Deaths in History

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October 17, 2000 Frederick Clarke, writer/publisher, Cinefantastique, dies at 51
October 17, 1998 Joan Hickson, actress, Miss Marple for the BBC, dies at 92
October 17, 1997 Paul Edwin Zimmer, sci-fi writer, dies of heart attack at 54
October 17, 1996 Berthold Goldschmidt, composer and conductor, dies at 93
October 17, 1996 Christopher Acland, musician, dies at 30
October 17, 1995 Peter Hinchcliff, historian, dies at 66
October 17, 1994 Augustus John "Gus" Risman, rugby League Player, dies at 83
October 17, 1994 Bernard Caulfield, judge, dies at 80
October 17, 1994 Dmitri Cholodov, Russian journalist, murdered at 27
October 17, 1994 Joan Barbara Grigor, artist, dies at 50
October 17, 1994 Rik van Bentum, painter/art director of Paradiso, dies at 57
October 17, 1993 Frank J Del Giudice, U.S. industrial designer (Boeing 747), dies at 77
October 17, 1993 Helmut Gollwitzer, German theologist/antifascist, dies at 84
October 17, 1993 Wim van Dooren, theologist/humanist/philosopher, dies
October 17, 1992 Ton Hasebos, cameraman/TV director (Gnome Hasebos), dies
October 17, 1991 J[ames] G Devlin, actor (No Surrender), dies at 84
October 17, 1991 Piet van Est, The Vuurbal, bicylist (7x Tour de France), dies
October 17, 1991 Tennessee Ernie Ford, country singer, dies of liver disease at 72
October 17, 1990 Ralph Abernathy, civil rights activist, dies at 64
October 17, 1984 Alberta Hunter, U.S. blues singer/composer, dies at 89
October 17, 1983 Raymond Aron, French sociologist/political scientist, dies at 78
October 17, 1982 Peterus van Doorne, Dutch industrialist, dies at 47
October 17, 1981 David Guion, composer, dies at 88
October 17, 1979 John Stuart, actor (Number 17), dies at 81
October 17, 1979 Karel Reiner, composer, dies at 69
October 17, 1979 S J Perelman, U.S. humorist (Around the World in 80 Days), dies at 75
October 17, 1978 Jean Amery, [Johannes Mayer], Austr writer (Mind's Limits), dies at 65
October 17, 1977 Robert C "Cal" Hubbard, U.S. baseball player/umpire, dies at 77
October 17, 1975 Vittorio Gui, Italian composer (Batture d'aspetto), dies at 90
October 17, 1974 Rene A de Rooy, Suriname/Antillean poet, dies at 57
October 17, 1973 Ingeborg Bachmann, Austrian poet (Gott von Manhattan), dies at 47
October 17, 1967 Henry Pu Yi, last emperor of China, dies at 61
October 17, 1966 Soledad Jiminez, Spanish actor (Phantom ofthe Range), dies at 91
October 17, 1966 Wieland Wagner, German opera director, dies
October 17, 1963 Jacques Hadamard, French mathematician (Prime Numbers), dies at 97
October 17, 1957 John HA Eman, founder of Aruban Peoples Party, dies at 70
October 17, 1944 Pavel Haas, composer, dies at 45
October 17, 1941 John S Plaskett, Canadian astronomer (Plaskett's twins), dies
October 17, 1921 Katherine Griffith, actress (Pollyanna), dies at 45
October 17, 1920 Gerard Leman, Belgian general, dies
October 17, 1917 Maria J "Marie" Bakker, actress/wife of Maarten Stranger, dies at 59
October 17, 1910 Julia Ward Howe, composer (Battle Hymn of Republic), dies at 91
October 17, 1910 William V Moody, U.S. poet (Sabine Woman, Great Divide), dies
October 17, 1909 Nicola Spinelli, composer, dies at 44
October 17, 1904 Nikolai Amani, composer, dies at 32
October 17, 1897 Isidor Dannstrom, composer, dies at 84
October 17, 1890 Prosper Philippe Catherine Sainton, composer, dies at 77
October 17, 1887 Gustav R Kirchhoff, German physicist (spectroscopy), dies at 63
October 17, 1849 Frederic F Chopin, Polish/French pianist/composer, dies at 39
October 17, 1837 Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian composer, dies at 58
October 17, 1825 Peter Winter, composer, dies at 71
October 17, 1806 Jean Jacques Dessalines, Emperor of Haiti, dies
October 17, 1763 Arnold Hoogvliet, poet (Abraham the patriarch), dies at 76
October 17, 1740 Anna Ivanova Romanova, empress of Russia (1730-40), dies at 47
October 17, 1705 Ninon de L'Enclos, French Author
October 17, 1702 Walraad the Old, count/soverign of Nassau-Usingen, dies
October 17, 1638 Gilles Claesz de Hondecoeter, Flemish painter, buried at about 63
October 17, 1586 Philip Sidney, English poet/diplomat, dies in battle at 32
October 17, 1552 Andreas Osiander, Protestant Reformation theologist, dies at 53
October 17, 1312 Jan II, duke of Brabant/Limburg (charter of Kortenberg), dies
October 17, 532 Boniface II, 1st "German" Pope, dies

October 17 Birthdays in History

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October 17, 1973 Keith McKenzie, NFL defensive end, Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31
October 17, 1973 Lorie Bennett West, Miss Kentucky USA 1996
October 17, 1972 Vicki Goetze, Michicot WI, LPGA golfer, 1995 British Open-12th
October 17, 1972 Eminem, American Musician
October 17, 1971 Byron Chamberlain, NFL/WLAF tight end Denver Broncos, Rhein Fire
October 17, 1971 Ernest Dixon, NFL linebacker for the New Orleans Saints
October 17, 1971 Henry McMillian, NFL defensive tackle for the Seattle Seahawks
October 17, 1970 Anil Kumble, cricketer, great Indian leg-spinner since 1990
October 17, 1970 Jean-Paul de Young, soccer player for the FC Utrecht
October 17, 1970 John Mabry, Wilmington, Delaware, outfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals
October 17, 1970 Marciano Vink, soccer player, Genoa/PSV
October 17, 1970 Shauna O'Brien, Pasco Wash, actress, Showgirls
October 17, 1970 Tasha Tsang, Saskatoon Saskatchwan, rower 1996 Olympics
October 17, 1969 Alfred Pupunu, NFL tight end for the San Diego Chargers
October 17, 1969 Joe Courtney, NBA forward for the Cleveland Cavaliers
October 17, 1969 Theodore Ernest Els, Johannesburg South Africa, PGA golfer, 1994 U.S. Open
October 17, 1968 Heather McDermid, Calgary Alberta, rower 1996 Olympics
October 17, 1968 Ziggy Marley, reggae performer
October 17, 1967 Adrianne Werdel Witmeyer, born in Los Angeles, California, tennis star, 1990 Futures-Chiba
October 17, 1967 Allen West, U.S. metal guitarist, Obituary, Cause of Death
October 17, 1967 Marianne Werdel Witmeyer, born in Los Angeles, California, tennis star
October 17, 1967 Mark Johnson, Worcester, Massachusetts, infielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates
October 17, 1967 Nathalie Tauziat, Bangui Cent Afr Rep, tennis star, 1993 Quebec City
October 17, 1967 Reggie Clark, NFL linebacker for the Jacksonville Jaguars
October 17, 1966 Danny Ferry, NBA forward for the Cleveland Cavaliers
October 17, 1965 Connie Ann Hearn, Anchorage Alaska, actress, New Kind of Family
October 17, 1965 Pinnaduwage Aravinda De Silva, cricket, Sri Lanka's greatest batsman
October 17, 1963 Vijay Mehra, cricketer, United Arab Emirates batsman 1996 World Cup
October 17, 1962 John Dorge, Australian basketball center 1996 Olympics
October 17, 1960 Angela Kramers, Dutch singer, Dolly Dots
October 17, 1960 James Patrick Delsing, born in St. Louis, Missouri, PGA golfer, 1993 New England-2nd
October 17, 1960 Mandy Yachad, cricketer, South African ODI opening batsman 1991
October 17, 1958 Alan Jackson, born in Newnan, Georgia, country singer, Here in the Real World
October 17, 1958 Blaine McCallister, Ft. Stockton, Texas, PGA golfer, 1989 Honda Classic
October 17, 1958 France St. Louis, ice hockey forward, Canada, 1998 Olympics
October 17, 1958 Gig Gangel Harlingen, Texas, playmate, Jan, 1980
October 17, 1957 Vincent Van Patten, Belrose, New York, actor, Apple's Way, 3 for the Road
October 17, 1956 Mae C Jemison, Decatur Alabama, MD/astronaut, STS 47
October 17, 1956 Robin LO Linschoten, Dutch ass. secretary of Social Affairs, VVD
October 17, 1955 Sam Bottoms, born in Santa Barbara, California, actor, Prime Risk, Savages
October 17, 1950 Howard E Rollins, Jr., born in Baltimore, Maryland, actor, Bannister-Wildside,Another World
October 17, 1950 Michael Lynn Synar, Rep-D-Oklahoma, 1979-
October 17, 1950 Sandra Reemer, Dutch singer, As Love Goes
October 17, 1949 Bill Hudson, Portland, Oregon, comedian, Bonkers, Hudson Brothers Show
October 17, 1949 Maurice Willis Wright, composer
October 17, 1949 Timothy Bottoms, born in Santa Barbara, California, actor, Adam-East of Eden
October 17, 1949 Owen Arthur, Statesman
October 17, 1948 George Wendt, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Norm-Cheers
October 17, 1948 Margot Kidder, Yellowknife, actress, Lois Lane, Amityville Horror
October 17, 1947 Charles A Ingene, macromarketing researcher
October 17, 1947 Gene Green, Rep-D-Texas
October 17, 1947 Lesley Sunderland, decorative artist
October 17, 1947 Michael McKean, New York City, actor, Laverne and Shirley, SNL, Spinal Tap
October 17, 1946 Bob Seagren, Pomona California, actor, Soap, /pole vaulter, Olympics gold 68
October 17, 1946 James Ray Tucker, born in Los Angeles, California, rock guitarist, Turtles-Eleanor
October 17, 1946 Vicki Hodge, born in London, England, actress, Confessions of a Sex Maniac
October 17, 1945 Dave Cutler, CFL place kicker for the Edmonton Eskimos
October 17, 1944 Carol Cole, West Medford Massachusetts, actress, Ellie-Grady
October 17, 1943 Susan Davenny Wyner, New Haven, Connecticut, soprano, Walter Naumberg Prize
October 17, 1942 Gary Puckett, vocalist, & Union Gap-Woman Woman, Young Girl
October 17, 1941 Alan Howard, rock bassist, Brian Poole and The Tremeloes
October 17, 1941 Earl Thomas Conley, Portsmouth, Ohio, country singer, Too Many Times
October 17, 1941 James Seals, Sidney, Texas, singer, Seals and Crofts-Summer Breeze
October 17, 1938 Robert "Evel" Knievel, motorcycle daredevil, Snake River Canyon
October 17, 1938 Evel Knievel, American Entertainer
October 17, 1936 David Hobson, Rep-R-Ohio
October 17, 1935 Alan Brown, cricketer, England opening attack Brown and White vs Pak 1961
October 17, 1934 Barend P Tammeling, Dutch journalist, Trouw, Groninger Gezinsbode
October 17, 1933 William A Anders, Hong Kong, Maj Gen, USAF/astronaut, Apollo 8
October 17, 1932 Gundaris Pone, composer
October 17, 1932 Paul Anderson, U.S., light super heavyweight lifter 1956 Olympics gold
October 17, 1932 William J Hughes, Rep-D-New Jersey, 1975-
October 17, 1930 Angelo Paccignini, composer
October 17, 1930 Jimmy Breslin, Queens New York City, columnist, New York Post, News, Newsday
October 17, 1929 Ram Da-Oz, composer
October 17, 1928 Ivan Marinov, composer
October 17, 1928 James "Junior" Gilliam, Dodgers, NL rookie of year 1953
October 17, 1928 Zacharias J de Beer, South African physician/MP, DP
October 17, 1926 Beverly Garland, Santa Cruz California, actress, My 3 Sons
October 17, 1926 Julie Adams, Waterloo Iowa, actress, Yancy Derringer, Code Red
October 17, 1926 Karl Gordon Henize, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, astronaut, STS 51-F
October 17, 1922 Louis Benjamin, showman
October 17, 1921 George Mackey Brown, poet
October 17, 1921 Maria Gorokhovskaya, U.S.S.R., gymnist 1952 Olympics gold
October 17, 1921 Pricilla Lanford Buckly, editor/columnist, National Review
October 17, 1921 Tom Poston, Columbus Ohio, actor, Steve Allen Show, Newhart
October 17, 1920 Montgomery Clift, born in Omaha, Nebraska, actor, From Here to Eternity
October 17, 1920 Rudolf Hrusinsky, Czech actor, Short Cut, Golden Eels
October 17, 1919 John Moroney, cricketer, Australian opener 1949-51
October 17, 1919 Rita Hayworth, New York, [Marguerita C Casino], actress, Gilda, Pal Joey
October 17, 1919 Zhao Ziyang, Chinese Statesman
October 17, 1917 Marsha Hunt, born in Chicago, Illinois, actress, Jennifer-Peck's Bad Girl, Jigsaw
October 17, 1917 Martin Donnelly, cricketer, brilliant lefty bat for NZ post-war
October 17, 1916 Robert Lowery, born in Kansas City, Missouri, actor, Murder Over New York
October 17, 1916 Tadeusz Paciorkiewicz, composer
October 17, 1915 Arthur Miller, New York City, playwright, Death of a Salesman, Crucible
October 17, 1914 Albert Markos, composer
October 17, 1914 Jerry Siegel, comic book writer, Superman
October 17, 1914 John Mosely, recording expert/entrepreneur
October 17, 1912 John Paul I, [Albino Luciano], 263rd Roman Catholic pope, 1978
October 17, 1912 Pope John Paul I, Pope
October 17, 1909 Crozy [William] Cole, U.S. jazz drummer
October 17, 1905 Franco Albini, Italian architect
October 17, 1905 Jean Arthur, New York City, actress, Shane, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
October 17, 1903 Irene Ryan, El Paso Texas, actress, Granny-Beverly Hillbillies
October 17, 1903 Jerry Colona, born in Boston, Massachusetts, comedian, Jerry Colona Show
October 17, 1903 Nathanael West, American novelist, Day of the Locusts
October 17, 1898 Mildred Knopf, cookbook writer
October 17, 1898 Shinichi Suzuki, music teacher
October 17, 1898 Simon Vestdijk, Dutch writer/poet, 5th Seal
October 17, 1895 Doris Humphrey, born in Oak Park, Illinois, dancer, Dances of Women
October 17, 1893 Jean Binet, composer
October 17, 1892 Herbert Norman Howells, composer
October 17, 1892 Otakar Jeremias, composer
October 17, 1886 Spring Byington, Colorado Springs, actress, Lily Ruskin-December Bride
October 17, 1885 Aaf Bouber-ten Hoope, Dutch actress, Jantjes, /wife of Herman Bouber
October 17, 1883 A S Neill, British headmaster, Summerhill
October 17, 1878 Andrei N Rimski-Korssakov, Russian musicologist/son of Nikolai
October 17, 1878 Henri Mulet, composer
October 17, 1875 Alfred Polgar, Austrian writer, Yes and No!
October 17, 1864 Elinor Glyn, British novelist, 3 Weeks
October 17, 1860 Dionyssios Lavrangas, composer
October 17, 1859 William "Buck" Ewing, hall of fame catcher, New York Giants, for the Cincinnati Reds
October 17, 1848 William "Candy" Cummings, created curve ball
October 17, 1845 Franz Ehrle, German prefect of Vatican library
October 17, 1844 Miguel Nieto, composer
October 17, 1839 Helene Mercier, Dutch author/social reformer
October 17, 1835 Alexandrine-Pieternella-Franeoise Tinne, explored White Nile
October 17, 1817 Sajjid Ahmad Chan, Indian moslem leader/co-founder, Pakistan
October 17, 1817 Samuel Ringgold Ward, Maryland, minister/abolitionist, Fugitive Negro
October 17, 1815 Emanuel Geibel, writer
October 17, 1813 Georg Buchner, German playwright, Dantons Tod/Woyzeck
October 17, 1811 Albertus C van Raalte, Dutch/US vicar, owned land in Mich
October 17, 1806 Alphonse LPP de Candolle, Swiss botanist
October 17, 1734 Grigori G Orlov, Russ guard officer/favorite of Catharina II
October 17, 1730 Ernestus Weinrauch, composer
October 17, 1729 Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny, composer
October 17, 1725 John Wilkes, English journalist/MP, N Briton
October 17, 1720 Maria Teresa Agnesi, composer
October 17, 1711 Jupiter Hammon, 1st American black to publish poetry, Complete Works
October 17, 1704 Willem Bentinck, orangist
October 17, 1696 August III, king of Poland/monarch Frederik August II of Saksen
October 17, 1688 Domenico Zipoli, composer
October 17, 1626 Simon van Leeuwen, lawyer/historian, Roman-Holland regt
October 17, 1577 Cristofano Allori, Italian painter, Judith
October 17, 1563 Jodocus Hondius, Flemish mathematician/cartographer

October 17 Events in History

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October 17, 2006 United States population reaches 300 million people
October 17, 1996 "Taking Sides," opens at Atkinson Theater New York City
October 17, 1995 Keith Moore sentenced to 6 years for robbing Sting of $9,000,000
October 17, 1994 Beth Daniel wins LPGA World Championships of Women's Golf
October 17, 1994 Billy Joel performs opening concert at Cleveland's Gund Arena
October 17, 1994 Kapil Dev's final one-day international (v West Indies)
October 17, 1993 Dottie Mochrie wins LPGA World Championship of Women's Golf
October 17, 1992 1st World Series with non-U.S. team, Toronto loses 3-1 to Braves
October 17, 1991 Angel Cordero is 3rd jockey to win 7,000 horse races
October 17, 1991 Atlanta Braves beat Pittsburgh Pirates for NL pennant in 7 games
October 17, 1991 News anchor Bree Walker Lampley files an FCC complaint that LA radio KFI-AM personally attacked her by discuss her having a disformed baby
October 17, 1991 Pitts Penguin Paul Coffey sets NHL defenseman scoring record with 1,053 career points (309 goals and 744 assists)
October 17, 1990 "Jackie Mason - Brand New" opens at Neil Simon New York City for 216 performances
October 17, 1990 "Les Miserables," opens at Imperial Theatre, New York and His Majesty's Theatre, Perth
October 17, 1989 Earthquake in San Francisco (6.9) cancels 3rd game of World Series, kills 67
October 17, 1988 31 reported dead as Ugandan jetliner crashes in fog near Rome
October 17, 1988 Dallas Green replaces Lou Pinella as manager of New York Yankees
October 17, 1988 Lyndon LaRouche pleads innocent to fraud, conspiracy indictment
October 17, 1988 Phillip Morris announces $11 Billion tender offer for Kraft
October 17, 1988 Rockin Robin beats "Sensational" Sherri Martel for WWF woman's title
October 17, 1988 Traveling Wilbury's 1st release "Handle With Care"
October 17, 1987 "Late Nite Comic" closes at Ritz Theater New York City after 4 performances
October 17, 1987 1st indoor World Series game (Minnesota Metrodome)
October 17, 1987 1st lady Nancy Reagan undergoes a modified radical mastectomy
October 17, 1986 U.S. Senate approved immigration bill prohibiting hiring of illegal aliens and offered amnesty to illegals who entered prior to 1982
October 17, 1986 Yitzak Rabin forms Israeli government
October 17, 1985 French author Claude Simon won the Nobel Prize in literature
October 17, 1985 Lou Piniella named New York Yankee manager
October 17, 1984 Nobel prize for chemistry awarded to Bruce Merrifield
October 17, 1983 Nobel prize for economy awarded to Gerard Debreu
October 17, 1983 STS-9 vehicle moves to Vandenberg AFB due to SRB nozzle problem
October 17, 1982 1st live orch on commerical network since 1954 (National Symphony)
October 17, 1982 Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation
October 17, 1982 Robin Yount is 1st to have 2 4-hit games in a World Series
October 17, 1982 Sam Shepard's "True West" premieres in New York City
October 17, 1982 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.
October 17, 1980 1st-class debut of Mike Whitney, NSW vs. Qld (2-52 and 1-39)
October 17, 1979 "Beatlemania" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 920 performances
October 17, 1979 D Bautista of Mexico completes 20,000 m walk in record 1:20:06.8
October 17, 1979 Mother Teresa of India, awarded Nobel Peace Prize
October 17, 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates beat Baltimore Orioles, 4 games to 3 in 76th World Series
October 17, 1979 President Carter signs legislation creating Department of Education
October 17, 1978 New York Islanders start a streak of 23 undefeated games at home (15-0-8)
October 17, 1978 New York Yankees beat Dodgers, 4 games to 2 in 75th World Series
October 17, 1978 President Carter signs bill restoring Jefferson Davis citizenship
October 17, 1978 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test
October 17, 1978 Yanks win 22nd World Championship capping their great comeback year
October 17, 1977 Canada begins regular live TV coverage of Parliament
October 17, 1977 West German commandos storm hijacked Lufthansa in Mogadishu, Somalia freeing all 86 hostages and killing 3 of 4 hijackers
October 17, 1976 China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
October 17, 1976 Coldest World Series game Yankees vs Cincinnati, 39 degrees F (until 1997)
October 17, 1975 1st Space Shuttle main engine test at National Space Tech Labs, Miss
October 17, 1975 Bee Gees Maurice Gibb weds Yvonne Spencely
October 17, 1975 U.N. passes resolution saying "Zionism is a form of racism"
October 17, 1974 "Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope" closes at Playhouse New York City after 1065 per
October 17, 1974 NBA New Orleans Jazz begin a 28 game road losing streak
October 17, 1974 Washington Capitals 1st NHL home victory, beating Chicago 4-3
October 17, 1974 Oakland A's beat Los Angeles Dodgers, 4 games to 1 in 71st World Series makes A's only team other than Yanks to win 3 straight series
October 17, 1973 5-mo oil embargo by Arab states against U.S. and Netherlands begins
October 17, 1973 Arabs decrease oil production
October 17, 1972 1st time Islanders shut-out-5-0 vs Penguins
October 17, 1972 Bob Randall's "6 Rooms Riv Vu," premieres in New York City
October 17, 1972 Chuck Berry's "My Ding-a-ling," is #1
October 17, 1971 Cleveland Metroparks' Rocky River Nature Center opens
October 17, 1971 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Quality-First Golf Classic
October 17, 1971 Pittsburgh Pirates beat Baltimore Orioles, 4 games to 3 in 68th World Series
October 17, 1970 Anwar Sadat sworn in as president of Egypt
October 17, 1969 New York Nets move from Comack to Island Garden, Hempstead NY
October 17, 1969 Plastic Ono Band's "Cold Turkey" is released in UK
October 17, 1969 Soyuz 7 returns to Earth
October 17, 1967 "Hair" premieres on Broadway
October 17, 1967 Barbra Streisand stars on "Belle of 14th Street" special on CBS
October 17, 1967 Memorial service for Brian Epstein at New London Synagogue
October 17, 1967 Pete Knight in X-15 reaches 85 km
October 17, 1967 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R.
October 17, 1965 "On A Clear Day You Can See Forever" opens in New York City for 280 performances
October 17, 1965 WBMG TV channel 42 in Birmingham, AL (CBS) begins broadcasting
October 17, 1964 Yanks fire Manager Yogi Berra
October 17, 1963 "Jennie" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 82 performances
October 17, 1962 Yanks beat Giants for 20th world championship
October 17, 1961 22nd congress of CPSU opens in Moscow
October 17, 1961 Battle of Paris - police kill 210 Algerians
October 17, 1961 NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 33,100 m
October 17, 1961 NY Museum of Modern Art hangs Henri Matisse's "Le Bateau" upside-down It wasn't corrected until December 3rd
October 17, 1960 "Tenderloin" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 216 performances
October 17, 1960 U.S. and Britain sign accord for nuclear sub bases
October 17, 1959 "Billy Barnes Revue" closes at John Golden Theater New York City after 87 performances
October 17, 1959 Queen Elizabeth is fined $140 for withdrawing her race horse
October 17, 1959 Stinchcomb Memorial in Cleveland Metroparks' dedicated
October 17, 1957 "Copper and Brass" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 36 performances
October 17, 1957 Britain's Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip visits White House
October 17, 1957 Dike Marken-Dutch mainland closed
October 17, 1957 French author Albert Camus awarded Nobel Prize in Literature
October 17, 1957 II Tsjoendrigar becomes premier of Pakistan
October 17, 1956 England's 1st large scale nuclear power station opens
October 17, 1956 Pakistan defeat Australia by nine wickets at 1st attempt
October 17, 1955 Lee Merriwether joins Today Show panel
October 17, 1954 Philadelphia Eagle Adrian Burk passes for 7 touchdowns vs. Washington (49-21)
October 17, 1951 Egyptian army fires on British troops
October 17, 1945 Juan Peron becomes dictator of Argentina
October 17, 1943 Liberators sink U-540 and U-631
October 17, 1941 1st U.S. destroyer (Kearney) torpedoed in WW II, off Iceland
October 17, 1940 German occupiers issue identity cards
October 17, 1935 Pacific Assoc of AAU votes not to participate in Berlin Olympics
October 17, 1934 "The Aldrich Family" premieres on radio
October 17, 1933 Albert Einstein arrives in U.S., a refugee from Nazi Germany
October 17, 1931 Al Capone convicted of tax evasion, sentenced to 11 years
October 17, 1927 Ban Johnson, in failing health, retires as AL president
October 17, 1923 Catholic University of Nijmegen Netherlands opens
October 17, 1922 Scottish worker begins hunger march from Glasgow on London
October 17, 1921 Belgium's public library law goes into force
October 17, 1920 Chicago Bears (as Decatur Staleys) play 1st NFL game, win 7-0
October 17, 1919 Radio Corporation of America (RCA) created
October 17, 1918 De Kooy airport in Netherlands opens
October 17, 1918 Yugoslavia proclaims itself a republic
October 17, 1917 1st British bombing of Germany
October 17, 1916 Dutch women demonstrate for female suffrage
October 17, 1912 Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia declares war on Turkey
October 17, 1904 Bank of Italy (Bank of America) opens its doors
October 17, 1899 Sutro railroad sold to Robert F Morrow for $215,000
October 17, 1896 Anton Tsjechovs "Chayka," premieres in St. Petersburg
October 17, 1894 Ohio national guard kills 3 lynchers while rescuing a black man
October 17, 1885 Baseball sets all players salaries at $1,000-$2,000 for 1885 season
October 17, 1877 Henry Morton Stanley reaches Boma during trip cross Africa
October 17, 1876 Henry Morton Stanley's reaches Lualaba River
October 17, 1871 Great Britain annexes Griqualand South Africa
October 17, 1871 President Grant suspends writ of habeas corpus
October 17, 1868 Constitution of Grand Duchy of Luxembourg comes into effect
October 17, 1862 Battle of Leetown and Thoroughfare Gap, VA
October 17, 1860 1st British Golf Open: Willie Park shoots a 164 at Prestwick Club
October 17, 1860 1st pro golf tournament held (Scotland) (Willie Park wins)
October 17, 1855 Bessemer steelmaking process patented
October 17, 1850 Knickerbocker Engine Co Number 5 organized
October 17, 1831 Felix Mendelssohn's 1st Piano concert in G, premieres
October 17, 1829 Delaware River and Chesapeake Bay Canal formally opens
October 17, 1829 German 1st assassination on abandoned teenager Kaspar Hauser
October 17, 1825 1st French Liszts operette Don Sanche premieres in Paris
October 17, 1815 Napoleon arrives in St. Helena
October 17, 1808 Political rights of Jews suspended in Duchy of Warsaw
October 17, 1800 Dutch colony Curacao transfered to England
October 17, 1797 Peace of Campo Formio: Austrian Dutch possessions and France
October 17, 1787 Boston blacks, petition legislature for equal school facilities
October 17, 1781 Cornwallis defeated at Yorktown
October 17, 1777 British General John Burgoyne surrenders at Saratoga NY
October 17, 1740 Ivan VI becomes Czar of Russia
October 17, 1720 Pierre de Marivaux' "Arlequin Poli Par l'Amour," premieres in Paris
October 17, 1707 German composer Johann S Bach marries his niece Maria Bach
October 17, 1691 New royal charter for Massachusetts, now including Maine, Plymouth
October 17, 1651 Future King Charles II flees from England
October 17, 1556 Ex-emperor Karel departs Netherland for Spain
October 17, 1492 Columbus sights isle of San Salvador (Watling Island, Bahamas)
October 17, 1483 Tomas de Torquemada appointed inquisitor-general of Spain
October 17, 1469 Crown prince Fernando of Aragon marries princess Isabella of Castilie
October 17, 1415 Jewish autonomy in Palestine ends, as Raban Gamliel leaves office
October 17, 1404 Cosma de' Migliorati elected Pope Innocentius VII
October 17, 1387 Swells convent Windesheim initiated
October 17, 733 Battle at Poitiers: Charles Martel beats Abd al-Rachmans Omajjaden
October 17, 532 Boniface II ends his reign as Catholic Pope

October 16 Deaths in History

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October 16, 2004 Pierre Salinger, journalist/political press officer, dies at 79
October 16, 2000 Rick Jason, actor, Combat, dies at 74
October 16, 1999 Jean Shepherd, writer/radio artist, ", In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash, ", dies at 78
October 16, 1998 Jon Postel, Father of the Internet, dies at 55
October 16, 1997 Audra Lindley, actress (Helen Roper-3's Company, Ropers), dies at 79
October 16, 1997 James Mitchner, author (Hawaii), dies of kidney failure at 90
October 16, 1997 James A. Michener, American Novelist
October 16, 1996 Anthony Griffin, sailor, dies at 75
October 16, 1996 Eric Lawson Malpass, writer, dies at 85
October 16, 1996 Ismond Rosen, psychoanalyst/artist, dies at 82
October 16, 1996 James Wild, music teacher, dies at 68
October 16, 1996 Jason Bernard, actor (judge-Liar Liar), dies of heart attack at 58
October 16, 1995 John Walker, museum director, dies at 88
October 16, 1995 Linda Goodman, astrologer, dies
October 16, 1995 Murdo Alexander MacLeod, minister, dies at 60
October 16, 1995 Thomas Augustine Martin, academic, dies at 59
October 16, 1994 William Henry Swinburne, music teacher, dies at 87
October 16, 1993 John Bowles, president (Rexall Drugs), dies at 76
October 16, 1992 Shirley Booth, actress (Hazel), dies of natural causes at 85
October 16, 1991 Tennessee Ernie Ford, country singer (16 Tons), dies at 72
October 16, 1991 Tonny Huurdeman, singer and actress (Frills), dies
October 16, 1990 Art Blakey, jazz drummer (Jazz Messengers), dies of cancer at 71
October 16, 1989 Cornel Wilde, actor (Saadia, Comic, Beach Red, Gargoyles), dies at 74
October 16, 1987 Dana Suesse, songwriter (You Ought to be in Pictures), dies at 75
October 16, 1986 Arthur Grumiaux, Belgian violinist, dies at 65
October 16, 1986 C Wttewaall van Stoetwegen, CHU Member of Dutch parliament, dies at 85
October 16, 1985 Claude Stroud, actor (Hobart-Ted Knight Show, Duke), dies at 78
October 16, 1984 Ken Carpenter, TV announcer (Lux Video Theater), dies at 84
October 16, 1984 Peggy Ann Garner, actress (Ford Theater), dies at 53 of cancer
October 16, 1983 George Liberace, violinist (Liberace Show), dies at 72
October 16, 1982 Jacov Gotovac, composer, dies at 86
October 16, 1982 Mario del Monaco, Italian opera singer (Verdi/Puccini), dies at 67
October 16, 1981 Moshe Dayan, Israel's general/minister of Defense, dies at 66
October 16, 1981 Stanley Clements, actor (Boys' Prison, Army Bound, Hot News), dies
October 16, 1981 William Holden, actor (Casino Royale), dies at 63
October 16, 1980 Carl PM Romme, Dutch minister of Social Affairs (KVP), dies at 83
October 16, 1978 Dan Dailey, dancer/actor (Gov Drinkwater-Governor and JJ), dies at 63
October 16, 1977 Michael Balcon, producer, dies at 81
October 16, 1973 Gene Krupa, U.S. swing drummer (Sing Sing Sing), dies at 64
October 16, 1972 Leo G Carroll, actor (Topper, Man From Uncle), dies at 80
October 16, 1962 Gaston Bachelard, French philosopher (Water and Dreams), dies at 78
October 16, 1959 George C Marshall, U.S. Army general, dies at 78
October 16, 1959 George Marshall, American Statesman
October 16, 1954 Friedrich Lubke, German politician, dies at 67
October 16, 1951 Liaquat Ali Khan, PM of Pakistan (1947-51), assassinated by Said Akbar
October 16, 1949 Hale Ascher VanderCook, composer, dies at 85
October 16, 1946 Alfred G Jodl, Col-Gen/German staff chief weather authority, hanged
October 16, 1946 Alfred Rosenberg, German war criminal, hanged
October 16, 1946 Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Austrian chancellor (1930s), hanged at 54
October 16, 1946 Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Austrian Nazi (SS), hanged
October 16, 1946 Fritz Sauckel, German war criminal, hanged
October 16, 1946 Granville Ransome Bantock, English composer and conductor, dies at 78
October 16, 1946 Hans Franc, German war criminal, hanged
October 16, 1946 Joachim von Ribbentrop, German war criminal, hanged
October 16, 1946 Julius Streicher, German District Leader (Of Sturmer), hanged
October 16, 1946 Wilhelm Frick, German war criminal, hanged
October 16, 1946 Wilhelm Keitel, German fieldmarshal, hanged
October 16, 1946 Hermann Wilhelm Goering, German SA-leader, commits suicide at 53
October 16, 1946 Hans Frank, German Public Servant
October 16, 1944 Eric Westberg, composer, dies at 52
October 16, 1944 John Eigenhuis, writer (The Dike), dies at 78
October 16, 1942 12, Dutch Communist Party-resistance fighter/3 NVV-hostages, executed
October 16, 1939 Carl Henrik Ludolf Nielsen, composer, dies at 63
October 16, 1920 Alberto Nepomuceno, Brazilian composer and conductor (Artemis), dies at 56
October 16, 1919 Charles Harford Lloyd, composer, dies on 70th birthday
October 16, 1918 Felix Arndt, composer, dies at 29
October 16, 1916 Klaas/old stick Kater, christian worker's union leader, dies at 73
October 16, 1893 Carlo Pedrotti, composer, dies at 75
October 16, 1891 Sarah Winnemucca, indian scout, dies
October 16, 1880 Edward Wolff, composer, dies at 64
October 16, 1877 John Zwijsen, archbishop of Utrecht, dies at 83
October 16, 1867 Salomon J Rappoport, Czech rabbi (Ereg miliem), dies
October 16, 1862 George Burgwyn Anderson, U.S. Confederate brig-general, dies at 31
October 16, 1849 George Washington Williams, 1st major black historian, dies
October 16, 1836 Friedrich Theodor Frohlich, composer, dies at 33
October 16, 1817 Manuel C Piar, Curacaos/Venezulian freedom writer, dies
October 16, 1814 Juan Jose Landaeta, composer, dies at 34
October 16, 1799 Antoine-Frederic Gresnick, composer, dies at 44
October 16, 1793 Marie Antoinette, queen of France, beheaded in France
October 16, 1791 Grigorij A Potemkin, Monarch of Tauris, dies
October 16, 1774 Robert Fergusson, Scottish songwriter (Scottish Poems), dies
October 16, 1750 Silvius Leopold Weiss, composer, dies at 64
October 16, 1726 Giovanni Maria Capelli, composer, dies at 77
October 16, 1694 Samuel Freiherr von Pufendorf, German lawyer, dies at 62
October 16, 1690 Margaretha M Alacoque, French mystic/saint, dies at 43
October 16, 1688 Philips Koninck, painter/etcher, buried at 68
October 16, 1649 Isaac van Ostade, painter, buried
October 16, 1621 Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, organist/composer, dies at about 59
October 16, 1594 William Allen, English cardinal/founder seminary of Douai, dies at 62
October 16, 1591 Gregory XIV, [Niccolo Sfondrati], Italian Pope, dies at 56
October 16, 1570 Baron van Montigny, Dutch earl of Horne, murdered
October 16, 1555 Hugh Latimer, royal chaplain of Anna Boley, burned at stake at 80
October 16, 1555 Nicholas Ridley, English theologist/bishop of Rochester, burned
October 16, 1553 Lucas Cranach Sr, German painter, dies at 81
October 16, 1473 Reinoud II van Brederode, viscount of Utrecht, dies
October 16, 1333 Nicolaas V, [Pietro Rainalducci], Italian anti-Pope (1328-30), dies
October 16, 1323 Amadeus V the Great, count of Flanders/Savoy, dies at 74
October 16, 775 Mansur, kalief of Abbasiden, dies

October 16 Birthdays in History

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October 16, 1980 Jeremy Jackson, born in Newport Beach, California, actor, Shout, Baywatch
October 16, 1978 Abel Talamantez, Texas, singer, Menudo-Cannonball
October 16, 1978 Whitni Zimmerman, Miss New Mexico Teen USA 1996
October 16, 1975 Jacques Kallis, cricketer, South African Test all-rounder vs. England 1995
October 16, 1975 Jamila Wideman, WNBA guard for the Los Angeles Sparks
October 16, 1975 Kellie Martin, actress, Becca Thatcher-Life Goes On
October 16, 1974 Jermaine Lewis, wide receiver for the Baltimore Ravens
October 16, 1974 Paul Kariya, Vancouver, NHL left wing, Anaheim Mighty Ducks, 1998 Olympics
October 16, 1972 Darius Kasparaitis, Elektrenai Lit, NHL defenseman, Islanders, Pitts
October 16, 1972 Darren Balmforth, Australian rower 1996 Olympics
October 16, 1972 Kordell Stewart, NFL quarterback/wide receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers
October 16, 1972 Stephen O'Connor, Irish amateur snooker champ 1990
October 16, 1971 David Johnson, cricketer, Karnataka fast bowler, India 1996-
October 16, 1971 Greg Jeffries, NFL cornerback, Detroit Lions
October 16, 1971 Kathryn J Taylor, Miss USA-Kansas 1997
October 16, 1971 Simon Shanks, NFL inside linebacker for the Arizona Cardinals
October 16, 1971 Toni Foster, WNBA forward and center, Phoenix Mercury
October 16, 1970 Adrian Murrell, NFL running back/kick returner for the New York Jets
October 16, 1969 Darren McKenzie-Potter, Auckland NZ, cyclist 1996 Olympics
October 16, 1969 Doug Hocking, CFL linebacker for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers
October 16, 1969 Gregory Metcalf, Ellensburg Wash, 3k steeplechase
October 16, 1969 Spencer McLennan, CFL safety, Montreal Alouettes
October 16, 1969 Wendy Wilson, born in Los Angeles, California, rock vocalist, Wilson Phillips-Hold On
October 16, 1968 Randall Batinkoff, actor, For Keeps
October 16, 1968 Robert van Oosterom, cricket opening batsman, Holland 1996 World Cup
October 16, 1968 Scott Donie, Vicenza Italy, diver, Olympics-4th-96
October 16, 1967 Joe Murphy, London, NHL right wing, Chicago Blackhawks
October 16, 1967 Michael York, Australian field hockey fullback, Oly-silver-92, 96
October 16, 1966 Donovan Right, CFL linebacker for the Hamilton Tiger Cats
October 16, 1966 Gerhard Puschnik, hockey forward, Team Austria 1998
October 16, 1965 German Titov, Moscow Rus, NHL center, Calgary Flames, Oly-Silver-1998
October 16, 1965 Lisa Bonder, Columbus Ohio, tennis star
October 16, 1964 Kay Cockerill, born in San Jose, California, LPGA golfer, 1995 Friendly's Classic-32nd
October 16, 1963 Missy Hyatt, born in Atlanta, Georgia, wrestling manager, WCW, ECW
October 16, 1962 Flea, [Michael Balzary], bassist, Red Hot Chili Peppers
October 16, 1962 Laura Coenen, Neenah Wisconsin, team handball goalie, Olymp-1988, 92, 96
October 16, 1962 Manute Bol, NBA center, Golden State Warriors
October 16, 1962 Tamara McKinney, Lexington, Kentucky, slalom skier, Olympic-4th-1984
October 16, 1961 Billy Taylor, Monticello, Florida, pitcher for the Oakland A's
October 16, 1961 Chris Doleman, defensive end for the San Francisco 49ers
October 16, 1961 Wilfried Brookhuis, soccer player, NEC
October 16, 1960 Bob Mould, U.S. singer/guitarist/songwriter, Husker Du
October 16, 1960 Val Skinner, Hamilton MT, LPGA golfer, 1995 Sprint Championship
October 16, 1959 Gary Kemp, London, rock guitarist, Spandau Ballet-True
October 16, 1958 Tim Robbins, born in West Covina, California, actor, Bull Durham, Shawshank Redemption
October 16, 1956 James H Newman, Trust Territory of Pacific, PhD/Astronaut, STS 51, 69
October 16, 1955 Ellen Dolan, Monticello IO, actress, Guiding Light, Margo Hughes-ATWT
October 16, 1953 Martha Smith, born in Cleveland, Ohio, actress, Animal House, /playmate, July 1973
October 16, 1953 Susan Pedersen, U.S., 4 x 100m medley swimmer, 1968 Olympics gold
October 16, 1953 Tony Carey, born in Fresno California, rocker
October 16, 1952 Christopher Cox, Rep-R-California
October 16, 1951 Alan Wheat, Rep-D-Missouri, 1983-
October 16, 1951 Daniel Gerroll, London, actor, Big Business
October 16, 1948 Michael Tylo, Detroit, actor, Guiding Light, Blade-Young and Restless
October 16, 1947 Bob Weir, born in San Francisco, California, guitarist, Grateful Dead-Uncle Joe's Band
October 16, 1947 David Zucker, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, director, Airplane, Naked Gun, Top Secret
October 16, 1946 Suzanne Somers, San Bruno California, actress, 3's Company, Step by Step
October 16, 1945 Paul Monette, writer
October 16, 1944 Bob Cottam, cricketer, England fast-medium on 2 India/Pakistan tours
October 16, 1944 Johnny Washbrook, Toronto, actor, Ken-My Friend Flicka
October 16, 1943 C Fred Turner, rock bassist/vocalist, Bachman-Turner Overdrive
October 16, 1942 Dave Lovelady, rocker
October 16, 1941 Derek David Bourgeois, composer
October 16, 1941 Erkki Jokinen, composer
October 16, 1941 Tim McCarver, baseball catcher, Cards, Phils, asportscaster, ABC, CBS
October 16, 1940 Barry Corbin, actor, Maurice-Northern Exposure
October 16, 1940 Dave DeBusschere, Detroit, NBA foward, New York Knick, /last ABA commissioner
October 16, 1937 Emile Ford, rocker
October 16, 1937 Tony Anthony, Clarksburg, West Virginia, actor, Treasure of 4 Crowns
October 16, 1936 Gerardo Gandini, composer
October 16, 1935 Sugar Pie DeSanto, U.S. singer, Soulful dress
October 16, 1932 Henry Jay Lewis, born in Los Angeles, California, conductor/bass, LA Philharmonic 1955-59
October 16, 1931 Charles W. Colson, presidential adviser, Watergate figure
October 16, 1931 Charles W. Colson, Public Servant
October 16, 1929 Bill Green, Rep-R-NY, 1978-
October 16, 1927 Gus Yatron, Rep-D-PA, 1969-
October 16, 1927 Gunter Grass, Danzig Germany, novelist/poet, Tin Drum
October 16, 1927 Lee Montague, born in London, England, actor, Uncle Sasha-Holocaust
October 16, 1927 Peter Brinson, dance educationalist
October 16, 1925 Angela Lansbury, born in London, England, actress, Jessica-Murder She Wrote
October 16, 1925 Daniel J. Evans, Sen-R-WA, 1983-
October 16, 1925 Lorraine Sweeny, communications specialist
October 16, 1923 Bert Kaempfert, rocker
October 16, 1922 Max Bygraves, London, actor, Tom Brown's School Days
October 16, 1922 Robert Urquhart, actor, Dunkirk, Bulldog Breed, Dark Avenger
October 16, 1921 Linda Darnell, born in Dallas, Texas, actress, Unfaithfully Yours, 2nd Chance
October 16, 1921 Michael Conrad, Washington Hgts, New York, actor, Delvecchio, Hill St. Blues
October 16, 1918 Bill Nichols, Rep-D-AL, 1967-
October 16, 1914 Christian J Modeste, gypsey king
October 16, 1913 Alice Pearce, New York City, comedienne/actress, Gladys Kravitz-Bewitched
October 16, 1913 Cesar Bresgen, Austrian composer/organist
October 16, 1911 Mahalia Jackson, American Musician
October 16, 1910 William Leonard Reed, composer
October 16, 1908 Enver Hoxha, post-war leader of Albania, 1944-85
October 16, 1907 Roger Vailland, French author, La Novice, Et Mourir de Plasir
October 16, 1906 Dino Buzzati, writer
October 16, 1906 George Martin Lott, Jr., tennis champ, 1931 U.S. Open runner-up
October 16, 1905 Rex Bell, Chicago, cowboy actor, Cowboys and Injuns, /lt-gov, Nevada
October 16, 1905 Wild Bill Elliott, Pattonsburg, Missouri, actor, Beyond the Sacramento
October 16, 1903 Mario Pilati, composer
October 16, 1900 Lloyd Corrigan, SF, actor, Papa Dodger-Willy, Prof McKillup-Hank
October 16, 1900 [Leon] Goose Goslin, baseball hall of famer, AL bat champ 1928
October 16, 1898 Arthur H Dean, lawyer/advisor to FDR
October 16, 1898 William O Douglas, Maine, 81st Supreme Court justice, 1939-75
October 16, 1898 William O. Douglas, American Judge
October 16, 1897 Harrison Kerr, composer
October 16, 1896 Edmond van Dooren, Flemish painter
October 16, 1890 Paul Strand, New York City, photographer, Native Land-1942
October 16, 1888 Eugene O'Neill, New York City, dramatist, Desire Under the Elms-Nobel 1936
October 16, 1886 Armin T Wegner, writer
October 16, 1886 David Ben-Gurion, Plonsk Poland, 1st PM of Israel, 1948-53, 55
October 16, 1885 Dorando di Desiderio Pietri, Italian marathoner, Olympic-DQ gold-1908
October 16, 1878 Carlos Pedrell, composer
October 16, 1870 Helge Rode, Danish poet/essayist
October 16, 1868 Franz X. Ritter von Epp, German general, China
October 16, 1866 Pieter J Kromsigt, theologist/publicist, Troffel and Sword
October 16, 1863 Austen Chamberlain, British Foreign Secretary, Nobel 1925
October 16, 1855 Camille Looten, Belgian priest/literature historian
October 16, 1854 Karl J Kautsky, Austrian marxist/socialist
October 16, 1854 Oscar Wilde, [Fingal O'Flahertie Wills], Dublin, Pic of Dorian Gray
October 16, 1851 James Ten Eyck, champion rower/coach, Ten Eyck Trophy namesake
October 16, 1849 Arnold Krug, composer
October 16, 1849 Charles Harford Lloyd, composer
October 16, 1849 Geoirge Washington Williams, famous African
October 16, 1837 John Francis Barnett, composer
October 16, 1832 George Crockett Strong, Mjr General Union volunteers, died in 1863
October 16, 1832 Vicente Riva Palacio, Mexico, writer/diplomat
October 16, 1830 Ferdinand van der Haeghen, Flemish librarian/bibliography
October 16, 1827 Arnold Bocklin, Switzerland, landscape/allegory painter
October 16, 1826 Piotr Studzinski, composer
October 16, 1825 Thomas Turpin Crittenden, Brig Genl Union volunteers, died in 1905
October 16, 1821 Albert Franz Doppler, composer
October 16, 1816 William Preston, Brig General Confederate Army, died in 1887
October 16, 1811 Gaetano Capocci, composer
October 16, 1806 William Pitt Fessenden, Secretary Treasury, Union, died in 1869
October 16, 1792 Francisco Morazan, L, president of Central America, 1830-40
October 16, 1765 Frederic Nicolas Duvernoy, composer
October 16, 1758 Noah Webster, lexicographer, Webster's Dictionary
October 16, 1729 Pierre van Maldere, composer
October 16, 1723 Johann Andreas Joseph Giulini, composer
October 16, 1708 Albrecht von Haller, Switz, experimental physiology, Acad of Science
October 16, 1679 Jan Dismas Zelenka, composer
October 16, 1605 Charles C Dassoucy, French writer/singer

October 16 Events in History

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October 16, 1997 "Side Show," opens at Richard Rodgers Theater New York City for 91 performances
October 16, 1995 Allan Donald takes 8-71 as South Africa defeat Zimbabwe
October 16, 1995 Brian Lara scores 169 in Sharjah ODI versus Sri Lanka
October 16, 1995 Million Man March held in Washington D.C. (over 800,000 black men attend)
October 16, 1995 ODI in Sharjah WI 7-333 in 50 overs beat Sri Lanka 329 all out
October 16, 1994 Raul Julia, actor (Addams Family), suffers a stroke
October 16, 1993 General Omar al-Bashir appointed Sudan president
October 16, 1993 IRA bomb attack on fish and chips restaurant in Belfast, 10 killed
October 16, 1992 1,700th David Letterman Show
October 16, 1992 1964 "Gilligan's Island" TV pilot 1st shown on TV (TBS)
October 16, 1991 George Jo Hennard, 35, kills 23 and himself and wounds 20 in Texas
October 16, 1991 U.S. Supreme Court begins to hear Joseph Doherty case
October 16, 1991 Dallas Mavericks Roy Tarpley becomes 7th to be banned from NBA for life under the league's anti-drug agreement
October 16, 1990 "Stand Up Tragedy" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 13 performances
October 16, 1990 Reds Eric Davis is 22nd player to homer in his 1st World Series at bat
October 16, 1990 Reds beat A's 7-0, ending Oakland's 10-game post-season winning streak
October 16, 1990 U.S. forces reach 200,000 in Persian Gulf
October 16, 1989 Bikenibau Paeniu installed as premier of Tuvalu
October 16, 1989 Jan Syse becomes premier of Norway
October 16, 1988 Orel Hirsheiser, 1st to pitch shutout in playoff and World Series
October 16, 1987 175-kph winds cause blackout in London, much of southern England
October 16, 1987 338,500,000 shares traded on New York stock exchange (record)
October 16, 1987 Dow Jones for 1st time falls more than 100 pts (108.35)
October 16, 1987 Jessica McClure rescued 58 hours after falling 22' into a well shaft
October 16, 1987 Mike Tyson TKOs Tyrell Biggs in 7 for heavyweight boxing title
October 16, 1987 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R.
October 16, 1986 "Raggedy Ann" opens at Nederlander Theater New York City for 5 performances
October 16, 1986 Armand Hammer returns to U.S. with Jewish refusenik David Goldfarb
October 16, 1986 Marie Osmond marries Brian Blosil
October 16, 1986 U.S. government closes down due to budget problems
October 16, 1986 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
October 16, 1985 Challenger vehicle moves to launch pad for STS 61A mission
October 16, 1985 Intel introduces 32-bit 80386 microcomputer chip
October 16, 1985 Kansas City Royals and St. Louis Cardinals win their league championships
October 16, 1985 Nobel prize for chemistry awarded to Herbert Hauptman and Jerome Karle
October 16, 1984 Baboon heart transplanted into a 15-day-old baby girl
October 16, 1984 Desmond Tutu, black Anglican Bishop, wins Nobel Peace Prize
October 16, 1983 "Zorba" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 362 performances
October 16, 1983 25th Ryder Cup: U.S., 14 -13 at PGA National GC (Fla)
October 16, 1983 Baltimore Orioles beat Philadelphia Phillies, 4 games to 3 in 80th World Series
October 16, 1982 Devils 1st road victory 6-5 over Penguins
October 16, 1982 Mt. Palomar Observatory 1st to detect Halley's comet on 13th return
October 16, 1982 Shultz warns U.S. will withdraw from United Nations if they vote to exclude Israel
October 16, 1982 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test
October 16, 1981 2nd Dutch government of Van Agt resigns
October 16, 1981 Harvey Fierstein's "Torch Song Trilogy," premieres in New York City
October 16, 1980 "Brigadoon" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 133 performances
October 16, 1980 China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
October 16, 1978 Nobel prize for economy awarded to Herbert A Simon
October 16, 1978 Polish Cardinal Karol Wojtyla elected supreme pontiff-John Paul II
October 16, 1978 Test debut of Kapil Dev, India vs. Pakistan at Faisalabad
October 16, 1976 Soyuz 23 returns to Earth
October 16, 1976 Toronto Maple Leaf Lanny McDonald scores a hat trick in 2 min 54 sec
October 16, 1974 A's Ken Holtzman, who hasn't batted all season, belts 3rd inning home run in Game 4 and gets the win, 5-2
October 16, 1973 Israeli tanks under Gen Sharon move through Suez Canal
October 16, 1973 Kissinger and Le Duc Tho jointly awarded Nobel peace prize
October 16, 1973 Maynard Jackson elected 1st black mayor of Atlanta
October 16, 1973 Monks Heng Yo and Heng Ju, start 1000 mile San Francisco to Seattle pilgrimage
October 16, 1972 "Pacific Paradise" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 5 performances
October 16, 1972 Creedence Clearwater Revival breaks up
October 16, 1971 Amphitheater in McLaren Park is dedicated in San Francisco
October 16, 1970 Anwar Sadat elected president of Egypt, succeeding Gamal Abdel Nasser
October 16, 1969 100-1 shot New York Mets beat Orioles 5-3 and win 66th World Series in 5
October 16, 1969 Soyuz 6 returns to Earth
October 16, 1969 Met Cleon Jones awarded 1st base when shoe polish on ball proves he is hit by a pitch, he scores on a HR in World Series
October 16, 1968 China reports removal of president Li Sjao-tji
October 16, 1968 Czechoslovakia and Russian "accord" rules allies Soviet forces
October 16, 1968 During Olympics Tommie Smith and John Carlos give black power salute
October 16, 1968 Milwaukee Bucks play their 1st game losing 89-84 to Chicago Bulls
October 16, 1968 Jim Dorey sets Toronto Maple Leaf penalty records (48 mins on 9 penalties in a game and 44 minutes on 7 penalties in a period)
October 16, 1967 WETK TV channel 33 in Burlington, VT (PBS) begins broadcasting
October 16, 1967 WGNO TV channel 26 in New Orleans, Louisiana (ABC) begins broadcasting
October 16, 1966 Joean Baez and 123 other ani-draft protestors arrested in Oakland
October 16, 1965 "Drat! - The Cat!" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 8 performances
October 16, 1965 Singer Leslie Uggams marries Grahame Pratt in New York City
October 16, 1964 Brezhnev and Kosygin replace Khrushchev as head of Russia
October 16, 1964 China becomes world's 5th nuclear power
October 16, 1964 Harold Wilson's Labour party wins British election
October 16, 1964 Indians' directors vote to keep franchise in Cleveland, rejecting bids by Seattle, Oakland and Dallas
October 16, 1963 2 secret U.S. military satellites launched from Cape Canaveral
October 16, 1963 New York newspaper "Mirror" last edition
October 16, 1962 Byron R. White becomes a Supreme Court Justice
October 16, 1962 Cuban missile crisis began as John F. Kennedy becomes aware of missiles in Cuba
October 16, 1962 KTXT TV channel 5 in Lubbock, Texas (PBS) begins broadcasting
October 16, 1962 Yanks (20th championship) beat San Francisco Giants 4 games to 3 in World Series
October 16, 1962 New York Yankees appear in 12 and win 9 of last 14 World Series
October 16, 1960 NL votes to admit Houston and New York to league
October 16, 1958 Benjamin Britten's "Nocturne," premieres
October 16, 1958 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
October 16, 1957 Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip visits Williamsburg Virginia
October 16, 1957 USAF sends 2 aluminium bullets into space
October 16, 1956 "Love Me Tender" with Elvis Presley premieres
October 16, 1956 William J. Brennan, Jr. becomes a Supreme Court Justice
October 16, 1952 Pakistan's 1st Test starts, vs. India at Delhi
October 16, 1952 Woolworth's at Powell and Market (SF) opens
October 16, 1949 WDAF TV channel 4 in Kansas City, Missouri (NBC) begins broadcasting
October 16, 1948 "Red Mill" opens at Ziegfeld Theater New York City for 831 performances
October 16, 1948 Demonstration by Moscow Jews honoring Israeli ambassador Golda Meir
October 16, 1946 10 Nazi leaders hanged as war criminals after Nuremberg trials
October 16, 1945 UN's Food and Agriculture Organization comes into existence
October 16, 1944 Hungary: Horthy government falls/nazi count Szalasi becomes premier
October 16, 1943 Anti Jewish riot in Rome
October 16, 1943 Chicago Mayor Ed Kelly opens city's new subway system
October 16, 1943 Jewish quarter of Rome surrounded by Nazis, they are sent to Auschwitz
October 16, 1943 U.S. 1st Army establishes headquarter in Bristol
October 16, 1942 Aaron Copland/de Milles ballet "Rodeo," premieres in New York City
October 16, 1942 Cyclone in Bay of Bengal kills some 40,000 south of Calcutta India
October 16, 1942 Natl Boxing Association freezes titles of those serving in armed services
October 16, 1941 "Gordo" comic strip (by Gus Arriola) 1st appears in newspapers
October 16, 1941 Germany advances within 60 miles of Moscow
October 16, 1941 Romanian Legionnaires enter Odessa Russia
October 16, 1940 Benjamin Oliver Davis Sr named 1st black general in regular army
October 16, 1940 Lottery for 1st U.S. WW II draftees held; #158 drawn 1st
October 16, 1940 Warsaw Ghetto forms
October 16, 1939 Sugar rationing begins in Netherlands
October 16, 1936 Lou Gehrig, is voted AL MVP by BBWAA
October 16, 1934 Mao Tse-tung and 25,000 troops begin 6,000 mile Long March
October 16, 1931 Trunk murderess Winnie Ruth Judd chops 1st
October 16, 1928 Mickey Cochrane wins AL MVP honors, edging Heinie Manush by 2 points
October 16, 1926 Mohammed Nadir Khan begins coup in Afghanistan, 1200 killed
October 16, 1926 Troop ship sinks in Yangtze River, killing 1,200
October 16, 1925 Peace accord of Locarno signed (Rhine Pact)
October 16, 1925 Texas School Board prohibits teaching of evolution
October 16, 1923 Disney company founded
October 16, 1923 John Harwood patents self-winding watch (Switzerland)
October 16, 1921 Babe Ruth, Bob Meusel, and Bill Piercy defy Landis ban on World Series
October 16, 1921 Jim Conzelman takes over as coach of Rock Island Independents from Frank Coughlin-only mid-game coaching change in NFL history
October 16, 1916 Dodger manager Wilbert Robinson given $5,000 bonus
October 16, 1916 Margaret Sanger opens 1st birth control clinic (46 Amboy St, Bkln)
October 16, 1916 T. E. Lawrence meets with Fasal Hoessein
October 16, 1915 Great Britain declares war on Bulgaria
October 16, 1913 Booth Theater opens at 222 W 44th St. New York City
October 16, 1912 Arnold Schonberg's "Pierrot Lunaire," premieres
October 16, 1912 Boston beats New York Giants, 4 games to 3 with a tie in 9th World Series
October 16, 1909 Jack Johnson KOs Stanley Ketchel in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
October 16, 1909 Pirates beat Tigers 4 games to 3 in 6th World Series
October 16, 1908 Edmonton Rugby Foot-ball Club re-organizes as Esquimoux
October 16, 1907 Belasco Theater opens at 111 W 44th St. New York City
October 16, 1907 David Belasco's "Grand Army Man," premieres in New York City
October 16, 1904 Russian Baltic fleet departs to Port Arthur
October 16, 1903 Homel, 1st Jewish self defense organization founded in Russia
October 16, 1900 Queen Wilhelmina leaves duke Heinrich "Henry" von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
October 16, 1876 Race riot at Cainhoy South Carolina (5 whites and 1 black killed)
October 16, 1875 1st Quebec vs Ontario football game, Ontario wins
October 16, 1869 Hotel in Boston becomes 1st to have indoor plumbing
October 16, 1867 Alaska adopts Gregorian calendar, crosses International date line
October 16, 1863 Grant is given command of Union forces in West
October 16, 1861 Confederacy starts selling postage stamps
October 16, 1859 John Brown leads 20 in raid on federal arsenal, Harper's Ferry, Va
October 16, 1852 Dutch Government recognize Catholics right to organize
October 16, 1849 Avery College establishes in Allegheny, Pennsylvania
October 16, 1849 British seize Tigre Island in Gulf of Fonseca from Honduras
October 16, 1848 1st U.S. homeopathic medical college opens in Pennsylvania
October 16, 1847 Charlotte Bronte's book "Jane Eyre" published
October 16, 1846 Dentist William T Morton demonstrates effectiveness of ether
October 16, 1841 Queens University in Kingston is chartered
October 16, 1834 London parliament catches fire; historic documents burn
October 16, 1829 Tremont Hotel, 1st U.S. modern hotel opens (Boston)
October 16, 1813 Battle at Leipzig (Napoleon vs Prussia, Austria and Russia)
October 16, 1795 M von Bohms "Oorlogscantate" premieres
October 16, 1781 Washington takes Yorktown
October 16, 1775 Portland, Maine burned by British
October 16, 1757 Austrian troops occupy Berlin
October 16, 1710 British troops occupies Port Royal, Nova Scotia
October 16, 1674 Emperor Leopold I fires chancellor Furst Wenzel Lobkowitz
October 16, 1600 Olivier van Noorts ships reach Philippines
October 16, 1551 English Edward Seymour duke of Somerset re-arrested
October 16, 1502 Storm ravages Friese coast
October 16, 1492 Columbus' fleet anchors at "Fernandina" (Long Island, Bahamas)
October 16, 1311 Council of Vienne (15th ecumenical council) opens

October 15 Deaths in History

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October 15, 2000 Vincent Canby, critic, dies at 76
October 15, 1996 Bernard Frank, oriental scholar/writer, dies at 69
October 15, 1995 Arthur Carleton Hetherington, public servant, dies at 82
October 15, 1995 Phil Sidey, broadcaster, dies at 69
October 15, 1994 Hannes Wustinger, Austrian race car driver, dies at 29
October 15, 1994 Jean Daste, French actor (Zero de Conduite, L'Atalante), dies at 90
October 15, 1994 Karl Edward Wagner, writer, dies at 48
October 15, 1994 Sarah Kofman, philosopher, dies at 60
October 15, 1994 Wilhelmus HL "Willem" Tollenaar, actor and director (Elkerlyc), dies at 82
October 15, 1993 Ken E Jones, musician (New Amsterdam Symph Orch), dies of AIDS at 34
October 15, 1992 Dorothy Helen Baker, mother of Diane Baker, dies at 78
October 15, 1991 Hotze de Roos, carpenter/kid book writer (Chameleon series), dies
October 15, 1990 Delphine Seyrig, dies of lung disease at 58
October 15, 1990 Leonard Bernstein, composer (West Side Story), dies at 72
October 15, 1987 Thomas Sankara, president of Burkina Faso, dies
October 15, 1985 Meret Oppenheim, writer, dies at 72
October 15, 1983 Pat O'Brien, actor (Some like it hot), dies of heart attack at 83
October 15, 1982 Elsie Randolph, actress (That'll Make You Whistle), dies
October 15, 1981 Frank DeKova, actor (Chief Wild Eagle-F Troop), dies
October 15, 1981 Justin Jud Strunk Jr, comedian (Laugh In), dies at 48
October 15, 1977 Ralph Truman, actor (Henry V, Treasure Island), dies at 77
October 15, 1976 Carlo Gambino, U.S. gangster, dies at 74
October 15, 1969 Rod[erique] La Rocque, U.S. western actor (Mystery Woman), dies
October 15, 1969 Shermake, president of (Somalia), murdered
October 15, 1968 Bea Benaderet, New York City, actress (Kate-Petticoat Junction), dies at 62
October 15, 1968 Franz Reizenstein, composer, dies at 57
October 15, 1965 Carl Hoff, orch leader (Music Hall), dies at 60
October 15, 1964 Cole Porter, composer (Still of the Night), dies at 73
October 15, 1963 Edmond Fleg[enheimer], Swiss/French writer (Ecoute Israel), dies
October 15, 1960 Clara Kimball Young, actress (Return of Chandu), dies of stroke at 70
October 15, 1960 Henny Porten, silent screen actress (Mother Love), dies at 70
October 15, 1960 Maude Eburne, actress (Ladies They Talk About, Guardsman), dies at 84
October 15, 1958 John C Poortenaar, painter/etcher/cartoonist, dies at 72
October 15, 1958 John Hamilton, actor (Perry White-Superman), dies at 61
October 15, 1955 Fumio Hayasaka, composer, dies at 41
October 15, 1949 Laszlo Rajk, Hungarian Secretary of State/Foreign minister, hanged
October 15, 1946 Hermann Goering, Nazi Reichmarshal, poisons himself in prison
October 15, 1945 Pierre Laval, former premier of Vichy France, executed at 62
October 15, 1944 Philip Mechanicus, journalist, executed in Auschwitz-Birkenau
October 15, 1942 Dirk Bannink, nurse/local counciller Deventer, executed
October 15, 1937 James Marcus, actor (Clockwork Orange), dies at 60
October 15, 1934 Raymond Poincare, premier/president France (1913-20), dies at 74
October 15, 1917 Mata Hari, Dutch dancer/German spy, executed by firing squad in Paris
October 15, 1915 Paul Scheerbart, [Bruno Kufer], German writer (Tarub), dies at 52
October 15, 1914 Aleksander Rozycki, composer, dies at 69
October 15, 1910 Stanley "Midnight Assassin" Ketchel, HW boxing champ, shot and killed
October 15, 1900 Zdenek Fibich, composer, dies at 49
October 15, 1883 Francesco Schira, composer, dies at 74
October 15, 1819 F Louise W, daughter of viceroy Willem V, dies at 48
October 15, 1817 Tadeusz AB Kosciusko, Polish lt-general/freedom fighter, dies
October 15, 1690 Juan de Valdes Leal, Spanish painter/sculptor, dies at 68
October 15, 1682 John Ferrabosco, composer, dies at 56
October 15, 1605 Abul-Fath Djalal-ud-Din, Mogol keizer of India (1556-1605), dies at 63
October 15, 1595 Abu al-Faiz ibn Mubarak Faizi, Persian-Dutch E indies poet, dies at 48
October 15, 1539 Reynier Brunt, procureur-general of Court of Holland, dies
October 15, 1524 Joachim Patinir, Flemish landscape painter, dies at about 45
October 15, 1512 Antoon Keldermans, Flem builder (Middelburg town hall), dies at 72
October 15, 1389 Urbanus VI, [Bartolomeo Prignano], Italian pope (1378-89), dies
October 15, 1271 Hostiensis, [Henricus the Segusia], cardinal/bishop of Ostia, dies
October 15, 1268 Dirk II, mister of Valkenburg, dies
October 15, 1080 Rudolf von Schwaben, German anti-King, dies
October 15, 892 Al-Mutamid, kalief of Abbasiden, dies

October 15 Birthdays in History

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October 15, 1991 Owen Joseph Kline, son of Phoebe Cates and Kevin Kline
October 15, 1979 Mahana Ka'ahumanu Walters, Miss Hawaii Teen USA, 3rd-1997
October 15, 1978 Cheryl Crowe, Miss Delaware Teen USA 1997
October 15, 1978 Devon Gummersall, Colo, actor, Relativity, Brian-My So Called Life
October 15, 1973 Susannah Kate Pryde, Auckland NZ, road race cyclist 1996 Olympics
October 15, 1972 Fred Hoiberg, NBA guard for the Indiana Pacers
October 15, 1971 Angelia Savage, Miss USA-Florida, 1997, top 6
October 15, 1971 Bernardo Harris, NFL linebacker, Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31
October 15, 1971 Roland McGhee, Flint Michigan, long jumper
October 15, 1970 Cooper Harris, CFL linebacker for the Hamilton Tiger Cats
October 15, 1970 Lonnie Palelei, guard for the New York Jets
October 15, 1969 Curtis Cotton, NFL/WLAF cornerback, Oak Raiders, Frankfurt Galaxy
October 15, 1968 George Koonce, NFL linebacker, Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31
October 15, 1968 Meredith Rainey, born in Brooklyn, New York, 800m runner
October 15, 1967 Carlos Garcia, Venezuela, infielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates
October 15, 1966 Douglas Vipond, British pop drummer, Deacon Blue-Raintown
October 15, 1966 Jeffrey Jacquet, Bay City Texas, actor, Mork and Mindy, Whiz Kids
October 15, 1965 Daniel Held, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 10k runner
October 15, 1963 Angela Rock, Lakewood California, WPVA volleyballer, U.S. Open-1992
October 15, 1963 Stanley Menzo, Suriname/Dutch soccer goaltender, Ajax/PSV
October 15, 1962 Susan DeMattei, born in San Francisco, California, cyclist 1996 Olympics bronze
October 15, 1959 Sarah Magaret Fergusson, [Fergie], born in London, England, Duchess of York
October 15, 1958 Jayne Modean, Hartford, Connecticut, actress, Nurse Hooter-Trauma Center
October 15, 1955 Cathy Ladman, comedienne, Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
October 15, 1955 Kristine Winder, Vancouver BC, playmate, Oct, 1977
October 15, 1955 Tanya Roberts, [Leigh], born in Bronx, New York, actress, Charlie's Angels, Sheena
October 15, 1955 Victor Pecci, Paraguay, tennis star
October 15, 1954 Jere Burns, Cambridge MS, actor, Something So Right, Kirk-Dear John
October 15, 1954 Kip Byrne, born in Detroit, Michigan, Canadian Tour golfer, Mich State Jr-1970-71
October 15, 1953 Larry Miller, New York City, comedian/actor, Larry-Pursuit Of Happiness
October 15, 1953 [Toriano] Tito Jackson, singer, Jackson 5-ABC, Never Can Say Goodbye
October 15, 1951 Frank Dimino, Washington D.C., rock vocalist, Angel
October 15, 1951 Roscoe Tanner, tennis player, Wimbledon Finals 1979
October 15, 1950 Chris De Burgh, [Davidson], Argent/Irish rock vocalist, Lady in Red
October 15, 1950 Koos van der Vaart, Dutch MP, PvdA
October 15, 1948 Aleksandr S Puchkov, Russian colonel/cosmonaut
October 15, 1947 Lynn Lowry, E St. Louis, Illinois, actress, Cat People, Crazies
October 15, 1946 Richard Carpenter, New Haven, Connecticut, vocalist, Carpenters-Close to You
October 15, 1946 Victor Banerjee, Calcutta India, actor, A Passage to India
October 15, 1945 Jim Palmer, New York City, Oriole pitcher/sportscaster/jockey underwear salesman
October 15, 1945 Steven Camacho, cricketer, WI batsman early seventies
October 15, 1944 Mac Collins, Rep-R-Georgia
October 15, 1942 Don Stevenson, born in Seattle, Washington rock drummer, Moby Grape
October 15, 1942 James A Leach, Rep-R-Iowa, 1977-
October 15, 1942 Penny Marshall, born in Bronx, New York, actress, Odd Couple, Laverne and Shirley
October 15, 1939 Carmelo Bossi, Italy, light middleweight boxer 1960 Olympics silver
October 15, 1938 Marvin E "Marv" Johnson, U.S. gospel/R&B singer, Move 2 mountains
October 15, 1938 Rafael Aponte-Ledee, composer
October 15, 1937 Anthony Hopkins, clinical neurologist
October 15, 1937 Barry McGuire, Oklahoma City, singer, Eve of Destruction
October 15, 1937 Linda Lavin, Portland Maine, actress, Alice, Barney Miller
October 15, 1936 Kari Rydman, composer
October 15, 1935 Bobby Joe Morrow, Brownsville, Texas, sprinter, Olympic-3 gold-1956
October 15, 1935 Hans Croiset, Dutch theatre director/actor, Witte Waan
October 15, 1935 Murdo Alexander MacLeod, minister
October 15, 1934 Peter Haskell, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Bracken's World, Rituals
October 15, 1932 Jaan Raats, composer
October 15, 1932 Riekus Waskowsky, poet
October 15, 1930 Fela Ransome/Anikulapo Kuti, Nigerian singer/saxophonist
October 15, 1930 Phillipe Leroy, Paris, France, actor, Night Porter, Leonardo da Vinci
October 15, 1928 Mark Lenard, actor, Mr Spock's dad Sarek-Star Trek
October 15, 1927 Mary Perot Nichols, journalist
October 15, 1927 Oswald Moxley Gibbs, diplomat
October 15, 1926 Evan Hunter, [Ed McBain], American writer, Blackboard Jungle
October 15, 1926 Jean Peters, born in Canton, Ohio, actress, Viva Zapata!, Apache, Deep Waters
October 15, 1926 Karl Richter, composer
October 15, 1926 Michel Foucault, French philosopher, History of Sexuality
October 15, 1926 Paul-Michel Foucault, French philosopher, Les Mots et les Choses
October 15, 1925 Mickey Baker, rocker
October 15, 1924 Colin Romoff, New York City, orch leader, Andy Williams Show
October 15, 1924 Lee A Iacocca, CEO, Chrysler Corp
October 15, 1924 Nigel Green, South Africa, actor, Skull, Tobruk, Ipcress File
October 15, 1924 Lee Iacocca, American Businessman
October 15, 1923 Italo Calvino, Cuba, author, Winter's Night a Traveler
October 15, 1921 Angelica Rozeanu, Romanian table tennis player, World Champ 1950-55
October 15, 1921 Gul Mahomed, cricketer, Indian and Pakistani batsman
October 15, 1921 Mario Puzo, New York City, novelist, Godfather, Cotton Club, Earthquake
October 15, 1919 Edwin C Tubb, Brits sci-fi writer, Earth is Heaven, Earthfall
October 15, 1919 Howard Frank Trayton Smith, diplomat/head, MI5
October 15, 1917 Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., Ohio, historian, 1946 Pulitzer-Age of Jackson
October 15, 1917 Jan Miner, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Crime Photographer
October 15, 1915 W Weyrauch, writer
October 15, 1913 Klaus Barbie, gestapo chief, Lyon
October 15, 1911 James H[enry] Schmitz, Germany, sci-fi author, Lion Game
October 15, 1910 Xenophon Balaskas, cricketer, South African leg-spinner of 30's
October 15, 1909 Robert Trout, Wake County, North Carolina, newscaster, ABC
October 15, 1908 John Kenneth Galbraith, economist, Affluent Society-58 Hillman Award
October 15, 1907 John "Cardinal" Dearden, U.S. cardinal, 1969-88, /archbishop of Detroit
October 15, 1905 Alexey Kozlovsky, composer
October 15, 1905 Charles P Snow, England, novelist/scientist, Death Under Sail
October 15, 1905 Dag Ivar Wiren, composer
October 15, 1905 Edna Deanne Fuelling, dancer choreographer/drama teacher
October 15, 1904 Julian Hodge, British financier/multi-millionaire, Hodge Group
October 15, 1902 Andrey Yakolevich Shtogarenko, composer
October 15, 1902 William Edmundson, Spokane, Washington vocalist, Southernaires
October 15, 1901 Bernard von Brentano, German writer, Big Cats
October 15, 1901 Hermann Abs, director, Deutsche Bank, /Hitler's advisor
October 15, 1901 Robert Bromston Thesiger Daniell, soldier
October 15, 1900 Fritz Feld, Berlin Germany, actor, Jack Benny Show, At the Circus
October 15, 1900 Mervyn LeRoy, movie producer, Devil at 4 O'Clock
October 15, 1898 Gunther Ramin, composer
October 15, 1896 Melville Cooper, Birmingham England, TV panelist, I Got a Secret
October 15, 1895 Alfred Neumann, German playwright, Devil
October 15, 1893 Charles II, King of Romania, 1930-40
October 15, 1892 Ina Claire, [Fagan], Washington D.C., actress, Ninotchika
October 15, 1890 Arcady Dubensky, composer
October 15, 1881 P. G. Wodehouse, British-American writer, Stiff Upper Lip Jeeves
October 15, 1879 Jane Darwell, [Patti Woodward], Palmyra, Missouri, actress, Huckleberry Finn
October 15, 1879 Sara Allgood, Dublin Ireland, actress, Blackmail, Storm in a Teacup
October 15, 1878 Paul Reynaud, premier France, May-June 1940
October 15, 1874 Otallo Morales, composer
October 15, 1865 Walther Amelung, German archaeologist
October 15, 1859 Jaime de Magalhes Lima, Portuguese author and poet, Salmos do Prisoneiro
October 15, 1858 Frank Valentine Van der Stucken, composer
October 15, 1858 John L Sullivan, Massachusetts, heavyweight boxing champ, 1882-92
October 15, 1856 R G Nivelle, French military man
October 15, 1852 Wilhelm Posse, composer
October 15, 1851 George F Moore, U.S. theologist, Hebrews, Old Testament
October 15, 1844 Friedrich Nietzsche, Germany, philosopher
October 15, 1836 Thomas Lafayette Rosser, Mjr General Confederate Army, died in 1910
October 15, 1833 Klaas Kater, Dutch Christian Worker's Union Leader
October 15, 1832 Henry Harrison Walker, Brig General Confederate Army, died in 1912
October 15, 1831 Helen Maria Hunt Jackson, author, Ramona
October 15, 1829 Asaph Hall, discovered satellites of Mars, Phobos and Deimos
October 15, 1822 Alfred Meissner, Austrian physician/writer
October 15, 1819 Marinus FAG Campbell, bibliography/literary
October 15, 1818 Irvin McDowell, Major General Union volunteers, died in 1885
October 15, 1816 Amiel Weeks Whipple, Major General Union volunteers, died in 1863
October 15, 1799 August Ferdinand Haeser, composer
October 15, 1795 Frederik Willem IV, king of Prussia, 1840-61, /Germany, 1849-61
October 15, 1785 Jose Miguel Carrera, president of Chile, 1811-14
October 15, 1784 Thomas Hastings, composer
October 15, 1779 Johan O Wallin, Swedish poet/songwriter/archbishop, Dodens Engel
October 15, 1775 Bernhard Henrik Crusell, composer
October 15, 1762 Samuel Adams Holyoke, composer
October 15, 1761 Peter Gronland, composer
October 15, 1674 Robert Herrick, Massachusetts, British poet, Together
October 15, 1550 Henry, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg/brother of William of Orange
October 15, 1542 Djalalud-Din Mohammed Akbar, emperor of India, 1556-1605
October 15, 70 Publius Vergilius Maro, Roman leader/poet, Bucolica, Aeneis

October 15 Events in History

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October 15, 2005 Qinghai-Tibet Railway is completed in China
October 15, 2003 China sends Yang Liwei into orbit, the third country to have successfully sent a person into space
October 15, 1997 Britain's Andy Green sets jet-powered car record (763.035 mph)
October 15, 1997 Cleveland Indians beat Baltimore Orioles 4 games to 2 in ALCS
October 15, 1997 Former rep Dan Rostenkowski released from custody for mail fraud
October 15, 1997 New York jury awards boxer Mitch Green $45,000 in civil lawsuit against Mike Tyson, for street brawl in 1988
October 15, 1997 U.S. launches nuclear powered Cassini to Saturn
October 15, 1995 Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA World Championship of Women's Golf
October 15, 1995 Carolina Panthers win 1st game ever beating New York Jets 26-15
October 15, 1994 Botswana President Ketumile Masires BDP wins parliamentary election
October 15, 1994 President Jean-Baptiste Aristide returns to Haiti
October 15, 1993 Amstel brewery on Curaeao produces 1,000,000,000th bottle
October 15, 1993 Guardian Angel Lisa Evers Sliwa files for divorce from Curtis Sliwa
October 15, 1993 Nelson Mandela and South Africa President F W de Klerk awarded Nobel Peace Prize
October 15, 1992 Charles Taylor launches an offensive against Monrovia Liberia
October 15, 1992 Howard Stern radio show begins broadcasting on WLUP-AM, Chicago
October 15, 1992 New York City Subway motorman Robert Ray convicted of manslaughter in death of 5 riders, when he fell asleep drunk while in control of train
October 15, 1991 Clarence Thomas is confirmed as Supreme Court Justice
October 15, 1990 Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev wins Nobel Peace Prize
October 15, 1989 Billy Graham is given 1,900th star on Hollywood Blvd
October 15, 1989 South Africa President FW de Klerk frees Sisulu and 4 other political prisoners
October 15, 1989 South african ANC-founder/leader Walter Sisulu freed
October 15, 1989 Wayne Gretzky passes Gordie Howes as NHL's all time top scorer
October 15, 1988 Amnesty International's Global Concert Tour ends in Buenos Aires
October 15, 1988 NCAA record rushing yardage (768 yards-Oklahoma)
October 15, 1988 With 2 outs in bottom of 9th, an injured Kirk Gibson hits dramatic 2 run HR to gives Dodgers a 5-4 win in 1st game of World Series
October 15, 1987 "Late Nite Comic" opens at Ritz Theater New York City for 4 performances
October 15, 1987 6th Belgium government of Martens falls
October 15, 1987 Coup in Burkina Faso, president Sankara dies
October 15, 1987 Lanford Wilson's "Burn This," premieres in New York City
October 15, 1987 NFL Players Association orders an end to 24 day strike
October 15, 1986 Longest post season game, Mets beat Astros 7-6 in 16 and win NL pennant
October 15, 1985 Nobel prize for economics awarded to Franco Modigliani
October 15, 1985 Shuttle Columbia carries Spacelab into orbit
October 15, 1985 Shelley Taylor of Australia makes fastest swim ever around Manhattan Island, doing it in 6 hours 12 minutes 29 seconds
October 15, 1984 Central Intelligence Agency's Information Act passes
October 15, 1984 Centrum party expels 2nd Member of parliament Janmaat due to fraud
October 15, 1983 Black Hawks and Maple Leafs combine for fastest 5 goals (84 seconds)
October 15, 1983 Columbia beats Yale 21-18 in football, will lose next 44 games
October 15, 1983 U.S. Marine sharpshooters kill 5 snipers at Beirut International Airport
October 15, 1981 New York Yankees capture 33rd AL pennant, sweeping 3 games from Oakland A's
October 15, 1980 Nobel prize for economy awarded to Lawrence R Klein
October 15, 1979 1st Monday night game from New York City, Jets beat Vikings 14-7 (Shea Stad)
October 15, 1979 Chinese premier Hwa Kwofeng visits Paris
October 15, 1979 Military coup in El Salvador: president/general Carlos Romero flees
October 15, 1979 New York Knicks retire 2nd number, # 10, Walt Frazier
October 15, 1978 Silvia Bertolaccini wins LPGA Civitan Golf Open
October 15, 1978 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R.
October 15, 1977 Arkansas' Steve Little kicks a record tying 67 yard field goal
October 15, 1977 Debbie Boone's "You Light Up My Life," goes #1 and stays #1 for 10 weeks
October 15, 1977 Don Ritchie runs world record 100 mile (11:30:51)
October 15, 1976 1st debate of major-ticket VP nominees Mondale (D) vs Dole (R)
October 15, 1976 Ringo releases "A Dose of Rock 'n' Roll"
October 15, 1975 Iceland moves International boundary from 50 to 200 miles
October 15, 1974 National Guard mobilizes to restore order in Boston school busing
October 15, 1974 Nobel prize for chemistry awarded to Paul J Flory (macro molecules)
October 15, 1974 Washington Capitals 1st NHL tie, playing Los Angeles Kings to 1-1 tie
October 15, 1973 7th Country Music Association Award: Roy Clark wins
October 15, 1973 Tanks attack Thailand demonstrating students, 300 killed
October 15, 1972 61st Davis Cup: USA beats Romania in Bucharest (3-2)
October 15, 1972 Omni in Atlanta opens - Hawks beat New York Knicks 109-101
October 15, 1970 Anwar Sadat elected president of Egypt
October 15, 1970 Baltimore Orioles beat Cin Reds, 4 games to 1 in 67th World Series
October 15, 1970 Bridge over Yarra River in Melbourne crashes; killing 35
October 15, 1970 Russian passenger flight hijacked to Turkey
October 15, 1969 Bank of America World Headquarters (555 California) dedicated
October 15, 1969 Madison Square Garden TV Network begins (Rangers vs. North Stars)
October 15, 1969 New York Met Ron Swoboda's spectacular diving catch of sinking liner with runners at 1st and 3rd in 9th, Mets win in 10th in World Series game
October 15, 1969 Oriole Earl Weaver becomes 1st manager ejected in a World Series
October 15, 1969 Vietnam Moratorium Day; millions nationwide protest the war
October 15, 1968 AL expansion draft, Kansas City pick Roger Nelson and Pilots pick Don Mincher 1st
October 15, 1966 Australia bans Troggs' "I Can't Control Myself," as "terribly obscene"
October 15, 1966 Lyndon Baines Johnson signs a bill creating Department of Transportation (DOT)
October 15, 1965 Dodgers and Sandy Koufax win 7th game of 62nd World Series vs Twins
October 15, 1965 WEMT (now WVII) TV channel 7 in Bangor, ME (ABC) begins broadcasting
October 15, 1964 Craig Breedlove sets auto speed record of 846.97 kph
October 15, 1964 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. awarded Nobel Peace Prize
October 15, 1964 Kosygin and Brezhnev replace Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev
October 15, 1964 St. Louis Cardinals beat New York Yankees, 4 games to 3 in 61st World Series
October 15, 1964 New York Yankees appears in 14 and win 9 of last 16 World Series
October 15, 1963 Ludwig Erhard follows Conrad Adenauer as West German Chancellor
October 15, 1962 Byron R White appointed to Supreme Court
October 15, 1962 WLOX TV channel 13 in Biloxi-Gulfport, MS (ABC) begins broadcasting
October 15, 1960 "Laughs and Other Events" closes at Barrymore Theater New York City after 8 performances
October 15, 1959 "Untouchables" premieres
October 15, 1959 KNDO TV channel 23 in Yakima, WA (NBC) begins broadcasting
October 15, 1958 Tunisia drops diplomatic relations with Egypt
October 15, 1958 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.
October 15, 1957 Giants trade Minneapolis franchise to Red Sox for San Francisco Seals-franchises only, not the players
October 15, 1956 Pyotr Bolotnikov runs world record 10k (28:42.8)
October 15, 1956 William J Brennan, Jr. appointed to Supreme Court
October 15, 1956 Yankees Enos Slaughter scores from 1st on a single in World Series
October 15, 1954 Hurricane Hazel strikes U.S. and Canada, 348 die
October 15, 1954 KLTV TV channel 7 in Tyler-Longview, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting
October 15, 1953 John Patrick's "Teahouse of the Red Moon," premieres in New York City
October 15, 1953 KOIN TV channel 6 in Portland, OR (CBS) begins broadcasting
October 15, 1953 WJNL (now WFAT) TV channel 19 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania (IND) begins
October 15, 1952 Arthur Laurent's "Time of the Cuckoo," premieres in New York City
October 15, 1951 "I Love Lucy" debuts on CBS TV
October 15, 1951 Egyptian parliament accept denounces Suez Canal Treaty
October 15, 1949 Administration of territory of Manipur taken over by Indian government
October 15, 1949 Billy Graham begins his ministry
October 15, 1949 Tripura accedes to Indian union
October 15, 1948 China's Red army occupies Chinchov
October 15, 1946 Smallest World Series share since 1918 (Cards $3,748, Red Sox $2,140)
October 15, 1946 St. Louis Cardinals beat Boston Red Sox, 4 games to 3 in 43rd World Series
October 15, 1946 Enos Slaughter scores from 1st on a single in World Series
October 15, 1945 Baseball Attendance hits record 10.28 million (Tigers 1.28 is highest)
October 15, 1942 German 6th Army occupies Tractorenfabriek, 3,000 German's die
October 15, 1941 1st mass deportation of German Jews to Eastern Europe
October 15, 1941 Japan Tojo regime forms
October 15, 1941 Jews caught outside Polish Ghetto walls could be put to death
October 15, 1940 Heavy German air raid on London, 400 killed
October 15, 1940 London's Waterloo Station bombed by Germans
October 15, 1939 LaGuardia Airport opens in New York City
October 15, 1939 Yeshiva of Mir closes after 124 years
October 15, 1938 Robert Sherwoods "Abe Lincoln in Illinois," premieres in New York City
October 15, 1937 Ernest Hemingway novel "To Have and Have Not" published
October 15, 1937 Rather than accept any trade offers, the Yanks release Tony Lazzeri
October 15, 1935 NHL's St. Louis Eagles fold
October 15, 1933 Philadelphia Eagles play 1st NFL game, lose to New York Giants 56-0
October 15, 1928 German dirigible "Graf Zeppelin" lands in Lakehurst, NJ
October 15, 1928 Walter Johnson signs a 3-year contract to manage the Senators
October 15, 1926 Austria government of Seipel, forms
October 15, 1926 Philip Barry's "White Wings!," premieres in New York City
October 15, 1925 Pittsburgh Pirates beat Washington Senators, 4 games to 3 in 22nd World Series
October 15, 1925 Willem Landre's opera "Beatrice" premiers in The Hague
October 15, 1924 President Coolidge declares Statue of Liberty a national monument
October 15, 1923 New York Yankees 1st World Series win beating New York Giants, 4 games to 2
October 15, 1919 14 horses begin 300-mile race from Vt to Mass for $1000 prize money
October 15, 1918 British Q-ship Cymric sinks British submarine J6
October 15, 1917 Chicago White Sox beat New York Giants, 4 games to 2 in 14th World Series
October 15, 1914 ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) founded
October 15, 1914 Battle of Warsaw, begins (ends Oct 21)
October 15, 1914 Clayton Anti-trust Act passed (union and strike rights)
October 15, 1913 Train crash in Liverpool during "Black Week"
October 15, 1912 Red Sox Tris Speaker's makes only world series unassisted double play, from the outfield
October 15, 1905 Claude Debussy's "La Mer," premieres
October 15, 1905 Union workers at NVV rejects safety demands
October 15, 1899 Cincinnati closes season with 16-1 and 19-3 victories over Cleveland Spiders
October 15, 1897 Aaron/Samuel Bloch carry 1st Mail Pouch
October 15, 1897 King Leopold II takes Belgian crown
October 15, 1894 Capt Alfred Dreyfus arrested accused of espionage
October 15, 1890 Alabama Penny Savings Bank organizes in Birmingham
October 15, 1889 Amsterdam Central Station officially opens
October 15, 1885 Hoss Radbourne pitches his 60th win of season
October 15, 1883 Supreme Court declares Civil Rights Act of 1875 unconstitutional
October 15, 1881 1st American fishing magazine, American Angler published
October 15, 1880 Koln cathedral completed, 633 years after it begun
October 15, 1878 Edison Electric Light Company incorporated
October 15, 1877 45th Congress (1877-79) convenes
October 15, 1874 Child labor law takes 12 year olds out of work force
October 15, 1866 Great fire in Quebec destroys 2,500 houses
October 15, 1864 Confederate troops occupy Glasgow, Missouri
October 15, 1863 Cliff House opens in San Francisco (1st of many on site)
October 15, 1860 11-year-old Grace Bedell writes to Lincoln, tells him to grow a beard
October 15, 1846 Dr. William Thomas Green Morton 1st public use of ether
October 15, 1842 Karl Marx becomes editor-in-chief of Rheinische Zeitung
October 15, 1827 Charles Darwin reaches Christ's Counsel, Cambridge
October 15, 1815 Napoleon Bonaparte exiled on Island of St. Helena
October 15, 1789 1st presidental tour-George Washington in New England
October 15, 1786 Earliest 32 degrees F (0 degrees C) recorded temp in New York City
October 15, 1783 Jean Pilatre de Rozier makes captive-balloon ascent
October 15, 1777 Mjr James Graves Simcoe appointed commandant of Queen's Rangers (Penn)
October 15, 1756 Saxon army surrenders to Prussia
October 15, 1724 Cornelis Steenoven is 1st archbishop of Old-Catholic church
October 15, 1705 English fleet under Lord Peterborough occupies Barcelona
October 15, 1660 Asser Levy granted butchers license (kosher meat) in New Amsterdam
October 15, 1655 Jews of Lublin are massacred
October 15, 1654 Prince Willem III appointed viceroy of Overijssel
October 15, 1641 Paul de Chomedy de Maisonneuve claims Montreal
October 15, 1598 Spanish general strategist Bernardino de Mendoza occupies fort Rhine
October 15, 1582 Many Catholic countries switch to Gregorian calendar, skip 10 days
October 15, 1581 Commissioned by Catherine De Medici, the 1st ballet "Ballet Comique de la Reine," is staged in Paris
October 15, 1522 Emperor Karel I names Hernan Cortes governor of Mexico
October 15, 1520 King Henry VIII of England orders bowling lanes at Whitehall
October 15, 1501 English crown prince Arthur marries Catharina of Aragon

October 14 Deaths in History

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October 14, 2003 "Elizabeth ""Ma Pampo"" Israel", old woman, ", may have been world's oldest but ""undocumented"" person, ", dies at 128, disputed
October 14, 1998 Cleveland Amory, writer, The Compleat Cat, dies at 81
October 14, 1998 Frankie Yankovic, polka king, dies at 83
October 14, 1997 Harold Robbins, salacious novelist, dies at 81
October 14, 1997 Harold Robbins, novelist, The Carpetbaggers, dies at 81
October 14, 1996 Laura La Plante, screen actress (Show Boat, Scandal), dies at 91
October 14, 1996 William John Raff Hooper, cartoonist, dies at 80
October 14, 1995 Edith Pargeter, author (Brother Cadfael), dies of a stroke at 82
October 14, 1995 Helen Vlachos, journalist, dies at 83
October 14, 1994 Gioconda de Vito, violinist, dies at 87
October 14, 1993 Guy Malary, Haitian lawyer/minister of Justice, murdered at 50
October 14, 1993 Mustafa Abada, Algerian TV director, murdered
October 14, 1993 Walter Brown Newman, U.S. screenwriter (Cat Ballou), dies at 77
October 14, 1992 John Hancock, actor (LA Law, Love and War), dies of heart attack at 51
October 14, 1990 Leonard Bernstein, composer, dies of heart attack at 72
October 14, 1989 Michael Carmine, actor (Batteries Not Included), dies at 30
October 14, 1988 Mary Morris, actress (Agitator, Double Door), dies
October 14, 1987 Rodolfo Halffter, composer, dies at 86
October 14, 1986 [Francis XA] Keenan Wynn, U.S. actor (Dr. Strangelove), dies at 70
October 14, 1983 Paul Fix, actor (Rifleman), dies at 82 of kidney failure
October 14, 1981 Ingemar Liljefors, composer, dies at 74
October 14, 1977 Bing Crosby, singer and actor (Going My Way), dies of a heart attack at 74
October 14, 1976 Edith Evans, actress (Tom Jones, Scrooge, Chalk Garden), dies at 88
October 14, 1972 Joseph Kaminski, composer, dies at 68
October 14, 1967 Marcel Ayme, French writer (Lesson contes du chat perche), dies at 65
October 14, 1966 Arcady Dubensky, composer, dies at 75
October 14, 1960 Abram F Joffe, Russian physicist (crystal), dies
October 14, 1959 Errol Flynn, U.S. actor (Captain Blood), dies of heart attack at 50
October 14, 1958 Jean Poveigh, composer, dies at 82
October 14, 1957 Carl Natanael Berg, composer, dies at 78
October 14, 1944 Erwin Rommel, German fieldmarshal (WW II-Africa), suicide at 52
October 14, 1930 Sam[uel] van Houten, lib minister (Child labor laws), dies
October 14, 1923 George Elbridge Whiting, composer, dies at 83
October 14, 1923 Marcellus Emants, writer/poet (Refrained from Confession), dies
October 14, 1919 Wilhelm von Siemens, German industrial/son of Werner, dies
October 14, 1909 Johann Gottfred Matthison-Hansen, composer, dies at 76
October 14, 1906 Paul Cezanne, French painter/water colors painter, dies at 67
October 14, 1900 Albert de Vriendt, Flemish historical painter/etcher, dies
October 14, 1900 Sandor Erkel, composer, dies at 54
October 14, 1893 Conradus Leemans, Dutch archaeologist, dies at 84
October 14, 1885 Josh Billings, American Comedian
October 14, 1880 Victorio, Apache chief/murderer, killed by Mexican army
October 14, 1879 F Kurnberger, writer, dies at 58
October 14, 1877 Antoine-Amable-Elie Elwart, composer, dies at 68
October 14, 1872 Albrecht FH, prince of Prussia, dies at 63
October 14, 1857 Ignacy Marceli Komorowski, composer, dies at 33
October 14, 1847 William Michael Rooke, composer, dies at 53
October 14, 1790 William Hooper, U.S. attorney/signer (Decl of Ind), dies at 48
October 14, 1775 Johann Jacob Rowalt, composer, dies at 57
October 14, 1771 Franz Xaver Brixi, composer, dies at 39
October 14, 1746 Francois Fagel, lawyer/statesman, dies at 86
October 14, 1719 Arnold Houbraken, painter/writer), dies at 59
October 14, 1669 Antonio Cesti, composer, dies at 46
October 14, 1660 Francesco Albana, Italian painter (Hemelopneming of Maria), dies at 72
October 14, 1570 Floris van Montmorency, baron of Montigny, dies at 43
October 14, 1536 Garcilaso de la Vega, Spanish poet/diplomat, dies in battle
October 14, 1092 Aboe Ali Hasan ibn Nizam al-Moelk, writer (Sijasetname), assassinated
October 14, 1066 Harold II, King of England (1066), dies
October 14, 530 Dioscurus, anti-Pope (530), dies

October 14 Birthdays in History

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October 14, 1996 Lourdes Marie Ciccone Leon, daughter of singer Madonna
October 14, 1979 Coty Strickler, Miss Montana Teen USA 1997
October 14, 1978 Usher Raymond, American Musician
October 14, 1974 Kim Williams, WNBA guard for the Utah Starzz
October 14, 1974 Natalie Maines, American Musician
October 14, 1973 DeJuan Wheat, NBA guard, Minnesota Timberwolves
October 14, 1972 Erika de Lone, born in Boston, Massachusetts, tennis star, 1996 Futures-Wilmington DE
October 14, 1972 J J Smith, NFL running back for the Kansas City Chiefs
October 14, 1972 Mike Archie, running back for the Tennessee Oilers
October 14, 1972 Nelson Van waes, CFL defensive linebacker for the Saskatchewan Roughriders
October 14, 1972 Shawn Banks, WLAF LB for the Frankfurt Galaxy
October 14, 1971 Derrick Rodgers, linebacker for the Miami Dolphins
October 14, 1971 Frank Wycheck, NFL tight end, Houston/Tennessee Oilers
October 14, 1971 Heath Sims, Orange California, 149 lbs/68 kg greco-roman wrestler 1996 Olympics
October 14, 1970 Daniela Pestova, [Chameleon], Prague Czechoslovakia, model, 1995 SI/L'Oreal
October 14, 1970 Jim Jackson, NBA guard, Dallas Mavericks, Philadelphia 76ers
October 14, 1970 Nina Kemppel, Anchorage Alaska, cross country skier 1994 Olympics
October 14, 1969 Mark Verhoeven, Dutch soccer player, MVV/NEC
October 14, 1969 P J Brown, NBA center and forward, New Jersey Nets, Miami Heat
October 14, 1968 Dwayne Schintzius, NBA center for the Indiana Pacers
October 14, 1968 Gene Williams, NFL guard and tackle for the Atlanta Falcons
October 14, 1968 Rashid Latif, cricketer, Pakistani wicket-keeper
October 14, 1968 Wanda Guyton, WNBA forward for the Houston Comets
October 14, 1967 Dave Hajek, Roseville California, infielder for the Houston Astros
October 14, 1967 Sylvain Lefebvre, Richmond, NHL defenseman for the Colorado Avalanche
October 14, 1965 Doris Piche, La Sarre Quebec, badminton player 1996 Olympics
October 14, 1965 Karyn White, singer
October 14, 1964 Joe Girardi, Peoria, Illinois, catcher, New York Yankees
October 14, 1964 Pieter Axe, soccer player, FC Utrecht/South Carolina Heerenveen
October 14, 1963 Keith Byars, NFL running back, Miami Dolphins, New England Patriots
October 14, 1962 Shahar Perkiss, Israel, tennis star
October 14, 1961 Melanie Wilson, actress, Jennifer-Perfect Strangers
October 14, 1961 Mike Tramp, Denmark, heavy metal rocker, White Lion-Mane Attraction
October 14, 1960 John Aalberg, Orland Norway, U.S. cross country skier 1994 Olympics
October 14, 1959 A J Pero, Staten Is, drummer, Twisted Sister-Not Gonna Take It
October 14, 1958 Thomas Dolby, born in Cairo, Egypt, rock vocalist, She Blinded Me With Science
October 14, 1957 Gregory T Linteris, Demarest, New Jersey, PhD/astronaut, STS 83, 94
October 14, 1957 Karen Permezel, LPGA golfer
October 14, 1956 Beth Daniel, Charleston, South Carolina, LPGA golfer, 1990 Kemper Open
October 14, 1956 Arleen Sorkin, actress, Days of Our Lives, America's Funniest Videos
October 14, 1953 Greg Evigan, South Amboy, New Jersey, actor, BJ-BJ and the Bear, Melrose Place
October 14, 1953 Marcel R Zeeuw, Suriname Lt-colonel, coup 1982
October 14, 1953 Olga Nikolayevna Klyushnikova, Russia, cosmonaut
October 14, 1953 Roland Butcher, cricketer, 1st black to play for England 1981
October 14, 1952 Daisy Eshuijs, singer/pianist/composer, Eye to Eye
October 14, 1952 Harry Anderson, Newport, Rhode Island, actor, Judge Harry Stone-Night Court
October 14, 1952 Margriet Eshuijs, Dutch singer/pianist
October 14, 1952 Nikolai Adrianov, U.S.S.R., gymnast, Olympic-4 gold/2 silver/bronze-1976
October 14, 1951 Marcia Barrett, St. Catherine's Jamaica, rock vocalist, Boney M
October 14, 1950 Sheila Young Ochowicz, Birmingham, Michigan, speed skater, Oly-gold/sil-76
October 14, 1947 Charlie Joiner, Many, Louisiana, NFL receiver, Houston, Cincinnati, San Diego
October 14, 1946 Justin Hayward, England, vocalist, Moody Blues-Nights in White Satin
October 14, 1944 Udo Kier, Germany, actress, Warhol Dracula, Warhol Frankenstein
October 14, 1943 Anthony Iannaccone, composer
October 14, 1943 Lance Rentzel, NFL receiver, Minn, LA, /ex-husband of Joey Heatherton
October 14, 1943 Noreen Corcoran, Quincy Massachusetts, actress, Kelly-Bachelor Father
October 14, 1942 Billy Harrison, Belfast Ireland, rock guitarist, Them
October 14, 1941 Jim Courter, Rep-R-NJ, 1979-
October 14, 1940 Christopher Timothy, English actor, All Creatures Great and Small
October 14, 1940 Cliff Richards, [Harry Webb], Lucknow India, rock voclist, Suddenly
October 14, 1940 Jesse Carlyle Snead, Hot Springs, Virginia, PGA golfer, 1972 Philadelphia Classic
October 14, 1940 Pat Finley, Asheville, North Carolina, actress, Ellen Hartley-Bob Newhart Show
October 14, 1939 Hugh Delane Thompson, born in Shreveport, Louisiana, PGA golfer, 1991 MONY Syracuse
October 14, 1939 Ralph Lauren, fashion designer, Chaps
October 14, 1938 John Dean III, former White House counsel, Watergate figure
October 14, 1935 La Monte Young, Bern Idaho, composer, Composition in 1990
October 14, 1931 Rafael Puyana, Bogota Colombia, baroque harpsichordist, New York debut 1957
October 14, 1930 Joseph-Desire Kuku NWZA Mobutu Sese Seko, president Zaire, 1965-
October 14, 1930 Robert Parker, U.S. saxophonist/soul singer, Barefootin'
October 14, 1929 Alfredo Santos Buenaventura, composer
October 14, 1928 Gary Graffman, New York City, pianist, Leventritt Award
October 14, 1927 Roger Moore, born in London, England, actor, Alaskans, Maverick, Saint
October 14, 1926 Bill Justis, rocker
October 14, 1926 Willy Alberti, [Carel Verbrugge], singer and actor, Riffin in Amsterdam
October 14, 1925 Louis Cohen, physicist
October 14, 1924 Robert Webber, born in Santa Ana California, actor, 79 Park Avenue
October 14, 1919 Edward L Feightner, U.S. rear-admiral, WW II-Santa Cruz Islands
October 14, 1918 Doug Ring, cricketer, Australian leggie of the late 40's early 50's
October 14, 1916 C Everett Koop, surgeon general, 1981-89
October 14, 1914 Brendan Gill, critic
October 14, 1913 Ginty Lush, cricketer, NSW quick of the 30's who didn't play for Aust
October 14, 1913 Victor Trumper, Jr., cricketer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Trumper NSW 1940-41
October 14, 1912 Helmut Schelsky, German sociologist, Sociology of Sex
October 14, 1912 Jack Crapp, cricketer, England batsman 1948-49
October 14, 1912 Jack Young, cricketer, Middlesex and England slow left-armer post-WW2
October 14, 1911 Le Duc Tho, North Vietnamese representive at Paris peace talk
October 14, 1910 Jef Keuleers, Belgian worker's union leader
October 14, 1910 John Wooden, basketball coach, UCLA-10 national championships
October 14, 1909 Bernd Rosemeyer, German auto racer, Indy 500
October 14, 1909 Kalervo Tuukkanen, composer
October 14, 1907 Allan Jones, Scranton, Pennsylvania, actor/singer, A Day at the Races, Showboat
October 14, 1907 Barend Barendse, Dutch sports reporter
October 14, 1907 Pert Kelton, Great Falls Mont, actress, Cavalcade of Stars
October 14, 1906 Benita Hume, born in London, England, actress, Vicky-Halls of Ivy
October 14, 1906 Hannah Arendt, Germany, historian, Origins of Totalitarianism
October 14, 1905 Pentti Haanpaa, Finnish author, Yhdeksan Miehen Saappaat
October 14, 1904 Karel Srom, composer
October 14, 1902 Stanley Coen, cricketer, South African batsman in two Tests 1927-28
October 14, 1901 Willem A Wagenaar, journalist and writer, Shanghai
October 14, 1900 Edwin McLeod, cricketer, played in NZ's 2nd-ever Test 1930
October 14, 1900 W. Edwards Deming, American Scientist
October 14, 1899 Alan Washbond, U.S., 2-man bobsled 1932 Olympics gold
October 14, 1898 Cruys Voorbergh, Dutch actor and director, Flying Dutchman
October 14, 1896 Lillian Gish, silent film/stage actress, Birth of a Nation
October 14, 1894 Heinrich Lubke, West German president, 1959-69
October 14, 1894 Sutan Ibrahim gelor Datuk Tan Malaka, founder, Indonesian Communist
October 14, 1894 e. e. cummings, Cambridge Massachusetts, poet, Tulips and Chimneys
October 14, 1892 Sumner Welles, U.S. undersecretary/diplomat, Good neighbor policy
October 14, 1891 Paul de Keyser, Flemish story teller/philologist/folklorist
October 14, 1890 Dwight D Eisenhower, Denison, Texas, R, 34th President, 1953-1961, /Gen, WW 2
October 14, 1890 Frank Conroy, Derby England, actor, Call of the Wild
October 14, 1890 Dwight D. Eisenhower, American President
October 14, 1889 Jean Canneel, Flemish sculptor
October 14, 1888 Ernest Pingoud, composer
October 14, 1888 Kathrin Mansfield, NZ writer, Aloe, Garden Party
October 14, 1888 Katherine Mansfield, New Zealander Author
October 14, 1884 Jimmy Conlin, Camden, New Jersey, actor, Sin of Harold Diddlebock
October 14, 1883 Adrianus PHA de Kleyn, throat/nose/otologist, ear doctor
October 14, 1882 Charlie Parker, cricketer, legend Gloucs SLA, but 2-32 in only Test
October 14, 1882 Eamon DeValera, New York, President of Ireland, 1937-48, 51-54, 57-59
October 14, 1880 Otto V Ekelund, Swedish poet and writer, Sak och sken
October 14, 1874 Margarete Susman, writer
October 14, 1873 Jose Serrano Simeon, composer
October 14, 1873 Ray Ewry, Lafayette, Indiana, jumper, Olympics-10 gold-1900, 04, 06, 08
October 14, 1871 Alexander von Zemlinsky, Vienna Austria, composer, Schneeman
October 14, 1869 Joseph Duveen, England, art connoisseur, Elgin marbles
October 14, 1867 Masaoka Shiki, Japan, haiku and tanka poet/diarist, Salt Water Ballads
October 14, 1864 Maurice de Plessys, French poet, Palace Occidental
October 14, 1861 Bjarni Thorsteinsson, composer
October 14, 1859 Camille Chevillard, composer
October 14, 1857 Elwood Haynes, auto pioneer, built one of 1st U.S. autos
October 14, 1855 George Edwardes, British composer, Gaiety Girl
October 14, 1853 Ciprian Porumbescu, composer
October 14, 1846 Kasimir F Badeni, Polish/Austrian premier of Cisleithanie
October 14, 1837 Ellison Capers, Brig General Confederate Army, died in 1908
October 14, 1827 James Sidney Robinson, Bvt Mjr Gen Union volunteers, died in 1892
October 14, 1827 William GGVV Harcourt, English lawyer/Min of Finance
October 14, 1801 Joseph AF Plateau, Belgium, physicist, blinded-stared at Sun 25 secs
October 14, 1796 Adolf Ganz, composer
October 14, 1789 Constant van Crombrugghe, Flemish monastery founder
October 14, 1784 Ferdinand VII MF, king of Spain
October 14, 1774 Hubert MAJ van Asch van Wijck, Dutch politician
October 14, 1764 Charles-Henri Plantade, composer
October 14, 1753 Franz Anton Dimmler, composer
October 14, 1740 Joannes Siberg, Dutch governor-general of Netherlands Indies, 1801-05
October 14, 1738 Giovanni Calisto Andrea Zanotti, composer
October 14, 1734 Francis Lightfoot Lee, U.S. farmer/signer, Decl of Independence
October 14, 1730 Jean Joseph Rodolphe, composer
October 14, 1712 George Grenville, British Prime Minister, 1763-65
October 14, 1687 Robert Simson, Scotland, mathematician
October 14, 1644 William Penn, English Quaker and founder of PA
October 14, 1639 Simon van der Stel, Dutch governor of Cape colony, 1679-99
October 14, 1633 James II Stuart, king of England/Scotland, James VII, 1685-88
October 14, 1606 Johan Maetsuyker, Dutch governor-general of Ceylon, 1653-78
October 14, 1585 Heinrich Schutz, German royal chaplain master/composer, Daphne
October 14, 1542 Abul-Fath Djalal-ud-Din, 3rd Mogol emperor of India, 1556-1605

October 14 Events in History

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October 14, 1998 New York Islanders beat Tampa Bay, 7-1, to end 11 game winless streak
October 14, 1997 Florida Marlins beat Atlanta Braves 4 games to 1 in NLCS
October 14, 1996 Braves blow out St. Louis, 14-0 in an NLCS game
October 14, 1996 Dow Jones closes over 6,000 for 1st time (6,010)
October 14, 1996 Packer Chris Jacke kicks longest field goal to end overtime (53 yds)
October 14, 1995 Atlanta Braves become 1st team to sweep in NL playoff (beat Reds)
October 14, 1994 Nobel Prize awarded to Yasser Arafat, Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres
October 14, 1994 Space probe Magellan burns up in atmosphere of Venus
October 14, 1992 Atlanta Braves beat Pittsburgh Pirates in 7 games for NL pennant
October 14, 1992 Toronto Blue Jays beats Oakland A's to win their 1st AL pennant
October 14, 1991 Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi wins Nobel Peace Prize
October 14, 1991 New York Rangers right wing Mike Gartner scores his 500th NHL goal
October 14, 1990 Cathy Gerring wins LPGA Trophee Urban World Golf Championship
October 14, 1990 Jeff Goldblum and wife Geena Davis file for divorce
October 14, 1990 SF 49er Joe Montana passes for 6 touchdowns vs. Atlanta (45-35)
October 14, 1989 Dave Stewart is 1st since 1976 to start consec World Series openers
October 14, 1989 Texas A&I, Johnny Bailey sets NCAA season rush record at 6,085 yards
October 14, 1988 Mike Tyson countersues Robin Givens for divorce and annulment
October 14, 1988 New Jersey Devils raise their 1st pennant (Patrick Div Playoff Champs)
October 14, 1988 Naguib Mahfouz is 1st Arabic writer to win Nobel literature prize
October 14, 1987 In Midland, Texas 1 -year-old Jessica McClure falls 22' (7m) down a well
October 14, 1987 St. Louis Cardinals beat San Francisco Giants, 4 games to 3 in NLCS
October 14, 1986 Concentration camp survivor Elie Wiesel wins Nobel Peace Prize
October 14, 1986 IOC decides to stagger Winter and Summer Olympic schedule
October 14, 1986 Tim Kides of West New York, New Jersey performs 25,000 leg raises in 11:57:15
October 14, 1985 19th Country Music Association Award: Ricky Skaggs wins
October 14, 1985 On Mon Night football, Jets retire Joe Namath's #12, beat Miami 23-7
October 14, 1984 "Quilters" closes at Jack Lawrence Theater New York City after 24 performances
October 14, 1984 Browns' Ozzie Newsome sets club records with 14 receptions for 191 yds
October 14, 1984 Detroit Tigers beat San Diego Padres, 4 games to 1 in 81st World Series
October 14, 1984 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Smirnoff Ladies Irish Golf Open
October 14, 1983 Grenada leftist coup under vice-premier Coard
October 14, 1983 U.S. Marine peacekeeper Sgt Allen Soifert killed by sniper in Beirut
October 14, 1982 6,000 Unification church couples wed in Korea
October 14, 1982 Islanders assessed 108 penality minutes Penguins 125 (233 total)
October 14, 1982 New York Islanders greatest shutout margin (9-0) vs Pittsburgh Penguins
October 14, 1982 President Reagan proclaims war against drugs
October 14, 1981 Yank Graig Nettles is 1st to get 2 hits in same inning of an ALSC game
October 14, 1980 Bob Marley's last concert
October 14, 1980 Phils rally from 4-0 deficit to beat the Royals, 7-6 to take WS opener
October 14, 1980 President nominee Ronald Reagan promises to name a woman to Supreme Court
October 14, 1979 100,000 demonstrate in Bonn against nuclear energy
October 14, 1979 Amy Alcott wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic
October 14, 1979 Flyers start 35 game unbeaten streak beating Toronto 4-3
October 14, 1979 NHL's greatest scorer Wayne Gretzky scores his 1st NHL goal
October 14, 1978 1st TV movie from a TV series - "Rescue from Gilligan's Island"
October 14, 1978 China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
October 14, 1978 New York Yankee Reggie Jackson causes World Series controversy by getting in the way of a throw to 1st and deflects the ball away
October 14, 1978 Despite Denis Potvin hat trick in 3:21 Islanders lose 7-10 making Islander record when scoring a hat trick-22-2-1
October 14, 1977 Linda Ronstadt sings national anthem at World Series
October 14, 1977 Princess Beatrice opens Amsterdam metro
October 14, 1976 Chris Chambliss' 9th inning lead off homer gives New York Yanks pennant #30
October 14, 1976 Nobel prize for economy awarded to Milton Friedman
October 14, 1976 Soyuz 23 carries 2 to Salyut 6, but returns without docking
October 14, 1975 President Ford escapes injury when his limousine is struck broadside
October 14, 1974 8th Country Music Association Award: Charlie Rich
October 14, 1973 Egyptian tanks move further into Israel
October 14, 1973 Judy Rankin wins LPGA GNA Golf Classic
October 14, 1973 Willie Mays last hit, as Mets beat A's in World Series game 2 A's Mike Andrews makes 2 errors, prompting owner Finley to remove him
October 14, 1972 Oakland A Gene Tenace is 1st to homer in 1st 2 World Series at bats
October 14, 1971 2 killed in Memphis racial disturbances
October 14, 1971 John and Yoko appear on "Dick Cavett Show"
October 14, 1970 4th Country Music Association Award: Merle Haggard wins
October 14, 1970 Cleve Cavaliers lose to Buffalo Braves in their 1st game 107-92
October 14, 1970 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
October 14, 1970 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.
October 14, 1969 Palme government forms in Sweden
October 14, 1969 T Agee and Ed Kranepool HR, Agee makes 2 great catches, Mets win 5-0
October 14, 1969 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.
October 14, 1968 1st live telecast from a manned U.S. spacecraft (Apollo 7)
October 14, 1968 Beatles "White Album" completed
October 14, 1968 Gruener and Watson (U.S.) set scuba depth record (133 m) in Bahamas
October 14, 1968 In NL expansion draft, Expos and Padres choose 30 players each
October 14, 1968 J R Hines of U.S. runs 100m in world record 9.95 sec
October 14, 1966 175 U.S. airplanes bomb North Vietnam
October 14, 1966 Dutch government of Cals falls by motion of Schmelzer
October 14, 1965 Joe Engle in X-15 reaches 80 km
October 14, 1965 Sandy Koufax hurls his 2nd shutout of World Series beating Twins 2-0
October 14, 1964 Martin Luther King, Jr. wins Nobel Peace Prize
October 14, 1964 Martin Walser's "Der Schwarze Schwan," premieres in Stuttgart
October 14, 1964 Philips begins experimenting with color TV
October 14, 1964 Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle hit home runs runs on back-to-back pitches
October 14, 1964 Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts weds Shirley Shepherd
October 14, 1963 Algeria and Morocco border conflict
October 14, 1963 WGHP TV channel 8 in Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina (ABC) begins
October 14, 1962 Houston Oiler George Blanda throws for 6 TD passes vs New York Titans 56-17
October 14, 1962 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Thunderbird Tourney Golf Tournament
October 14, 1962 U.S. U-2 planes locate missile launchers in Cuba
October 14, 1962 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R.
October 14, 1961 "How to Succeed in Business" opens at 46th St. New York City for 1415 performances
October 14, 1961 14th Ryder Cup: U.S., 14 -9 at Royal Lytham and St. Annes, England
October 14, 1960 Belgian sen Victor Leemans reveals huge gas field in Groningen
October 14, 1960 Peace Corps 1st suggested by John F. Kennedy
October 14, 1959 WMUB (now WPTO) TV channel 14 in Oxford, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting
October 14, 1958 Brendan Behan's "Hostage," premieres in London
October 14, 1958 Malagasy Republic becomes autonomous republic in French Community
October 14, 1958 Paul Osborn's "World of Suzie Wong," premieres in New York City
October 14, 1958 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
October 14, 1957 Everly Brothers' "Wake Up Little Susie" reaches #1
October 14, 1956 Charles Ives' overture "Robert Browning," premieres in New York City
October 14, 1956 Patty Berg wins LPGA Arkansas Golf Open
October 14, 1954 Israeli act of revenge in Qibiya Jordan, kills 53
October 14, 1953 1st 3 Dutch female police officers go into service
October 14, 1953 Belgian Convair crashes at Frankfurt, 44 die
October 14, 1953 Charley Dressen resigns rather than take 1 year contract as Dodger mgr
October 14, 1953 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Emu Field Australia
October 14, 1953 Ike promises to fire as Red any federal worker taking 5th amendment
October 14, 1953 WTEN TV channel 10 in Albany, New York (ABC) begins broadcasting
October 14, 1952 "Buttrio Square" opens at New Century Theater New York City for 7 performances
October 14, 1951 Det Lion Jack Christiansen returns 2 punts for touchdowns vs Los Angeles Rams
October 14, 1951 Organization of Central American States forms
October 14, 1950 Rev Sun Young Moon liberated from Hung Nam prison
October 14, 1949 14 U.S. Communist Party leaders convicted of sedition
October 14, 1949 Chinese Red army occupies Canton
October 14, 1949 Ezzard Charles TKOs Pat Valentino in 8 for heavyweight boxing title
October 14, 1948 Batavia lt-governor-general Of Mook dismissed
October 14, 1948 Large scale fighting between Israel and Egypt
October 14, 1947 Chuck Yeager in Bell XS-1 makes 1st supersonic flight (Mach 1.015)
October 14, 1947 Dutch Queen Wilhelmina gives golden award to general Eisenhower
October 14, 1946 Netherland and Indonesia sign cease fire
October 14, 1945 Chicago Cardinals end a record 29-game losing streak, beat Bears
October 14, 1944 Allied troops land in Corfu
October 14, 1944 British troops march into Athens
October 14, 1943 400 Jews escape in uprising at Sobibor extermination Camp in Poland
October 14, 1943 Japan declares Philippine Independence (premier/president Jose Laurel)
October 14, 1943 Outbreak attempt in Sobibor Concentration Camp
October 14, 1943 U.S. 8th Air Force loses 60 B-17 during assault on Schweinfurt
October 14, 1942 Dobbe resistances group overthrows Bonkarten distribution
October 14, 1942 German assault on Tractor factory, 1000s killed
October 14, 1942 Japanese battleship strikes Henderson Field, Guadalcanal
October 14, 1941 1st mass deportation of Kowno, Lodz, Minsk and Riga
October 14, 1939 BMI (Broadcast Music Incorporated) formed
October 14, 1939 German U-47 sinks British battleship HMS Royal Oak, 833 killed
October 14, 1939 Sugar rationed in Netherlands
October 14, 1938 Nazis plan Jewish ghettos for all major cities
October 14, 1934 "Lux Radio Theatre" premieres
October 14, 1933 Nazi Germany announces withdrawal from League of Nations
October 14, 1931 1st broadcast of Dutch Radio Peoples University
October 14, 1931 Spanish Cortes agrees to separation of Church and State
October 14, 1930 Ethel Mermans debuts on Broadway in "Girl Crazy"
October 14, 1930 George Gershwin/Walter Donaldsons musical premieres in New York City
October 14, 1929 Philadelphia A's beat Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 1 in 26th World Series
October 14, 1929 Philadelphia A's set World Series record of 10 runs in an inning
October 14, 1926 Alan Alexander Milne's book "Winnie-the-Pooh" released
October 14, 1926 Walter Johnson retires, signs 2-year contract to manage Newark
October 14, 1925 Anti-French uprising in Damascus (French inhabitants flee)
October 14, 1924 Arnold Schonbergs opera "Die Gluckliche Hand," premieres in Vienna
October 14, 1922 1st Thom McAn shoe store opens, on Third Avenue New York City
October 14, 1922 1st automated telephones-Pennsylvania exchange in New York City
October 14, 1920 Part of Petsamo province ceded by Soviet Union to Finland
October 14, 1914 German troops occupy Brug
October 14, 1913 Explosion in coal mine at Cardiff kills 439
October 14, 1912 Bull Moose Teddy Roosevelt shot while campaigning in Milwaukee
October 14, 1911 Largest baseball crowd ever 38,281 (Polo Grounds) see Giants beat A's, 2-1 (gate is record $77,379)
October 14, 1909 Pirates beat Tigers, 5-4, forces 1st full 7 game world series
October 14, 1908 Baseball Writers Association of America, forms
October 14, 1908 Cubs beat Tigers 4 games to 1 in 5th World Series, 1st rematch
October 14, 1908 Smallest crowd at World Series, 6,210 fans see Cubs beat Tigers
October 14, 1906 All Chicago World Series, 1st AL victory, White Sox win 4 games to 2 Cubs losers share of $439.50 is lowest for World Series
October 14, 1905 New York Giants beats Philadelphia A's, 4 games to 1 in 2nd World Series
October 14, 1905 Giant's Christy Mathewson's 3rd straight World Series shutout
October 14, 1901 Justin Huntly McCarthy's "If I were King," premieres in New York City
October 14, 1899 Morning Post reporter Winston Churchill departs to South Africa
October 14, 1893 George Edwardes "Gaiety Girl" premieres in London
October 14, 1893 Harry Wright suggests umps keep ball-strike count a secret
October 14, 1884 George Eastman patents paper-strip photographic film
October 14, 1867 15th and last Tokugawa Shogun resigns in Japan
October 14, 1865 Cheyennes and Arapaho's sign "peaces treaty" then chased out Colorado
October 14, 1863 Battle at Bristoe Station Virginia (about 2000 casualties)
October 14, 1863 Skirmish at Catlett's Station, Virginia (Bristoe Campaign)
October 14, 1862 Baseballer James Creighton ruptures bladder hitting HR, dies 10/18
October 14, 1862 Excelsiors defeat Unions of Morrisania 13-9
October 14, 1843 British arrest Irish nationalist Daniel O'Connell for conspiracy
October 14, 1834 1st black to obtain a U.S. patent, Henry Blair, for a corn planter
October 14, 1834 George Eastman patented paper-strip photographic film
October 14, 1806 Battle of Auerstadt-French beat Prussians
October 14, 1774 1st Continental Congress is 1st to declare colonial rights (Phila)
October 14, 1774 1st American colonial decl of rights with sinking of Peggy Stewart
October 14, 1758 Battle at Hochkirk, Saksen: Austrian army beats Prussia
October 14, 1745 French help convoy reaches Montrose Scotland
October 14, 1700 Rabbi Judah Hasid and Chayim Molocho arrive in Jerusalem
October 14, 1586 Mary Queen of Scots goes on trial for conspiracy against Elizabeth
October 14, 1529 Sultan Suleiman II ceases Vienna
October 14, 1492 Columbus leaves San Salvador; arrives in Santa Maria of Concepcion
October 14, 1468 Treaty of Peronne: Duke Charles the Stoute and French king Louis XI
October 14, 1322 Robert the Bruce of Scotland defeats King Edward II of England at Byland, forcing Edward to accept Scotland's independence
October 14, 1066 Battle of Hastings, in which William the Conqueror wins England
October 14, 530 [Discorus] ends his reign as Catholic Pope

October 13 Deaths in History

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October 13, 2002 Dennis Patrick, actor, Dallas, dies at 84
October 13, 2002 Keene Curtis, actor, starred in original Broadwayproduction of Annie, dies at 77
October 13, 2002 Stephen Ambrose, historian/writer, Band of Brothers, dies at 66
October 13, 2000 Jean Peters, actress, dies at 73
October 13, 1997 Adil Carcani, prime minister of Albania (1982-91), dies
October 13, 1996 Albert Hughes Williams, teacher/historian, dies at 89
October 13, 1996 Beryl Reid, actress (Yellowbeard, Psychomania), dies at 76
October 13, 1996 Henri Nannen, journalist, dies at 82
October 13, 1996 Rene Lacoste, tennis player, dies at 92
October 13, 1995 Golfredo Corradetti, conductor, dies at 79
October 13, 1995 Henry Roth, novelist (Call it Sleep), dies at 89
October 13, 1993 Gwen Wells, actress (Nashville), dies of cancer at 42
October 13, 1993 Leon Ames, U.S. actor (Mr Ed, Peggy Sue got Married), dies at 90
October 13, 1992 Hughes Rudd, news anchor (CBS Morning News), dies of aneurysm at 71
October 13, 1992 James Marshall, illustrator/author (The Stupids), dies at 50
October 13, 1992 John Hancock, actor (Ike-Love and War), dies of heart attack at 51
October 13, 1991 Daniel Oduber Quiros, president of Costa Rica (1974-1978), dies
October 13, 1991 Donald Houston, actor (Battle Hell, Study in Terror), dies at 67
October 13, 1990 Hans Freudenthal, mathematician/director OW&OC (F Institution), dies
October 13, 1990 Le Duc Tho, North Vietnamese negotiator in Paris (1975), dies at 78
October 13, 1989 Jay Ward, animator (Rocky and His Friends), dies at 69 of cancer
October 13, 1988 Mike Venezia, jockey, dies in 5th-race fall at Belmont Race Track, New York
October 13, 1987 Walter H Brattain, U.S. physicist (transistors, Nobel 1956), dies at 85
October 13, 1981 Nils Asther, actor (Son of Lassie, Wild Orchids), dies at 84
October 13, 1979 Clarence Muse, actor (Sam-Casablanca), dies at 90
October 13, 1979 Rebecca Clarke, composer, dies at 93
October 13, 1974 Ed Sullivan, TV host (Ed Sullivan Show, Toast of the Town), dies at 73
October 13, 1970 Julia Culp, mezzo-soprano, dies at 90
October 13, 1968 Bea Benaderet, actress (Petticoat Junction), dies of lung cancer at 62
October 13, 1966 Clifton Webb, actor (Laura, Razor's Edge), dies of heart attack at 72
October 13, 1965 Paul H Muller, Swiss chemist (DDT-Nobel 1948), dies at 66
October 13, 1963 Henry Daniell, English actor (Woman in Green, Body Snatchers), dies
October 13, 1959 K Rudolf Mengelberg, Dutch composer (Concert Amsterdam), dies at 67
October 13, 1958 Alexander Moiseyevich Veprik, composer, dies at 59
October 13, 1953 Millard Mitchell, actor (12 O'Clock High, Gunfighter), dies at 50
October 13, 1948 Samuel S Hinds, actor (Raven, Test Pilot), dies at 73
October 13, 1947 Sydney Webb, England, writer/husband of Beatrice Potter, dies
October 13, 1941 GJ Berenschot, general/supreme commander Dutch East Indies army, dies
October 13, 1926 Hans E Kinck, Norwegian philological/writer (Driftekaren), dies at 61
October 13, 1924 Anatole France, [Jacques Thibault], writer (Ecrivain Francais), dies
October 13, 1920 Isaac Capadose, lawyer/evangelist, dies at 86
October 13, 1918 Gerrit Engelke, German writer (Briefer der Liebe), dies
October 13, 1909 Francisco Ferrer, Spanish anarchist, executed
October 13, 1905 Henry Irving, [John H Brodribb], English actor (Hamlet), dies at 67
October 13, 1869 Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve, Fren writer (Tableau Historique), dies
October 13, 1855 Gottfried Rieger, composer, dies at 91
October 13, 1825 Maximiliaan I Jozef, king of Bayern, dies
October 13, 1822 Antonio Canova, Italian sculptor, dies at 64
October 13, 1819 Giovanni Battista Gaiani, composer, dies at 61
October 13, 1815 Joachim Murat, marshal of France/King of Naples (1808-15), executed
October 13, 1812 Isaac Brock, English general (conquered Detroit), dies in battle
October 13, 1805 Johann Christoph Kuhnau, composer, dies at 70
October 13, 1795 William Prescott, American Revolutionary soldier, dies
October 13, 1777 Dismas Hatas, composer, dies at 52
October 13, 1774 Willem Bentinck, mister of Rhoon/Pendrecht/Orangist, dies at 69
October 13, 1708 Henry van Nassau, mister of Ouwerkerk/fieldmarshal, dies at 67
October 13, 1701 Andreas Anton Schmelzer, composer, dies at 47
October 13, 1680 Daniel Elsevier, book publisher/publisher, dies at 54
October 13, 1680 Francois Roberday, composer, dies at 56
October 13, 1652 Abraham Verhoeven, Flemish printer/newspaper publisher, dies
October 13, 1643 Sweder van Haersolte, mister of Swaluwenborch/diplomat, dies at 61
October 13, 1601 Tycho Brahe, greatest naked-eye observer, dies in Prague
October 13, 1311 Gwijde van Names, Flemish marshal (Golden Track), dies at 35
October 13, 1093 Robrecht I, the Fries, Count of Flanders, dies
October 13, 54 Claudius, Roman Emperor, dies of poison mushrooms at 63

October 13 Birthdays in History

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October 13, 1993 Tiffany Trump, daughter of Donald Trump and Marla Maples
October 13, 1982 Ian Thorpe, Australian Athlete
October 13, 1978 Jermaine O'Neal, NBA forward, Portland Trailblazers
October 13, 1976 Edward Ellis, tackle for the New England Patriots
October 13, 1975 Arafath Hill, soccer player, FC Groningen
October 13, 1975 Leo Koswal, soccer player, Dordrecht '90
October 13, 1974 Anthony Carbone, Australian soccer midfielder, Olyroos, Olympics-96
October 13, 1973 Brian Dawkins, safety for the Philadelphia Eagles
October 13, 1972 Jaime Bernardo, prince of Netherlands
October 13, 1972 Jean Foster, Columbus Georgia, 3x20 rifle 1996 Olympics
October 13, 1972 Margarita Maria Beatriz, princess of Netherlands
October 13, 1972 Summer Sanders, California, butterfly swimmer, Olympics gold 1992, 96
October 13, 1971 Hitesh Modi, cricketer, Kenyan left-handed batsman 1996 World Cup
October 13, 1971 Irv Smith, NFL tight end for the New Orleans Saints
October 13, 1971 Jay Williams, defensive end for the St. Louis Rams
October 13, 1971 Sean O'Donnell, Ottawa, NHL defenseman for the Los Angeles Kings
October 13, 1970 Ann Grossman, Grove City Ohio, tennis star, 1994 LA finalist
October 13, 1970 Eric Gant, WLAF running back for the Frankfurt Galaxy
October 13, 1970 Steve Matthews, NFL/WLAF quarterback, Kansas City Chiefs, Scottish Claymores
October 13, 1969 Cady McClain, born in Burbank, California, actress, Dixie Martin-All My Children
October 13, 1969 Rhonda Mapp, WNBA center and forward, Charlotte Sting
October 13, 1969 Tim Crabtree, Jackson, Michigan, pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays
October 13, 1968 David Alcoriza, Lodi California, double trap 1996 Olympics
October 13, 1968 Julio Valera, San Sebastian Puerto Rico, pitcher for the Kansas City Royals
October 13, 1968 Tisha Campbell, Newark, New Jersey, actress, Gina-Martin, House Party
October 13, 1967 Derrick Moore, NFL running back, Az Cardinals, Carolina Panthers
October 13, 1967 Javier Sotomayor, Cuban jumper, world record 1989
October 13, 1967 Trevor Hoffman, Anaheim California, pitcher for the San Diego Padres
October 13, 1965 Cherelle, rocker, Affair-First Bite
October 13, 1965 Linda Brenneman, Wheat Ridge Colo, cyclist, Olympics-11th-96
October 13, 1965 Rob Schneider, actor, Saturday Night Live, Men Behaving Badly
October 13, 1964 Chris Gwynn, born in Los Angeles, California, outfielder for the San Diego Padres
October 13, 1962 Jerry Rice, NFL wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers
October 13, 1962 Kelly Preston, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, actress, Mischief, Twins, A Tigers Tale
October 13, 1961 Derek Harper, NBA guard, New York Knicks, Orlando Magic
October 13, 1960 Greg Derr, Marshfield Massachusetts, free pistol 1996 Olympics
October 13, 1960 Joey Belladonna, Oswego, New York, heavy metal vocalist, Anthrax-Protest
October 13, 1960 Ari Fleischer, American Public Servant
October 13, 1959 Marie Osmond, born in Ogden, Utah, singer and actress, Paper Roses, Goin' Coconuts
October 13, 1958 Barb Bunkowsky-Scherbak, Toronto ON, LPGA golfer, 1984 Chrysler
October 13, 1958 Dwayne Evans, born in Phoenix, Arizona, 200m runner 1976 Olympics bronze
October 13, 1958 Joseph Richard Sylvers, rocker
October 13, 1958 Maria Cantwell, Rep-D-Washington
October 13, 1956 Anura Ranasinghe, cricketer, Sri Lankan batsman in 3 Tests 1982
October 13, 1953 Bill Schuette, Rep-R-MI, 1985-
October 13, 1952 Beverly Johnson, model/actress, Ashanti Land of No Mercy
October 13, 1952 Michael "Rich"ard Clifford, Cal, Army/Astronaut, STS 53, 59, 76
October 13, 1951 John Ford Coley, rocker, England Dan and John Ford Coley
October 13, 1951 Olympia-Ann Sylvers, rocker
October 13, 1950 Annegret Richter-Irrang, German FR, sprinter, Olympics gold 1972
October 13, 1950 Ellen Brusse, [Elizabeth Wenmakers], Dutch TV hostess
October 13, 1949 Craig McGregor, rocker, Foghat
October 13, 1948 Leona Mitchell, Enid Oklahoma, soprano, Musetta-La Boheme
October 13, 1947 Sammy Hagar, Monterey California, rock vocalist, Van Halen-Jump
October 13, 1946 Bram Vermeulen, Dutch singer, Neerlands Hoop
October 13, 1946 Demond Wilson, Valdosta Georgia, actor, Sanford and Son, Baby I'm Back
October 13, 1946 Lacy J Dalton, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, country singer, Crazy Blue Eyes
October 13, 1945 Karen Akers, New York City, singer, On Stage at Wolf Trap
October 13, 1944 Buddy Allin, Bremerton, Washington, PGA golfer, 1980 NZ Open
October 13, 1944 Robert Lamm, New York City, rocker, Chicago-If You Leave Me Now
October 13, 1942 Jerry Jones, owner/GM for the Dallas Cowboys
October 13, 1942 Pamela Tiffin, [Pamela Wonso], Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, actress, Viva Max!
October 13, 1941 John Snow, cricketer, fiery England quickie Unpopular with Aussies
October 13, 1941 Paul Simon, Newark, New Jersey, singer and actor, Kodachrome, 1 Trick Pony
October 13, 1940 Chris Farlowe, rocker
October 13, 1939 Melinda Dillon, Hope, Arkansas, actress, Close Encounters, Slap Shot
October 13, 1938 Jim McMullan, Long Beach, New York, actor, Dr. McDaniel-Ben Casey
October 13, 1938 Mahboob Shah, cricketer, Pakistani Test umpire on International panel
October 13, 1936 Cliff Gorman, Jamacia, New York, actor, Boys in the Band, Angel
October 13, 1936 Elizabeth Furse, Rep-D-Oregon
October 13, 1936 John Menzies, Scottish publisher/banker/multi-millionaire
October 13, 1935 Philippine J Aeckerlin, Dutch actress, Oh Venus, Daddy Longlegs
October 13, 1933 Adam Kaczynski, composer
October 13, 1931 Ed Matthews, Hall of Famer/Milwaukee Brave/HR hitter, 512
October 13, 1931 Janice Elliott, novelist
October 13, 1931 Eddie Mathews, American Athlete
October 13, 1930 Peter J Clase, South African minister of Education/Culture, 1985-
October 13, 1927 Anita Kerr, born in Memphis, Tennessee, singer, Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
October 13, 1926 Ray Brown, U.S., bandleader
October 13, 1925 Frank D Gilroy, American writer, Subject Was Roses
October 13, 1925 Lenny Bruce, [Leonard Schneider], comedian, arrested on obsenity
October 13, 1925 Margaret Thatcher, Grantham England, Tory, British Prime Minister, 1979-90
October 13, 1924 Nipsey Russell, comedian, Car 54 Where Are You?, Barefoot in the Park
October 13, 1924 Terry Gibbs, born in Brooklyn, New York, orch leader, Steve Allen Comedy Hour
October 13, 1923 Servaas "Faas" Wilkes, Dutch soccer star, Xerxes/Fortuna/Inter Milan
October 13, 1922 Alan Scott, Haddonfield, New Jersey, TV host/songwriter, Spin the Picture
October 13, 1922 Gilberto Mendes, composer
October 13, 1921 Harper MacKay, born in Boston, Massachusetts, orch leader, NBC Follies
October 13, 1921 Yves Montand, France, actor/singer, Z, Napoleon, Grand Prix
October 13, 1920 Albert Hague, Berlin Germany, actor, Mr Shorofsky-Fame
October 13, 1920 Nipsey Russell, born in Atlanta, Georgia, comedian, Car 54, Barefoot in the Park
October 13, 1918 Jack MacGowran, Dublin Ireland, actor, King Lear, Exorcist
October 13, 1918 Robert Walker, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, actor and writer, Bataan, Mme Curie
October 13, 1917 Burr Tillstrom, born in Chicago, Illinois, puppeteer, Kukla, Fran and Ollie
October 13, 1917 Laraine Day, Roosevelt Utah, actress, Dr. Kildaire, I've Got a Secret
October 13, 1916 David Hollestelle, Dutch baritone, Great-Broadcast chorus
October 13, 1915 Cornel Wilde, New York City, actor, High Sierra, 5th Musketeer
October 13, 1913 Frances Tustin, child psychologist
October 13, 1912 Hugo David Weisgall, Ivancice Moravia, composer, 4 Impressions
October 13, 1911 Ticker Freeman, Paterson, New Jersey, pianist, Dinah Shore Show
October 13, 1910 Art[hur] Tatum, U.S. jazz pianist/composer
October 13, 1910 Otto Joachim, composer
October 13, 1909 Herblock, [Herbert L Block], Roosevelt, Utah, political cartoonist
October 13, 1908 John Grant, British rear-admiral
October 13, 1908 Werner Reinowski, writer
October 13, 1907 Yves Allegret, French director, Dedee d'Anvers, Lesson Orgueilleux
October 13, 1904 Jutta Hecker, writer
October 13, 1904 Wilfred Pickles, Halifax England, actor, Billy Liar, Gay Dog
October 13, 1903 Jens Bjerre, composer
October 13, 1903 Patsy Moran, Pennsylvania, actress, Children of the Wild
October 13, 1902 Arna Bontemps, Louisiana, black author, 100 years of negro freedom
October 13, 1902 Franco Giorgetti, Italy, cyclist, Olympics gold 1920
October 13, 1901 Benjamin Merkelbach, architect/city builder of Amsterdam
October 13, 1901 Edward Chapman, Harrogate England, actor, Promoter, Rembrandt
October 13, 1901 Irja A Browallius, Swedish author, Syndon pa Skruke
October 13, 1900 Marius-Francois Gaillard, composer
October 13, 1899 Marcelle de Manziarly, composer
October 13, 1895 Kurt Schumacher, German politicial chairman, SPD,
October 13, 1895 Vera [A Veronica] Bondam, actress
October 13, 1891 Irene Rich, [Luther], Buffalo, New York, actress, Beau Brummell, Champ
October 13, 1891 Ludwig Weber, composer
October 13, 1890 Conrad Richter, writer, Light in the Forest
October 13, 1890 Gosta Nystroem, composer
October 13, 1889 Douglass Dumbrille, Hamilton Ont, actor, Mr Deed Goes to Town
October 13, 1885 Harry Hershfield, Cedar Rapids Iowa, cartoonist, Can You Top This?
October 13, 1881 George Bacovia, [Vasiliu], Romanian poet/composer/painter
October 13, 1879 Peter Van Anrooy, Dutch conductor and composer, Piet Hein Rhapsodie
October 13, 1877 Bernard Bosanquet, cricketer, pioneer of googly
October 13, 1867 Pierre Bonnard, French painter/illustrator
October 13, 1863 C-E Auguste Rateau, French mining engineer, Rateau steam turbine
October 13, 1853 Lillie Langtry, [Jersey Lily], vaudevillian actress, Lillie
October 13, 1853 Maria E "Beppie" Bakker, Dutch actress/wife of Piet Vink Sr
October 13, 1826 Lafayette Curry Baker, Brig General Union volunteers, died in 1868
October 13, 1824 Henry Stephen Cutler, composer
October 13, 1823 Immanuel Faisst, composer
October 13, 1822 Karl Reinthaler, composer
October 13, 1821 Rudolf Virchow, German politician/antropologist, cell pathology
October 13, 1815 Jules Quicherat, French historian/archaeologist
October 13, 1810 James Shedden Palmer, Commander Union Navy, died in 1867
October 13, 1808 Henry Haywood Bell, Commander Union Navy, died in 1868
October 13, 1797 William Motherwell, Scottish civil servant/poet
October 13, 1794 Anselm Huttenbrenner, composer
October 13, 1792 Moritz Hauptmann, composer
October 13, 1783 Frantiszek Soltyk, composer
October 13, 1769 Horace H Hayden, cofounded 1st dental college
October 13, 1761 Dirk van Hogendorp, Dutch earl/general/minister of War
October 13, 1759 Ecco Epkema, Dutch linguist, Frisian, old-Frisian
October 13, 1652 Johann Heinrich Kittel, composer
October 13, 1563 Francesco Caracciolo, Italian religious founder/saint, Caracciolini
October 13, 1537 Jane Grey, Queen of England for 9 days
October 13, 1474 Mariotto di Bigio di Bindo Albertinelli, Italian painter

October 13 Events in History

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October 13, 2006 Ban Ki-moon is elected to be U.N. Secretary-General
October 13, 1997 Andy Green's Jet-powered car reaches record 749.69 MPH
October 13, 1996 "Big," closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 193 performances
October 13, 1996 Annika Sorenstam wins Betsy King LPGA Golf Classic
October 13, 1996 New York Jet Nick Lowrey breaks Jan Stenerud NFL field goal record at 374
October 13, 1996 Yanks (3) and Orioles (3) combine to tie play off record of 6 HRs
October 13, 1995 Joseph Rotblat awarded Nobel Peace Prize
October 13, 1995 Pamela Anderson Lee, rush to hospital with flu like symptoms
October 13, 1994 Earliest start of Sheffield Shield season (Queensland vs. Tasmania)
October 13, 1994 Nobel prize for literature awarded to Kenzaburo Oe
October 13, 1993 Greek government of Papandreou forms
October 13, 1993 Mighty Ducks win their 1st NHL game
October 13, 1993 Nobel prize for chemistry awarded to Kary Mullis and Michael Smith
October 13, 1993 Nobel prize for physics awarded to Russel Hulse and Joseph Taylor
October 13, 1993 Phillies beat Atlanta in NLCS
October 13, 1991 Actress Katey Segal suffers a miscarriage
October 13, 1991 Blue Jay Cito Gaston is 1st manager ejected in a playoff game
October 13, 1991 Minnesota Twins win AL pennant beating Toronto in 5 games
October 13, 1990 1st Russian Orthodox service in 70 years held in St. Basil's Cathedral
October 13, 1990 Target Center in Minneapolis opens
October 13, 1989 Bob Quinn resigns as New York Yankee VP/GM and replaced by Harding Peterson
October 13, 1989 Dow Jones down 190.58 points
October 13, 1988 Concert at Masada ends Israel's 40th-anniversary fest
October 13, 1988 Nobel prize for literature awarded to Naguib Mahfouz
October 13, 1988 Shroud of Turin, revered by many Christians as Christ's burial cloth, is shown by carbon-dating tests to be a fake from the Middle Ages
October 13, 1988 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
October 13, 1987 1st military use of trained dolphins by the U.S. Navy
October 13, 1987 Costa Rican President Oscar Arias wins Nobel Peace Prize
October 13, 1987 West Indies score 4-360 in 50 overs in Cricket World Cup vs. Sri Lanka
October 13, 1986 20th Country Music Association Award:
October 13, 1986 25th NY, NL appearance in World Series (Mets vs A's)
October 13, 1986 IOC announces baseball will become a medal sport in 1992
October 13, 1985 "Sunday in the Park with George" closes at Booth New York City after 604 performances
October 13, 1985 Belgium premier Martens CVP wins parliamentary election
October 13, 1985 During NLCS, Cards rookie Vince Coleman is injured stretching before game as his left leg is caught in Busch Stadium's automated tarpaulin
October 13, 1984 Blackhawk Bill Gardner scores on 10th penalty shot against Islanders
October 13, 1984 John Henry becomes 1st thoroughbred to win $6 million
October 13, 1984 STS 41-G mission; lands at Kennedy Space Center
October 13, 1982 IOC restores 2 gold medals from 1912 Olympics to Jim Thorpe
October 13, 1982 New Jersey Devils 1st short handed goal-Don Lever
October 13, 1981 Vice President Hosni Mubarak elected president of Egypt
October 13, 1980 14th Country Music Association Award:[approx]
October 13, 1980 Unprovoked slayings of 6 blacks in Buffalo, New York
October 13, 1978 James Earl Ray, assassin of Martin Luther King weds Anna Sandhu
October 13, 1978 President Carter answers caller questions on National Public Radio
October 13, 1978 Swaziland's new constitution promulgated bans political parties
October 13, 1978 Tiros N, U.S.'s 1st 3rd generation weather satellite, is launched
October 13, 1978 Graig Nettles at 3rd makes many spectactular plays in WS game 3 as Guidry beats Dodgers, after trailing 2 games to 0 Yanks win next 4
October 13, 1975 9th Country Music Association Award: John Denver wins
October 13, 1975 Rock vocal Neil Young undergoes throat surgery
October 13, 1973 Jordan enters Yom Kippur war
October 13, 1973 Teri Garr appears on Bob Newhart Show in "Emily in for Carol"
October 13, 1972 "Hurry, Harry" closes at Ritz Theater New York City after 2 performances
October 13, 1972 Aeroflot Il-62 crashes in large pond outside Moscow, 176 die
October 13, 1972 Commish Bowie Kuhn allows Bert Campaneris to play in World Series
October 13, 1972 Uruguay to Chile plane crashes in Andes Mountain, (12 of 23 rescue)
October 13, 1971 1st World Series night game (Pittsburgh 4-Baltimore 3)
October 13, 1971 WTZH TV channel 24 in Meridian, MS (CBS) suspends broadcasting
October 13, 1970 Angela Davis arrested in New York City
October 13, 1970 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Sary Shagan U.S.S.R.
October 13, 1969 1st time 7 people in space
October 13, 1969 Billy Martin (97-65) is fired as manager of AL West-winning Twins
October 13, 1969 Soyuz 8 is launched
October 13, 1968 Tinker Creek Gorge of Cleveland Metroparks is dedicated
October 13, 1967 CBS radio cancels "House Party"
October 13, 1966 173 U.S. airplanes bomb North-Vietnam
October 13, 1966 Vice Admiral Rufus L Taylor, USN, becomes deputy director of CIA
October 13, 1964 At Plesman airport, Curaeao, 125.5 mm rainfalls (record)
October 13, 1964 Voskhod 1 crew returns
October 13, 1963 "Beatlemania" is coined after Beatles appear at Palladium
October 13, 1963 15th Ryder Cup: U.S. beats 23-9 at East Lake CC Ga
October 13, 1963 9th LPGA Championship won by Mickey Wright
October 13, 1962 "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" opens on Broadway, with Uta Hagen
October 13, 1960 3rd presidential debate with Nixon in Hollywood and Kennedy in NY
October 13, 1960 Nikita Khrushchev (PM U.S.S.R.) bangs his shoe on table at UN
October 13, 1960 Opponents of Fidel Castro executed in Cuba
October 13, 1960 Pirate's Mazeroski's bottom of 9th lead off HR beats New York Yankees 10-9 in game 7 of 57th World Series
October 13, 1957 German Dem Rep recalls East Mark and issues new currency
October 13, 1956 WAGM TV channel 8 in Presque Isle, ME (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins
October 13, 1955 1st edition of L'express publishes in Paris
October 13, 1954 RP Smith/M Shulman's "Tender Trap," premieres in New York City
October 13, 1953 Burglar alarm-ultrasonic or radio waves-patented-Samuel Bagno
October 13, 1949 "Touch and Go" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 176 performances
October 13, 1947 "Kukla, Fran and Ollie" premieres
October 13, 1947 1st NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Toronto 4-3 at Toronto
October 13, 1944 Riga Latvia freed
October 13, 1944 U.S. 1st army begins battle of Aachen
October 13, 1943 Italy declares war on former Axis partner Germany
October 13, 1937 A recorded trace of snow in Central Park New York City
October 13, 1936 Explosion caused by leaking gas rips out section 12 of Cleveland Stadium
October 13, 1933 JDJ Boularan's "Tovarich," premieres in Paris
October 13, 1933 Soccer team STEVO forms in Geesteren
October 13, 1931 Musical "Everybody's Welcome" with T/J Dorsey premieres in New York City
October 13, 1931 Noel Cowards "Cavalcade," premieres in London
October 13, 1930 New German Reichstag opens with 107 NSDAP'ers in uniform
October 13, 1924 Wahhabietes under Ibn Saudi take Mecca
October 13, 1923 Angora (Ankara) becomes Turkey's capital
October 13, 1921 New York Giants beat New York Yankees, 5 games to 3 in 18th World Series
October 13, 1920 World Series celebration in Wade Park brings out 50,000+ Clevelanders
October 13, 1919 Race riot at Elaine Arkansas
October 13, 1917 Soviet accept establishment of Petrograd Military
October 13, 1915 Boston Red Sox beat Philadelphia Phillies, 4 games to 1 in 12th World Series
October 13, 1914 Belgian regime forms at St. Adresse at Le Havre
October 13, 1914 Boston Braves sweep Philadelphia A's, 1st sweep in World Series history
October 13, 1914 Garrett Morgan invents and patents gas mask
October 13, 1914 Pro-German Boers begin opposition of British authority in South Africa
October 13, 1913 Explosion and fire in Universal Coal Mine, South Wales
October 13, 1903 Victor Herbert's "Babes in Toyland," premieres in New York City
October 13, 1902 Arna W. Bontemps noted poet and librarian of Fisk University
October 13, 1899 7000 lay-offs black mine workers of South Africa reach Natal
October 13, 1893 Vigilant (U.S.) beats Valkyrie II (England) in 9th America's Cup
October 13, 1884 Greenwich established as universal time meridian of longitude
October 13, 1881 Revival of Hebrew language as Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and friends agree to use Hebrew exclusively in their conversations
October 13, 1870 Gustav Mahler (10) gives his 1st public piano concert
October 13, 1864 Battle at Darbytown Road Virginia (337 casualties)
October 13, 1864 Battle of Dalton, Georgia - surrendered
October 13, 1864 Battle of Harpers Ferry, WV (Mosby's Raid)
October 13, 1864 Maryland voters adopt new constitution, including abolition of slavery
October 13, 1863 Skirmish at Blountsville, Tennessee (50 casualties)
October 13, 1862 Bismarck's "Blood and Iron" speech
October 13, 1860 1st aerial photo taken in U.S. (from a balloon), Boston
October 13, 1845 Texas ratifies a state constitution
October 13, 1843 B'nai B'rith founded (NY)
October 13, 1812 Battle of Queenstown Heights, British beats U.S. attempt to invade Canada
October 13, 1792 1st Old Farmer's Almanac is published
October 13, 1792 Washington lays cornerstone of Executive Mansion (White House)
October 13, 1775 Continental Congress orders construction of a naval fleet
October 13, 1760 Russian/Austrian army evacuates Berlin
October 13, 1724 Jonathan Swift publishes last of Drapier's letters
October 13, 1716 Hungarian Emperor Karel VI's troops occupy Temesvar
October 13, 1710 English troops occupy Acadia (Nova Scotia)
October 13, 1702 Dutch/English troops occupy Luik
October 13, 1660 Denmark king Frederik III makes coup
October 13, 1659 Gen-major John Lambert drives out English Rump-govt
October 13, 1652 Prince of Conde flees Paris
October 13, 1629 Dutch West Indies Co grants religious freedom in West Indies
October 13, 1534 Alessandro Farnese elected as Pope Paul III
October 13, 1501 Maximilian of Austria and Louis XII sign Treaty of Trente
October 13, 1492 English Admiral Poynings fleet occupies Lock
October 13, 1483 Rabbi Issac Abarbanel starts his exegesis on Bible
October 13, 1307 French king Philip IV convicts templars because of heresy
October 13, 1213 Battle at Steppes-Bishop Pierrepont and Louis II beat Henry I of Brabant

October 12 Deaths in History

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October 12, 2003 Joan Kroc, philanthropist/former baseball team owner, started Peace Institutes at several universities, dies at 75
October 12, 2003 Willie Shoemaker, jockey, dies at 72
October 12, 2002 Ray Conniff, arranger/bandleader, Lara's Theme, dies at 85
October 12, 1999 "Wilt ""The Stilt"" Chamberlain", basketball great/sometime actor, Record-smashing basketball player who scored over 70 points in several pro games, dies at 63
October 12, 1997 John Denver, country star (Country Boy), dies in plain crash at 53
October 12, 1996 David Gilroy Bevan, politician, dies at 86
October 12, 1996 Pavel Alexandrovich Solovyov, aero-engine designer, dies at 79
October 12, 1996 Trevor Illtyd williams, scientific writer, dies at 75
October 12, 1996 Vernon Elliott, musician/composer, dies at 84
October 12, 1995 Eleanor Aller, cellist, dies at 78
October 12, 1995 Gary Bond, actor (Outback, Zulu, Anne of Thousand Days), dies at 55
October 12, 1993 Leon Ames, actor (Father of the Bride), dies at 91 of stroke
October 12, 1992 Alexander Pola, [Abraham Polak], actor and writer (Farce Major), dies
October 12, 1992 John Hancock, actor (Catch the Heat), dies of a heart attack at 51
October 12, 1992 Ulysses Guimaraes, Brazilian MP (chairman), dies in accident
October 12, 1991 Aline MacMahon, U.S. actress (Backdoor to Heaven), dies at 92
October 12, 1991 Regis Toomey, actor (Dive Bomber, Cry Danger, Magic Town), dies at 89
October 12, 1991 Sheila Florance, Australian actress (Cactus), dies of cancer at 75
October 12, 1990 Max Tailleur, adjunct prince Bernhard/Jewish humorist, dies
October 12, 1990 Rifaat Maghub, president Egyptian MP, murdered
October 12, 1989 Franco, [Francis Luambo/"Makiadi"], Zaire composer/music, dies at 51
October 12, 1989 Jay Ward, cartoonist (Rocky and his Friends), dies at 79
October 12, 1988 Ken Murray, actor (Bill and Coo, Crooner, Half-Marriage), dies at 85
October 12, 1987 Alfred M Landon, former Kansas Gov, dies at his Topeka home at 100
October 12, 1987 Philleo Nash, U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs (1961-67), dies at 77
October 12, 1985 Johnny Olsen, TV announcer (Price is Right), dies at 75
October 12, 1985 Ricky Wilson, rock guitarist (B-52's), dies of AIDS at 32
October 12, 1983 Jiri Lederer, Czechoslovakia journalist/dissident, dies at 61
October 12, 1982 Chris[tiaan R] Reumer, Dutch opera singer, dies at 73
October 12, 1979 Celia Lovsky, actress (Airport, Harlow, T'Pau-Star Trek), dies at 82
October 12, 1977 Doris Davenport, actress (Behind the News, Westerner), dies at 81
October 12, 1974 Joseph Frederick Wagner, composer, dies at 74
October 12, 1971 Dean G Acheson, U.S. foreign minister (1949-53), dies at 78
October 12, 1971 Gene Vincent, rocker, dies of bleeding ulcers at 36
October 12, 1971 Dean Acheson, American Statesman
October 12, 1969 Serge Poliakoff, Russ/French painter, dies
October 12, 1969 Sonja Henie, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1928, 32, 36), dies at 57
October 12, 1967 Nat Pendleton, Olympic wrestler/actor (Reckless), dies at 72
October 12, 1966 Arthur Vincent Lourie, composer, dies at 74
October 12, 1964 J Howard Frazer, USTA pres, dies in office
October 12, 1960 Inejiro Asanuma, leader Japanese Socialist Party, murdered at 61
October 12, 1959 Arnoldt Bronnen, writer, dies at 63
October 12, 1958 Ed Hinton, actor (Henderson-I Lived 3 Lives), dies at 30
October 12, 1958 Gerard Hordijk, Dutch architect/painter, dies at 59
October 12, 1951 Simon Kimbangu/Kibangu, Congo prophet, dies in captivity at 62
October 12, 1948 Alfred Kerr, writer, dies at 80
October 12, 1947 Nelson Betancourt, cricket wicketkeeper (WI Test 1930), dies at 42
October 12, 1946 Joseph W. Stilwell, U.S. general (China), dies
October 12, 1940 Tom Mix, U.S. actor (Texan, Hidden Gold), dies at 60
October 12, 1929 Max Ettlinger, German philosopher/theorist, dies at 52
October 12, 1924 Anatole France, writer, dies at 80
October 12, 1924 Monroe A Althouse, composer, dies at 71
October 12, 1922 Daisy M C Baers, Flemish philosophy/theory, dies at 33
October 12, 1915 Edith L Cavell, British nurse, executed by Germans in Belgium (WW II)
October 12, 1915 Edith Cavell, American Public Servant
October 12, 1892 Ernest Renan, French Philosopher
October 12, 1870 Robert E Lee, General of Confederate Army, dies at 63
October 12, 1870 Robert E. Lee, American Soldier
October 12, 1865 William Vincent Wallace, composer, dies at 53
October 12, 1864 Roger Taney, 5th Supreme Court Chief Justice (1836-64), dies at 87
October 12, 1860 Henry G. W. Smith, leader of British-Indian forces, dies at 73
October 12, 1858 Ando Hiroshige, Japanese painter, dies at 61
October 12, 1844 Claude Tillier, French journalist and writer (My Uncle Benjamin), dies
October 12, 1837 Frederica Louisa Wilhelmina, Queen of Netherlands, dies at 62
October 12, 1829 Jacobus Blue, Dutch regent/patriot, dies at about 73
October 12, 1820 Elias Annes Borger, theologist/poet (Ode on the Rhine), dies at 36
October 12, 1817 Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel, composer, dies at 66
October 12, 1797 Pierre de Jelyotte, composer, dies at 84
October 12, 1794 James Lyon, composer, dies at 59
October 12, 1791 A L Karschin, writer, dies at 68
October 12, 1730 Frederik IV, king of Denmark/Norway (1699-1730), dies
October 12, 1694 Matsuo Basho, greatest Japanese haiku poet, dies
October 12, 1692 Giovanni Battista Vitali, composer, dies at 60
October 12, 1685 Geeraerdt Burns, theologist, poet and historian, dies at 59
October 12, 1672 Frederik of Nassau, count of Buren, slain in battle
October 12, 1654 Dirck Graswinckel, Dutch court clerk of States-General, dies at 66
October 12, 1654 Rembrandt Carel Fabritius, painter, dies in an accident
October 12, 1646 Francois De Bassompierre, marshal of France, dies
October 12, 1576 Maximiliaan II, German king/Kaiser (1564-76), dies
October 12, 1343 Reinald II, duke of Gelre, dies
October 12, 1320 Michael IX Paleologi, emperor of Byzantine (1295-1320), dies
October 12, 1093 Robrecht de Fries, earl of Flanders (1071-93), dies at about 62
October 12, 642 Johannes IV, Dalmatisch Pope (640-42), dies
October 12, 638 Honorius I, [dux plebis], Italian Pope, dies

October 12 Birthdays in History

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October 12, 1977 Carmen Carrillo Vilanova, Miss El Salvador Universe 1997
October 12, 1975 Karmyn Tyler, Shreveport Louisiana, Miss America-Louisiana 1996
October 12, 1975 Scott Von Der Ahe, linebacker for the Indianapolis Colts
October 12, 1974 Miroslav Satan, Topolcany CZE, NHL forward, Team Slovakia, Edmonton
October 12, 1974 Rachyl Hoskins, Miss USA-Kentucky 1997
October 12, 1972 Jeroen Egge, WLAF offensive linesman for the Amsterdam Admirals
October 12, 1972 Neriah Davis, born in Los Angeles, California, playmate, Mar, 1994
October 12, 1972 Singor Mobley, safety for the Dallas Cowboys
October 12, 1972 Tom van Mol, soccer player, PSV
October 12, 1971 Bronzel Miller, WLAF linebacker for the Amsterdam Admirals
October 12, 1971 Pavol Rybar, hockey goaltender, Team Slovakia 1998
October 12, 1970 Amy Beth Keller, Great Bend Kansas, Miss America, Kansas-Top 10-1996
October 12, 1970 Charlie Ward, NBA guard for the New York Knicks/Heisman Trophy winner 1993
October 12, 1970 Herman Arvie, NFL tackle for the Cleveland Browns
October 12, 1970 Karen Courtland, Orange, New Jersey, pairs skaters 1994 Olympics
October 12, 1970 Kimberly Hoskins, Yuma Arizona, Miss Arizona-America 1991
October 12, 1970 Kirk Cameron, born in Panorama City, California, actor, Mike-Growing Pains
October 12, 1969 Alison Peek, Australia, field hockey halfback/midfielder 1996 Olympics
October 12, 1969 Dave Chaytors, CFL defensive tackle for the BC Lions
October 12, 1969 David Collins, Bethpage, New York, rower, Olympics-bronze-1996
October 12, 1969 Jose Valentin, Manati Puerto Rico, infielder for the Milwaukee Brewers
October 12, 1969 Kimberly Ann Grimm, Mt Lake Park, Maryland, Miss Maryland-America 1991
October 12, 1969 Nancy Ann Kerrigan, Woburn Massachusetts, figure skater, Olympics-silver-1994
October 12, 1969 Terry Ray, NFL strong safety for the New England Patriots
October 12, 1968 Adam Rich, New York City, actor, Nicholas-8 is Enough, Code Red, Gun Shy
October 12, 1968 Charles Anthony, CFL defensive back for the Toronto Argonauts
October 12, 1968 Leon Lett, NFL defensive tackle for the Dallas Cowboys
October 12, 1968 Mike Trombley, Springfield, Massachusetts, pitcher for the Minnesota Twins
October 12, 1968 Hugh Jackman, Australian Actor
October 12, 1967 Becky Iverson, Escanaba, Michigan, LPGA golfer, 1995 Friendly's Classic
October 12, 1966 Mel Rojas, Haina, Dominican Republic, pitcher for the Montreal Expos
October 12, 1966 Wim Jonk, Dutch soccer star, Ajax
October 12, 1965 Chris Chandler, NFL quarterback, Houston Oilers, Atlanta Falcons
October 12, 1965 J Daigneault, Montreal, NHL defenseman for the Pittsburgh Penguins
October 12, 1965 Larry Silveira, Walnut Creek California, Nike golfer, NIKE Knoxville Open-2nd
October 12, 1965 Todd Krygier, Chicago Heights, NHL left wing, Anaheim, Washington
October 12, 1964 Darrick Heath, Hempstead, New York, team handball left back 1996 Olympics
October 12, 1964 Fanie De Villers, cricketer, great South African pace bowler 1993-
October 12, 1964 Jo Ann Willette, actress, Constance-Just 10 of Us, Real Genius
October 12, 1963 Michael Zordich, NFL strong safety for the Philadelphia Eagles
October 12, 1963 Randy Wood, Princeton, NHL left wing for the Dallas Stars
October 12, 1962 Dhammika Ranatunga, cricketer, bro of Arjuna Sri Lankan batsman 1990
October 12, 1962 Sid Fernandez, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, pitcher, New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies
October 12, 1960 Lionel Washington, cornerback for the Oakland Raiders
October 12, 1960 Stephen Brent Lowery, Birmingham, Alabama, PGA golfer, 1994 Sprint
October 12, 1959 Abigail Kingsley Alling, New York City, executive, Biosphere 2
October 12, 1958 Jeff Keith, rock vocalist, Tesla-Psychotic Supper
October 12, 1955 Pat Dinizio, rock vocalist, Smithereens
October 12, 1955 Jane Siberry, Canadian Musician
October 12, 1954 Tom Blomberg, Dutch radio host/producer, Evening Rush Hour
October 12, 1951 Bernie Ruoff, West Germany, CFL kicker, Winnipeg, Hamilton
October 12, 1951 Ed Royce, Rep-R-California
October 12, 1951 Sally Little, Cape Town South Africa, LPGA golfer, 1982 Dinah Shore
October 12, 1950 Susan Anton, Oak Glen California, actress, Golden Girl, Spring Fever
October 12, 1950 Dave Freudenthal, American Politician
October 12, 1948 Rick Parfitt, Surrey England, pop guitarist/singer, Status Quo-Wanderer
October 12, 1947 Chris Wallace, born in Chicago, Illinois, newscaster, NBC Weekend News
October 12, 1946 Ashok Mankad, cricketer, son of Vinoo, batted for India 1969-78
October 12, 1942 Daliah Lavi, Shavel Zion Israel, actress, Casino Royalle, Lord Jim
October 12, 1942 Melvin Franklin, Montgomery Alabama, rocker, Temptations
October 12, 1941 Craig A Washington, Rep-D-Texas
October 12, 1938 Anne Perry, British Novelist
October 12, 1936 Tony Kubek, shortstop, New York Yankees, /sportscaster, NBC-TV, MSG
October 12, 1935 Luciano Pavarotti, born in Modena, Italy, operatic tenor, Oh Giorgio, 3 Tenors
October 12, 1935 Sam Moore, born in Miami, Florida, rock vocalist, Sam and Dave-Soul Sister
October 12, 1933 Broos van Erp, Dutch MP, VVD
October 12, 1932 Dick Gregory, comedian/political activist/dietician, Bahamian Diet
October 12, 1932 Dusan Makavejev, Belgrade Yugoslavia, director, Man is Not a Bird
October 12, 1932 Jake Edwin Garn, Sen-R-Utah, 1974-, and astronaut, STS 51D
October 12, 1932 Mayer Joel Mandelbaum, composer
October 12, 1932 Ned Jarrett, auto racer/announcer, 50 Grand National victories
October 12, 1931 Raoul Pleskow, composer
October 12, 1930 Jack S Gottlieb, composer
October 12, 1929 Robert Coles, Milton Massachusetts, author, Anna Freud, Pulitzer 1973
October 12, 1928 Al Held, U.S., painter/sculptor, hard edge-style
October 12, 1927 Antonia Rey, Havana Cuba, actress, True Colors, Wise Guys
October 12, 1926 Hans Liebold, Germany, auto racer, Nardo, Italy
October 12, 1925 Bill Parkhouse, cricketer, England batsman in 7 Tests 1950-59
October 12, 1925 Fons Jansen, news reader/Dutch cabaretier, court jester of beliefs
October 12, 1925 Guitar Gabriel Robert Lewis Jones, singer/guitarist
October 12, 1925 William Steinkraus, equestrian, Oly-gold/2 sil/br-52/56/60/64/68/72
October 12, 1923 Jean Nidetch, born in Brooklyn, nutritionist founder, Weight Watchers
October 12, 1921 Jaroslav Drobny, Czechoslovakia, hockey, Oly-gold-1948, tennis, Wimb-1954
October 12, 1920 Alice Childress, U.S. playwright/actress, Wedding Band
October 12, 1919 Andre Casanova, composer
October 12, 1918 Emil Cossetto, composer
October 12, 1917 Hans Bentz van den Berg, Dutch actor, Last Train
October 12, 1913 William James Moyce, armaments scientist
October 12, 1911 Louis M de Guiringaud, French foreign minister, 1976-78
October 12, 1911 Vijay Merchant, cricketer, all-time great Indian batsman
October 12, 1909 Josephine Hutchinson, born in Seattle, Washington, actress, Story of Louis Pasteur
October 12, 1909 Zellig S Harris, U.S. linguist
October 12, 1908 Ann Lane Petry, U.S. journalist/author, Street
October 12, 1907 Wolfgang Fortner, composer
October 12, 1906 Edmund Charles Wolf Myers, soldier/engineer
October 12, 1906 Joe Cronin, baseball, Pirates, Red Sox, Senators, MVP 1930, AL Pres
October 12, 1906 Willy Hess, composer
October 12, 1905 Rick Ferrell, baseball Hall of Fame catcher
October 12, 1903 Grayson Kirk, Jeffersonville Ohio, educator
October 12, 1902 Dirk A M Binnendijk, critic, Authoritarian Regimes in Transistion
October 12, 1896 Eugenio Montale, born in Italy, poet/translator, Xenia-Nobel 1975
October 12, 1894 Charles Hodge, California, New York University professor, Answers for Americans
October 12, 1894 Elisabeth A de Vreugd, chambermaid of Dutch queen
October 12, 1893 Pall Isolfsson, composer
October 12, 1891 Edith Stein, German philosopher
October 12, 1890 Luis de Freitas Branco, composer
October 12, 1886 Karl Dane, Copenhagen Denmark, actor, Son of the Sheik
October 12, 1884 Godfrey Tearle, English/US actor, 39 Steps
October 12, 1882 Hermann Wolfgang Sartorius Waltershausen, German musicologist/composer
October 12, 1881 Carlos Lopez Buchardo, composer
October 12, 1881 William Nigh, Berlin Wisconsin, director, Ape, Doomed to Die, Mr. Wong
October 12, 1880 Healey Willan, composer
October 12, 1878 Karl Buresch, Austria politician
October 12, 1875 Aleister [Edward S] Crowley, 75 pseudonames, British occultist
October 12, 1875 Aleister Crowley, English Critic
October 12, 1872 Ralph Vaughan Williams, Down Amp England, composer, Hugh the Drover
October 12, 1866 Antonie Waldrop, painter/lithographer
October 12, 1866 James Ramsay MacDonald, L, British Prime Minister, 1924, 1929-35
October 12, 1860 Elmer A Sperry, inventor, gyrocompass
October 12, 1855 Arthur Nikisch, Szent-Miklos Hungary, conductor, Berlin Philharmonic
October 12, 1855 August Sauer, Austria literature historian, Euphorion
October 12, 1845 Amintore Galli, composer
October 12, 1844 George W. Cable, American writer, Northampton Years
October 12, 1840 Helena Modjeska, Poland, Shakespearian actress, Juliet, /anti-Russian
October 12, 1832 Walter T Watts-Dunton, England, lawyer/poet/writer, Aylwin
October 12, 1822 Joseph Haydn Potter, Brig General Union volunteers, died in 1892
October 12, 1815 William Joseph Hardee, Lieutenant General Confederate Army, died in 1873
October 12, 1813 Lyman Trumbull, MC, Union, died in 1896
October 12, 1808 John Liptrot Hatton, composer
October 12, 1807 John Tideman, Dutch Remonstrant theologist
October 12, 1798 A J Pedro I van Alcantara, Kaiser of Brazil, 1822-31, /king of Portugal
October 12, 1798 Charles Albert, King of Sardinia, 1831-49
October 12, 1763 John Ross, composer
October 12, 1762 John W. Janssens, Governor-General of Cape colony/Dutch-Indies 1811
October 12, 1759 Frantisek Vaclav Tomes, composer
October 12, 1742 Johan Peter Melchior, German sculptor
October 12, 1713 Johann Ludwig Krebs, composer
October 12, 1686 Silvius Leopold Weiss, composer
October 12, 1606 Christoph B von Galen, prince-bishop of Munster, 1650-78
October 12, 1537 Edward VI, Tudor, King of England, 1547-53
October 12, 1490 Bernardo Pisano, composer
October 12, 1350 Dimitri "Donskoi" Ivanovitch, great monarch of Vladimir-Soezdal

October 12 Events in History

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October 12, 2004 WNBA Championships, Seattle Storm beat Connecticut Sun 2 games to 1
October 12, 2002 Nearly 200 tourists murdered by Islamist terrorist bombs in Bali
October 12, 2000 USS Cole bombed in the port of Aden, Yemen, killing 17 sailors
October 12, 1997 David Duval wins Michelob Championship at Kingsmill Golf Club
October 12, 1997 Juli Inkster wins LPGA Samsung World Championship
October 12, 1997 Transamerica Senior Golf
October 12, 1995 "Patti LuPone on Broadway" opens at Walter Kerr New York City for 46 performances
October 12, 1994 Contact with Venus orbitter Magellan broken
October 12, 1994 Iranian Fokker's F28 explode between Isfahan and Teheran: 66 killed
October 12, 1993 "Mixed Emotions" opens at John Golden Theater New York City for 48 performances
October 12, 1992 5.8 earthquake at Cairo (at least 510 die)
October 12, 1992 Arecibo radio telescope begins Microwave search for occupied planets
October 12, 1992 Brett "Hitman" Hart beats Ric Flair for WWF Heavyweight title
October 12, 1992 Expo '92 closes in Seville Spain
October 12, 1992 Howard Stern radio show premieres in Albany New York (WQBK 103.5 and 103.9 FM)
October 12, 1992 Microwave Observing Project begins (seeking alien life)
October 12, 1992 Washington Redskin Art Monk sets NFL record with 820th reception
October 12, 1991 Mike Lerch of Princeton ties NCAA record with 370 receiving yards
October 12, 1991 Statler Brothers Show premieres on TNN
October 12, 1991 Steven Spielberg weds Kate Capshaw
October 12, 1991 Wrestler Rip Oliver forced to retire after being injured by Crush
October 12, 1991 Doug Flutie of BC Lions sets CFL passing record of 582 yards despite losing to Edmonton 45-38 in overtime
October 12, 1990 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
October 12, 1989 Herschel Walker is traded from Cowboys to Vikings for 12 players
October 12, 1989 Musical "Buddy" with Paul Hipp premieres in London
October 12, 1988 George Bush and Michael Dukakis meet in 2nd debate
October 12, 1988 Israel and China sign trade deal, plan diplomatic relations
October 12, 1987 21st Country Music Association Award: Hank William, Jr. wins
October 12, 1987 George Harrison releases "Got My Mind Set On You"
October 12, 1987 Minnesota Twins beat Detroit Tigers for AL pennant
October 12, 1987 Oscar Arias (Costa Rican Pres) wins Nobel Peace Prize
October 12, 1986 California Angels within 1 pitch of pennant victory lose to Red Sox
October 12, 1985 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 61A mission
October 12, 1985 International Physicians for Prevention of Nuclear War receives Nobel Prize
October 12, 1985 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
October 12, 1984 IRA bombs hotel where Margaret Thatcher is staying, 5 die
October 12, 1982 38.6 cm (15.2") of rainfall, Angoon Alaska (state record)
October 12, 1982 Milwaukee Brewer Paul Molitor getrs world sereis record 5 hits
October 12, 1981 "Marlowe" opens at Rialto Theater New York City for 48 performances
October 12, 1981 15th Country Music Association Award:
October 12, 1980 "Your Arm's Too Short to Box" closes at Ambassador New York City after 149 performances
October 12, 1980 7 stabbed at Blood, Sweat and Tears concert in LA
October 12, 1980 Amy Alcott wins LPGA Inamori Golf Classic
October 12, 1979 Pressure in nucleus of tropical cyclone at Guam hits record 870 hpa
October 12, 1978 Representatives of Israel and Egypt open talks in Washington
October 12, 1978 Sid Vicious charged in murder of girlfriend Nancyh Spungen
October 12, 1977 "Throwaway Game" Catfish Hunter loses WS 6-1 resting Yank pitchers
October 12, 1977 4th test of space shuttle Enterprise
October 12, 1977 Psychic Romark attempts to drive blindfolded, smashed into cop van
October 12, 1976 4th Space Shuttle Enterprise, approach and land test (ALT) flight
October 12, 1976 Hua Guo-feng succeeds Mao Tse-tung as chairman of Communist Party
October 12, 1975 Archbishop Oliver Plunkett became 1st Irish-born saint in 7 centuries
October 12, 1975 Jacqueline Hansen runs women's world record marathon (2:38:19)
October 12, 1975 NASA launches space vehicle S-195
October 12, 1974 1st time Washington Caps are shutout as they are beat 6-0 by Minnesota
October 12, 1973 Israeli counter offensive in southern Syria
October 12, 1973 Juan Peron elected president of Argentina
October 12, 1973 Nixon nominates Gerald Ford to replace Spiro Agnew as VP
October 12, 1972 "Hurry, Harry" opens at Ritz Theater New York City for 2 performances
October 12, 1972 46 sailors injured in race riot on aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk
October 12, 1972 Billy Harris failed in 1st Islander penalty shot
October 12, 1972 Mariner 9 takes pictures of Martian north pole
October 12, 1971 "Jesus Christ Superstar" opens at Mark Hellinger New York City for 711 performances
October 12, 1970 Rock Memorabilia Auction at Filmore East
October 12, 1969 1st time 5 people in space
October 12, 1969 KDB-AM in Santa Barbara, California changes call letters to KAPN
October 12, 1969 KHOF (now KAGL) TV ch 30 in San Bernardino/Glenda, California (IND) begins
October 12, 1969 Soyuz 7 is launched
October 12, 1969 Yoko Ono suffers another miscarriage
October 12, 1968 "Noel Coward's Sweet Potato" closes at Barrymore New York City after 17 performances
October 12, 1968 19th Olympic games open at Mexico City, Mexico
October 12, 1968 Equatorial Guinea (Spanish Guinea) declares independence from Spain
October 12, 1968 Norma Enriqueta Basilio Satelo is 1st woman to light Olympic flame
October 12, 1967 St. Louis Cardinals beat Boston Red Sox, 4 games to 3 in 64th World Series as Lou Brock steals a record 7 bases in 1 World Series
October 12, 1966 Jimi Henrix Experience fors with Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell
October 12, 1964 1st time 3 people in space
October 12, 1964 KCSM TV channel 60 in San Mateo-SF, California (PBS) begins
October 12, 1964 Launch of Voskhod 1, 1st 3 man crew (Komarov, Feokistov, Yegorov)
October 12, 1964 Voskhod 1 launched: 1st flight with 3 cosmonauts
October 12, 1964 WSBK TV channel 38 in Boston, MA (IND/ABC/CBS/NBC) begin
October 12, 1964 WUCM TV channel 19 in University Center, MI (PBS) begins broadcasting
October 12, 1963 "Student Gypsy" closes at 84th St. Theater New York City after 16 performances
October 12, 1963 Archaeological digs begin at Masada, Israel
October 12, 1963 At 4 AM, traffic on Bay Bridge is 1-way on each deck
October 12, 1962 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
October 12, 1962 US/U.S.S.R. sign joint space effort in telecommunications and meteorology
October 12, 1961 "Let It Ride" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City for 68 performances
October 12, 1961 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R.
October 12, 1960 John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon's 3rd presidential debate
October 12, 1960 Nikita Khrushchev pounds his shoe at United Nations General Assembly
October 12, 1958 CVP wins municipal elections in Belgium
October 12, 1958 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.
October 12, 1958 WJRT TV channel 12 in Flint, MI (ABC) begins broadcasting
October 12, 1957 "Mask and Gown" closes at John Golden Theater New York City after 39 performances
October 12, 1957 "Simply Heavenly" closes at Playhouse Theater New York City after 62 performances
October 12, 1957 1st coml flight between California and Antartica
October 12, 1957 Canadian Prime Minister Lester Bowles Pearson wins Nobel Peace Prize
October 12, 1956 Marga Klompe becomes 1st Dutch women elected minister
October 12, 1955 Hurricane Connie, kills 43 in NC, SC, Virginia and Maryland
October 12, 1955 Hurricane Hazel, kills 68 in Haiti
October 12, 1953 U.S. and Greece signs peace treaty (US bases)
October 12, 1952 Hanif Mohammad scores twin 100s vs. N Zone (Ind) his 1st fc cricket tons
October 12, 1952 KBTV (now KUSA) TV channel 9 in Denver, CO (ABC) begins broadcasting
October 12, 1950 "Call Me Madam" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 644 performances
October 12, 1949 Eugenie Anderson becomes 1st woman ambassador nominated in US
October 12, 1948 Casey Stengel takes over as Yankee manager
October 12, 1944 German army retreats from Athens
October 12, 1943 U.S. bombs Rabaul, New Britain
October 12, 1942 Successful Russian counter attack through 37th Guard division
October 12, 1942 U.S. Navy defeats Japanese in WW II Battle of Cape Esperance
October 12, 1941 Russian government moves from Moscow to Volga as Nazis close in on Moscow
October 12, 1940 Hitler begins operation-Seelowe (invasion of England)
October 12, 1935 Cole Porters musical "Jubilee," premieres in New York City
October 12, 1933 Alcatraz becomes a federal prison (unofficially)
October 12, 1933 John Dillinger escapes from Allen County, OH, jail
October 12, 1931 1st International Conference on Calendar Reform
October 12, 1929 Cubs blow 8-0 World Series lead, A's score 10 in 1 inning
October 12, 1927 Hermann Gorner of Germany raises 24 men weighing 4,123 lbs on a plank with soles of his feet
October 12, 1925 Albert Michelsen runs world record marathon (2:19:01.8)
October 12, 1925 German-Russian trade agreement signed
October 12, 1924 Sokolnicheskaya Radio begins broadcasting from Moscow
October 12, 1923 New York Giant's Casey Stengel HR beats Yanks 1-0 in World Series
October 12, 1920 Cleveland Indians beat Brooklyn Dodgers, 5 games to 2 in 17th World Series
October 12, 1920 Construction begins on Holland Tunnel connecting New Jersey and New York City
October 12, 1920 Man O'War's last race and win
October 12, 1920 Soccer team Quick '20 forms
October 12, 1918 1st use of iron lung (Boston's Children Hospital)
October 12, 1918 Cloquet Minnesota and 25 other communities destroyed by forest fire, 559 die
October 12, 1918 Forest fire in Minnesota and Northern Wisconsin kills about 800
October 12, 1916 Boston Red Sox beat Brooklyn Dodgers, 4 games to 1 in 13th World Series
October 12, 1915 Ford Motor Company manufactures its 1 millionth Model T automobile
October 12, 1915 Theodore Roosevelt criticizes U.S. citzens who identify themselves, with dual nationalities
October 12, 1914 1st battle at Ypres, begins
October 12, 1913 John McGraw, after drinking, blames Wilbert Robinson's coaching mistakes for World Series lose, Robertson blames McGraw and is fired
October 12, 1907 Cubs beat Tigers 4 games to 0 with 1 tie in 4th World Series
October 12, 1903 Lyric Theater opens at 213 W 42nd St. New York City
October 12, 1901 Theodore Roosevelt renames "Executive Mansion," "The White House"
October 12, 1899 South Africa Boer Republic declares war on England
October 12, 1892 Pledge of Allegiance 1st recited in public schools
October 12, 1891 Astronomical Society of France is inaugurated
October 12, 1886 Hurricane and sea surge kills 250 at Indianola, Texas
October 12, 1886 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of 2nd Stain"
October 12, 1881 Henry M. Stanley signs contract with Congo monarch
October 12, 1879 British troops occupy Kabul Afghanistan
October 12, 1872 Montreal Foot Ball Club 1st game playing Quebec City to 0-0 tie
October 12, 1871 President Grant condemns Ku Klux Klan
October 12, 1862 JEB Stuart completes his "2nd ride around McClellan"
October 12, 1862 Maj Gen Earl Van Dorn assumes command of Conf troops in Missisippi
October 12, 1862 Skirmish at Monocacy, Maryland
October 12, 1861 Confederate ironclad Manassas attack Union's Richmond on Mississippi
October 12, 1860 British and French troops capture Beijing
October 12, 1854 Lincoln University founded as Ashmun Institute
October 12, 1853 John Morrissey wins boxing title, when Yankee Sullivan leaves ring after 36th round to slug Morrissey's fans
October 12, 1850 1st women's medical school (Women's Medical College of Penns), opens
October 12, 1836 18" of snow falls in Bridgewater, New York
October 12, 1833 Charles Darwin begins return trip to Buenos Aires
October 12, 1823 Charles Macintosh of Scotland begins selling raincoats (Macs)
October 12, 1822 2nd eruption of Galunggung (Java) destroys summit of mountain
October 12, 1815 Ex-king Joachim Murat van Naples sentenced to death
October 12, 1798 Flemish uprising against French occupied Boerenkrijg
October 12, 1798 Friedrich von Schillers "Wallensteins Lager," premieres in Weimar
October 12, 1792 Columbus Day is 1st celebrated
October 12, 1776 British Brigade begins guarding Throgg Necks Road in Bronx
October 12, 1775 U.S. Navy forms
October 12, 1730 Christian VI succeeds Frederik IV as king of Denmark
October 12, 1729 Willem KH Friso installed as viceroy of Gelderland
October 12, 1711 Karel VI Habsburg crowned Roman Catholic emperor
October 12, 1702 Battle of Bay of Vigo: Dutch and English fleet destroy and occupy Spanish silver fleet and French squadron
October 12, 1692 Massachusetts Bay discontinues witch trials
October 12, 1659 English Rump-government fires John Lambert and other generals
October 12, 1654 Kruittoren van Delft, explodes, 50-100 killed
October 12, 1609 Children's rhyme "Three Blind Mice," published in London
October 12, 1576 Rudolf II succeeds Maximilian II as arch duke of Austria
October 12, 1549 John Dudley earl of Warwick becomes English premier
October 12, 1518 Pontifical ambassador interrogates Martin Luther
October 12, 1509 Emperor Maximilian leaves Italy
October 12, 1504 Queen Isabella I of Spain signs her testament
October 12, 1492 Columbus arrives in Bahamas [real Columbus Day]
October 12, 1492 Flemish rebel leader Philip van Kleef surrenders
October 12, 1459 Battle at Ludfor: Richard of York defeated
October 12, 1366 King Frederick III of Siciliy forbids decorations on synagogues
October 12, 1285 180 Jews refuse baptism in Munich Germany, they are set on fire
October 12, 1165 Rambam reaches Jerusalem
October 12, 642 John IV ends his reign as Catholic Pope
October 12, 638 Honorius I ends his reign as Catholic Pope; Pope Severinus elected

October 11 Deaths in History

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October 11, 1998 Richard Denning, actor, Hawaii Five-O, dies at 84
October 11, 1996 Arthur Walter Lucas, picture restorer, dies at 80
October 11, 1996 Edith Tilton Penrose, economist, dies at 81
October 11, 1996 Johnny Costa, jazz pianist (Mr Rogers), dies at 74
October 11, 1996 Ken Boyce, cricketer, dies at 23
October 11, 1996 Terry Patchett, politician, dies at 56
October 11, 1996 William Vickrey, economist, dies at 82
October 11, 1994 Maja Bulgakova, Ukranian actress (Krylja), dies in auto-accident at 62
October 11, 1994 Nic Jonk, sculptor/painter (Nereus on Zeepaard), dies at 66
October 11, 1992 Theo Wolvencamp, painter (Cobra), dies
October 11, 1992 Willem RJ Wittkampf, journalist and writer (Liner, Cannon), dies
October 11, 1990 Douglas Edwards, WW II correspondent, dies of cancer at 73
October 11, 1990 Robert Tessier, actor (Nightwish, Future Force), dies at 56
October 11, 1989 Paul Shenar, actor (Deadly Force, Dream Lover), dies at 53
October 11, 1988 Morgan Farley, actor (Open Secret), dies of natural causes at 90
October 11, 1988 Wayland Flowers, ventriloquist (Madame), dies of AIDS at 48
October 11, 1986 Norm Cash, 1st baseman (Detroit Tigers), dies at 51
October 11, 1985 Tex Williams, country-western singer, dies at 68 of cancer
October 11, 1978 Nancy Spungen, killed by boyfriend Six Vicious in New York City
October 11, 1977 Mason Gross, professor (Think Fast, 2 for the Money), dies at 66
October 11, 1976 Connie Boswell, actress (Artists and Models), dies at 68
October 11, 1971 Chester Conklin, actor (Greed, Modern Times), dies at 83
October 11, 1971 Ralph J Bunche, 1st black U.S. diplomat (Nobel 1950), dies at 67
October 11, 1970 Anis Fuleihan, composer, dies at 69
October 11, 1965 Dorothea Lange, American Photographer
October 11, 1963 Edith Piaf, French singer (No, I don't regret anything), dies at 47
October 11, 1963 Jean Cocteau, French author (La Voie Humaine), dies at 73
October 11, 1961 Leonard "Chico" Marx, comedian (Marx Brothers), dies at 74
October 11, 1960 Richard Cromwell, actor (Jezebel, Riot Squad), dies of cancer at 50
October 11, 1959 Bert Bell, NFL hall of famer, dies at 64
October 11, 1958 J R Becher, writer, dies at 67
October 11, 1958 Max Jakob Friedlander, German/Dutch art historian, dies at 91
October 11, 1942 Leonid Vladimirovich Nikolayev, composer, dies at 64
October 11, 1933 Josef Hofmiller, writer, dies
October 11, 1925 Karl M Lybeck, Fin/Swedish language poet (Samlade Arbeten), dies at 71
October 11, 1907 Adolf Furtwangler, Ger archaeologist (Die antiken Gemmen), dies at 53
October 11, 1897 Leon Boelmann, French organist/composer (Suite Gothique), dies at 35
October 11, 1896 Anton Bruckner, Austr composer (Te Deum, Wagner Symphony), dies at 72
October 11, 1893 Barthelemy Menn, Swiss graphic artist/painter, dies at 77
October 11, 1891 Charles Stewart Parnells, remains buried in Ireland
October 11, 1850 Louisa Maria, queen of Belgium (1832-50)/wife of Leopold I, dies at 38
October 11, 1839 Leonor de Almeida marquesa de Alorna, Portuguese poet, dies at 88
October 11, 1837 Samuel Wesley, composer (Exultate Deo), dies at 71
October 11, 1812 Jurriaan F de Frederici, Dutch governor-gen (Suriname), dies at 60
October 11, 1809 Meriwether Lewis, (Lewis and Clark Expedition), commits suicide at 35
October 11, 1779 Casimir Pulaski, General, dies
October 11, 1705 Guillaume Amontons, French physicist, dies at 42
October 11, 1666 Henry de Fleury dee Coulan, mister of Buat/ritmeester, dies
October 11, 1617 Franchois Vranck, economist/writer (Deduction), dies at about 62
October 11, 1598 Joachim Camerarius, German botanist (horticulture catalog), dies
October 11, 1531 Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss church reformer (Zwinglianen), dies
October 11, 1424 Jan Zizka, Czech (army)leader (Hussieten), dies of plague at 46
October 11, 1347 Louis IV, Duke of Bayern/Romania-Germany King/emperor, dies
October 11, 1303 Boniface VIII, [Benedetto Gaetani], lawyer/pope (1294-1303), dies
October 11, 965 Bruno I, archbishop of Cologne/duke of Lutheran, dies at about 40
October 11, 732 Abd ar-Rahman, Yemenite general strategist (Bordeaux occupier), dies

October 11 Birthdays in History

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October 11, 1992 Sarah Cannon, daughter of singer Amy Grant
October 11, 1975 Kellie Martin, Riverside California, actress, Life Goes On, Cristy
October 11, 1975 Zach Conrad, Ft. Collins Colo, cyclist 1996 Olympics
October 11, 1974 Jason Arnott, Collingwood Ontario, NHL center for the Edmonton Oilers
October 11, 1973 Sharon Dominguez, Miss Belize Universe 1997
October 11, 1972 Brigitte Soucy, Moncton New Brunswick,volleyballer 1996 Olympics
October 11, 1972 Cherokee Parks, NBA center, Dallas Mavericks, Minnesota Timberwolves
October 11, 1972 Kyoko Ina, Tokyo, Japan, figure skater, 1993 North Atlantic Sr champ
October 11, 1972 Troy Corbett, cricket pace bowler, Victorian lefty since 1994-95
October 11, 1971 Chann McRae, Albany, Georgia, cyclist 1996 Olympics
October 11, 1971 Natalie Jay, Hendon England, actress, Baywatch
October 11, 1970 Chidi Ahanotu, NFL defensive end/defensive tackle for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
October 11, 1970 Kelly Sims, WLAF cornerback for the Amsterdam Admirals
October 11, 1970 Nicole Jeray, Cook County, Illinois, LPGA golfer, 1995 Sprint Champ-22nd
October 11, 1969 Cal Dixon, NFL center/guard for the New York Jets
October 11, 1969 Mike Kerr, WLAF defensive end for the Frankfurt Galaxy
October 11, 1969 Prince Constantijn, CF Aschwin, of Netherlands
October 11, 1969 Ty Murray, rodeo cowboy, 5-time all-around world champion
October 11, 1968 Amy Louise Taylor, [Kallested], actress, Silent Night Deadly Night 5
October 11, 1968 Claude Lapointe, Lachine, NHL center for the Calgary Flames
October 11, 1968 Cynthia Johnston, Calgary Alberta, basketball forward 1996 Olympics
October 11, 1967 Bruce Dickson, CFL linebacker for the Edmonton Eskimos
October 11, 1967 Charles Ogletree, Greenville, North Carolina, tornado yachter, Olympics-8th-1996
October 11, 1967 Dennis Vaske, Rockford, NHL defenseman for the New York Islanders
October 11, 1967 John Lovell, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, tornado yachter, Olympics-8th-1996
October 11, 1967 Rob Selby, NFL guard for the Arizona Cardinals
October 11, 1967 Sean Moynihan, Burlington, Vermont, actor, Powell-One Life to Live
October 11, 1966 Gregg Olson, born in Omaha, Nebraska, pitcher, Baltimore Orioles, Detroit Tigers
October 11, 1966 Luke Perry, born in Mansfield, Ohio, actor, Dillon-Beverly Hill 90210
October 11, 1966 Shawn Chambers, Royal Oaks, Michigan, NHL defenseman, Team USA, New Jersey Devils
October 11, 1965 Chris Spielman, NFL linebacker, Detroit Lions, Buffalo Bills
October 11, 1965 Sean Patrick Flanery, actor, Young Indiana Jones, Powder
October 11, 1962 Eric Johnson, Seaside OR, Nike golfer, 1993 NIKE Louisiana Open-3rd
October 11, 1962 Joan Cusack, born in Evanston, Illinois, actress, SNL, Addams Family Values
October 11, 1962 Leslie Landon, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Etta Plum-Little House on Prairie
October 11, 1962 Martin Bayless, NFL safety for the Kansas City Chiefs
October 11, 1962 Philip Newport, cricketer, England pace bowler in 3 Tests 1988-91
October 11, 1961 Bryant Young, defensive tackle for the San Francisco 49ers
October 11, 1961 Steve Young, NFL quarterback, San Francisco 49ers, NFL Player of Year '92
October 11, 1960 Curt Ford, baseball player
October 11, 1960 Joe Nash, NFL defensive tackle for the Seattle Seahawks
October 11, 1959 Bob Inglis, Rep-R-South Carolina
October 11, 1959 Michiel Schapers, Netherlands, tennis star
October 11, 1957 Blair Cunningham, born in Memphis, Tennessee, rock drummer, Haircut 100
October 11, 1957 Jon Moss, rock drummer, Culture Club
October 11, 1953 David Morse, Beverly Massachusetts, actor, St. Elsewhere, House, Inside Moves
October 11, 1951 Wesley Magoogan, rocker
October 11, 1950 Amos Gitai, actor, Neo-Fascist Trilogy, Golem, Arena of Murder
October 11, 1950 Andrew Woolfolk, U.S. pop musician, Earth, Wind and Fire-Shining Star
October 11, 1950 Catlin Adams, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Ms Loomis-Square Pegs
October 11, 1950 Patty Murry, Sen-D Washington
October 11, 1950 Thomas J Tauke, Rep-R-IA, 1979-
October 11, 1950 Patty Murray, American Politician
October 11, 1949 Bobby Jones, baseball player
October 11, 1949 Greg Douglas, rock guitarist and vocalist, Steve Miller Band-Abracadabra
October 11, 1948 Daryl Hall, rocker/songwriter, Hall and Oates-Sara Smile
October 11, 1946 Felton Perry, actor, Magnum Force, Sudden Death
October 11, 1946 Gary Mallaber, Buffalo, New York, rocker, Steve Miller Band-Abracadbra
October 11, 1946 Sawao Kato, Japan, gymnist, Olympics gold 1968, 72, 76
October 11, 1944 Rodney Marsh, athlete
October 11, 1943 Frank Muyser, Dutch guitarist/saxophonist, Les Baroques
October 11, 1943 Gene Watson, Palestine, Texas, country singer, Heartaches, Love and Stuff
October 11, 1943 Keith Boyce, cricketer, big-hitting WI all-rounder of 70's
October 11, 1943 Ken Boyce, cricketer
October 11, 1943 Per-Gunnar Alldahl, composer
October 11, 1942 Amitabh Bachan, actress, Deewar
October 11, 1942 Malvin Whitfield, Bay City, Texas, track star, Oly-3 gold/silv/br-48, 52
October 11, 1942 Victor H Fazio, Rep-D-California, 1979-
October 11, 1942 Amitabh Bachchan, Indian Actor
October 11, 1940 David McFadden, Canadian Poet
October 11, 1939 Franklin A Sonn, union leader, South African workers
October 11, 1939 Maria Bueno, born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, tennis player, Wimbledon 1959
October 11, 1939 Woiciech Wiesidlowski Lowski, dancer
October 11, 1937 Bobby Charlton, English soccer player
October 11, 1937 Georgi Vladimirovich Machinski, cosmonaut
October 11, 1937 Ron Leibman, New York City, actor, Norma Rae, Where's Poppa?, Beauty and Beast
October 11, 1935 Jan van Vlijmen, composer
October 11, 1935 Roy Scheider, actor, Jaws, Fren Connection, Marathon Man, Paper Lion
October 11, 1933 Dawn French, actress/comedienne, Supergrass
October 11, 1932 Dottie West, born in Nashville, Tennessee, country singer, Here Comes My Baby
October 11, 1930 Bill Fischer, baseball player
October 11, 1930 Harry Glass, German DR, 1st E German Olympic medalist, bronze-1956
October 11, 1930 Sam Johnson, Rep-R-Texas
October 11, 1928 Thomas Burnett Swann, U.S., sci-fi author, Day of Minotaur
October 11, 1926 Earle Hyman, North Carolina, actor, Russell-Cosby, Coriolanus
October 11, 1926 John Dewes, cricketer, England opener late 40's early 50's
October 11, 1925 Elmore Leonard, U.S. writer, Glitz, Mr. Majestyk, Touch, 52 Pick-Up
October 11, 1925 Nancy Guild, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Where Was I?
October 11, 1919 Art Blakey, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, drummer, Billy Eckstine Band, Jazz Messengers
October 11, 1918 Jerome Robbins, [Rabinowitz], New York, choreographer, Tony-West Side Story
October 11, 1917 Franz Alphons Wolpert, composer
October 11, 1914 Edward J Day, U.S. Postmaster General, 1961
October 11, 1913 J J Pickle, Rep-D-TX, 1963-
October 11, 1910 Eugene John Weigel, composer
October 11, 1910 Francis James Claude Piggott, soldier
October 11, 1910 Joseph Alsop, political newspaper columnist, Men Around the President
October 11, 1908 Armen Carapetyan, composer
October 11, 1906 Earl "Dutch" Clark, Colo, NFL hall of fame QB, Spartans, Detroit
October 11, 1902 Leon Belasco, Odessa Russia, actor, Lucky Partners, My Sister Eileen
October 11, 1901 Emil Hlobil, composer
October 11, 1901 Gerard Romsee, Flemish nationalist
October 11, 1900 Cal Hubbard, NFL tackle, Giants, Packers, Pittsburgh Pirates
October 11, 1899 A L "Oosh" Ochse, cricketer, no relation to A E South African fast bowler
October 11, 1897 Arvo Hannikainen, composer
October 11, 1897 George Preston Marshall, NFL team owner for the Washington Redskins
October 11, 1897 Nathan F Twining, USAF general, Neither Liberty nor Safety
October 11, 1897 Russell Collins, New Orleans LA
October 11, 1896 Roman Jakobson, linguist/Slavic scholar, Fundamentals of Language
October 11, 1895 H Schiebelhuth, writer
October 11, 1894 Albert Stoessel, composer
October 11, 1891 Antonius [Jacob LT] van der Veen Zeppenfeldt, Antillian Bishop
October 11, 1888 Piero Coppola, composer
October 11, 1885 Alfred Haar, Hungary, mathematician
October 11, 1885 Francois Mauriac, France, novelist/poet/playwright, Nobel 1952
October 11, 1884 Eleanor Roosevelt, 1st lady, 1933-1945, crusader, Nobel 1931
October 11, 1884 Friedrich C R Bergius, German chemist, benzine from brown coal, Nobel
October 11, 1884 Robert Muller-Hartmann, composer
October 11, 1884 Sig Ruman, [Siegfried Rumann], Hamburg Germany
October 11, 1883 Archibald T Davison, composer
October 11, 1882 Robert Nathaniel Dett, composer
October 11, 1882 Will Vesper, German author, Vom grossen Krieg
October 11, 1881 Stark Young, U.S. critic/writer, So Red the Rose
October 11, 1877 John Parsons Beach, composer
October 11, 1876 G von Le Fort, writer
October 11, 1875 Stefan O Iosif, Romania, poet, Beautiful Irine
October 11, 1872 Harlan Fiske Stone, NH, Supreme Court, 1925-41, Chief Justice, 41-46
October 11, 1869 Gordon Frederic Norton, composer
October 11, 1865 Hans E Kinck, Norwegian philological/writer, Mot Karnaval
October 11, 1863 Xavier Henry Napoleon Leroux, composer
October 11, 1844 Henry John Heinz, founded prepared-foods company, 57 varieties
October 11, 1841 Freidrich Hegar, composer
October 11, 1835 Hunter Holmes McGuire, Med Director Confederate Army, died in 1900
October 11, 1825 C F Meyer, writer
October 11, 1825 Elkanah Brackin Greer, Brig General Confederate Army, died in 1877
October 11, 1821 Angelo Maurizio Gaspare Mariani, composer
October 11, 1821 George Williams, England, founder YMCA
October 11, 1820 Alfred Washington Ellet, Brig General Union volunteers, died in 1895
October 11, 1815 Pierre Napoleon Bonaparte, Corsican representative of the people
October 11, 1806 Aleksandar I Karadjordjevic, monarch of Serbia, 1842-58
October 11, 1803 Albartus Telting, Frisian poet, Frisianch Jierboeckjen
October 11, 1788 Simon Sechter, composer
October 11, 1782 Steen Steensen Blicher, Denmk, poet/short-story writer, E Binddstouw
October 11, 1768 Adriaan van den Ende, Dutch vicar/educationalist
October 11, 1758 Wilhelm Olbers, discovered asteroids, Pallas and Vesta
October 11, 1747 Marian Paradeiser, composer
October 11, 1738 Arthur Phillip, admiral/1st governor New-South Wales
October 11, 1671 Frederik IV, king of Denmark/Norway, 1699-1730
October 11, 1661 Melchior de Polignac, French diplomat/elect, Anti-Lucretius
October 11, 1611 Hugues de Lionne, Marquess de Berry, French ambassador to Rome
October 11, 1593 Claes P "Nicolaas" Tulip, anatomy/mayor of Amsterdam, 1654..71
October 11, 1573 Jacob Boonen, South Netherlands clergyman/lawyer

October 11 Events in History

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October 11, 1998 Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail LPGA Tournament
October 11, 1997 Dennis Rodman returns from 2nd longest NBA suspension (11 games)
October 11, 1996 Ford buys rights to named Detroit domed stadium for $40 million
October 11, 1995 John Bobbitt has plastic surgery to increase his penis 3 inches
October 11, 1995 O. J. Simpson cancels a TV appearance on Dateline
October 11, 1994 Russian ruble decreases to 3,926 rubles per dollar
October 11, 1994 Space shuttle STS-68 (Endeavour 7), lands
October 11, 1993 Norwegian Rushdie publisher William Nygaard injured in attack
October 11, 1993 US warship Harlan County anchors off Port-au-Prince Haiti
October 11, 1992 1st 3-way presidential debate (Bush-Clinton-Perot)
October 11, 1992 Deion Sanders, plays for Atlanta Falcons (NFL) and Braves (Baseball)
October 11, 1992 Toronto down 6-1 in 7th beats A's 7-6 in 11th in AL playoff
October 11, 1991 Anita Hill testifies Clarence Thomas sexually harrased her
October 11, 1991 Chip Beck ties PGA lowest 18 hole score of 59
October 11, 1991 Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart seen soliciting a prostitute
October 11, 1990 "Miser" opens at Circle in Sq Theater New York City for 93 performances
October 11, 1990 Center for Urban archaeology opens in New York City South Street Seaport Museum
October 11, 1990 Octavio Paz wins Nobel Prize for literature
October 11, 1990 Oil hits a record $40.42 per barrel
October 11, 1987 200,000 gays march for civil rights in Washington
October 11, 1986 Reagan and Gorbachev open talks at a summit in Iceland
October 11, 1985 Atlantis returns to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB
October 11, 1985 President Reagan bans importation of South African Krugerrands
October 11, 1985 U.S. intercepts Egyptian Boeing with Achille Lauro terrorists
October 11, 1984 1st space walk by U.S. woman, Kathryn D. Sullivan
October 11, 1984 August Wilson's "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," premieres in New York City
October 11, 1984 NASA launches space vehicle S-208
October 11, 1984 VP candidate debate-Graldine Ferraro (D) and George Bush (R)
October 11, 1983 Last hand-cranked telephones U.S. went out of service as 440 telephone customers in Bryant Pond, Maine, were switched over to direct-dial
October 11, 1982 16th Country Music Association Award: Willie Nelson and Ricky Skagg
October 11, 1982 English ship Mary Rose, which sank during an engagement with France in 1545, raised at Portsmouth, England
October 11, 1982 Riot in Amsterdam as tram catches fire
October 11, 1981 Expos beat Phillies, 3 games to 2, in NLCS
October 11, 1981 Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Inamori Golf Classic
October 11, 1981 LeRoy Irvin sets yards gained on punt returns record (207 yds)
October 11, 1981 Unknown rocker Prince opens for Rolling Stones at LA Coliseum
October 11, 1981 Yanks beat Brewers 7-3 and win only Eastern Championship Series
October 11, 1980 Cosmonauts Popov and Ryumin set space endurance record of 184 days
October 11, 1980 Dallas Mavericks 1st game at Reunion Arena beat San Antonio 103-92
October 11, 1980 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.
October 11, 1979 "Most Happy Fella" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 53 performances
October 11, 1979 German DR frees dissidents Rudolf Bahro and Nico Hubner
October 11, 1979 Allan McLeod Cormack and Godfrey Newbold Hounsfield win Nobel Prize for medicine for developing CAT scan
October 11, 1978 Aristides Royo elected president of Panama
October 11, 1978 Belgium government of Tindemans resigns
October 11, 1978 Dodgers Bob Welch dramatically strikes out Reggie Jackson in 9th
October 11, 1977 Soyuz 25 returns to Earth
October 11, 1976 10th Country Music Association Award: Mel Tillis wins
October 11, 1976 Mao Tse-Tung's widow Jiang Qing and "Gang of Four," arrested and charged with plotting a coup
October 11, 1975 "Saturday Night Live" premieres with guest host George Carlin
October 11, 1975 Bill Clinton weds Hillary Rodham
October 11, 1975 Islander's Bryan Trottier's 1st career hat trick
October 11, 1975 Saturday Night Live premieres with George Carlin as host
October 11, 1974 A's Catfish Hunter charge owner Charlie Finley with breach of contract
October 11, 1973 Oakland beats Baltimore 3 games to 2 to win AL pennant
October 11, 1972 Panama adopts constitution
October 11, 1972 Prison uprising at Washington D.C. jail
October 11, 1972 Reads beat Pirates in NLCS
October 11, 1971 60th Davis Cup: USA beats Romania in Charlotte (3-2)
October 11, 1971 Brooks Robinson ties Series record, reaches base 5 straight times
October 11, 1971 Frank McGee becomes news anchor of Today Show
October 11, 1971 Switzerland recognizes North Vietnam
October 11, 1969 Rome: 2nd bishop synod
October 11, 1969 Blues artist Muddy Waters involved in a car crash that kills 3
October 11, 1969 Soyuz 6 launched; Soyuz 7 and 8 follow in next 2 days
October 11, 1968 Apollo 7 (Schirra, Eisele and Cunningham) made 163 orbits in 260 hours
October 11, 1968 Billy Martin named manager of Twins
October 11, 1968 Panama revolts
October 11, 1967 World Series record 3 consecutive home runs (Carl Yastremski, Reggie Smith, and Rico Petrocelli) by Red Sox
October 11, 1967 Yoko Plus Me art exhibit opens in London (the me is John Lennon)
October 11, 1964 Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Hillside House Ladies' Golf Open
October 11, 1962 1st appearance of a Gabor sister on Merv Griffin Show
October 11, 1962 2nd Vatican Council (21st ecumenical) convened by Pope John XXIII
October 11, 1961 USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 66,100m
October 11, 1961 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test
October 11, 1960 Hurricane ravages East-Pakistan (6,000 die)
October 11, 1960 Radio-TV exec John Fetzer buys a controlling interest of Det Tigers
October 11, 1959 KTHI TV channel 11 in Fargo-Grand Forks, ND (NBC) begins broadcasting
October 11, 1958 "Goldilocks" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City for 161 performances
October 11, 1958 2nd U.S. Moon probe, Pioneer 1, reaches 113,810 km, falls back
October 11, 1956 1st Pakistan vs. Australia Test 95 runs scored on 1st day
October 11, 1956 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia
October 11, 1956 AL President Will Harridge bars Washington Senators move to West Coast, unless unanimously approved by the other AL owners
October 11, 1955 All Peron feast days disposed of in Argentina
October 11, 1955 Persia signs Pact of Baghdad
October 11, 1954 "On Your Toes" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 64 performances
October 11, 1954 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Ad caeli Reginam
October 11, 1948 "Love Life" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 252 performances
October 11, 1948 "Where's Chartev?" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 792 performances
October 11, 1948 Cleveland Indians beat Boston Braves, 4 games to 2 in 45th World Series
October 11, 1947 Brazil and Chile break diplomatic relations with U.S.S.R.
October 11, 1945 Chinese civil war begins, Chiang Kai-Shek vs Mao Tse-Tung
October 11, 1945 JPL WAC Corporal Launch (1st Man-Made Object to escape Atmosphere)
October 11, 1944 Allies bomb sea wall at Veere
October 11, 1943 New York Yankees beat Cards 4 games to 1, in 40th World Series, to become 1st team to win 10 World Series
October 11, 1941 1st NSB-battalion departures to Eastern front
October 11, 1939 Albert Einstein informs Franklin D. Roosevelt of possibilities of atomic bomb
October 11, 1939 Bucky Harris signs to manage Washington again
October 11, 1939 Gertrude Lawrence's "Skylark," premieres in New York City
October 11, 1939 NAACP organized Legal Defense and Education Fund
October 11, 1936 "Professor Quiz," 1st radio quiz show premieres
October 11, 1932 1st political telecast (Democratic National Committee) at CBS, New York City
October 11, 1932 Stalin forces Zinoviev and Kamenev out of Communist Party
October 11, 1931 100,000 extreme-right Germans form "Harzburger Front"
October 11, 1929 Sean O'Casey's "Silver Tassle," premieres in London
October 11, 1927 Lou Gehrig named AL MVP (Babe Ruth (former winner) not eligible)
October 11, 1925 Belgian episcopelian sspeaks against Flemish activism
October 11, 1925 New York Giants play 1st NFL game, lose to Providence 14-0
October 11, 1923 Babe Ruth hits 2 home runs in a World Series game
October 11, 1922 1st woman FBI "special investigator" appointed (Alaska Davidson)
October 11, 1922 Turkey and Greece sign cease fire
October 11, 1919 1st transcontinental air race ends
October 11, 1915 Bulgarian anti Serbian offensive begins
October 11, 1914 German troops occupy Gent
October 11, 1913 Philadelphia A's beat New York Giants, 4 games to 1 in 10th World Series
October 11, 1911 Ty Cobb (AL) and Frank Schulte (NL) are 1st MVPs, each gets an auto
October 11, 1906 San Francisco begins school for "Asians"
October 11, 1906 White Sox Ed Walsh strikes out then record 12 in a World Series game
October 11, 1902 8th U.S. Golf Open: Laurie Auchterlonie shoots a 307 at Garden City NY
October 11, 1902 Commencement of 1st Test Cricket between South Africa and Australia
October 11, 1902 Lawrence Auchterlonie wins U.S. Open golf tournament
October 11, 1899 South African Boers declare war on Great Britain
October 11, 1895 Emperor Menelik II of Addis Ababa draws against Italians
October 11, 1890 1st 100 yard dash under 10 seconds (John Owens 9-4/5 secs, Washington D.C.)
October 11, 1890 Daughters of American Revolution forms
October 11, 1887 A Miles patents elevator
October 11, 1881 David Houston patents roll film for cameras
October 11, 1873 Toronto Argonaut Football Club 1st game losing to University of Toronto
October 11, 1871 Great Chicago Fire is finally extinguished after 3 days, 300 killed
October 11, 1868 Thomas Edison patents his 1st invention: electric voice machine
October 11, 1865 President Johnson paroles CSA VP Alexander Stephens
October 11, 1864 Slavery abolished in Maryland
October 11, 1863 Skirmish at Rheatown/Henderson's Mill, Tennessee
October 11, 1861 Battle of Dumfries, Virginia (Quantico Creek)
October 11, 1811 The Juliana, 1st steam-powered ferryboat, begins operation
October 11, 1797 Battle at Kamperduin: English fleet destroys Bataafse
October 11, 1797 British naval forces defeat Dutch off Camperdown, Netherlands
October 11, 1776 Brig Gen Arnold's Lake Champlain fleet defeated by British
October 11, 1746 Battle at Rocourt: French drive out English/Austria/Neth armies
October 11, 1737 Earthquake kills 300,000 and destroys of Calcutta India
October 11, 1726 Benjamin Franklin returns to Philadelphia from England
October 11, 1698 France, England and Netherlands signs 1st Extermination treaty
October 11, 1689 Peter the Great becomes tsar of Russia
October 11, 1687 Hungary accepts Habsburgse sovereignty
October 11, 1674 Pierre Corneille's "Surena," premieres in Paris
October 11, 1643 Battle at Wincebt: English New Model-army beats royalists
October 11, 1573 Battle of South Seas - Dutch rebels beat Spanish navy
October 11, 1540 Emperor Karel names his son Philip, duke of Milan
October 11, 1531 Battle at Kappel: Swiss RC kantons beat protestant
October 11, 1521 Pope Leo X titles King Henry VIII of England "Defender of the Faith"
October 11, 1492 Columbus' ships sites land on the horizon (Bahamas)
October 11, 732 Battle at Tours: France under Karel Martel beat Moors

October 10 Deaths in History

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October 10, 2004 Christopher Reeve, director/actor/advocate, Superman, dies at 52
October 10, 2002 Teresa Graves, actress, Laugh-in, dies at 51
October 10, 1998 Clark Clifford, lawyer/DC insider, dies at 91
October 10, 1997 Brian Connolly, lead singer (Sweet), dies of heart failure at 52
October 10, 1996 Dick Pickering, trade unionist, dies at 54
October 10, 1996 Hugh Stirling Mackenzie, submariner, dies at 83
October 10, 1996 John Hillaby, writer/traveller, dies at 79
October 10, 1996 Peter Aldersley, actor/disc jockey, dies at 72
October 10, 1996 Siddig El Nigoumi, ceramicist, dies at 65
October 10, 1995 Edward Gill, baseball player, dies at 100
October 10, 1995 Jimmy Nash, record company owner, dies at 47
October 10, 1995 John Rodolph, wheelchair-race world record holder, hit by truck at 31
October 10, 1995 Michelle Francis Bird, campaigner, dies at 30
October 10, 1995 Paolo Gucci, entrepreneur/accessories designer, dies at 64
October 10, 1994 Anna Hauptmann, wife of Lindbergh baby kidnapper Bruno, dies at 95
October 10, 1994 Chaim Raphael, writer, dies at 86
October 10, 1994 Danny Gatton, U.S. guitarist, commits suicide at 48
October 10, 1994 Nikolai Karetnikov, composer, dies at 64
October 10, 1994 Richard John Copeland Atkinson, archaeologist, dies at 74
October 10, 1993 Catherine Collard, French pianist (Debussy, Haydn), dies at 46
October 10, 1993 Djillali Belkhenchir, Algerian doctor, murdered at 52
October 10, 1992 James Seay, actor (Amazing Colossal Man), dies at 78
October 10, 1991 Redd Foxx, comedian (Sanford and Sons), dies of heart attack at 68
October 10, 1991 Stephen J Falat, dies after long illness at 34
October 10, 1990 Carlos Thompson, actor (Mistress of the World), dies at 67
October 10, 1990 Dick Jorgensen, NFL referee, dies at 56
October 10, 1990 Michael A Salcido, dies at 39
October 10, 1985 Orson Welles, actor/dir (Citizen Kane), dies of heart attack at 70
October 10, 1985 Yul Brynner, [Taidje Khan], actor (King and I), dies of cancer at 65
October 10, 1983 Ralph [David] Richardson, English actor (Richard III), dies at 80
October 10, 1980 Bill Thomas, actor (Buckwheat), dies
October 10, 1980 William "Buckwheat" Thomas, actor (Little Rascal), dies at 49
October 10, 1979 Paul Paray, French composer, dies at 93
October 10, 1978 Gesina Van de Molen, Dutch lawyer, dies at 86
October 10, 1978 Gesina Van der Molen, Dutch WWII resistance fighter/lawyer, dies at 86
October 10, 1978 Ralph H Metcalfe, (Rep-D-Ill), dies at 68
October 10, 1976 Connee Boswell, singer (Pete Kelly's Blue), dies at 68
October 10, 1975 Lillian Walker, dies at 88
October 10, 1974 Marie Luise Kaschnitz, writer, dies at 73
October 10, 1973 Albe, [Renaut A Joostens], Flemish writer (Paradise Bird), dies at 71
October 10, 1973 Ludwig von Mises, Italian Economist
October 10, 1970 Adam Rapacki, Polish minister of Maritime (1956-68), dies at 60
October 10, 1970 Edouard Daladier, premier of France (1933..40), dies at 86
October 10, 1968 Wilhelmina J "Willy" Haak, Dutch actress (Abandoned Child), dies at 71
October 10, 1967 Ervin Major, composer, dies at 66
October 10, 1965 Georgy Mikhaylovich Rimsky-Korsakov, composer, dies at 63
October 10, 1964 Eddie Cantor, comedian (Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater), dies at 72
October 10, 1964 Frantisek Picha, composer, dies at 71
October 10, 1964 Konrad Bayer, writer, dies
October 10, 1964 Russ Case, orch leader (Julius La Rosa Show), dies at 52
October 10, 1959 Friedrich, Prince of Liechtenstein, dies
October 10, 1942 Richard von Schaukal, Austria poet and writer (Schlemihle), dies at 68
October 10, 1935 Arthur Henderson, British Labour minister (Nobel 1934), dies at 72
October 10, 1935 Huey Long, American Politician
October 10, 1931 Karl von Bach, German engineer (Maschinenelemente), dies at 84
October 10, 1914 Gijsbert van Tienhoven, mayor (Amsterdam)/foreign minister, dies at 73
October 10, 1914 Karol I, Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, King of Romania (1881-1914), dies
October 10, 1910 Willem Maris, painter (Hague School), dies at 66
October 10, 1889 Adolph von Henselt, composer, dies at 75
October 10, 1886 David L Yule, 1st Jewish U.S. senator, dies
October 10, 1875 Aleksei K Tolstoi, [Kozjma Prutkov], Russian poet and writer, dies at 58
October 10, 1867 Ignacy Feliks Dobrzynski, composer, dies at 60
October 10, 1864 David Bullock Harris, U.S. Confederate colonel, dies of yellow fever
October 10, 1858 Karl A Varnhagen von Ense, German author, poet and diplomat, dies at 73
October 10, 1856 Michal Wielhorski, composer, dies at 67
October 10, 1843 Karl Theodor Toeschi, composer, dies at 75
October 10, 1836 Jacob-Joseph-Balthasar Martinn, composer, dies at 61
October 10, 1827 Ugo Foscolo, Italian poet, dies at 49
October 10, 1797 Carter Braxton, U.S. boer/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 61
October 10, 1791 C F D Schubart, writer, dies
October 10, 1789 Pierre-Louis Couperin, composer, dies at 34
October 10, 1745 Jacobus Nozeman, Dutch composer/organist, dies at 52
October 10, 1727 Alphonse d' Eve, composer, dies at 61
October 10, 1720 Antoine Coyzevox, French sculptor (Nazarin, Le Notre), dies at 80
October 10, 1676 Sebastian Knupfer, composer, dies at 43
October 10, 1674 Thomas Traherne, British Clergyman
October 10, 1659 Able J Tasmania, navigator/discovered (Tasmania, NZ), dies at about 56
October 10, 1651 Philippus Rovenius, [Rouveen], apostole, dies at 77
October 10, 1616 Maria van Nassau, countess of Buren, dies at 60
October 10, 680 Hussein, grandson of prophet Mohammed, beheaded
October 10, 413 Nicias, Athens politician (Peace of Nicias), killed at about 57
October 10, 19 Julius Caesar Germanicus, Roman commandant of Rijnleger, dies at 33

October 10 Birthdays in History

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October 10, 1982 Eddie J Peck, Lynchburg, Pennsylvania, actor, Sutton-Wildside
October 10, 1978 Autumn Waterbury, Miss Illinois Teen USA, 2nd-1997
October 10, 1978 Brandi Watkins, Miss Arkansas Teen USA 1997
October 10, 1978 Jodi Lynn O'Keefe, Cliffwood Beach, New Jersey, actress, Cassidy-Nash Bridges
October 10, 1976 Shane Doan, Eston, NHL right wing, Winnipeg Jets
October 10, 1974 Chris Pronger, NHL defenseman, Team Canada Oly-1998, St. Louis
October 10, 1974 Naike Rivelli, Germany, model/daughter of Ornella Muti
October 10, 1973 A. J. Ofodile, tight end for the Baltimore Ravens
October 10, 1973 Jeff Shantz, Duchess, NHL center, Chicago Blackhawks
October 10, 1973 Jessica Shahriari, Miss USA-Arizona 1997
October 10, 1973 John Mobley, NFL linebacker, Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32
October 10, 1973 Mario Lopez, born in San Diego, California, actor, A C Slater-Saved by the Bell
October 10, 1973 Zach Thornton, born in Baltimore, Maryland, soccer goalkeeper, 1996 Olympics gold
October 10, 1972 Alexei Zhitnik, born in Kiev, Ukraine, NHL defenseman for the Buffalo Sabres
October 10, 1972 Hunter Goodwin, tight end for the Minnesota Vikings
October 10, 1972 Marianne Limpert, Matagami Quebec, 200m relay swimmer, Oly-silver-96
October 10, 1972 Trent McCleary, Swift Current, NHL right wing, Ottawa Senators
October 10, 1972 Yinka Dare, NBA center, New Jersey Nets
October 10, 1971 Bryn Parry, Vancouver BC, Canadian Tour golfer, 1994 BC Amateur-2nd
October 10, 1971 Claus Dalpiaz, hockey goaltender, Team Austria 1998
October 10, 1971 Corey Louchiey, NFL offensive tackle for the Buffalo Bills
October 10, 1970 Glenn Foley, NFL quarterback for the New York Jets
October 10, 1970 Helen Louise Goldsby, born in Brooklyn, New York, Miss America, NY-Top 10-1996
October 10, 1969 Brett Favre, NFL quarterback, Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31
October 10, 1969 Scott Anthony Murray Nelson, Geelong Australia, NZ 20k walker 1996 Olympics
October 10, 1968 James Williams, NFL linebacker, Atlanta Falcons, San Francisco 49ers
October 10, 1968 L B Williams, NFLer for the Jacksonville Jaguars
October 10, 1968 Nancy Brookhart, Elmhurst, Illinois, WPVA volleyballer, Hermosa-17th-1994
October 10, 1967 Frank Wainright, tight end for the Miami Dolphins
October 10, 1967 Willie Davis, NFL wide receiver, Kansas City Chiefs, Tennessee Oilers
October 10, 1966 Darren Carrington, NFL safety for the Jacksonville Jaguars
October 10, 1966 Derrick McKey, NBA forward for the Indiana Pacers
October 10, 1966 Elana Meyer, [van Zyl], South Africa, runner, Olympics-silver-92
October 10, 1966 Kevin Paige, vocalist, Don't Shut Me Out
October 10, 1965 Brett Perriman, NFL wide receiver, Detroit Lions, Miami Dolphins
October 10, 1964 Maxi Gnauck, German DR, uneven parallel bars, 1980 Olympics gold
October 10, 1964 Neneh Cherry, Stockholm Sweden, rock vocalist
October 10, 1963 Mike Donnelly, Detroit, NHL left wing for the Dallas Stars
October 10, 1962 Rex J Walheim, Redwood City California, Capt USAF/astronaut
October 10, 1961 Brian Lee Diemer, Grand Rapids, Michigan, steeplechase, Olymp-bronze-1984
October 10, 1961 Martin Kemp, London, rock bassist, Spandau Ballet
October 10, 1960 Eric Martin, rocker, Mr Big
October 10, 1959 Chris Lowe, English rock keyboardist, Pet Shop Boys-It's a Sin
October 10, 1959 Maya Lin, American Architect
October 10, 1958 J Eddie Peck, Joplin Missouri, actor, Bold and Beautiful-Cole Howard
October 10, 1958 John M Grunsfeld, born in Chicago, Illinois, PhD/astronaut, STS 67, 81
October 10, 1958 Tanya Tucker, Seminole, Texas, country singer and actress, Follow that Car
October 10, 1957 Craig Marseilles, Toronto, Canadian Tour golfer, 1995 Gold Coast
October 10, 1956 Melissa Belote, 100m/200m swimmer, Olympics-3 gold-1972
October 10, 1955 David Lee Roth, Bloomington, rock singer, Van Halen-Jump
October 10, 1954 "Maestro" Jimmy Fearnley, English accordionist, The Pogues
October 10, 1953 Gus Williams, NBA guard, Golden State, Seattle, Washington
October 10, 1953 Midge Ure, Glasgow Scot, rocker, Dear God, Ultravox-We Came to Dance
October 10, 1950 Dennis Holmes, actor, Mike-Laramie
October 10, 1950 Peter Jan Rens, Dutch actor and director, Mister Cactus, Passion
October 10, 1949 Greg Douglas, rocker, Steve Miller Band-Abracadabra
October 10, 1949 Jessica Harper, born in Chicago, Illinois, actress, Inserts, Stardust Memories
October 10, 1949 Lance Cairns, cricketer, big-hitting NZ medium-pace bowler
October 10, 1948 Greg Lake, rocker
October 10, 1947 Alan Rachins, Cambridge Massachusetts, actor, Douglas-LA Law
October 10, 1946 Ben Vereen, born in Miami, Florida, actor/dancer, Pippin, Roots, Webster
October 10, 1946 Charles Dane, England, actor, Plenty, Jewel in the Crown
October 10, 1946 Franco Malerba, Genoa Italy, astronaut, STS 46
October 10, 1946 John Prine, Maywood, Illinois, country singer, Hello in There
October 10, 1946 Peter Mahvolich, NHL star, Mont Canadiens
October 10, 1945 Alan Cartwright, rocker, Procul Harum
October 10, 1944 Christopher N Dlamini, South African union/SACP-leader
October 10, 1944 Renier S Schoeman, South Africa MP, NP, /journalist
October 10, 1944 Stephen Scott, composer
October 10, 1943 Denis D'Ell, [Dennis Dalziel], rocker
October 10, 1943 Earl of Stockton, English publisher/grandson of premier Macmillan
October 10, 1943 Jean-Jacques Annaud, director, Bear, Black and White, Coup de Tete
October 10, 1942 Peter Coyote, [Cohon], New York City, actor, Kika, Living a Lie, Exposure, ET
October 10, 1941 Kenule Beeson Saro-Wiwa, writer/environmentalist
October 10, 1941 Laurence Henry Tribe, Shanghai China, Harvard Law professor
October 10, 1938 Marcus Jan Adriani, biologist/director, Weevers' Duin
October 10, 1938 Tobias A Roth, Rep-R-Wisconsin, 1979-
October 10, 1937 Bruce Devlin, Armidale Australia, PGA golfer, 1964 St. Petersburg Open
October 10, 1936 Art Dick, cricket wicket-keeper, NZ of 60's
October 10, 1936 Judith Chalmers, English TV hostess, Wish You Were Here
October 10, 1935 Paolo Renosto, composer
October 10, 1934 Sadashiv Patil, cricketer, pace bowler in Test India vs. NZ 1955-56
October 10, 1933 Daniel Massey, London, actress, Vault of Horror
October 10, 1933 Gerald Masters, South African/British author, Pan Book of Dates
October 10, 1932 Charles Dnaiels, archaeologist
October 10, 1930 Adlai Stevenson III, D-Sen-Ill
October 10, 1930 Harold Pinter, born in London, England, playwright, Homecoming, Servant
October 10, 1927 Clairmonte Depeiaza, cricketer, world record partnership vs. Aust 1955
October 10, 1927 John Eric Tieman, production manager, The Guardian
October 10, 1927 Thomas Brendon Wilson, composer
October 10, 1926 Oscar Brown, Jr., U.S. songwriter, Brown Baby, Forbidden Fruit
October 10, 1926 Richard Jaeckel, New York, actor, 3:10 to Yuma, Sands of Iwo Jima
October 10, 1925 Ivan Svitak, philosopher
October 10, 1924 Edward D Wood, Jr., Poughkeepsie, New York, director, Plan 9 from Outer Space
October 10, 1924 Huey "Piano" Smith, rocker, Rockin' Pneumonia and Boogie Woogie Flu
October 10, 1924 Ludmilla Tcherina, French actress/ballet dancer, Sins of Rome
October 10, 1923 Louis Gottlieb, musician
October 10, 1922 Boeli [Willem C] van Leeuwen, Antillian writer, Vreemdeling Op Aarde
October 10, 1922 Harry Cave, cricketer, NZ bowler and Test captain in the 1950's
October 10, 1921 "Boy" [FHP] Trip, Dutch minister
October 10, 1919 Gerald Etheridge Gomez, cricketer, post-war WI all-rounder
October 10, 1918 Bobby Byrne, Columbus Ohio, orch leader, Club Seven
October 10, 1918 Jean Gimpel, author/iconoclast
October 10, 1918 Jigal Allon, Israeli politician
October 10, 1917 Ilona Ference, actress, Quatermass II, Star of My Night
October 10, 1917 Thelonious Monk, jazz composer/pianist
October 10, 1916 Benson Fong, Sacramento California, actress, Charlie Chan, Purple Heart
October 10, 1916 Scott Huston, composer
October 10, 1914 Dorothy Lamour, [Kaumeyer], NO, Louisiana, actress, Road to Bali, Road to Rio
October 10, 1914 Ivory Joe Hunter, rocker
October 10, 1913 Claude Simon, writer
October 10, 1913 Johnny Downs, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Manhattan Showcase
October 10, 1912 Charles Henry Madge, poet writer/sociologist
October 10, 1910 Alan Frank, music publisher
October 10, 1910 Milton "Tippy" Larkin, band leader
October 10, 1910 Price Daniel, Gov/Sen-D-Texas
October 10, 1909 Florida Friebus, actress, Dobie Gillis' mom, Bob Newhart Show
October 10, 1909 Luc van Brabant, Flemish writer/erotic poet
October 10, 1908 David Alexander Reginald Herbert, writer
October 10, 1908 John Waldo Green, New York City, composer, Body and Soul, Guy Lombardo's arranger
October 10, 1906 Paul Creston, [Giuseppe Guttoveggio], New York, composer, Creative Harmony
October 10, 1905 Jane Winton, Philadelphia, actress, Hell's Angel, Patsy, Don Juan
October 10, 1903 Charles T von Saksen-Coburg-Gotha, Count of Flanders/prince
October 10, 1903 Vernon Duke, composer
October 10, 1901 Alberto Giacometti, Swiss/French painter/sculptor
October 10, 1900 Helen Hayes, Washington D.C., actress, Caesar and Cleopatra, Happy Birthday
October 10, 1898 Guomundur G Hagalin, Iceland author, Kristun/d into Hamravik
October 10, 1897 Lamar Stringfield, composer
October 10, 1897 Pricilla L Williams, social activist/humanitarian
October 10, 1895 Johnny Taylor, cricketer, stalwart Aussie batsman of post-WW I days
October 10, 1895 Lin Yu-t'ang, China, writer, My Country and My People
October 10, 1893 August Balthazar, Belgian politician
October 10, 1892 Ivo Andric, Yugoslavia, novelist, Bridge on Drina, Nobel 1961
October 10, 1889 Han [Henricus A] Van Meegeren, Dutch painter/art forger, Vermeer
October 10, 1887 Rie Cramer, [Marie Holman], Dutch cartoonist/author
October 10, 1884 C "Ormy" C Pearse, cricketer, 3 Tests for South Africa in Australia 1910-11
October 10, 1884 Ferdinand Bordewijk, Dutch lawyer/writer, Bint
October 10, 1876 Walter Niemann, composer
October 10, 1868 Guillermo M Tomas, composer
October 10, 1865 Raffaele Merry del Val, Spanish cardinal
October 10, 1862 Arthur De Greef, composer
October 10, 1861 Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian Arctic explorer/humanitarian, Nobel 1922
October 10, 1854 Jeronimo Gimenez y Bellido, composer
October 10, 1847 Gheorghe Dima, composer
October 10, 1834 Aleksis Kivi, [Stenvall], Finland, writer/poet, Nummisuutarit
October 10, 1832 Theodore Shelton Bowers, Bvt Brig General Union Army, died in 1866
October 10, 1830 Isabella II, Queen of Spain, 1833-68
October 10, 1829 Dandridge McRae, Brig General Confederate Army, died in 1899
October 10, 1825 Paulus Kruger, President of South African Republic, 1883, Boer leader
October 10, 1823 Theodore Furchtegott Kirchner, composer
October 10, 1819 Zebulon York, Brig general Confederate Army, died in 1900
October 10, 1817 Christophorus H D Buys Ballot, Dutch meteorologist/founder KNMI
October 10, 1804 Albin Masek, composer
October 10, 1790 George Gerson, composer
October 10, 1779 Antoine PFGdV Celles, Belgium/Dutch/French MP
October 10, 1757 Erik Acharius, Swedish botanist, lichens
October 10, 1738 Benjamin West, painter, Death of General Wolfe
October 10, 1731 Henry Cavendish, England, physicist/chemist, discovered hydrogen
October 10, 1713 Johann Ludwig Krebs, composer
October 10, 1684 Jean Antoine Watteau, French rococo painter, Onverschillige
October 10, 1678 John Campbell, 2nd duke of Argyll/fieldmarshal, Union of 1707
October 10, 1599 Jacob Aertsz Colom, Dutch publisher, Consolation of the Sea
October 10, 1486 Charles III, Duke of Savoy

October 10 Events in History

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October 10, 2006 Google buys YouTube.com for $1.6 billion
October 10, 1996 Cornerstone dedication for Holocaust Museum in New York City
October 10, 1995 "Garden District" opens at Circle in the Sq Theater New York City
October 10, 1995 Israel begins W Bank pullback, frees hundreds of Palestinian prisoners
October 10, 1995 Most Dutch telephone numbers increase to 10 digits
October 10, 1995 Robert E. Lucas awarded Nobel Prize in economics
October 10, 1994 Lt-general Raoul Cedras resigns as dictator of Haiti
October 10, 1994 MPAA chief Jack Valenti holds meeting to determine new movie ratings
October 10, 1994 New York Giants retire Lawrence Taylor's #56
October 10, 1994 Nobel prize for physiology awarded to Alfred Gilman and Martin Rodbell
October 10, 1994 Value of Russian ruble decreases, 3081 rubles per dollar
October 10, 1993 Browns Najee Mustafaa sets club rec for longest interception (97 yds)
October 10, 1993 Ferry boat leaves for west coast of South Korea, 120 killed
October 10, 1993 Ted Kennedy, Jr. (32) weds psychiatrist Katherine Gershman (34)
October 10, 1992 Actress Ally Sheedy weds actor David Lansbury
October 10, 1992 Actress Heather Thomas weds entertainment lawyer Skip Brittenham
October 10, 1992 Floriade (Flower Show) closes at Hague, Netherlands
October 10, 1991 Ex-postal worker Joseph Harris kills 4 postal workers
October 10, 1991 Greyhound Bus ends bankruptcy
October 10, 1991 U.S. cuts all foreign aid to Haiti
October 10, 1990 Oakland A's sweep Red Sox in 4 games to win ALCS
October 10, 1990 U.S. 67th manned space mission STS 41 (Discovery 11) returns from space
October 10, 1988 22nd Country Music Association Award: Highway 101, K T Oslin win
October 10, 1988 Royals announce that Dick Howser, who underwent surgery for a brain tumor in July, will return to manage the club in 1989
October 10, 1987 Bruce Springsteen releases his 9th album "Tunnel of Love"
October 10, 1987 Garfield Park Nature Center opens, latest in Cleveland Metroparks
October 10, 1987 Giant's Jeffrey Leonard hits playoff record HR in his 4th cons game
October 10, 1986 7.5 Earthquake strikes San Salvador, El Salvador
October 10, 1986 Israel Prime Minister Shimon Peres resigns
October 10, 1985 Sudan adopts interim constitution
October 10, 1985 U.S. fighter jets force Egyptian plane carrying hijackers of Italian ship Achille Lauro to land in Italy, gunmen are placed in custody
October 10, 1983 17th Country Music Association Award: Alabama wins
October 10, 1983 Israel's Knesset votes 60-53 to endorse Yitzhak Shamir as PM
October 10, 1983 Tom Monaghan becomes CEO of Detroit Tigers
October 10, 1982 Brewers beat Angels in ALCS
October 10, 1982 Hernan Siles Zuazo installed as president of Bolivia
October 10, 1982 Pope John Paul II canonizes Rev M Kolbe, who volunteered to die in place of another inmate at Auschwitz concentration camp, a saint
October 10, 1982 U.S. imposes sanctions against Poland for banning Solidarity trade union
October 10, 1981 Anwar Sadat's funeral service is held in Cairo
October 10, 1980 4,500 die when a pair of earthquakes strikes NW Algeria
October 10, 1980 Very Large Array radio telescope network dedicated
October 10, 1980 Yanks lose 4-2 and are swept by Royals in AL Championship series
October 10, 1979 Fleetwood Mac gets a star in Hollywood
October 10, 1979 Nordiques' Real Cloutier sets NHL record of a hat trick in 1st game
October 10, 1979 Panama assumes sovereignty over Canal Area (ie Canal Zone)
October 10, 1979 Recorded trace of snow in Central Park New York City
October 10, 1978 Aerosmith's Steve Tyler and Joe Perry injured by a cherry bomb
October 10, 1978 British pop magazine "Smash Hits," 1st published
October 10, 1978 Congress approves Susan B. Anthony Dollar
October 10, 1978 Daniel Arap Moi succeeds Kenyatta as president of Kenya
October 10, 1978 Steve Perry joins Journey
October 10, 1978 Yanks and Dodgers play in World Series # 75
October 10, 1977 11th Country Music Association Award: Ronnie Milsap wins
October 10, 1976 Beijing reports arrest of Mao Tse Tung's widow
October 10, 1976 New Jersey Meadowlands' Giant's Stadium opens
October 10, 1976 Greece's 98 year-old Dimitrion Yordanidis, is oldest man to compete in a marathon; he finishes in 7:33
October 10, 1975 Israel formally signs Sinai accord with Egypt
October 10, 1975 Liz Taylor's 6th marriage (re-marries Richard Burton)
October 10, 1974 A's Mike Andrews files $25 million lawsuit against Charlie Finley
October 10, 1974 Canadian John Hathaway begins 2-yr ride of 50,600 miles
October 10, 1974 Labour Party wins British parliamentary election
October 10, 1974 U.S. Gen George Brown's speech deplores Jewish influence in U.S. over his treatment during the 1973 World Series
October 10, 1973 New York Mets beat Cin Reds in Game 5 of the NLCS
October 10, 1973 Vice President Spiro T. Agnew pleads no contest to tax evasion and resigns
October 10, 1972 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Heritage Village Golf Open
October 10, 1971 1st game played at Philadelphia's Veteran Stadium, Phils win 4-1
October 10, 1971 5th Country Music Association Award: Charlie Pride wins
October 10, 1971 Fenholt and Webber's musical "Jesus Christ Superstar," premieres in New York City
October 10, 1971 Rain washes out Game 2, 1st World Series postponement since 1962
October 10, 1970 Fiji gains independence from Britain (National Day)
October 10, 1968 Detroit Tigers beat St. Louis Cardinals, 4 games to 3 in 65th World Series
October 10, 1968 George Harrison forms Singsong Ltd.
October 10, 1968 Lee Evans of U.S. sets 400 meter record at 43.86
October 10, 1968 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
October 10, 1967 Brendan Behans "Norstal Boy," premieres in Dublin
October 10, 1965 "Drat! - The Cat!" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 8 performances
October 10, 1965 Supreme appear on Ed Sullivan Show
October 10, 1965 "Vinland Map" is introduced by Yale University as being the 1st known map of America, drawn about 1440 by Norse explorer Lief Eriksson
October 10, 1964 18th NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Toronto 3-2 at Toronto
October 10, 1964 18th modern Olympic games opens in Tokyo
October 10, 1963 Dam bursts in Italy, 3,000+ die
October 10, 1963 Netherland population hits 12,000,000
October 10, 1963 Treaty banning atmospheric nuclear tests signed by U.S., UK, U.S.S.R.
October 10, 1962 Indies assault up Chinese positions in North-India attack
October 10, 1961 "Milk and Honey" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 543 performances
October 10, 1961 Expansion draft to stock Houston Astros and New York Mets
October 10, 1961 Otis M Smith appointed to Michigan Supreme Court
October 10, 1961 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
October 10, 1960 "Laughs and Other Events" opens at Barrymore Theater New York City for 8 performances
October 10, 1960 16 California Poly football team members die in plane crash in Toledo
October 10, 1960 Cyclone hits coast of Gulf of Bengal; about 4000 die
October 10, 1960 Ron Stewart of Ottawa rushes for CFL-record 287 yards
October 10, 1960 WGTE TV channel 30 in Toledo, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting
October 10, 1959 "Happy Town" closes at 84th St. Theater New York City after 5 performances
October 10, 1959 Lee Harvey Oswald signs guestbook in hotel Helsinki
October 10, 1959 Pan Am begins regular flights around World
October 10, 1958 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
October 10, 1958 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.
October 10, 1957 Accident at British nuclear reactor in Windsdale
October 10, 1957 Braves' Lew Burdette beats Yankees for 3rd time in 1 World Series
October 10, 1957 Milwaukee Braves beat New York Yankees, 4 games to 3 in 54th World Series
October 10, 1957 President Eisenhower apologizes to finance minister of Ghana, Komla Agbeli Gbdemah, after he is refused service in a Dover, Del, restaurant
October 10, 1957 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.
October 10, 1956 Fazal Mahmood takes 13-114 for match vs. Aus, Karachi
October 10, 1956 On Skowron's grand slammer New York Yanks beat Dodgers 9-0 in series game 7
October 10, 1954 Ho Chi Minh enters Hanoi after French troops pulled out
October 10, 1951 Yanks beat Giants 4 games to 2 in World Series, DiMaggio's final game
October 10, 1949 3rd NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Toronto 3-1 at Toronto
October 10, 1948 Then record 86,288 see game 5 of World Series in Cleveland
October 10, 1947 "Allegro" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 318 performances
October 10, 1947 Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical "Allegro," premieres in New York City
October 10, 1946 Max Frisch' "Die Chinesische Mauer," premieres in Zurich
October 10, 1945 Detroit Tigers beat Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 3 in 42nd World Series
October 10, 1944 Adm Halsey's Task Force 30 bombs Okinawa, 700 die
October 10, 1944 U.S. takes Okinawa
October 10, 1943 Chiang Kai-shek takes oath of office as president of China
October 10, 1943 U.S. bombers accidentally strike Enschede Neth, causing 151 deaths
October 10, 1942 1,300 Austrian Jews transported to Theresienstadt
October 10, 1941 German U-boat torpedoes U.S. destroyer Kearney
October 10, 1938 Germany completed annexation of Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland
October 10, 1938 Premier of Dmitri Shostakovitch's 1st String Quartet
October 10, 1937 New York Yankees beat Giants 4 games to 1 in 34th World Series
October 10, 1936 Bradman scores 212 in 202 mins in a cricket testimonial game
October 10, 1935 "Porgy and Bess," by George Gershwin, New York premiere
October 10, 1935 Coup under Gen Giorgios Kondylis in favor of Greek monarchy
October 10, 1935 George Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess" opens on Broadway
October 10, 1935 League of Nations denounces Italian invasion of Abyssinia
October 10, 1933 1st synthetic detergent, "Dreft" by Procter and Gamble, goes on sale
October 10, 1932 "Betty and Bob" premieres on radio
October 10, 1932 Dnjepr Dam in U.S.S.R. put into operation (world's biggest)
October 10, 1931 A J Bennett hits H Garbarino for 1st scoring pass in Canada's Big 4
October 10, 1931 St. Louis Cardinals beat Philadelphia A's, 4 games to 3 in 28th World Series
October 10, 1931 William Waltons "Belshazzar's Feast," premieres in Leeds
October 10, 1930 AP votes Joe Cronin unofficial AL MVP and BWA names Hack Wilson NL MVP
October 10, 1930 Yankees announce signing Joe McCarthy to manage for 4 years
October 10, 1926 St. Louis Cardinals beat New York Yankees, 4 games to 3 in 23rd World Series
October 10, 1924 Ibn Saud of Nedzhed captures Mecca
October 10, 1924 Washington Senators win their 1st World Series beat Giants in 7
October 10, 1923 Saxony gets Social Democratic and Communist coalition government
October 10, 1923 New York Giants and New York Yankees become 1st teams to play each other for 3 consecutive World Series, also 1st played at Yankee Stadium
October 10, 1921 NFL Decatur Staleys become Chicago Staleys, win 14-10
October 10, 1920 1st Grandslam in WS (Smith) and 1st unassisted triple play (Wambsganss)
October 10, 1920 Indians' Elmer Smith hits baseball's 1st post-season grand slam
October 10, 1920 Italy annexes South Tirol (Alto Adige)
October 10, 1920 Phoenix Cardinals (then in Chicago) play 1st NFL game, a 0-0 tie
October 10, 1920 Indian Bill Wambsganns makes 1st unassisted World Series triple play
October 10, 1920 Indian's Elmer Smith hits 1st World Series grand slam
October 10, 1919 Richard Strauss and Hugo van Hofmannsthals premieres in Vienna
October 10, 1918 Baden's Geisz forms government
October 10, 1917 Giants Rube Benton is 1st lefty to pitch a World Series no hitter
October 10, 1917 Plymouth Theater opens at 236 W 45th St. New York City
October 10, 1916 In Game 3, Charlie Ebbets becomes the 1st owner to raise the price of World Series grandstand seats to $5-up from $3
October 10, 1914 German forces route Belgians in Antwerp Belgium (WW I)
October 10, 1913 British passenger ship Volturno catches fire in Atlantic (136 kill)
October 10, 1913 Gamboa Dam in Panama blown up; Atlantic and Pacific waters mix
October 10, 1913 Yuan Shikai installed as 1st president of China
October 10, 1911 Sun Yat-sen's revolutionaries overthrow Manchus (Taiwan National Day)
October 10, 1908 Baseball Writers Association, formed
October 10, 1904 Liberty Theater opens at 234 W 42nd St. New York City
October 10, 1904 Yanks 2 games out play 1st place Red Sox on final day doubleheader 41 game winner Chesbro loses 1st game and chance at pennant
October 10, 1904 Boston pitchers achieve 148 complete games-an AL record, also record for total complete games AL 1,098, NL 1,089
October 10, 1902 S Afr's president Paul Kruger visits Utrecht
October 10, 1899 IR Johnson patents bicycle frame
October 10, 1892 Entire Hong Kong national cricket team, die in shipwreck off Taiwan
October 10, 1888 Teatotalers excursion train crushed, killing 64 (Mud Run Pa)
October 10, 1886 1st dinner jacket worn to autumn ball at Tuxedo Park, New York (tuxedo)
October 10, 1874 Fiji becomes a British possession
October 10, 1868 1st written account of a Canadian football game
October 10, 1868 Cuba revolts for independence against Spain
October 10, 1865 John Hyatts patents billard ball
October 10, 1863 Skirmish at Blue Springs, Tennessee (166 casualties)
October 10, 1857 American Chess Association formed (New York City)
October 10, 1854 U.S. Assay Office in New York City, New York opens
October 10, 1846 Alexis the Tocqueville writes about "Algerian problem"
October 10, 1846 Neptune's moon Triton discovered by William Lassell
October 10, 1845 Naval School (now called U.S. Naval Academy) opens at Annapolis
October 10, 1839 British troops under Gen Charles Napier occupy Beirut
October 10, 1802 1st non indian settlement in Oklahoma
October 10, 1799 Convention of Alkmaar: English/Russian invasion army departs
October 10, 1787 Amsterdam surrenders to Prussian invasion army
October 10, 1780 Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000 to 30,000 in Caribbean
October 10, 1760 Suriname Colonial Regime signs treaty with Aukaners (ex-slaves)
October 10, 1733 France declares war on emperor Charles VI
October 10, 1720 French government proclaims strike on banknotes
October 10, 1695 King Willem III escapes South Netherlands, back to England
October 10, 1631 Saxon army occupies Prague
October 10, 1578 Count Johan Casimir occupies Ghent with 500 horsemen
October 10, 1549 Duke of Somerset fired as Lord Protector and imprisoned
October 10, 1471 Battle of Brunkeberg Stockholm (Sten Sture beats Christian I)
October 10, 1375 Westfriese sea wall breaks flooding northern Netherlands
October 10, 680 Battle at Kerbela: Kalief Yazid beats pretender al-Hussein

October 9 Deaths in History

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October 9, 2004 Max Faget, engineer, led the design of the Gemini space capsule, dies at 83
October 9, 2001 Dagmar, blonde, Broadway Open House, dies at 79
October 9, 2001 Herbert Ross, director, The Turning Point, dies at 74
October 9, 2000 David Dukes, actor, Gods and Monsters, dies at 55
October 9, 1997 Arthur Tracy, radio personality (Street Singer), dies at 98
October 9, 1996 Alan Charles Downes, cameraman, dies at 58
October 9, 1996 Harvey Vernon, actor (Jasper-Carter Country), dies at 69
October 9, 1996 Nigel Thomas Loveridge Fisher, politician, dies at 83
October 9, 1996 Richard Clarkson, aerodynamicist, dies at 94
October 9, 1995 Alec Douglas-Home, PM of Britain (1963-64), dies
October 9, 1995 John Alfred Scali, journalist/diplomat, dies at 77
October 9, 1995 Kukrit Pramoj, PM of Thailand (1975-76), dies at 84
October 9, 1995 Lord Home of Hirsel, cricket (Middlesex player later British PM), dies
October 9, 1995 Patric William Billy Walker, astrologer, dies at 64
October 9, 1995 Phillip Jack Oppenheimer, diamond trader, dies at 83
October 9, 1994 Andreas van Melsen, philosopher (Evolution and W˜sbegeerte), dies at 81
October 9, 1994 Fred Lebow, U.S. founder of New York Marathon, dies of cancer
October 9, 1994 James Hill, English director/screenwriter (Born Free), dies at 75
October 9, 1994 Joan Dickson, cellist, dies at 72
October 9, 1994 Raich Carter, footballer, dies at 80
October 9, 1993 Geert de Vlaeminck, Belgian champion cyclist, dies at 26
October 9, 1992 Willy Brandt, German chancellor (1969-74), dies
October 9, 1991 Roy Black, German singer and actor (Kinderarzt Dr. Froehlich), dies
October 9, 1991 Thalmus Rasulala, actor (Blacula), dies of heart attack at 51
October 9, 1990 Richard Murdoch, actor (Lilli Marlene), dies of heart attack at 83
October 9, 1988 Edward Chodorov, playwright/director (Louis Pasteur), dies at 84
October 9, 1988 Felix Wankel, developer of Wankel rotary engine, dies
October 9, 1987 Clare A Booth Luce, U.S. diplomat/journalist, dies at 84
October 9, 1983 Sun Suk Joon, South Korean vice premier, murdered
October 9, 1982 Anna Freud, Austria/Engl psychoanalyst/daughter of Sigmund, dies at 86
October 9, 1978 Jacques Brel, Belgian chansonnier, buried on Atuama, dies at 49
October 9, 1972 Giuseppe Capogrossi, Italian painter, dies at 72
October 9, 1972 Miriam Hopkins, actress (Carrie, Barbary Coast), dies at 69
October 9, 1970 Jean Giono, writer, dies
October 9, 1968 Pierre Mulele, Congolese rebel leader, executed
October 9, 1967 Andre Maurois, [Emile Herzog], French writer (Balzac), dies
October 9, 1967 Ernesto "Che" Guevara, Argentinian-born guerrilla, executed in Bolivia
October 9, 1963 Thurlow Weed Lieurance, composer, dies at 85
October 9, 1962 Lulu McConnell, comediene (It Pays to be Ignorant), dies at 80
October 9, 1960 Howard Glenn, New York Titan, dies of injuries sustain in this day's game
October 9, 1958 Pius XII, [Eugenio Pacelli], Pope (1939-58), dies at 82
October 9, 1955 Alice Joyce, actress (Song O' My Heart), dies at 65
October 9, 1954 Robert H. Jackson, American Statesman
October 9, 1949 Viktor Alexandrovich Uspensky, composer, dies at 70
October 9, 1943 Gerard W. Kerncamp, historian/editor-in-chief (Green Amsterdam), dies
October 9, 1943 Jan Dieters, leader of illegal Dutch political party (CPN), executed
October 9, 1943 Lou Jansen, leader of illegal Dutch political party (CPN), executed
October 9, 1943 Pieter Zeeman, naturalist (Nobel 1902), dies
October 9, 1937 August de Boeck, composer, dies at 72
October 9, 1937 George AA Alting van Geusau, Dutch min of war (1918-20), dies at 73
October 9, 1934 J-Louis-F Barthou, French writer/premier/foreign minister, murdered
October 9, 1934 King Alexander, of Yugoslavia, killed by Georgief (Croatian terrorist)
October 9, 1918 Michail V Alekseyev, Russian general (WW I), murdered at 60
October 9, 1917 Hussain Kamil, sultan of Egypt (1914-17), dies at 63
October 9, 1915 Constant A M Cap, Flemish poet/etcher, dies at 73
October 9, 1912 Millie and Christine, Siamese twins, dies at 61
October 9, 1907 Romualdo Marenco, composer, dies at 66
October 9, 1906 Joseph F Glidden, inventor (barbed wire), dies
October 9, 1900 Heinrich von Herzogenberg, composer, dies at 57
October 9, 1897 John Heemskerk Azn, Dutch Internal minister (1866..88), dies at 79
October 9, 1891 Johannes Tideman, theologist, dies at 83
October 9, 1841 Karl F Schinkel, German painter/writer (Neue Wache), dies at 60
October 9, 1837 Charles Fourier, French utopian socialist (Harmony universal), dies
October 9, 1831 Joannis Capodistrias, President of Greece (1829-31), murdered
October 9, 1821 Georg-Friederich Fuchs, composer, dies at 68
October 9, 1806 Benjamin Banneker, astronomer/mathematician, dies at 74
October 9, 1797 Elia van Vilnius, Latvian rabbi, dies at 77
October 9, 1797 Elijah B Solomon Zalman, rabbi/Gaon of Vilna, dies
October 9, 1781 Thomas Alexander Erskine Kelly, composer, dies at 49
October 9, 1769 Marianus Konigsperger, composer, dies at 60
October 9, 1646 Baltasar Carlos, son of Spanish king Philip IV, dies
October 9, 1562 Gabriel Fallopius, Modena Italy, anatomist, dies
October 9, 1436 Jacoba van Bavarian, countess of Holland/Zealand, dies at 35
October 9, 1423 Frederik III of Blankenheim, bishop of Straatsburg/Utrecht, dies
October 9, 1390 Johan I, king of Castilie (1379-90), dies
October 9, 1326 Reinald I, earl of Gelre/monarch, went insane, dies
October 9, 1253 Grosseteste, an English scholar, dies at 78
October 9, 1047 Clemens II, [Suitger], Pope (1046-47), dies

October 9 Birthdays in History

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October 9, 1981 Zachery Ty Bryan, born in Denver, Colorado, actor, Brad-Home Improvement
October 9, 1979 Ashley Anderson, Miss Delaware Teen USA 1996
October 9, 1979 Lydia Jane Lipscombe, Christchurch NZ, breastroker 1996 Olympics
October 9, 1978 Randy Spelling, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Sean Richards-Sunset Beach
October 9, 1977 Lee San San, Miss Hong Kong Universe 1997
October 9, 1976 Rebecca Darrington, Gillette Wyoming, Miss America-Wyoming 1997
October 9, 1975 Mahendra Nagamootoo, cricketer, Guyanese leg-spinner
October 9, 1975 Mark Viduka, Australian soccer striker, Olyroos, Olympics-96
October 9, 1975 Sean Ono Lennon, John and Yoko's Son
October 9, 1974 Kavika Pittman, defensive end for the Dallas Cowboys
October 9, 1974 Keith Booth, NBA forward, Chicago Bulls
October 9, 1973 A J Ofodile, NFL tight end for the Pittsburgh Steelers
October 9, 1973 Alexey Trochshinskiy, hockey defenseman, Team Kazakhstan Oly-1998
October 9, 1973 Brandon Pollard, Richmond, Virginia, soccer defender, 1996 Olympics gold
October 9, 1973 Dexter McCleon, cornerback for the St. Louis Rams
October 9, 1972 Maurice Kelly, CFL linebacker for the BC Lions
October 9, 1972 Roman Oben, tackle for the New York Giants
October 9, 1971 Pete Mitchell, NFL tight end for the Jacksonville Jaguars
October 9, 1970 Annika Sorenstam, Stockholm Sweden, LPGA golfer, 1995 U.S. Women's Open
October 9, 1970 Kenny Anderson, NBA guard, Charlotte Hornets, Portland Trailblazers
October 9, 1970 Oleg Kryazhev, hockey forward, Team Kazakhstan Oly-1998
October 9, 1969 Charles Jordan, wide receiver for the Miami Dolphins
October 9, 1969 Dwayne Sabb, NFL outside linebacker for the New England Patriots
October 9, 1967 Carling Bassett-Seguso, Canada, tennis player/actress, Spring Fever
October 9, 1967 Gheorge Popescu, Romania, soccer player, Barcelona
October 9, 1967 Gica Popescu, Romania, soccer player, PSV
October 9, 1966 Mike Williams, NFL wide receiver for the Miami Dolphins
October 9, 1964 Martin Jaite, Argentina, tennis star
October 9, 1961 Arlene Boxhall, Zimbabwe, field hockey, 1980 Olympics gold
October 9, 1961 Jean Sagal, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Kate-Double Trouble, Grease 2
October 9, 1961 Liz Sagal, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Allison-Double Trouble, Grease 2
October 9, 1961 Trevor Matich, NFL center/guard for the Washington Redskins
October 9, 1959 Michael Pare, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Greatest American Hero, Houston Knights
October 9, 1959 Mike Singletary, NFL middle linebacker for the Chicago Bears
October 9, 1957 Yuri Vladimirovich Usachyov, cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-18, TM-23
October 9, 1955 Linwood Boomer, Vancouver, actor, Adam-Little House on the Prairie
October 9, 1955 Steve Ovett, England, runner, Olympics-800m gold, 1500m bronze-1980
October 9, 1954 Scott Bakula, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, Quantum Leap, Gung Ho, Murphy Brown
October 9, 1953 Hank Pfister, Bakersfield Cat, tennis star
October 9, 1953 Tony Shalhoub, actor, Antonio Scarpacci-Wings, Big Night
October 9, 1951 Richard Chaves, born in Jacksonville, Florida, actor, Cease Fire, Predator
October 9, 1951 Robert Wuhl, Union, New Jersey, actor, Bull Durham, Good Morning Vietnam
October 9, 1950 Gary Frank, Spokane, Washington, actor, Enemy Territory, Deadly Weapon
October 9, 1950 Mick Malone, cricketer, WA seamer, Test 1977, made 46 took 5-63, 1-14
October 9, 1949 Shep Messing, Israel, soccer goal tender, New York Cosmos
October 9, 1948 Dave Samuels, vibraphonist, Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance
October 9, 1948 Jackson Browne, U.S. Base in Germany, rock voclaist, Lawyers in Love
October 9, 1945 Jeannie C Riley, Texas, singer, Harper Valley PTA, Hee Haw
October 9, 1945 Naftali Bon, Kapsabet Kenya, 4x400m runner, 1968 Olympics silver
October 9, 1944 John Entwistle, London, rock guitarist and vocalist, Who-Baba O'Riley
October 9, 1944 Nona Hendrix, R and B singer, Patti LaBelle and Blue Belles
October 9, 1944 Peter Tosh, Jamaica, reggae musician, Mystic Man, Mama Africa
October 9, 1941 Trent Lott, Rep-R-MS, 1973-
October 9, 1940 Gordon J Humphrey, Sen-R-NH, 1979-
October 9, 1940 Hans Ulrich Humpert, composer
October 9, 1940 Joe Pepitone, baseball 1st baseman, New York Yankee
October 9, 1940 John Lennon, English Musician
October 9, 1939 O V Wright, rocker
October 9, 1939 Pierre Mertens, French/Belgian writer, Lettres Clandestines
October 9, 1938 Heinz Fischer, Austrian Statesman
October 9, 1937 Brian Blessed, English actor, King Arthur, High Road to China
October 9, 1937 Pat Burke, rocker, Foundations
October 9, 1935 Don[ald] McCullin, British photographer
October 9, 1935 Edward GNPP, English prince/duke of Kent
October 9, 1935 Jules Croiset, Dutch actor, Help, Doctor Verzuipt!
October 9, 1935 Paul Barton, cricketer, NZ batsman in early 1960's, century vs. South Africa
October 9, 1935 Paul J M Beers, Dutch actor, Mother Courage and Her Children
October 9, 1934 Jacobo Majluta Azar, politician
October 9, 1933 Bill Tidy, English cartoonist, Fosdyke Saga
October 9, 1930 David Rounds, Bronxville, New York, actor, Terence-Beacon Hill
October 9, 1930 Fjolnir Stefansson, composer
October 9, 1928 Einojuhani Rautavaara, Helsinki Finland, composer, Kaivos
October 9, 1927 Ivan Metropolitan Ioann Snychev, Russion Orthodox Priest
October 9, 1926 Daniele Delorme, [Gabrielle Girard], Paris, actress, Pardon My Affair
October 9, 1925 Robert Finch, actor, Academy Theater
October 9, 1924 Robert A Rushworth, Madison Maine, test pilot, X-15
October 9, 1923 Donald Sinden, England, actor, Doctor at Large, Mogambo, Simba
October 9, 1923 Ronald Tremain, composer
October 9, 1922 Fyvush Finkel, actor, Middle Ages, Picket Fences
October 9, 1922 Raymond Wilding-White, composer
October 9, 1921 Tadeusz Rozewicz, Polish poet and writer, Utwory dramatyczne
October 9, 1920 Jens Bjorneboe, Norway, poet and writer, Dikt, Jonas
October 9, 1920 Vivienne Della Chiesa, U.S., actress
October 9, 1920 Yusef Lateef, composer
October 9, 1919 Rezso Sugar, composer
October 9, 1918 E Howard Hunt, Hamburg, New York, involved in Watergate break-in
October 9, 1918 E. Howard Hunt, Criminal
October 9, 1917 Kusuo Kitamura, Japan, 1500m freestyle swimmer 1932 Olympics gold
October 9, 1914 Edward Andrews, Griffin Georgia, actor, Tea and Sympathy, Glass Bottom Boat
October 9, 1914 Roger Goeb, composer
October 9, 1910 Donald Coggan, English archbishop of York/Canterbury, Glory of God
October 9, 1910 Phil Hanna, River Forest, Illinois, singer, Once Upon a Tune
October 9, 1908 Jacques Tati[scheff], La Pecq France, director, Traffic, Playtime
October 9, 1908 James E Folsom, Alabama-Gov, 1947-51, 1955-59
October 9, 1907 Klaes Karppinen, Findland, 4 x 10K relay 1936 Olympics gold
October 9, 1906 13th earl of Stair, English Lt-colonel/large landowner
October 9, 1906 Janis Ivanovs, composer
October 9, 1906 Leopold Sedor Senghor, poet/president of Senegal, 1960-80
October 9, 1906 Wolfgang Staudte, German director, Die Morder sind unter uns
October 9, 1905 Euphemia MacDonald, dance producer
October 9, 1905 Howard St. John, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Born Yesterday, Li'l Abner
October 9, 1904 Carl Parrish, composer
October 9, 1904 J Dito, Dutch dominican/broadcast chairman, KRO, 1938-45
October 9, 1904 Wally Brown, Malden, Massachusetts, actor, Zombies on Broadway, Girl Rush
October 9, 1903 Walter O'Malley, baseball team owner, Dodgers
October 9, 1900 Alastair Sims, Edinburgh Scot, actor, Christmas Carol, Stage Fright
October 9, 1900 Silvio Cator, Haiti, long jumper 1928 Olympics silver
October 9, 1899 Bruce Catton, U.S., historian and writer, Civil War
October 9, 1893 Heinrich George, Schulz, German actor, Hitlerjunge Quex
October 9, 1893 M de Andrade, writer
October 9, 1893 Mario R de Morais Andrade, Brazilian writer/poet/story teller
October 9, 1892 Marina Tsvetaeva, Russian Poet
October 9, 1892 Ivo Andric, Writer
October 9, 1890 Aimee Semple McPherson, evangelist, Pentecostal, /radio preacher
October 9, 1890 Alfred Julius Swan, composer
October 9, 1890 Janis Medins, composer
October 9, 1888 Hank Patterson, Alabama, actor, Gunsmoke, Fred Ziffel-Green Acres
October 9, 1888 Irving Cummings Sr, New York City, silent screen star/director, Curly Top
October 9, 1886 Frank Newburg, actor, Homemaker
October 9, 1884 Helene Deutsch, [Rosenbach], psychoanalyst, Boston
October 9, 1884 Martin Elmer Johnson, explorer/photographer
October 9, 1878 Robert Warwick, [Bien], Sacramento California, actor, Falcon's Adventure
October 9, 1875 Reynaldo Hahn, composer
October 9, 1873 Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer, Schwarzschild effect
October 9, 1871 Gerrit Bolkestein, minister of Education, 1939-4-
October 9, 1869 Harry Lawrence Freeman, composer
October 9, 1863 Alexander Siloti, Kharkov Russia, pianist/prof, Moscow Cons 1888-91
October 9, 1859 Alfred Dreyfus, accused Jewish French officer, Dreyfus Affair
October 9, 1858 Gerard L F Philips, Dutch engineer/manufacturer, Philips
October 9, 1847 Andre Dumont, Belgian mine engineer, Limburg's coal basin
October 9, 1847 Stephanus J du Toit, South Africa theologist/journalist, Afr Bond
October 9, 1835 Camille Saint-Saens, Paris, France, composer, Ode a Sainte Cecile
October 9, 1830 Harriet Hosmer, sculptor
October 9, 1823 Mary Ann Shadd Cary, 1st black U.S. newspaper publishers
October 9, 1822 George Sykes, Major General Union volunteers, died in 1880
October 9, 1819 Samuel McGowan, Brig General Confederate Army, died in 1897
October 9, 1813 Giuseppe Fortunio Francesco Verdi, Italian composer, Traviata, Aida
October 9, 1813 John Jones Pettus, Confederate governor, D-Miss, 1859-63
October 9, 1782 Lewis Cass, Gov-Mich
October 9, 1771 Frederik Willem, duke of Brunswick, 1813-15
October 9, 1766 Bedrich Divis Weber, composer
October 9, 1760 Pierre Gaveaux, composer
October 9, 1757 Charles X, reactionary king of France, 1824-30, ; deposed
October 9, 1727 Johann Wilhelm Hertel, composer
October 9, 1663 Gian M Crescimbeni, Italian literary/critic, Arcadia
October 9, 1626 John Ferrabosco, composer
October 9, 1586 Jan III van Foreest, lawyer/poet/mayor of Hoorn
October 9, 1581 Claude G Bachet de Meziriac, French mathematician/theologist
October 9, 1547 Miguel de Cervantes, novelist, Don Quixote
October 9, 1261 Dionysius, the Justified, king of Portugal, 1279-1325
October 9, 1201 Robert de Sorbon, founded Sorbonne University, Paris

October 9 Events in History

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October 9, 2006 North Korea conducts first atomic weapons test
October 9, 1997 ABL players allowed to own stock in the league
October 9, 1997 Hurricane kills 123 in Acapulco Mexico
October 9, 1997 NC's Dean Smith winningest college basetball coach retires
October 9, 1997 New York Rangers are 1st NHL team to open with 4 straight ties
October 9, 1997 Nobel prize for literature awarded to Dario Fo
October 9, 1996 Howard Stern's book "Miss America" released in paperback
October 9, 1994 Darmstadt creates element 110
October 9, 1992 Great meteorite seen from Kentucky to New York
October 9, 1991 "On Borrowed Time" opens at Circle in Sq Theater New York City for 99 performances
October 9, 1991 Bush declares "total confidence" in nominee Clarence Thomas
October 9, 1991 San Jose Sharks beat Calgary for their 1st NHL win, 4-3
October 9, 1990 David Hackett Souter, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice
October 9, 1990 Radio stations around world play "Imagine" honoring John Lennon
October 9, 1990 Saddam threatens to hit Israel with a new missile
October 9, 1989 23rd Country Music Association Award: George Strait, Kathy Mattea wins
October 9, 1989 27th Tennis Fed Cup: USA beats Spain in Tokyo Japan (3-0)
October 9, 1989 1st NFL game coached by a black man (Art Shell), his Los Angeles Raiders beat New York Jets 14-7 on Monday Night Football
October 9, 1988 17% vote extremely-right Flemish Block in Belgium
October 9, 1988 Dennis Eckersley, 1st to save all 4 games in a championship series
October 9, 1987 Japanese bank buys "Lady McGill" stamp for $1,100,000
October 9, 1986 "Phantom of the Opera" premeires in London
October 9, 1986 Gilbert Perreault, Buffalo, became 12th NHLer to score 500 goals
October 9, 1986 Senate convicted U.S. District Judge Harry E Claiborne making him 5th federal official to be removed from office through impeachment
October 9, 1985 "Tango Argentino" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 198 performances
October 9, 1985 Central Park's Strawberry Fields, dedicated
October 9, 1985 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
October 9, 1984 Kathy Sullivan becomes 1st U.S. woman to walk in space
October 9, 1983 4 South Korean government ministers assassinated in Rangoon Burma
October 9, 1982 Attack on synagouge in Rome, 1 dead
October 9, 1980 1st consumer use of home banking by computer
October 9, 1980 Nobel prize for literature awarded to Czeslaw Milosz
October 9, 1980 Princess Caroline of Monaco divorces Philippe Junot
October 9, 1979 Howard Stern begins broadcasting on WCCC in Hartford, Conn
October 9, 1978 12th Country Music Association Award
October 9, 1978 John Kander and Fred Ebb's musical "Ballroom," premieres in New York City
October 9, 1977 Amy Alcott wins LPGA Houston Exchange Clubs Golf Classic
October 9, 1977 Soyuz 25 launched to Saluyt 6, but returned after failing to dock
October 9, 1977 Yanks rally for 3 in 9th and beat Royals 5-3 for pennant #31
October 9, 1976 "Robber Bridegroom" opens at Biltmore Theater New York City for 145 performances
October 9, 1976 Peter Petherick takes hat-trick on debut NZ vs. Pak Javed 1st wkt
October 9, 1976 TCricket est debut of Javed Miandad, scores 163 on 1st day
October 9, 1976 Yanks 1st AL Championship game, beat Royals 4-1
October 9, 1975 Emperor Hirohito of Japan visits San Francisco
October 9, 1975 Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov wins Nobel Peace Prize
October 9, 1974 Frank Robinson became 1st Black baseball manager (Cleve Indians)
October 9, 1974 Race riot in Boston due to "busing"
October 9, 1974 Washington Capitals 1st NHL game, losing 6-3 to New York Rangers at MSG Washington Caps begin a 37 game road losing streak
October 9, 1973 1st general striking in Luxembourg since 1942
October 9, 1973 Elvis and Priscilla Presley divorce after 6 years
October 9, 1973 Israel announces loss of Bar-Lev defense line in Suez Canal
October 9, 1973 Warriors-Cavalier game in Cleveland postponed because of wet floors
October 9, 1972 "Dude" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 16 performances
October 9, 1971 Japans emperor Hirohito visits Netherlands
October 9, 1971 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R.
October 9, 1970 Khmer Republic (Cambodia) declares independence
October 9, 1969 Supremes release "Someday We'll Be Together"
October 9, 1968 Government seizes oil fields in Peru
October 9, 1968 WKMU TV channel 21 in Murray, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting
October 9, 1966 Baltimore Orioles sweep Los Angeles Dodgers, in 63rd World Series
October 9, 1966 John Lennon meets Yoko Ono at a London art gallery
October 9, 1966 Rolling Stones 1st LP recorded "Got Live if you Want It"
October 9, 1965 16th Ryder Cup: U.S. wins 19 -12 at Royal Birkdale, England
October 9, 1965 Beatles' "Yesterday," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 4 weeks
October 9, 1963 British premier Harold MacMillan, resigns
October 9, 1963 Dam in Piave valley Italy, breaks' about 2,000 die
October 9, 1963 French air force gets 1st nuclear weapons
October 9, 1963 Hurricane Flora ravages Cuba and Haiti, kills 6,000
October 9, 1963 Uganda becomes a republic within British Commonwealth
October 9, 1962 Battles to decide Algeria-Morocco boundary kills 130
October 9, 1962 NASA civilian test pilot John B McKay takes X-15 to 39,200 m
October 9, 1961 New York Yankees beat Cin Reds, 4 games to 1 in 58th World Series
October 9, 1961 Tanganyika becomes independent within British Commonwealth
October 9, 1961 U.S. members of Communist Party obliged to report themselves to Police
October 9, 1961 Volcano eruptions on Tristan de Cunha (South Atlantic)
October 9, 1961 Yank Whitey Ford breaks Ruth record of 29 2/3 consecutive inning
October 9, 1961 World Series scoreless pitching streak Yanks beat Reds 4 games to 1
October 9, 1960 Cowboy QB Eddie LeBaron throws shortest touchdown pass (2")
October 9, 1959 1st phone call between auto and plane
October 9, 1959 Lee Harvey Oswald arrives in Southampton
October 9, 1958 Israeli Navy inaugrates it's 1st submarine
October 9, 1958 New York Yankees beat Braves 4 games to 3 in 55th World Series
October 9, 1958 New York Yankees appear in 9 and win 7 of last 10 World Series
October 9, 1957 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia
October 9, 1956 10th NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Montreal 1-1 at Montreal
October 9, 1955 Betty Jameson wins LPGA Richmond Golf Open
October 9, 1954 KTIV TV channel 4 in Sioux City, IA (NBC) begins broadcasting
October 9, 1953 British premier Winston Churchill aproves Guyanese Constitution
October 9, 1953 Conrad Adenauer elected West German chancellor
October 9, 1951 5th NHL All-Star Game: 1st Team ties 2nd Team 2-2 at Toronto
October 9, 1951 Gil McDougald's World Series grand slam helps Yanks beat Giants 13-1
October 9, 1949 New York Yankees beat Dodgers 4 games to 1 in 46th World Series
October 9, 1948 WXYZ TV channel 7 in Detroit, MI (ABC) begins broadcasting
October 9, 1947 "High Button Shoes" opens at Century Theater New York City for 727 performances
October 9, 1947 1st telephone conversation between a moving car and a plane
October 9, 1947 Julie Styne and Sam Cohn's musical "High Button Shoes," premieres in New York City
October 9, 1946 1st electric blanket manufactured; sold for $39.50
October 9, 1946 Eugene O'Neill's "Iceman Cometh," premieres in New York City
October 9, 1945 British troops occupy Andamanen in Gulf of Bengal
October 9, 1944 British Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrives in Russia for talks with Stalin
October 9, 1944 British premier Winston Churchill arrives in Moscow
October 9, 1944 Canadian offensive in West-Zeeuws-Flanders
October 9, 1944 German occupier turn off electricity in Amsterdam
October 9, 1944 St. Louis Cardinals beat St. Louis Browns, 4 games to 2 in 41st World Series
October 9, 1938 A Copland and E Lorings ballet "Billy the Kid," premieres in Chicago
October 9, 1938 Cleveland Browns and Chicago Bears play a penalty free NFL game
October 9, 1938 New York Yankees sweep Cubs in 35th World Series, 3rd straight WS win
October 9, 1936 Hoover Dam begins transmitting electricity to Los Angeles
October 9, 1934 St. Louis Cardinals beat Detroit Tigers, 4 games to 3 in 31st World Series
October 9, 1930 1st transcontinental flight by a woman completed, Laura Ingalls
October 9, 1929 G Kaufman and R Lardner's musical "June Moon," premieres in New York City
October 9, 1928 Marcel Pagnol's "Topaz," premieres in Paris
October 9, 1928 New York Yankees sweep Cards in 25th World Series, Ruth hits 3 HR in game
October 9, 1928 New York Yankees become 1st to sweep consecutive World Series
October 9, 1926 Dutch Queen Wilhelmina opens Royal Colonial Institution
October 9, 1926 NBC (National Broadcasting Corporation) forms
October 9, 1921 Babe Ruth's 1st WS homer; only Sunday game ever pitched by Carl Mays
October 9, 1920 1st World Series game in Cleveland, Indians win 2-1
October 9, 1916 Babe Ruth begins 29 2/3 scoreless World Series innings
October 9, 1916 Babe Ruth pitches and wins longest WS game (14 innings) 2-1
October 9, 1915 Belgrade Serbia, surrenders to Central leaders
October 9, 1915 Gil Anderson races auto (165.1 km record) in Sheepshead Bay, New York
October 9, 1915 Louis Kaufmans "Unchastened Woman," premieres in New York City
October 9, 1915 Woodrow Wilson becomes 1st President to attend a World Series game
October 9, 1914 German troops take Antwerp in World War I
October 9, 1910 Nap Lajorie challenges Ty Cobb batting avg with 8 hits, 6 were bunts as Brown's 3rd baseman Red Corriden played deep, Cobb still won
October 9, 1909 Ty Cobb steals home in World Series game
October 9, 1905 Philadelphia A's meet Giants in World Series, Giants win 3-0
October 9, 1903 11" (28.4 cm) rainfall in 24 hours (New York City)
October 9, 1900 8.3 earthquake shakes Cape Yakataga, Alaska
October 9, 1899 1st British troops reaches Durban South Africa
October 9, 1899 South Africa President Kruger routes British authorities ultimatum
October 9, 1890 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Red-Headed League"
October 9, 1888 Washington Monument opens for public admittance
October 9, 1877 American Humane Association organizes (Cleveland)
October 9, 1876 1st 2-way telephone conversation, 1st over outdoor wires
October 9, 1874 World Postal Union forms in Bern, Switzerland
October 9, 1872 Aaron Montgomery started his mail-order business
October 9, 1870 Rome is incorporated into Italy by royal decree
October 9, 1865 1st U.S. underground pipeline for carrying oil is laid in Pennsylvania
October 9, 1864 Battle of Tom's Brook-Confederate cavalry that harassed Sheridan's campaign is wipped by Custer and Merrit's cavalry divisions
October 9, 1863 Battle of Brady Station, Virginia (Culpeper Court House, Bristoe Station)
October 9, 1855 Isaac Singer patents sewing machine motor
October 9, 1855 Joshua Stoddard of Worcester, Mass patents 1st calliope
October 9, 1837 Steamboat "Home" sinks off Okracoke North Carolina killing 100
October 9, 1820 Guayaquil, Ecuador declares its freedom from Ecuador
October 9, 1818 Congress of Aken returns to France from Libya
October 9, 1817 University of Gent officially opens
October 9, 1804 Hobart Tasmania founded
October 9, 1799 British frigate HMS Lutine sinks off Dutch coast
October 9, 1794 French troops occupy Hertogenbosch
October 9, 1776 Mission Dolores founded by San Francisco Bay
October 9, 1760 Russian/Austrian army occupies Berlin
October 9, 1740 Netherlands gov-general Adriaen Valckenier allows murder of 8000 Chinese inhabitants of Batavia
October 9, 1716 England and France sign treaty
October 9, 1708 Battle at Lesnaya: Russian army captures Swedish convoy
October 9, 1701 Collegiate School of Ct (Yale U), chartered in New Haven
October 9, 1668 Mass society storms palace of "heretics" Spanish Governor Jose de Paternina
October 9, 1655 Swedish king Karel X Gustaaf occupies Krakow
October 9, 1651 English parliament proclaims Navigation Act off
October 9, 1635 Religious dissident Roger Williams banished from Mass Bay Colony
October 9, 1621 Turkey and Poland signs Peace of Chotin
October 9, 1617 Peace of Pavia (Spain and Savoye)
October 9, 1597 Earl Mauritius occupies Breevoort
October 9, 1573 Don Frederik disbands siege of Alkmaar
October 9, 1514 King Louis XII of France marries Mary Tudor, sister of Henry VIII
October 9, 1446 Korean Hangual alphabet devised
October 9, 1290 Last of 16,000 English Jews expelled by King Edward I, leaves
October 9, 1192 Richard Coeur de Leeuw leaves Jerusalem in disguise
October 9, 1000 Leif Ericson discovers "Vinland" (possibly New England)
October 9, 869 Charles the Bare crowned king of Lotharingen
October 9, 768 Charles the Great and Charlamane II divide French republic
October 9, 680 Husain ibn 'Ali, Shi'i religious leader, enters martyrdom

October 8 Deaths in History

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October 8, 1997 Brown Meggs, CEO (Capitol Records), dies of a brain hemorrhage at 66
October 8, 1996 Geoffrey Finsberg, politician, dies at 70
October 8, 1996 Harold Watkins Shaw, musicologist, dies at 85
October 8, 1996 Joseph Roy George Ralston, pilot, dies at 81
October 8, 1996 Susan Gautier TV producer-Smith, dies at 33
October 8, 1996 William Prince, actor (Ken Baxter-Another World), dies at 83
October 8, 1995 Christopher Keene, musician, dies at 48
October 8, 1995 Frederick Harry Baines, painter, dies at 85
October 8, 1995 John Cairncross, linguist (5th Man), dies at 82
October 8, 1995 Terry Hawkins, theatre administrator, dies at 45
October 8, 1994 Brian Hartley, mathematician, dies at 55
October 8, 1994 Diana Churchill, actress (Spider, Sally Bishop), dies at 81
October 8, 1994 John the King, CDA-minister of Social Businesses, dies at 68
October 8, 1994 Manual Pina, fashion Designer, dies at 50
October 8, 1993 Manke Nelis, [Cornelis Pieters], singer (Aunt Saar), dies at 73
October 8, 1992 Willy Brandt, chancellor of West Germany (1969-74), dies of cancer at 78
October 8, 1991 Natalia Ginzburg, Italian writer (Sounds of the Night), dies at 75
October 8, 1988 Ernst Hermann Meyer, composer, dies at 82
October 8, 1985 Leon Klinghoffer, hijackers of Achille Lauro, threw him off boat
October 8, 1985 Ricardo Bacchelli, playwright and poet (Il malino del Po), dies at 94
October 8, 1984 Frederick Brisson, producer, dies at 71 after a stroke
October 8, 1983 Joan Hackett, actress (Group, Flicks, Rivals), dies of cancer at 49
October 8, 1982 Fernando Lamas, actor and director (Lost World), dies of cancer at 67
October 8, 1982 Philip J Noel-Baker, English minister (Nobel 1959), dies at 92
October 8, 1979 June Nash, actress (Strange Cargo, Dynamite), dies at 68
October 8, 1978 Jim Gilliam, coach (Los Angeles Dodgers), dies at 49
October 8, 1978 Karl Swenson, actor (Lara-Little House on the Prairie), dies at 70
October 8, 1978 Tibor Serly, Hungarian violist/composer (American Elegy), dies at 76
October 8, 1975 Alberto Hemsi, composer, dies at 78
October 8, 1973 Gabriel Marcel, writer, dies
October 8, 1971 Christopher Dark, actor (Man Behind the Badge), dies at 51
October 8, 1971 Johanna Bordewijk-Roepman, composer, dies at 79
October 8, 1970 Jean Giono, French writer (Hussard Sur le Toit), dies at 75
October 8, 1970 Lucien Goldmann, Romanian/French sociologist/philosopher, dies
October 8, 1969 Eduardo Ciannelli, actor (Waldo-Johnny Staccato), dies at 81
October 8, 1967 Clement R Attlee, premier pf Great Britain (1945-51), dies at 84
October 8, 1967 [Ernesto] Che Guevara [Serna], Arg/Cuban revolutionary, dies
October 8, 1964 Charles Hodge, New York Univeristy professor (Answers for Americans), dies at 69
October 8, 1956 Dirk Koster, literary (New noises), dies at 69
October 8, 1953 Kathleen Ferrier, English alto singer, dies at 41
October 8, 1953 Nigel Bruce, actor (Son of Lassie, Spider Woman), dies at 58
October 8, 1947 Felix Salten, [Siegmund Salzmann], Austria writer (Bambi), dies at 78
October 8, 1945 Herman T Colenbrander, historian, dies at 73
October 8, 1944 Wendell Lewis Wilkie, Republican politician, dies at 52
October 8, 1940 Robert Emden, Swiss geo/astro physics (Gaskugeln), dies at 78
October 8, 1927 Ricardo Guiraldes, Argentine poet and writer (Don Segundo Sombra), dies
October 8, 1925 Abraham PC of Karnebeek, liberal foreign minister (1918-27), dies
October 8, 1919 Eugene Demolder, Belgian writer (Sous la Robe), dies
October 8, 1912 Wilhelm Kuhe, composer, dies at 88
October 8, 1907 Alfred, Liechtensteins noble of Austrian Herrenhaus, dies at 65
October 8, 1904 Gustav Ratzenhofer, Austria sociologist/philosopher, dies at 62
October 8, 1897 Martin Pluddemann, composer, dies at 43
October 8, 1895 Charles Oberthur, composer, dies at 76
October 8, 1888 Jules J baron d'Anethan, Belgian Minister of Justice, dies
October 8, 1869 Franklin Peirce, 14th president (1853-1857), dies in Concord NH at 64
October 8, 1865 Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, composer, dies at 51
October 8, 1864 Thomas Jonathan Coffin Amory, U.S. Union-brig-general, dies at about 34
October 8, 1862 James Streshley Jackson, attorney/Union-brig-gen, dies in battle at 39
October 8, 1862 William Rufus Terrill, Union brig-general, dies in battle at 28
October 8, 1842 Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer, dies at 68
October 8, 1834 Francois-Adrien Boieldieu, composer, dies at 58
October 8, 1803 Vittoria A Alfieri, Italian earl/writer (Filippo), dies at 54
October 8, 1793 John Hancock, U.S. merchant/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 56
October 8, 1772 Jean-Joseph Cassenea de Mondonville, composer, dies at 60
October 8, 1771 John E Loovens, lawyer, dies at 76
October 8, 1754 Henry Fielding, English lawyer/author (Tom Jones), dies at 47
October 8, 1728 Anne Danican Philidor, French composer, dies at 47
October 8, 1722 Gerard Callenbach, Dutch admiral, dies at 80
October 8, 1686 Adriaen Paets, Rotterdams regent/diplomat, dies at about 55
October 8, 1683 Philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer, dies at 76
October 8, 1680 Elisabeth, abbess, dies at 61
October 8, 1656 Johan Georg I, ruler of Saxon (1611-56, Peace of Prague), dies at 71
October 8, 1651 Isaac Elsevier, book publisher, dies at 55
October 8, 1613 Sebastian de Covarrubias bon Horozco, lexicographer, dies at 74
October 8, 1606 Jan, the Aged, count of Nassau/fathered 24, dies
October 8, 1604 Janus Dousa, [Johan van de Does], literature/politician, dies at 58
October 8, 1253 Robert Grosseteste, English Bishop/expert (optica), dies
October 8, 1094 St. Mark, the Evangelist, buried in San Marcos minstery in Venice
October 8, 705 Abd al-Malik, kalief of Damascus, dies

October 8 Birthdays in History

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October 8, 1981 Princess Juliana Edenia Antonia, of Netherlands
October 8, 1980 Andria Gayle Mullins, Miss Texas Teen USA, Teen with Style-1997
October 8, 1979 [Gregory] Chad Petree, Shawne, Oklahoma, rocker, PC Quest-Can You See
October 8, 1974 Rashaan Salaam, NFL running back for the Chicago Bears
October 8, 1974 Rod Manuel, defensive end for the Pittsburgh Steelers
October 8, 1973 Donnie Abraham, cornerback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
October 8, 1973 Toby Haenen, Hobart Tasmania Aus, backstroke swimmer 1996 Olympics
October 8, 1973 Tracy Bonner, Webster Texas, diver 1996 Olympics
October 8, 1972 Dede Demet, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, cyclist 1996 Olympics
October 8, 1972 Jared Kaaiohelo, WLAF running back for the Scottish Claymores
October 8, 1971 Boomer [Norman] Ellison, NFL wide receiver for the San Diego Chargers
October 8, 1971 Jim Hanna, WLAF defensive tackle for the Amsterdam Admirals
October 8, 1971 Monty Williams, NBA forward and guard for the San Antonio Spurs
October 8, 1971 Nate Miller, NFL/WLAF guard, Frankfurt Galaxy, Atlanta Falcons
October 8, 1971 Terry Richardson, WLAF running back for the Rhein Fire
October 8, 1971 Val St. germain, CFL tackle for the Hamilton Tiger Cats
October 8, 1970 Carlos Etheredge, WLAF tight end for the Amsterdam Admirals
October 8, 1970 David Doster, Fort Wayne, Indiana, infielder for the Philadelphia Phillies
October 8, 1970 DeWayne Knight, CFL linebacker for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers
October 8, 1970 James Williams, WLAF cornerback for the Scottish Claymores
October 8, 1970 Matt Damon, American Actor
October 8, 1969 Dylan Neal, U.S. actor, Dylan Shaw-Bold and the Beautiful
October 8, 1968 Frankie Smith, NFL cornerback, Miami Dolphins, San Francisco 49ers
October 8, 1965 Martin Mayhew, NFL cornerback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
October 8, 1965 Matt Biondi, U.S. 100m swimmer, Olympics-3 gold-84, 88, 92
October 8, 1965 Ross Flemer, born in Newport Beach, California, rower 1996 Olympics
October 8, 1959 Carlos I Noriega, Lima Peru, astronaut, STS 84, sk 97
October 8, 1959 Gavin Friday, [Fionan Hanvey], Irish singer, Virgin Prunes
October 8, 1959 Mike Morgan, Tulare California, pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals
October 8, 1959 Tony Eason, football quarterback for the New England Patriots
October 8, 1957 Doug Cox, Guelph Ontario, 90 kg Greco Roman wrestler 1996 Olympics
October 8, 1957 James De Paiva, Hayward California, actor, Max Holden-One Life to Live
October 8, 1956 Janice E Voss Ford, South Bend, Indiana, PhD/Astronaut, STS 57, 63, 83, 94
October 8, 1956 Scott Michael Pellaton, barefoot water ski champ
October 8, 1955 Bill Elliott, auto racer, Daytona-1978
October 8, 1954 Ben Amonette, Radford, Virginia, free pistol, Olympics-92, 96
October 8, 1953 Michael Dudikoff, born in Redondo Beach, California, actor, Star of the Family
October 8, 1953 Ricky Lee Phelps, Paragould Ar, singer, Ky Headhunters-Davy Crockett
October 8, 1952 Cliff Adams, rocker
October 8, 1951 Johnny Ramone [Cummings], guitarist/co-founder, Ramones
October 8, 1950 Robert "Kool" Bell, Youngstown, Ohio, rocker, Kool and the Gang-Joanna
October 8, 1949 Hamish Stuart, Scotland, guitarist/singer, Average White Band
October 8, 1949 Michael Rose, rocker, Average White Band
October 8, 1949 Sigourney [Susan Alexandra] Weaver, Louisiana, actress, Alien, Working Girl
October 8, 1949 Sigourney Weaver, American Actress
October 8, 1948 Johnny Ramone, New York, pop guitarist, Ramones-Love Live
October 8, 1948 Sarah Purcell, Richmond, Indiana, actress/TV hostess, Real People
October 8, 1948 Stefanie Marrian, Paris, France, comedienne, Benny Hill Show
October 8, 1948 Baldwin Spencer, Statesman
October 8, 1947 Emiel Puttemans, Flemish athlete
October 8, 1947 Tony Wilson, Trinidad, rock vocalist, Hot Chocolate
October 8, 1947 Yelena Ivanovna Dobrokvashina, Russian cosmonaut, Soyuz T-15a
October 8, 1946 Aleksandr Gorshlov, ice dancer, holds 6 titles
October 8, 1946 Jean-Jacques Beineix, director, Betty Blue, Diva
October 8, 1945 Roy Royer, rock guitarist, Procol Harum
October 8, 1945 Vanburn Holder, cricketer, West Indian pace bowler of 70's
October 8, 1944 Bruce A Morrison, Rep-D-CT, 1983-
October 8, 1943 Chevy Chase, born in New York City, comedian/actor, SNL, Vacation, Fletch, Caddyshack
October 8, 1943 James Edward Sellars, composer
October 8, 1943 R L Stine, children's book writer, Goosebumps
October 8, 1941 George Bellamy, rocker, Tornados
October 8, 1941 Jesse Jackson, born in Greenville, South Carolina, clergyman/presidential candidate, D
October 8, 1940 Fred Cash, Chattanooga, Tennessee, rocker, Impressions
October 8, 1939 Armando Gentilucci, composer
October 8, 1939 Elvira Ozolina, U.S.S.R., javelin thrower 1960 Olympics gold
October 8, 1938 David Willis, British journalist, BBC World Service
October 8, 1938 Frederick S Stolle, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1966
October 8, 1938 Penny Pitou, U.S., skier, Olympic-2 silvers-1960
October 8, 1936 Carman Moore, composer
October 8, 1936 David Carradine, Hollywood, actor, Kung-Fu, Boxcar Bertha, Young Guns
October 8, 1936 Rona Barrett, New York City, gossip columnist, Tomorrow Show
October 8, 1935 H J Schadlich, writer
October 8, 1934 Doc Green, rocker, Drifters
October 8, 1934 J. Carter Brown, Providence Rhode Island, art director, Washington National Gallery
October 8, 1930 James Olsen, Evanston, Illinois, actor, Andromeda Strain, Spell
October 8, 1930 Paul Hogan, born in Australia, actor, Crocodile Dundee, Lightning Jack
October 8, 1930 Toru Takemitsu, Tokyo, Japan, composer, Ki No Kyoko
October 8, 1928 Neil Harvey, cricketer, prolific Australian lefty bat of 50's
October 8, 1927 Al Duncan, drummer
October 8, 1927 Gigi Durston, born in Baltimore, Maryland, singer, Sonny Kendis Show
October 8, 1927 Raaj Kumar, film star
October 8, 1927 Torbjorn Falkanger, Norway, took Olympic oath, 1952
October 8, 1925 Andrei Donatovich Sinyavsky, writer/critic
October 8, 1924 Arkady Vorobyev, Middle heavyweight, Olympics gold 1956, 60
October 8, 1922 Douglas Gray, archivist
October 8, 1922 Svend Westergaard, composer
October 8, 1920 Frank [Patrick] Herbert, U.S., sci-fi author, Dune
October 8, 1920 Maxie Herber, Germany, figure skater pairs 1936 Olympics gold
October 8, 1920 Frank Herbert, American Writer
October 8, 1919 Bill Anderson, cricketer, played in 1st NZ-Aust Test 1946
October 8, 1919 Kiichi Miyazawa, premier Japan, 1991-93
October 8, 1918 Ron Randell, Sydney Australia, actor, Loves of Carmen, I am a Camera
October 8, 1917 Danny Murtaugh, baseball manager, Pittsburgh Pirates
October 8, 1917 Hans Poser, composer
October 8, 1916 Spark Matsunaga, D-Ha-Sen
October 8, 1913 Walter Schumann, New York City, choral director, Ford Show, /composer, Rhenish
October 8, 1912 John W. Gardner, American Educator
October 8, 1910 Raymod Gray Lewis, Ontario Canada, 4X400 relayer, Olympic-bronze-1932
October 8, 1909 Bill Hewitt, NFL end, Chicago Bears, Philadelphia Eagles
October 8, 1908 Paul Van Buskirk Yoder, composer
October 8, 1907 Howard Joslin, Georgia, actor, Quebec, Detective Story
October 8, 1903 Lina Radke, Germany, 800m runner 1928 Olympics gold
October 8, 1901 Eivind Groven, composer
October 8, 1900 Geoffrey Alan Jellicoe, landscape architect
October 8, 1900 Serge Chermayeff, architect/designer
October 8, 1900 Zeno Octavian Vancea, composer
October 8, 1899 Milner Connorton Gray, designer
October 8, 1899 Pandit Rambharos Gangaram Panday, Suriname relig leader/co-found, VHP
October 8, 1898 Clarence Williams, composer
October 8, 1897 Rouben Mamoulian, movie director/author, Mark of Zorro, Applause
October 8, 1895 Jeanne G van Schaik-Willing, Dutch author, Sinner and the Girl
October 8, 1895 Juan Peron, Argentine President, 1946-55, 1973-74
October 8, 1895 King Zog I, of Albania, 1928-1939
October 8, 1890 Cyril Rutherford "Snuffy" Browne, cricketer, pioneer WI Test player
October 8, 1890 Eddie Rickenbacker, aviator "Ace of Aces", WW I
October 8, 1888 Clifford Heatherley, Preston England, actress, For Love or Money
October 8, 1885 William Henry Bennett Vodery, composer
October 8, 1880 Ernest F E Douwes Dekker, Dutch founder, National-India Party
October 8, 1875 Hugh L Doherty, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1903
October 8, 1874 Nance O'Neil, born in Oakland California, actor, Cimarron
October 8, 1873 Ejnar Hertzsprung, Denmark, astronomer, Hertzsprung-Russell diagram
October 8, 1872 John Cowper Powys, British writer, Wood and Stone
October 8, 1870 Louis Vierne, composer
October 8, 1869 J Frank Duryea, inventor, 1st auto built and operated in U.S.
October 8, 1868 Max Slevogt, German painter
October 8, 1861 Theodore Roberts, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Roaring Road, 10 Commandments
October 8, 1860 Felix Woyrsch, composer
October 8, 1855 Gustav Ehrismann, German germanist
October 8, 1838 John Milton Hay, politician, Union, died in 1905
October 8, 1838 John Hay, American Writer
October 8, 1837 Otto Winter-Hjelm, composer
October 8, 1831 Michal Jelski, composer
October 8, 1828 Francisque Sarcey, French writer/critic
October 8, 1826 Matt Whitaker Ransom, Brig General Confederate Army, died in 1904
October 8, 1820 Stanislaw Katski, composer
October 8, 1818 John Henninger Reagan, Atty Gen, Confederacy
October 8, 1813 Carl Ludwig Amand Mangold, composer
October 8, 1802 Peter Hofstede, the Great, Dutch reformed theologist
October 8, 1790 Waldemar Thrane, composer
October 8, 1748 Franz Seydelmann, composer
October 8, 1747 Johann Wilhelm Stadler, composer
October 8, 1740 Michel-Julien Mathieu, composer
October 8, 1697 Cornelis Consolation, Dutch portrait painter, Unseemly Love
October 8, 1692 Antonio Palella, composer
October 8, 1690 Jaime de Casellas, composer
October 8, 1621 Maximilian H of Bayern, prince-bishop of Liege/bishop of Hildesheim
October 8, 1619 Philipp von Zesen, German poet and historian, Amsterdam
October 8, 1585 Heinrich Schutz, composer

October 8 Events in History

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October 8, 2005 Earthquake in Kashmir kills approximately 80,000 people
October 8, 2003 Arnold Schwarzenegger is elected the governor of California
October 8, 2001 SAS flight 686 crashes near Milano-Linate, killing 114, crash caused by flight crew and tower confusion
October 8, 1998 House of Representatives approves impeachment inquiry of President Clinton
October 8, 1995 Dolphin's Dan Marino breaks Tarkenton's NFL career completions record
October 8, 1995 Edgar Martinez drives home tying and winning runs to rally Mariners to 6-5 win in bottom of 11th to beat Yankees and win AL Division Series
October 8, 1994 BPAA U.S. Women's Bowling Open won by Aleta Sill
October 8, 1993 Howard Stern releases his 1st book "Private Parts"
October 8, 1993 Qn Elizabeth's nephew Viscount Linley (32) weds Serena Stanhope (24)
October 8, 1993 U.N. lifts remaining economic sanctions against South Africa
October 8, 1992 Nobel Prize for literature is given to West Indies poet Derek Walcott
October 8, 1992 Ottawa Sentors 1st NHL game
October 8, 1992 Pioneer Venus Orbiter (1st Venus orbiter-1978), crashes into Venus
October 8, 1990 24th Country Music Association Award: George Strait wins
October 8, 1990 Israeli police kill 17 Palestinian rioters
October 8, 1990 U.S. doctors Joseph E. Murray and E. Donnall Thomas win Nobel Prize
October 8, 1989 Oakland beats Toronto, 4-3 in Game 5, to advance to the World Series
October 8, 1988 Fire in Seattle's Space Needle causes evacuation, $2,000 damage
October 8, 1988 Jay Howell ejected in NLCS game 3 for having pine tar on his glove
October 8, 1986 Mike Scott ties playoff record of 14 strikeouts, beats Mets 1-0
October 8, 1986 RUN DMC calls for a day of peace among LA street gangs
October 8, 1985 "Rembrandt and Hitler or Me" premieres in Amsterdam
October 8, 1985 Alain Boubil/Herbert Kretzner's "Les Miserables," premieres in London
October 8, 1985 Little Richard seriously injured in a car accident
October 8, 1984 18th Country Music Association Award: Alabama wins
October 8, 1983 1st regular season Islander OT game beat Caps 8-7
October 8, 1983 Washington Capitals 1st NHL overtime game losing to New York Islanders 8-7
October 8, 1982 New Jersey Devils 1st victory, beating New York Rangers 3-2 at Meadowlands
October 8, 1982 Poland bans Solidarity and all labor unions
October 8, 1981 1st broadcast of "Cagney and Lacey" on ABC-TV
October 8, 1981 President Reagan greeted predecessors Jimmy Carter, Gerald R Ford and Richard Nixon before sending them to Egypt for Anwar Sadat's funeral
October 8, 1980 Bob Marley collapses on stage, brought to Sloan-Kettering Hospital
October 8, 1980 British Leyland starts selling Mini Metro
October 8, 1980 U.S.S.R. and Syria sign peace treaty
October 8, 1980 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test
October 8, 1979 "Sugar Babies" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 1208 performances
October 8, 1979 J McHugh and A Malvin's musical "Sugar Babies," premieres in New York City
October 8, 1978 Ken Warby set world water speed record at 319.627 mph (514 kph)
October 8, 1978 Yanks win 3rd straight AL Championship, all against Kansas City
October 8, 1977 Largest baseball crowd in Penns, 64,924 see Dodgers beat Phillies 4-1 in 4th NL championship game (Dodgers win pennant)
October 8, 1976 Sex Pistols sign with EMI
October 8, 1973 NLCS game 3 brawl between Cins' Pete Rose and New York Met Bud Harrelson
October 8, 1973 Spyris Markezinis forms government in Greece
October 8, 1972 "From Israel with Love" closes at Palace Theater New York City after 8 performances
October 8, 1972 Harold Carmichael begins NFL streak of 127 consecutive game receptions
October 8, 1972 In Game 2 of ALCS, A's Bert Campaneris fires his bat at Det pitcher
October 8, 1972 Lerrin LaGrow Campy, who had been hit by a pitch, is fined and suspended
October 8, 1971 John Lennon releases his megahit "Imagine"
October 8, 1971 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
October 8, 1970 Soviet author Alexander I Solzhenitsyn wins Nobel Prize for Literature
October 8, 1968 Aircraft carrier Charles Doorman sold to Argentina
October 8, 1966 Wyoming's Jerry DePoyster kicks 3 field goals over 50 yds (54, 54, 52)
October 8, 1965 Djakarta Moslems set fire to PKI-headquarter
October 8, 1965 London's Post Office Tower opens, tallest building in England
October 8, 1965 Once-Hertogenbosch soccer team FC de Bosch forms
October 8, 1965 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R.
October 8, 1964 Gilroy Roberts becomes 1st U.S. chief engraver to retire (than die)
October 8, 1963 Sultan of Zanzibar cedes his mainland possessions to Kenya
October 8, 1962 Algeria admitted as 109th member of U.N.
October 8, 1962 North Korea reports 100% election turnout, 100% vote for Workers' Party
October 8, 1961 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Bill Brannin's Swing Parade Golf Tournament
October 8, 1961 U.S. Constellation crashes at Richmond, Virginia, 74 die
October 8, 1961 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.
October 8, 1961 Whitey Ford breaks Babe Ruth's World Series record of 29 2/3 consecutive scoreless innings, running his streak to 32
October 8, 1960 Bobby Richarson hits a World Series grand slammer
October 8, 1959 "At the Drop of a Hat" opens at John Golden Theater New York City for 216 performances
October 8, 1959 Conservatives win British election
October 8, 1959 Los Angeles Dodgers beat Chicago White Sox, 4 games to 2 in 56th World Series
October 8, 1958 Braves Eddie Mathews strikes out for World Series record 11th time
October 8, 1958 Dr. Ake Senning installs 1st pacemaker in Stockholm
October 8, 1958 KCMT TV channel 7 in Alexandria, MN (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
October 8, 1958 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
October 8, 1957 Brooklyn Dodgers announce move to Los Angeles
October 8, 1957 Procter and Gamble-director N McElroy becomes U.S. Min of Defense
October 8, 1957 Soviet spy Jack Sobel sentenced to 7 years (New York City)
October 8, 1957 Turkish and Syrian border guards exchange fire
October 8, 1956 Don Larsen, New York, pitches only perfect World Series game, vs Brooklyn
October 8, 1955 Worlds most powerful aircraft carrier, USS Saratoga launched
October 8, 1953 Birmingham Alabama, bars Jackie Robinson's Negro-White All-Stars from playing there Robinson gives in and drops white players from his group
October 8, 1953 WTAP TV channel 15 in Parkersburg-Marietta, WV (NBC) begins
October 8, 1952 2 trains collide with a derailed commuter train, kills 112 (England)
October 8, 1952 Chinese offensive in Korea
October 8, 1951 "Music in the Air" opens at Ziegfeld Theater New York City for 56 performances
October 8, 1951 Ford C Frick replaces Happy Chandler as 3rd commissioner of baseball Warren C Giles becomes president of baseball's National League
October 8, 1950 4th NHL All-Star Game: Detroit beat All-Stars 7-1 at Detroit
October 8, 1950 Cleveland Browns play Pittsburgh for 1st time, beat Steelers 30-17
October 8, 1946 Kwo-less-shrew selects Gen Chiang Kai-shek as president of China
October 8, 1946 Milt plane crashes at Christian HBS, 24 die
October 8, 1945 Truman announced atomic bomb secret shared with Britain and Canada
October 8, 1944 "Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" debut on CBS radio
October 8, 1944 Samuel Barber's "Capricorn Concerto," premieres
October 8, 1943 Great-Britain establishes bases on Azores
October 8, 1942 Fight at Matanikau, Guadalcanal (John Hersey-Into the Valley)
October 8, 1941 Concentration camp Birkenau begins being built
October 8, 1940 Cin Reds beat Detroit Tigers, 4 games to 3, in 37th World Series
October 8, 1940 German troops occupies Romania
October 8, 1939 Germany annexes Western Poland
October 8, 1939 New York Yankees sweep Reds in 36th World Series, 4th straight WS win
October 8, 1938 G Kaufman and Moss Hart's "Fabulous Invalid," premieres in New York City
October 8, 1935 Ozzie Nelson marries Harriet Hilliard (Ozzie and Harriet)
October 8, 1934 Bruno Hauptmann is indicted for murder of Lindbergh's son
October 8, 1933 Coit Tower dedicated in SF, a monument to firefighters
October 8, 1933 Martinez Barrios forms new Spanish government
October 8, 1930 Philadelphia A's beat St. Louis Cardinals, 4 games to 2 in 27th World Series
October 8, 1929 A's Howard Ehmke (7-2) sets World Series record striking out 13 Cubs
October 8, 1929 Mohammed Nadir Khan occupies Kabul Afghanistan/drives out H Ghazi
October 8, 1928 Cole Porter and E Ray Goetz' musical "Paris," premieres in New York City
October 8, 1928 Eastern Soccer League forms in U.S.
October 8, 1927 New York Yankees sweep Pirates in 24th World Series
October 8, 1927 Sea battle at Navarino (Greece freed of Ottoman occupation)
October 8, 1924 British Labour government of MacDonald falls to Communists
October 8, 1922 New York Giants beat Yankees, 4 games to 0, with a tie in 19th World Series
October 8, 1918 7 U.S. soldiers are surrounded by Germans in France, Alvin York is given command and shoots 20 Germans and captures 132 more
October 8, 1918 Sgt Alvin York single-handedly kills 25, captures 132 Germans
October 8, 1917 Trotski named chairman of Petrograd Soviet
October 8, 1915 Battle of Loos, almost 430,000 French, British and Germans killed
October 8, 1915 Phillies win their 1st and only World Series game before 1980, beating
October 8, 1915 Red Sox, 3-1, with an 8th inning 2 run rally
October 8, 1912 1st Balkan War begins - Montenegro declares war on Turkey
October 8, 1912 Montenegro declares war on Turkey, beginning 1st Balkan War
October 8, 1909 Chicago Cubs beat New York Giants 4-2 in a playoff to win NL pennant
October 8, 1908 New York Giants set season attendance record at 910,000 (broken in 1920)
October 8, 1906 Karl Nessler demonstrates 1st 'permanent wave' for hair, in London
October 8, 1904 1st Vanderbilt Cup auto race (Hicksville, Long Island, New York)
October 8, 1903 J. M. Synge's "In the Shadow of the Glen," premieres in Dublin
October 8, 1898 1st Canadian Intercollegiate football game: McGill beats Queen's, 3-2
October 8, 1897 Emperor Karl Joseph I named Gustav Mahler director of Opera
October 8, 1896 Dow Jones starts reporting an average of selected industrial stocks
October 8, 1895 Ohio Valley Improvement Association forms
October 8, 1892 Sergei Rachmaninoff 1st performs "Prelude in C-sharp-Minor" in Moscow
October 8, 1887 Phillies set club record 16th straight victory
October 8, 1886 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Noble Bachelor"
October 8, 1873 1st women's prison run by women opens at Indiana Reformatory Institute
October 8, 1871 Gas explosion destroys Peshtigo, Wisconsin
October 8, 1871 Great Fire kills 200, destroys over 4miles (10 km) of Chicago buildings, and original Emancipation Proclamation
October 8, 1865 Earthquake in Santa Cruz Mountains
October 8, 1862 Battle of Perryville, KY-Confederate invasion halted
October 8, 1862 Otto von Bismarck becomes German republic chancellor
October 8, 1860 Telegraph line between Los Angeles and San Francisco opens
October 8, 1856 Chinese police board British vessel Arrow, arrest 12 Chinese crewmen on suspicion of piracy and lower British flag, begins 2nd Anglo-Chinese War
October 8, 1842 Princess Sophia weds her cousin duke Charles Saksen-Weimar-Eisenach
October 8, 1840 1st Hawaiian constitution proclaimed
October 8, 1835 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches James Island, Galapagos archipelago
October 8, 1822 1st eruption of Galunggung (Java) sends boiling sludge into valley
October 8, 1818 2 English boxers are 1st to use padded gloves
October 8, 1815 Joachim Murats forces lands at Pizzo, Italy
October 8, 1813 Treaty of Ried between Bayern and Austria
October 8, 1806 British forces lay siege to French port of Boulogne using Congreve rockets, invented by Sir William Congreve
October 8, 1775 Officers decide to bar slaves and free blacks from Continental Army
October 8, 1740 Chinese assault on Diestpoort Batavia
October 8, 1712 French hijacker Jacques Cassard seen on Suriname coast
October 8, 1690 Turkish troops occupy Belgrade
October 8, 1633 Massachusetts Bay Colony forms its 1st government
October 8, 1625 Admiral George Villiers' fleet sails from Plymouth to Cadiz
October 8, 1604 Supernova "Kepler's nova" 1st sighted
October 8, 1600 San Marino adopts constitution
October 8, 1492 Columbus' fleet about 400 sea miles from Puerto Rico
October 8, 1085 San Marcos minstery in Venice initiated
October 8, 876 Battle at Andernach: Louis the Young beats Charles the Bare
October 8, 451 Council of Chalcedon (4th ecumenical council) opens
October 8, 314 Battle at Cibalae: emperor Constantine beats emperor Licinius

October 7 Deaths in History

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October 7, 2001 Herblock, political cartoonist, The Washington Post, dies at 91
October 7, 1996 Charles Wegg Solicitor-Prosser, dies at 86
October 7, 1995 Ariston Muguranayanga Chambati, politician/businessman, dies at 59
October 7, 1995 Louis Meyer, Indie 500 racer (3 wins), dies at 91
October 7, 1994 James Hill, director, dies at 75
October 7, 1994 Niels Kaj Jerne, Danish immunologist (Nobel prize 1984), dies at 82
October 7, 1994 Paul Swift, U.S. actor (Egg Man in Pink Flamingo), dies of AIDS at 60
October 7, 1993 Agnes de Mille, choreographer (Oklahoma!, Rodeo), dies at 88
October 7, 1993 Cyril Cusack, actor (Fahrenheit 451), dies of neuron disease at 82
October 7, 1993 Kenneth Nelson, US/English actor (Boys in the Band), dies at 63
October 7, 1992 Allan Bloom, author (Closing of the American Mind), dies at 62
October 7, 1992 Ed Blackwell, U.S. jazz drummer (Quartet), dies
October 7, 1991 Leo Durocher, baseball coach/manager (Dodgers, Giants), dies at 86
October 7, 1990 J Teengs Gerritsen, resistance fighter, dies
October 7, 1990 John "Cat" Thompson, basketball hall of famer, dies at 84
October 7, 1990 Juan Jose Arevalo, president of Guatemala (1945-51), dies
October 7, 1988 Billy Daniels, singer, dies of cancer at 73
October 7, 1981 Wouter Paap, composer, dies at 73
October 7, 1976 Nikolai Lopatnikoff, composer, dies at 73
October 7, 1969 Wim of Nuland, [Willem C Mohlmann], priest/writer (Doorstep), dies
October 7, 1967 Norman Angell (Lane), English journalist/pacifist (Nobel 1933), dies
October 7, 1966 Johnny Kidd, rocker (Johnny Kidd and Pirates), dies at 26 in a car crash
October 7, 1966 Smiley Lewis, [Overton Amos Lemons], rocker, dies at 46
October 7, 1964 Eugen Varga, Hungarian/Russian economist/politician, dies at 84
October 7, 1963 Grace Darmond, silent screen actress (Below the Surface), dies at 69
October 7, 1963 Gustaf Grundgens, actor, director and theatre director (M), dies at 63
October 7, 1962 Mauritius Dekker, [Boris Robazki], writer (Boots in Jail), dies at 66
October 7, 1959 Mario Lanza, opera singer, dies at 38 of a heart attack
October 7, 1959 PM Kassem of Iraq, assassinated
October 7, 1951 Anton F Philips, CEO (Philips), dies at 77
October 7, 1939 Harvey (William) Cushing, U.S. neurologist, dies at 70
October 7, 1939 Harvey Cushing, American Scientist
October 7, 1925 Hubert Platt Main, composer, dies at 86
October 7, 1925 Christy Mathewson, American Athlete
October 7, 1924 Clemens Baeumker, German historian (Christian Philosophy), dies at 71
October 7, 1918 C Hubert H Parry, Engl musicologist/composer (Jerusalem), dies at 70
October 7, 1915 Samuel Prowse Warren, composer, dies at 74
October 7, 1890 John Hill Hewitt, composer, dies at 89
October 7, 1887 George James Webb, composer, dies at 84
October 7, 1864 Alexander Gardiner, U.S. Union brig-general, dies in battle
October 7, 1864 John Gregg, U.S. judge/Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 36
October 7, 1849 Edgar Allen Poe, poet (Raven), dies in Balt at 40
October 7, 1849 Edgar Allan Poe, American Poet
October 7, 1811 August R van Hekeren van Suideras, Dutch orangist, dies at 68
October 7, 1780 Patrick Ferguson, English major in SC, dies in battle at 36
October 7, 1777 Simon Fraser, English general, dies in battle
October 7, 1766 Andre Cheron, composer, dies at 71
October 7, 1681 Nicolaas Heinsius, Dutch philological/diplomat, dies at 61
October 7, 1660 Paul Scarron, French, stagewriter (Le Roman Comique), dies at 50
October 7, 1639 John I Pontanus, physicist/historian (Amsterdam), dies at 68
October 7, 1612 Menso Alting, Dutch reformed vicar/theologist, dies at 70
October 7, 1571 Ali Pasha, Turkish fleet commander, dies in battle
October 7, 1488 Andrea del Verrochio, sculptor/painter/goldsmith, dies at about 52
October 7, 929 Charles III, the Plain, King of France (893-929), dies
October 7, 336 Marcus, bishop of Rome (336), dies
October 7, 290 [Christian] Sergius, roman soldier/martyred saint, decapitated

October 7 Birthdays in History

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October 7, 1977 Clayton Miller, born in Toronto, Ontario, trap shooter 1996 Olympics
October 7, 1975 Billy Walsh, Summit, New Jersey, soccer midfielder, 1996 Olympics gold
October 7, 1974 Alexander Polinsky, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Adam-Charles in Charge
October 7, 1974 Benjamin Oberman, born in Denver, Colorado, pairs skater, & Naomi Grabow
October 7, 1974 Shannon MacMillan, Syosset, New York, soccer forward 1996 Olympics
October 7, 1973 Gerald McBurrows, safety for the St. Louis Rams
October 7, 1973 Priest Holmes, running back for the Baltimore Ravens
October 7, 1972 John Hyden, Tustin California, volleyball outside hitter alternate for 1996 Olympics
October 7, 1972 Rahsaan Giddings, CFL linebacker, Montreal Alouettes
October 7, 1971 Dexter Dawson, CFL receiver for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers
October 7, 1971 Johnnie Morton, NFL wide receiver, Detroit Lions
October 7, 1971 Paul Hannam, Vancouver BC, 470 yachter 1996 Olympics
October 7, 1970 Daniel Collins, Sydney NSW Australia, canoeist 1996 Olympics
October 7, 1970 Dwayne Provo, cornerback for the New England Patriots
October 7, 1970 Harold Ellis, NBA forward for the Denver Nuggets
October 7, 1970 Le'Shai Maston, NFL running back for the Jacksonville Jaguars
October 7, 1970 Vaughn Hebron, NFL running back, Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32
October 7, 1969 Brent Dorman, Ocala Florida, Canadian Tour golfer
October 7, 1969 Martin Haywood, cricketer, NSW opening batsman
October 7, 1968 Erick Anderson, NFL linebacker for the Washington Redskins
October 7, 1968 Randy Bartz, Roseville, Minnesota, short track skater 1994 Olympics
October 7, 1968 Toni Braxton, singer, You Mean the World to Me
October 7, 1967 Mariana Perez-Roldan, Argentina, tennis star
October 7, 1966 Trent Brown, CFL defensive back for the Edmonton Eskimos
October 7, 1965 Juul Ellerman, soccer player, PSV, FC Twente
October 7, 1964 Ann Curless, singer, Expose-What You Don't Know
October 7, 1964 Rich Delucia, Reading, Pennsylvania, pitcher for the San Francisco Giants
October 7, 1964 Sam Brown, English singer and songwriter, Stop!
October 7, 1964 Stuart Hendley, born in Houston, Texas, Canadian Tour golfer, 1989 Manitoba Open
October 7, 1961 Judy Landers, Philadelphia, actress, Vega$, BJ and the Bear, Madame's Place
October 7, 1959 Penny Graeber, Sydney Australia, golfer, 1990 6th Vic Open
October 7, 1958 Kim Morris, born in San Diego, California, playmate, Mar, 1986
October 7, 1957 Jayne Torvill, England, ice skater, Torvill and Dean, Oly-gold-84
October 7, 1957 Judy Sams, born in Toronto, Ontario, golfer, 1994 du Maurier Ltd Classic-38th
October 7, 1957 Michael W. Smith, American Musician
October 7, 1956 James Van Patten, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Bo-Chisholms
October 7, 1956 Julio Pezua, jockey
October 7, 1955 Yo-Yo, Massachusetts, Paris, France, world famous Chinese cellist
October 7, 1954 Victor Manuel Mar, wrestler, AAA/NJPW, Black Cat
October 7, 1953 Christopher Norris, New York City, actress, Summer of '42, Eat My Dust
October 7, 1953 Tico Torres, rock drummer, Bon Jovi-Always
October 7, 1952 Graham Yallop, cricketer, Australian capt in 7 Tests, won 1 lost 6
October 7, 1952 Ludmila Tourischeva, U.S.S.R., gymnist, Olympics gold 1972
October 7, 1952 Martyn Harris, journalist
October 7, 1952 Vladimir Putin, Russian Statesman
October 7, 1951 Carmen R "Tata" Vega, U.S. soul singer, Color Purple soundtrack
October 7, 1951 John Cougar Mellencamp, Seymour Indiana, rocker, Jack and Diane
October 7, 1950 Maartje van Weegen, [Walet], Dutch TV hostess
October 7, 1949 Catherine Duggan, LPGA golfer
October 7, 1949 Dave Hope, rock bassist, Kansas
October 7, 1949 Kieran Kane, Queens, New York, singer, O'Kanes-Daddies Need to Grow Up Too
October 7, 1945 Kevin Godley, Manchester England, rock vocalist, 10cc
October 7, 1943 Oliver North, American Soldier
October 7, 1941 Martin Murray, born in London, England, rocker, Honeycombs
October 7, 1941 Tony Sylvester, rocker, Main Ingredient
October 7, 1940 Bruce F Vento, Rep-D-Minnesota, 1977-
October 7, 1940 Dino Valenti, rock guitarist and vocalist, Quicksilver Messenger Service
October 7, 1940 Richard H Stallings, Rep-D-ID, 1985-
October 7, 1939 Colin Cooper, rocker, Climax Blues Band
October 7, 1937 Col Guest, cricketer, Test Aust vs. England 1963, scored 11 took 0-59
October 7, 1936 Gennadi Mikhailovich Kolesnikov, Russia, cosmonaut
October 7, 1935 Thomas M Keneally, Australian writer, Schindler's List
October 7, 1934 Imamu Amiri Baraka, [Everett Leroi Jones], U.S., poet/writer
October 7, 1934 Ulrike Meinhof, German Red Army member
October 7, 1934 Willie Naulls, NBA star for the New York Knicks
October 7, 1934 [Everett] LeRoi Jones, [Amiri Baraka], U.S. writer, Black Music
October 7, 1933 Paul B Price, Cataret, New Jersey, actor, Busting Loose
October 7, 1932 Joannes M Gijsen, Bishop of Roermond
October 7, 1931 Desmond Tutu, Anglican Archbishop of South Africa, Nobel Peace Prize 1982
October 7, 1927 Al Martino, Philadelphia, singer, Here in My Heart, /actor, Godfather
October 7, 1927 Ronald Laing, British psychiatrist, anti-psychiatrist
October 7, 1927 R. D. Laing, Scottish Psychologist
October 7, 1926 Diana Lynn, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Annapolis Story, Easy Come Easy Go
October 7, 1926 Ivan Jirko, composer
October 7, 1926 Marcello Abbado, composer
October 7, 1922 Reina Prinsen Geerligs, [Leentje Vandendriesch], Dutch antifascist
October 7, 1921 John Arthur Giles Gere, English art historian, Pre-Raphaelite painter
October 7, 1920 Georg Leber, German politician, SPD
October 7, 1919 Erik Elmsater, Sweden, 1st to compete in summer and winter Oly, 1948
October 7, 1919 Gabriel Dell, Barbados, actor, Steve Allen Show
October 7, 1919 George Duby, historian
October 7, 1918 Guido Aristarco, film critic
October 7, 1917 Helmut Dantine, Vienna Austria, actor, Shadow of the Cloak
October 7, 1917 June Allyson, Bronx, actress, Till the Clouds Roll By, Vegas
October 7, 1916 Walt W. Rostow, New York City, economist, Politics and Stages of Growth
October 7, 1915 Margarita J Aliger, Russian poet, Zoja,
October 7, 1915 Roman Padlewski, composer
October 7, 1914 Alfred Drake, [Capurro], born in Brooklyn, New York, singer and actor, Kiss Me Kate
October 7, 1914 Sarah Churchill, London, actress, All Over Town, Royal Wedding
October 7, 1913 Irina Nijinska, Russian/US dancer
October 7, 1913 Simon Carmiggelt, Dutch journalist, Het Parool, Kinks
October 7, 1911 Joe Jones, born in Chicago, Illinois, drummer
October 7, 1911 Vaughn Monroe, born in Akron, Ohio, singer/orch leader, Vaughn Monroe Show
October 7, 1909 Shura Cherkassky, pianist
October 7, 1908 Richard Caldicot, born in London, England, actor, Horse's Mouth
October 7, 1907 Tutta Rolf, Norway, actress, Whalers
October 7, 1906 James E Webb, head of NASA, 1961-68
October 7, 1905 Andy Devine, [Jeremiah Schwartz], Flagstaff, Arizona, actor, Andy's Gang
October 7, 1904 Chuck Klein, born in Indianapolis, Indiana, Philadelphia Phillies, 43 home runs in 1929
October 7, 1903 Louis S B Leakey, archaeologist/anthropologist
October 7, 1902 Willemina J H "Mascha" ter Weene, dancer/ballerina
October 7, 1901 Frank X. Boucher, Ottawa, All-star NHL center, Ottawa, New York Rangers
October 7, 1901 Ralph Rainger, composer
October 7, 1901 Suvanna Phuma, premier of Laos
October 7, 1898 Alfred Wallenstein, born in Chicago, Illinois, conductor, Chic Symph 1922-29
October 7, 1896 Cyril Allcott, cricketer, NZ all-rounder in their early Tests
October 7, 1896 Elijah Muhammad, U.S., leader of Nation of Islam
October 7, 1894 Herman Dooyeweerd, Dutch philosopher/lawyer
October 7, 1889 Clarence Muse, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actor, Sam-Casablanca, Black Stallion
October 7, 1888 Henry A Wallace, D/P, 33rd VP, 1941-45, /founder Progressive Party
October 7, 1887 A C "Jack" Russell, cricketer, prolific England batsman post-WW I
October 7, 1887 Jack Mulhall, Wappinger Falls, New York, actor, Ken Murray Show
October 7, 1886 Johannes B Tielrooy, Dutch literary, Chateaubriand
October 7, 1885 Niels Bohr, Denmark, physicist, expanded quantum physics, Nobel 1922
October 7, 1880 Jaime Pahissa, composer
October 7, 1879 Joe Hill, Jevla Sweden, organizer, IWW, /songwriter, Union Scab, /martyr
October 7, 1879 Joseph Bovet, composer
October 7, 1870 Uncle Dave Macon, entertainer
October 7, 1868 Fred H Hovey, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1895
October 7, 1866 Heinrich Federer, Switz, writer, Das letzte Stundlein des Papstes
October 7, 1866 Martha McChesney Berry, U.S., founded Berry School for Children
October 7, 1854 Christiaan R de Wet, South Africa, Boer General, Nicholsonsnek
October 7, 1849 James Whitcomb Riley, U.S., poet, Raggedy Man
October 7, 1841 Nicolaas Petrovic Njegos, king of Montenegro, 1910-18
October 7, 1835 Felix Draeseke, composer
October 7, 1826 William Brimage Bate, U.S. Confederate brig-gen/, Gov-D-Tenn, 1882-86
October 7, 1821 Richard Heron Anderson, Lieutenant General Confederate Army, died in 1879
October 7, 1821 William Sill, with The Underground Railroad
October 7, 1817 Bushrod Rust Johnson, Major General Confederate Army, died in 1880
October 7, 1802 Bernhard Molique, composer
October 7, 1802 Wilhelm Bernard Molique, composer
October 7, 1801 Adolf Muller, composer
October 7, 1798 Jean B Vuillaume, French violin maker, octobas
October 7, 1774 Ferdinando Orlandi, composer
October 7, 1758 Paul Anton Wineberger, composer
October 7, 1748 Charles XIII, King of Sweden, 1809-18, /Norway, 1814-18
October 7, 1746 William Billings, born in Boston, Massachusetts, hymn composer, Rose of Sharon
October 7, 1734 Ralph Abercromby, English army commander, Dutch Guyana
October 7, 1728 Caesar Rodney, Delaware, judge/signer, Declaration of Independence
October 7, 1698 Henri Madin, composer
October 7, 1577 Ferdinand, of Bayern, prince-bishop of Liege/archbishop
October 7, 1573 William Laud, English archbishop of Canterbury, 1633-45

October 7 Events in History

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October 7, 2005 Mohamed ElBaradei received the Nobel Peace Prize for his work with the IAEA
October 7, 2001 US launches strikes against the Taleban in Afghanistan, in retaliation for the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the US.
October 7, 1995 Boston's Fleet Center opens, New York Islanders and Boston Bruins tie at 4-4
October 7, 1995 Mariners rally from 5-0 to force Game 5 of Division Series vs Yankees
October 7, 1994 China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
October 7, 1994 Faud Guliyev appointed premier of Azerbijan
October 7, 1994 Ingvar Carlsson forms Swedish government
October 7, 1994 Lu Bin swims female 200m medley world record (2:11.57)
October 7, 1993 "Les Miserables," opens at Meralco Theatre, Philippines
October 7, 1993 "She Loves Me" opens at Atkinson Theater New York City for 294 performances
October 7, 1993 Massive Moslem demonstrate in Xining China PR, 12 killed
October 7, 1993 Nobel prize for literature awarded to Toni Morrison
October 7, 1992 Tampa Bay Lightning become 1st NHL expansion team to win opener (7-2)
October 7, 1991 Child star Adam Rich arrested for stealing hypodermics
October 7, 1991 Scorecard Harry, Space Appeal and Cafe Lex in 9th race at Belmont, creating 2nd triple dead heat in New York thoroughbred racing history
October 7, 1991 Law Professor Anita Hill accuses Supreme nominee Clarence Thomas of making sexually inappropriat comments to her
October 7, 1990 Beth Daniel wins LPGA Centel Golf Classic
October 7, 1990 Israel begins handing out gas masks to its citizens
October 7, 1989 Howard Stern's U.S. Open Sores Tennis match
October 7, 1989 Radio talk show host Larry King weds Julie Alexander
October 7, 1989 Rickey Henderson steals a record 8 bases in a play off (5 games)
October 7, 1988 Dallas Green replaces Lou Pinella as New York Yankee manager
October 7, 1988 Jim Fregosi is fired as manager of White Sox
October 7, 1988 Latvian flag raised in Riga for 1st time since annexation by U.S.S.R.
October 7, 1988 Lou Piniella is fired as manager of Yankees for 2nd time
October 7, 1988 Robin Givens files for divorce after 8-month marriage to Mike Tyson
October 7, 1988 WNBC 660 final transmission, WFAN moves from 1050 to 660 and WUKQ begins on 1050 at 5:30 PM (New York City radio)
October 7, 1986 1st edition British newspaper "Independent" begins publishing
October 7, 1985 21st Space Shuttle Mission (51-J)-Atlantis 1 lands at Edwards AFB
October 7, 1985 KHQ-AM in Spokane Washington's final transmission
October 7, 1985 Lynette Woodward, chosen as 1st woman on Harlem Globetrotters
October 7, 1985 PLO terrorists sieze Italian cruise liner Achille Lauro
October 7, 1984 Striking umps return for Game 5 of NLCS, San Diego Padres win pennant
October 7, 1984 Walter Payton passes Jim Brown as NFL's career rushing leader
October 7, 1982 "Cats" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 5000+ performances
October 7, 1982 Olof Palme forms Swedish government
October 7, 1981 Hosni Mubarak became acting-president of Egypt
October 7, 1981 In 1st Eastern Division championship Yanks beat Brewers 5-3
October 7, 1980 Belgium 3rd government of Martens resigns
October 7, 1979 "1940's Radio Hour" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 105 performances
October 7, 1979 "Eubie!" closes at Ambassador Theater New York City after 439 performances
October 7, 1979 Cleveland Browns' Dino Hall sets club records with 9 kickoff returns
October 7, 1979 Debbie Massey wins LPGA Wheeling Golf Classic
October 7, 1979 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test
October 7, 1978 Los Angeles Dodgers win the pennant
October 7, 1978 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test
October 7, 1977 Guitarist Steve Hackett quits Genesis
October 7, 1977 U.S.S.R. adopts constitution
October 7, 1975 Players' Assn, files a suit on behalf of Dodgers Andy Messersmith
October 7, 1975 U.S. decides John Lennon won't be deported due to U.K. pot conviction
October 7, 1974 German DR amends constitution
October 7, 1973 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Lincoln-Mercury Golf Open
October 7, 1972 1st season game at Nassau Coliseum, Flames-3, Islanders-2
October 7, 1971 T McNally's "Where has Tommy Flowers gone?," premieres in New York City
October 7, 1969 WJMN TV channel 3 in Escanaba, MI (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting
October 7, 1968 Motion Picture Association of America adopts film rating system
October 7, 1967 Beatles turn down $1 million New York concert offer by Sid Berstein
October 7, 1967 Rolf Hochhuths "Soldaten," premieres in West Berlin
October 7, 1965 50 mph gust carries 165 lb Robert Mitera's tee shot 447
October 7, 1965 Charles Linster does 6,006 consecutive push-ups
October 7, 1965 Robert Mitera aces 447-yd 10th hole at Miracle Hills, Omaha, Nebr to score world's longest straight hole-in-one
October 7, 1964 New York Yankees make 14th appearance in last 16 and 29th in 61 World Series
October 7, 1963 Bobby Baker resigns as Senate Democratic secretary
October 7, 1963 Hurricane Flora hits Haiti and Dominican Republic, kills 7,190
October 7, 1963 John F. Kennedy signs ratification for nuclear test ban treaty
October 7, 1962 8th LPGA Championship won by Judy Kimball
October 7, 1962 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.
October 7, 1961 "Bye Bye Birdie" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 607 performances
October 7, 1961 15th NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Chicago 3-1 at Chicago
October 7, 1960 "Route 66" premieres
October 7, 1960 2nd John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon debate
October 7, 1959 "Happy Town" opens at 84th St. Theater New York City for 5 performances
October 7, 1959 Far side of Moon seen for 1st time, compliments of U.S.S.R.'s Luna 3
October 7, 1958 Potter Stewart appointed to U.S. Supreme Court
October 7, 1958 U.S. manned space-flight project renamed Project Mercury
October 7, 1957 "American Bandstand" premieres
October 7, 1957 KOAC TV channel 7 in Corvallis, OR (PBS) begins broadcasting
October 7, 1957 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Heart of America Golf Invitational
October 7, 1956 Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Heart of America Golf Open
October 7, 1955 Aircraft carrier USS Saratoga at Brooklyn launched
October 7, 1954 Hassan el Hodeiby, leader of Moslem brothership, arrested in Egypt
October 7, 1954 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Ad Sinarum gentem
October 7, 1953 Bill Veeck tells Browns stockholders he faces bankruptcy unless they drop their suit to block his move to Baltimore, they comply
October 7, 1952 New York Yankees beat Dodgers 4 games to 3 in 49th World Series
October 7, 1952 1st "Bandstand" broadcast in Philadelphia on WFIL-TV (Dick Clark joins in 1955 as a substitute-host)
October 7, 1952 Yankees tie their own record of 4 consecutive World Series wins
October 7, 1951 David Ben-Gurion forms Israeli government
October 7, 1950 New York Yankees sweep Philadelphia Phillies in 47th World Series
October 7, 1950 U.S. forces invade Korea by crossing 38th parallel
October 7, 1950 Walter Bedell Smith replaces Roscoe H Hillenkoetter as 4th CIA head
October 7, 1950 Whitey Ford wins his 1st World Series game, 5-2
October 7, 1950 William H. Jackson, becomes deputy director of CIA
October 7, 1950 Yanks win 13th world championship sweeping Phillies
October 7, 1949 German Dem Rep formed from Russian occupation zone (National Day)
October 7, 1949 Otto Greatwohl becomes 1st premier of German DR
October 7, 1949 Wilhelm Pieck becomes 1st president of German DR
October 7, 1947 Larry MacPhail resigns as Yank GM after final game of World Series
October 7, 1946 Charles Ives' 2nd string quartet, premieres
October 7, 1945 Dutch author A M de Jong's murderer Ton van Gog escapes
October 7, 1944 Allies bombs sea dikes at Vlissingen
October 7, 1944 Fieldmarshal Rommel gets order to return to Berlin
October 7, 1944 Riots in Amersfoort/Utrecht/Strugle
October 7, 1944 Uprising at Auschwitz, Jews burn down crematoriums
October 7, 1944 Uprising at Birkenau concentration camp
October 7, 1943 Weill/Perelman/Nash' musical "One Touch of Venus," premieres in New York City
October 7, 1942 1 salvo Katjoesja-rocket destroys nazi battalion in Stalingrad
October 7, 1942 Last camouflaged German raider Komet leaves Flushing harbor (Neth)
October 7, 1942 Maxwell Andersons "Eve of St. Mark," premieres in New York City
October 7, 1942 U.S. and British government announce establishment of United Nations
October 7, 1942 Yvon Robert beats Bill Longson in Montreal, to become wrestling champ
October 7, 1941 German army occupies Viarma, U.S.S.R.
October 7, 1940 Reds Bucky Walters is 1st pitcher in 14 years to homer in World Series
October 7, 1938 Germany demands all Jewish passports stamped with letter J
October 7, 1937 Johan Wagenaar's "Feestmars" premieres in Amsterdam
October 7, 1936 7th-place Brooklyn Dodgers fire manager Casey Stengel
October 7, 1935 Detroit Tigers beat Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 2 in 32nd World Series
October 7, 1933 New York Giants beat Washington Senators, 4 games to 1 in 30th World Series
October 7, 1931 1st infra-red photograph, Rochester, New York
October 7, 1929 Ramsay MacDonald is 1st British premier to address U.S. Congress
October 7, 1928 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 10 miles (50:15.0)
October 7, 1928 Race Tafari Makonnen crowned king of Abyssinia
October 7, 1927 Yank Herb Pennock retires 1st 22 Pirates in World Series game
October 7, 1926 Actress Theo Mann-Master resigns from stage
October 7, 1926 Italian Great Fascist Council forms
October 7, 1924 160 consecutive days of 100 degrees at Marble Bar, Australia begins
October 7, 1924 Greek government of Dikalekopoulis, forms
October 7, 1923 Yankees Everett Scott runs his consecutive-game streak to 1,138
October 7, 1922 1st radio link, WNJ (Newark) and WGY (Senectady) link for World Series
October 7, 1922 Landis insists Game 4 of World Series be played despite heavy rain
October 7, 1922 Oud-burgem of Rotterdam Zimmerman becomes High Comm's of Austria
October 7, 1919 1st London-Amsterdam airline service (Brit Aerial Transport and KLM)
October 7, 1919 Fritz Kreisler and F Jacobi's "Apple Blossoms," premieres in New York City
October 7, 1919 KLM, Netherlands Airlines, established (oldest existing airline)
October 7, 1916 222 points are scored in a football game between Georgia Tech and Cumberland University of Lebanon, Tennessee
October 7, 1913 Henry Ford institutes moving assembly line
October 7, 1908 Crete revolts against Turkey and aligns with Greece
October 7, 1908 Serbia and Montenegro sign anti-Austria-Hungarian pact
October 7, 1907 France's Henry Farman flies 30m in a double decker plane
October 7, 1904 New York Highlander Jack Chesbro wins record 41st game of season (41-12)
October 7, 1900 The term "orienteering" is 1st used for an event
October 7, 1886 Spain abolishes slavery in Cuba
October 7, 1882 1st World Series (game 2), Chicago (NL) beats Cincinnati (AA) 2-0
October 7, 1879 Germany and Austrian-Hungary sign Twofold Covenant
October 7, 1871 16-hour fire injures 30 of Chicago's 185 firefighters
October 7, 1870 Leon Gambetta flees Paris in balloon
October 7, 1868 Cornell University (Ithaca New York) opens
October 7, 1864 Naval Engagement at Bahia Harbor Brazil-CSS Florida vs USS Wachusett
October 7, 1856 Cyrus Chambers, Jr. patents folding machine that folds book and newspapers
October 7, 1840 Willem I resigns as king of Netherlands
October 7, 1826 Granite Railway (1st chartered railway in U.S.) begins operations
October 7, 1816 1st double decked steamboat, Washington, arrives in New Orleans
October 7, 1806 Carbon paper patented in London by inventor Ralph Wedgewood
October 7, 1780 British defeated by American militia near Kings Mountain, SC
October 7, 1777 Americans beat Brits in 2nd Battle of Saratoga and Battle of Bemis Hts
October 7, 1765 Stamp Act Congress convenes in New York
October 7, 1763 George III of Great Britain issues Proclamation of 1763, closing lands in North America north and west of Alleghenies to white settlement
October 7, 1737 40 foot waves sink 20,000 small craft and kill 300,000 (Bengal, India)
October 7, 1714 People riot due to beer tax in Alkmaar Neth
October 7, 1702 English/Dutch troops under Marlborough occupy Roermond
October 7, 1690 English attack Quebec under Louis de Buade
October 7, 1637 Prince Frederik Henry occupies Breda
October 7, 1571 Battle at Lepanto: Saint League (Spain and Italy) destroys Turkish fleet
October 7, 1542 Explorer Cabrillo discovered Catalina Island off California coast
October 7, 1520 1st public burning of books in Netherlands, in Louvain
October 7, 1506 Pope Julius II and France occupy Bologna
October 7, 1492 Columbus misses Florida when he changed course
October 7, 336 St. Mark ends his reign as Catholic Pope

October 6 Deaths in History

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October 6, 2000 Richard Farnsworth, actor/stunt man, The Straight Story, dies at 80
October 6, 1997 Johnny Vander Meer, pitched consecutive no-hitters, dies at 82
October 6, 1996 Martyn Taylor, teacher/campaigner, dies at 57
October 6, 1996 Ted Bessell, director/actor (That Girl), dies of an aneurism at 61
October 6, 1995 Hugh Charles, songwriter/impressario, dies at 88
October 6, 1995 Oswald Moxley Gibbs, diplomat, dies at 67
October 6, 1995 Walter "Crash" Morgan, drummer, dies at 35
October 6, 1993 Agnes de Mille, U.S. dancer and choreographer (Oklahoma!), dies at 88
October 6, 1992 Denholm Elliott, English actor (Raiders of Lost Ark), dies at 70
October 6, 1991 Lincoln Demyan, dies at 66
October 6, 1989 Bette [Ruth E] Davis, actress (All About Eve, White Mama), dies at 81
October 6, 1989 Bette Davis, American Actress
October 6, 1984 George S Simpson, U.S. paleontologist, dies at 82
October 6, 1983 Terence Cooke, cardinal and archbishop of New York, dies at 62
October 6, 1981 [Mohammed] Anwar al-Sadat, President Egypt (1970-81), assassinated at 62
October 6, 1981 Anwar Sadat, Egyptian Statesman
October 6, 1980 Hattie Jacques, actress (Make Mine Mink), dies at 56
October 6, 1980 Ray Walker, actor (Baby Take a Bow), dies
October 6, 1979 Elizabeth Bishop, poet (North and South, Pulitzer 1956), dies at 68
October 6, 1975 Henry Calvin, actor (Sgt Garcia-Zorro), dies at 57
October 6, 1973 Arnold Maria Walter, composer, dies at 71
October 6, 1973 Dennis Price, actor (VIPs, Pulp, Canterbury Tales), dies at 58
October 6, 1973 Sidney Blackmer, actor (Love Crazy), dies of cancer at 58
October 6, 1970 Julian Przybos, Polish poet (Poki my Zyjemy), dies at 69
October 6, 1969 Walter Hagen, PGA golfer (U.S. Open 1914, 19), dies at 76
October 6, 1966 Sydney Chatton, dies of heart attack at 48
October 6, 1965 Georges Vandertongerloo, Flemish sculptor/painter, dies at 78
October 6, 1964 Richard Scheibe, German sculptor (Adler mit Hakenkreuz), dies at 85
October 6, 1960 Douglas Spencer, actor (The Thing), dies at 50
October 6, 1956 Walter Herlihy, announcer (Music at Meadowbrook), dies at 42
October 6, 1954 Hakon Borresen, composer, dies at 78
October 6, 1953 Porter Hall, actor (Half-Breed, Double Indenity), dies at 64
October 6, 1951 Henry Gurney, British high commissioner to Malaya, assassinated
October 6, 1949 Robert Lynd [YY], Irish writer/critic (News Chronicle), dies at 70
October 6, 1947 Leevi Antti Madetoya, composer, dies at 60
October 6, 1943 Robert Cooper, father of Card pitcher Mort and catcher Walker, dies
October 6, 1942 Erich Kuttner, German journalist/historian (Vorwarts), dies
October 6, 1940 Ferdinando Liuzzi, composer, dies at 55
October 6, 1935 Frederic Hymen Cowen, composer, dies at 83
October 6, 1935 Gyula Gombos von Jakfa, general/dictator of Hungary (1932-35), dies
October 6, 1933 Zakhary Petrovich Paliashvili, composer, dies at 62
October 6, 1926 Charles Van de Banks, Flemish writer/poet (Red Horse), dies
October 6, 1924 Jacques Oppenheim, lawyer, dies at 75
October 6, 1920 Alberto Nepomuceno, Brazilian composer and conductor (Artemis), dies at 56
October 6, 1919 Ricardo Palma, Peruvian writer/poet: Armonias/Rodil, dies at 86
October 6, 1912 August Beernaert, Belgian premier (1884-94, Nobel 1909), dies at 83
October 6, 1909 Dudley Buck, U.S. organist/composer, dies at 70
October 6, 1905 Ferdinand von Richthofen, German geographer/explorer, dies
October 6, 1892 Alfred Tennyson, writer, dies at 83
October 6, 1892 Alfred Lord Tennyson, English Poet
October 6, 1891 Charles S Parnell, English/Irish Home Rule Party leader, dies at 45
October 6, 1891 Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish Politician
October 6, 1880 Benjamin Pierce, U.S. mathematician/astronomer, dies
October 6, 1874 Thomas Dyke Acland Tellefsen, composer, dies at 50
October 6, 1868 Leon Charles Francois Kreutzer, composer, dies at 51
October 6, 1861 Elias Canneman, liberal minister of Finance (1813-14), dies at 84
October 6, 1860 Stephen Elvey, composer, dies at 55
October 6, 1855 August L Crelle, inventor/mathematician (Rechentafeln), dies at 75
October 6, 1849 Louis count of Barrthyanyi, premier of Hungary, dies at 43
October 6, 1837 Jean-Franeois Le Sueur, composer, dies at 77
October 6, 1819 Charles Emanuel II, King of Sardinia (1796-1802)/Jesuit, dies
October 6, 1786 Antonio Maria Gasparo Giaccino Sacchini, composer, dies at 56
October 6, 1762 Francesco Onofrio Manfredini, composer, dies at 78
October 6, 1651 Heinrich Albert, German composer (Arien oder Melodien), dies at 47
October 6, 1644 Isabella van Bourbon, French princess of Henri IV, dies
October 6, 1641 Matthijs H Quast, fleet guardian (Gold Islands), dies in battle
October 6, 1585 Luca Cambiaso, Italian painter/sculptor, dies
October 6, 1214 Alfonso VIII de Edele, king of Castilie, dies
October 6, 1072 Sancho II, king of Castilie (1065-72), murdered
October 6, 1014 Samuel, ruler of Bulgaria, dies
October 6, 877 Charles II the Kale, King of France/Roman emperor (875-77), dies at 54
October 6, 404 Eudoxia Aelia, empress of Austria, dies

October 6 Birthdays in History

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October 6, 1975 Ines Sainz, Miss Spain Universe 1997
October 6, 1975 Jan Harm Schippers, Dutch soccer player: South Carolina Heerenveen, Veendam
October 6, 1975 John Harm Skippers, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen
October 6, 1974 Brian Kelly, Mission Viejo California, soccer midfielder, 1996 Olympics gold
October 6, 1974 Geert Jelle de Vries, Dutch soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen
October 6, 1974 Kenny Jonsson, Angelholm SW, NHL defenseman, Team Sweden, New York Islander
October 6, 1973 Rebecca Lobo, Massachusetts, WNBA center, 1996 Olympics gold/, New York Liberty
October 6, 1972 J J Stokes, NFL wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers
October 6, 1971 Chris Hudson, NFL strong safety for the Jacksonville Jaguars
October 6, 1970 Darren Oliver, born in Kansas City, Missouri, pitcher for the Texas Rangers
October 6, 1969 Byron Black, Zimbabwe, tennis star
October 6, 1969 Jeff Lay, Ottawa Ontario, rower 1996 Olympics
October 6, 1969 Martha Richards, Hudson WI, LPGA golfer, 1995 Safeco Classic-21st
October 6, 1969 Robert Person, born in St. Louis, Missouri, pitcher for the New York Mets
October 6, 1966 Archi Cianfrocco, Rome, New York, infielder for the San Diego Padres
October 6, 1966 Jimmie Johnson, NFL tight end for the Philadelphia Eagles
October 6, 1966 Julianne McNamara, Flushing, New York, gymnist 1984 Olympics gold
October 6, 1966 Oscar Caballos, jockey
October 6, 1965 Cynthia Meyer, New York, Canadian trap shooter 1996 Olympics
October 6, 1965 David Spaulding, born in Newport Beach, California, canoe alternate for 1996 Olympics
October 6, 1965 Jim Sharp, U.S. rodeo rider, Las Vegas 1988
October 6, 1965 Ruben Sierra, Rio Piedras Puerto Rico, outfielder, New York Yankees
October 6, 1964 Pam Kometani, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, LPGA golfer, 1992 Welch's Classic-27th
October 6, 1964 Thomas "Tom" Hunter, U.S. 50M FREESTYLE swimmer, world record
October 6, 1961 Kathrin Dorre, East German marathoner 1988 Olympics bronze
October 6, 1961 Tim Burgess, rocker
October 6, 1960 Albert Lewis, NFL cornerback for the Oakland Raiders
October 6, 1960 Jeffrey Trachta, Staten Island, New York, actor, Thorne-Bold and Beautiful
October 6, 1960 Richard Jobson, British TV person/rocker, Skids-Scared to Dance
October 6, 1960 Scott Stevens, jockey
October 6, 1959 John Mackin, programmer
October 6, 1959 Robyn Maher, Australian basketball guard 1996 Olympics bronze
October 6, 1959 Walter Ray Williams, Jr., bowler, twice Player of the Year
October 6, 1959 [Dennis Ray] "Oil Can" Boyd, baseball pitcher for the Boston Red Sox
October 6, 1957 Dom Galluscio, race horse trainer
October 6, 1957 Shahzad Altaf, cricketer, UAE off-spinner 1996 World Cup
October 6, 1956 Stephanie Zimbalist, New York City, actress, Remington Steele, Centennial
October 6, 1951 Kevin Cronin, Champaign, Illinois, rock vocalist, REO Speedwagon
October 6, 1950 David Brin, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Nebula, Sundiver, Postman
October 6, 1950 Thomas McClary, U.S. soul guitarist, Commodores-Still
October 6, 1949 Bobby Farrell, Jamaica, rock vocalist
October 6, 1948 Dan Hamburg, Rep-D-California
October 6, 1948 Gerry Adams, Irish Politician
October 6, 1947 Aleksandr Stepanovich Andryushkov, Russian colonel/cosmonaut
October 6, 1947 Klaus Dibiasi, Italy, platform diver, Olympics gold 1968, 72, 76
October 6, 1946 Gary Gentry, baseball player for the New York Mets
October 6, 1946 Tony Greig, South Africa, cricketer, English all-rounder 1972-77
October 6, 1945 Domonic Barber, attorney, Howard Stern, Jessica Hahn, Joe Buttafucco
October 6, 1944 Merzak Allouache, director, Salut Cousin, Amour a Paris
October 6, 1943 Cees Veerman, pop guitarist/singer, Cats-Sure He's a Cat
October 6, 1943 Michael Durrell, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Shannon, V, Alice, Chiefs
October 6, 1943 Udo Zimmermann, composer
October 6, 1942 Britt Ekland, Stockholm Sweden, actress, Wicker Man, Asylum
October 6, 1942 Fred Travalena, New York City, comedian/impressionist, Buy and Cell
October 6, 1940 Boris Dmitriyevich Andreyev, Russia, cosmonaut
October 6, 1940 Ellen Travolta, Englewood, New Jersey, actress, Grease, Charles in Charge
October 6, 1940 Wyche Fowler, Jr., Rep-D-GA, 1977-87
October 6, 1939 Douglas K Bereuter, Rep-R-Nebraska, 1979-
October 6, 1939 John J LaFalce, Rep-D-NY, 1975-
October 6, 1936 Anna Quayle, actress, Mistress Pamela
October 6, 1936 Glenn Hild, race horse trainer
October 6, 1936 Rob Touber, [Robert J Noordervliet], cabaret director, Capers
October 6, 1933 Horst Bingle, writer
October 6, 1932 Gloria Lane, educator/author/founder, Women's International Center
October 6, 1931 Fred Graham, newscaster/journalist, CBS News, Court TV
October 6, 1930 Hafez al Assad, president, Syria
October 6, 1930 Richie Benaud, cricket capt, great Aussie leg-spinner, commentator
October 6, 1929 Les Favell, cricketer, stoic Australian batsman late 50's
October 6, 1927 Alice Bauer, LPGA golfer
October 6, 1927 Paul Badura-Skoda, Vienna Austria, pianist, Mozart Interpretation
October 6, 1926 Alan Copeland, born in Los Angeles, California, orch leader/singer, Your Hit Parade
October 6, 1926 Cyril Reuben, violinist
October 6, 1925 Shana Alexander, New York City, journalist, 60 Minutes
October 6, 1916 Tommy Lawton, footballer
October 6, 1915 Edgardo Martin, composer
October 6, 1915 Harry van Doorn, [Henri W], CRM minister/Dutch politician, KVP/PPR
October 6, 1914 Thor Heyerdahl, Norway, anthropologist/explorer, Kon Tiki, Aku-Aku
October 6, 1913 Meret Oppenheim, writer
October 6, 1912 Anthony Cuthbert Baines, writer/curator
October 6, 1909 Carol Lombard, Ft. Wayne, Indiana, actress, My Man Godfrey, In Name Only
October 6, 1908 Carole Lombard, American Actress
October 6, 1906 Janet Gaynor, Philadelphia, actress, Sunrise, A Star Is Born
October 6, 1906 Louis Borell, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, actor, Over the Moon, Queer Cargo
October 6, 1905 Helen N Willis Moody, tennis pro, 8 Wimbledon titles 1927-1938
October 6, 1904 Horst Lange, writer
October 6, 1902 Mihovil Logar, composer
October 6, 1897 Jerome Cowan, New York City, actor, Mr Dithers-Blondie, Tab Hunter Show
October 6, 1896 Otto Siegl, composer
October 6, 1895 Caroline Gordon, Kentucky, writer, Green Centuries
October 6, 1889 Maria Dabrowska, Polish writer, Noce I Dnie
October 6, 1888 Li Ta-chao, co-founder with Mao Tse-tung, Chinese Communist Party
October 6, 1888 Max Butting, composer
October 6, 1887 George Brown, cricketer, legendary England batsman/keeper of 20's
October 6, 1887 Le Corbusier, Switzerland, architect/city planner/artist, Urbanisme
October 6, 1887 Maria Jeritza, [Jedlicka], Austria, singer, Vienna Opera
October 6, 1887 Martin Luis Guzman, Mexico, novelist, Eagle and the Serpent
October 6, 1884 Lloyd Spooner, U.S., marksman, Olympic-4 gold/1 silver/2 bronze-1920
October 6, 1882 Karol Maciej Szymanowski, Timoshovka Ukraine, composer, Stabatmater
October 6, 1880 Julia Culp, mezzo-soprano
October 6, 1873 Oscar George Theodore Sonneck, composer
October 6, 1866 Reginald Aubrey Fessenden, broadcast 1st program of voice and music
October 6, 1862 Albert Jeremiah Beveridge, U.S., politician/author, Progressive
October 6, 1860 Oscar L Helfrich, Dutch governor, Curacao
October 6, 1860 Reneke de Marees van Swinderen, Dutch foreign minister, 1908-13
October 6, 1849 Basil Zaharoff, arms dealer, "merchant of death"
October 6, 1847 Adolf von Hildebrand, German sculptor
October 6, 1846 George Westinghouse, responsible for alternating current in US
October 6, 1831 J. W. Richard Dedekind, Ger mathematician, Nature and Meaning of Numbers
October 6, 1827 Cark Reidel, composer
October 6, 1824 Henry Chadwick, baseball pioneer, developed 1st rule book
October 6, 1820 Jenny Lind, Sweden, soprano/nightingale, Agathe-Freischutz
October 6, 1819 Willem A Scholten, Dutch potato-flour manufacturer
October 6, 1818 Joseph Rummel, composer
October 6, 1816 William Batchelder Bradbury, composer
October 6, 1808 Frederik VII, 1st constitutional king of Denmark, 1848-63
October 6, 1806 Andreas Randel, composer
October 6, 1777 William Russell, composer
October 6, 1706 Pieter Steyn, Dutch grand pensionary, 1749-
October 6, 1618 Miguel Gomez Camargo, composer
October 6, 1552 Matteo Ricci, Italian missionary, China

October 6 Events in History

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October 6, 2000 Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic resigns
October 6, 1996 Bob Dole and President Bill Clinton meet in their 1st debate
October 6, 1996 Caroline Pierce wins JAL Big Apple Golf Classic
October 6, 1996 New York Jet Nick Lowrey ties Jan Stenerud with 373 NFL field goals
October 6, 1995 BPAA U.S. Women's Open won by Cheryl Daniels
October 6, 1995 Colorodo Avalanche (former Que Nordiques) 1st NHL game, beat Detroit
October 6, 1994 European Campaign against Racism confers in Austria
October 6, 1994 Ben Mokoena becomes 1st black mayor of Middelburg South Africa
October 6, 1993 Sydney Australia Stock Market index above 2000, for 1st time
October 6, 1991 Elizabeth Taylor weds for 8th time (Larry Fortensky)
October 6, 1991 Meg Mallon wins LPGA Daikyo World Golf Championship
October 6, 1991 New York Met David Cone ties NL record by striking out 19 Phillies
October 6, 1991 Orioles last game at Baltimore's Memorial Stadium (vs Det Tigers)
October 6, 1990 Spacecraft Ulysses launched towards pole of Sun
October 6, 1990 U.S. 67th manned space mission STS 41 (Discovery 11) launches into orbit
October 6, 1988 Oakland A's sweep Boston Red Sox in 4 games for AL pennant
October 6, 1987 Milt coup leader Maj-Gen Sitiveni Rabuka declares Fiji a republic
October 6, 1986 Russian nuclear sub sinks in Atlantic Ocean
October 6, 1985 Marita Koch of Germany sets 400m woman's record (47.6) in Australia
October 6, 1985 Yankee Phil Niekro becomes 18th pitcher to win 300 games and also at 46 becomes oldest to pitch a shut-out beating Toronto 8-0
October 6, 1984 Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Hitachi Ladies British Golf Open
October 6, 1983 Buffalo Bill QB Joe Ferguson passes 419 yards with 5 TDs
October 6, 1983 China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
October 6, 1983 Islander's Mike Bossy's 25th career hat trick
October 6, 1983 New York Jets announce they are leaving Shea for Meadowlands
October 6, 1983 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R.
October 6, 1982 Auburn's Al Del Greco kicks 6 field goals
October 6, 1982 Fokker's Fellowship crashes at Moerdijk Neth, 17-22 die
October 6, 1980 Guyana adopts constitution
October 6, 1980 John Lydon sentenced to 3 months on assault charges
October 6, 1979 Harry Drake set long distance footbow shot record of 2,006 yds 1'9"
October 6, 1979 Pope John Paul II is 1st Pope to visit White House
October 6, 1978 Hannah H Gray inaugurated as 1st female head of U.S. university (Chic)
October 6, 1978 Iraq declares Ayatollah Khomeini an undesirable person
October 6, 1978 Mick Jagger apologizes for racist lyrics in "Some Girls"
October 6, 1978 Royals' George Brett hits 3 HRs, Yanks win championship game 3, 6-5
October 6, 1977 DL Coburns "Gin Game," premieres in New York City
October 6, 1977 Yankees win AL pennant by rallying for 3 runs in 9th to beat Kansas City Royals 5-3 in 5th and deciding playoff game
October 6, 1976 "Gang of Four" arrested in Beijing
October 6, 1976 Cubans DC-8 crashes after bomb attack
October 6, 1976 John Hathaway completes 50,600 mile bicycle tour of every continent
October 6, 1976 President Ford says there is "no Soviet domination in Eastern Europe"
October 6, 1974 "Mack and Mabel," opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 66 performances
October 6, 1974 Carole Jo Skala wins LPGA Sacramento Union Ladies Golf Classic
October 6, 1973 Yom Kippur War begins as Syria and Egypt attack Israel
October 6, 1972 22-car train carrying 2,000 pilgrims derails, kills 208 in Mexico
October 6, 1969 WMPB TV channel 67 in Baltimore, MD (PBS) begins broadcasting
October 6, 1967 Haight-Ashbury hippies throw a funneral to mark end of hippies
October 6, 1967 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test
October 6, 1966 Oriole Jim Palmer, 20, is youngest to pitch a World Series shutout
October 6, 1966 Partial meltdown at Detroits's Fermi 1 nuclear reactor
October 6, 1965 Supremes release "I Hear a Symphony"
October 6, 1965 William Goodhart's "Generation," premieres in New York City
October 6, 1964 "Cambridge Circus" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 23 performances
October 6, 1963 Barbra Streisand appears on "Judy Garland Show"
October 6, 1963 Los Angeles Dodgers sweep New York Yankees, in 60th World Series
October 6, 1962 16th NHL All-Star Game: Toronto beat All4-Stars -1 at Toronto
October 6, 1962 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island
October 6, 1961 John F. Kennedy advises Americans to build fallout shelters
October 6, 1961 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear tests at Kapustin Yar and Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.
October 6, 1959 Single game World Series attendence record set (92,706 in LA)
October 6, 1959 Soviet Luna 3, 1st successful photographic spacecraft, impacts Moon
October 6, 1958 US nuclear sub USS Seawolfe remains record 60 days under pole
October 6, 1957 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.
October 6, 1957 Wiffi Smith wins LPGA United Voluntary Services Golf Open
October 6, 1956 Dmitri Shostakovitch's 6th Iron quartet premieres in Leningrad
October 6, 1956 Dr. Albert Sabin discovers oral polio vaccine
October 6, 1956 South African politician "Kobie" Coetsee marries Helena E Malan
October 6, 1955 LSD made illegal in U.S.
October 6, 1953 WTVM TV channel 9 in Columbus, Georgia (ABC) begins broadcasting
October 6, 1951 Stalin proclaims Russia has atom bomb
October 6, 1949 Iva Toguri D'Aquino (Tokyo Rose) sentenced to 10 years and $10,000 fine
October 6, 1949 President Truman signs Mutual Defense Assistance Act (for NATO)
October 6, 1948 "Polonaise" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 113 performances
October 6, 1948 KHJ TV channel 9 in Los Angeles, California (IND) begins broadcasting
October 6, 1947 New York Yankees beat Dodgers 4 games to 3, in 44th World Series
October 6, 1946 90 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in Oct
October 6, 1946 President Truman questions Great Britain Jews about Palestine
October 6, 1945 General Eisenhower welcomed in Hague (on Hitler's train)
October 6, 1945 Memorial for executed unveiled in Terbregge
October 6, 1945 Tavern owner "Billy Goat" Sianis buys seat for his goat for Game 4 of World Series and is escorted out, he casts goat curse on Cubs
October 6, 1944 Allied aircrafts bombard per accident Fishing, Overijssel
October 6, 1944 Canadians free Austria
October 6, 1944 HM Zwaardvis sinks U168 at Java
October 6, 1944 Soviets march into Hungary and Czechoslovakia
October 6, 1943 Battle at Vella Lavella, Solomon Island
October 6, 1943 Himmler wants acceleration of "Final Solution"
October 6, 1942 Allied assault on oil installations of Bula Ceram
October 6, 1941 German army occupies Briansk, U.S.S.R.
October 6, 1941 New York Yankees beat Dodgers 4 games to 1, in 38th World Series
October 6, 1940 Zoological Gardens opens on Sloat and Skyline in SF
October 6, 1939 Adolf Hitler denies he intends to go to war against France and Britain
October 6, 1939 Hitler announces plans to regulate Jewish problem
October 6, 1938 Yanks Lefty Gomez sets record of 6 World Series wins without a loss
October 6, 1936 New York Yankees beat Giants 4 games to 2 in 33rd World Series
October 6, 1935 Italian army occupies Adua Abyssinia
October 6, 1935 Market Street Railway starts using trackless trolley coaches
October 6, 1931 Js Van Severen forms Verdinaso (Union of Flemish National Solidarists)
October 6, 1929 12th PGA Championship: Leo Diegel at Hillcrest CC Los Angeles
October 6, 1928 11th PGA Championship: Leo Diegel at Five Farms CC Baltimore
October 6, 1928 Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek becomes president of China
October 6, 1928 Josip Broz (Tito) sentenced to 5 years in jail
October 6, 1927 "Jazz Singer," 1st movie with a sound track, premieres (New York City)
October 6, 1926 Babe Ruth hits 3 home runs in a World Series game, Yanks beat Cards 10-5
October 6, 1925 Greek premier Papanastasiou orders gen Pangulos arrested
October 6, 1923 1st NL unassisted triple play (Ernie Padgett, Braves against Phillies)
October 6, 1923 2nd government of Stresemann in Germany forms
October 6, 1923 U.S. lt Al Williams fly 392.2 KPH (record)
October 6, 1923 U.S.S.R. adopts experimental calendar
October 6, 1922 Schwebla replaces Benes government in Czechoslavakia
October 6, 1921 Century Theater opens at 7th Ave and 59th St. New York City (demolished 1962)
October 6, 1921 Fewest hits in World Series Game, 5, Yanks (3) beat Giants (2), 3-0
October 6, 1920 1st brothers oppose each other in World Series, Cleve's Wheeler Johnston pinch-hits as brother Jimmy plays 3rd base for Bkln
October 6, 1919 Stambuliski becomes premier of Bulgaria
October 6, 1919 White Sox catcher Ray Schalk is 2nd man ejected from a World Series
October 6, 1918 U.S. ship Otranto sinks between Scotland and Ireland, 425 die
October 6, 1912 Pirates Owen "Chief" Wilson hits record 36th triple of season
October 6, 1911 Beatrix van Rijk becomes 1st licensed Dutch woman pilot
October 6, 1911 Cy Young's farewell appearance in a major league game is a letdown as he loses to Brooklyn 13-3 in a Braves uniform in his 906th game
October 6, 1910 Braves beat Phillies 20-7
October 6, 1908 Austria annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina
October 6, 1908 Tigers beat White Sox, 7-0 to win AL pennant
October 6, 1908 Yanks lose 100th game of year go 51-103 for season
October 6, 1898 Gustav Mahler conducts 1st Wiener Philharmonic
October 6, 1893 Nabisco Foods invents Cream of Wheat
October 6, 1890 Mormon Church outlaws polygamy
October 6, 1889 Moulin Rogue opens in Paris
October 6, 1889 Thomas Edison shows his 1st motion picture
October 6, 1886 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Resident Patient"
October 6, 1884 Naval War College forms in Newport RI
October 6, 1882 1st World Series game, Cincinnati (AA) beats Chicago (NL) 4-0
October 6, 1876 American Library Association organized in Philadelphia
October 6, 1871 Fisk Jubilee Singers begin 1st national tour
October 6, 1869 John Brahms' "Liebeslieder Walzer," premieres
October 6, 1866 1st train robbery in U.S. (Reno Brothers take $13,000)
October 6, 1863 Battle at Baxter Springs Kansas
October 6, 1863 Dr. Charles H Sheppard opens 1st public bath, in Brooklyn
October 6, 1861 Naval Engagement at Charleston, South Carolina USS Flag vs BR Alert
October 6, 1861 Revolt of Russian student shuts down university of Petersburg
October 6, 1857 American Chess Association organized; 1st major U.S. chess tournament (New York City)
October 6, 1811 French emperor Napoleon visits Utrecht
October 6, 1799 Battle at Castricum: French and Bataafs army beats English/Russian army
October 6, 1783 Benjamin Hanks patents self-winding clock
October 6, 1781 Americans and French begin siege of Cornwallis at Yorktown; last battle of Revolutionary War
October 6, 1777 Battle of Germantown; Washington defeated by British
October 6, 1762 English troops occupy Manila Philippines
October 6, 1689 Pietro Ottoboni replaces Pope Innocent XI as Alexander VIII
October 6, 1567 Duke of Alva becomes land guardian of Netherlands
October 6, 1499 French king Louis XII occupies Milan
October 6, 1111 Boudouin VII becomes earl of Flanders
October 6, 891 Formosus begins his reign as Catholic Pope