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Birthdates which occurred on your SELECTED date of October 10:

1731 Henry Cavendish England, physicist/chemist (discovered hydrogen)
1738 Benjamin West painter (Death of General Wolfe)
1813 Giuseppe Verdi Italy, composed operas (Rigoletto, Aida, Otello)
1825 Paulus Kruger Pres of South African Republic (1883), Boer leader
1830 Queen Isabella II Queen of Spain (1833-68)
1834 Aleksis Kivi Finland, playwright (Kullervo, Seitsem„n Veljest„)
1861 Fridtjof Nansen Norweg Arctic explorer/humanitarian (Nobel 1922)
1892 Ivo Andric Yugoslavia, novelist (Bridge on the Drina, Nobel '61)
1895 Lin Y-t'ang China, writer (My Country & My People)
19-- Alan Rachins Cambridge Mass, actor (Douglas-LA Law)
19-- Bert Kramer San Diego Calif, actor (Sara, Mike-Fitzpatricks)
19-- Dana Elcar Ferndale Mich, actor (Baretta, Baa Baa Black Sheep)
19-- Michael Bivens rocker (New Edition-Heart Break)
19-- Noah Keen Cincinnati Ohio, actor (Det Lt Bone-Arrest & Trial)
1900 Helen Hayes Wash DC, actress (C‘sar & Cleopatra, Happy Birthday)
1906 Paul Creston [Giuseppe Guttoveggio], NY, composer (Creative Harmony)
1908 John Green NYC, composer (Body & Soul, Guy Lombardo's arranger)
1910 Price Daniel (Gov/Sen-D-Texas)
1913 Johnny Downs Brooklyn NY, actor (Manhattan Showcase)
1918 Bobby Byrne Columbus Ohio, orch leader (Club Seven)
1918 Thelonious Monk jazz pianist (Monk's Dream)
1924 James Clavell author (Tai Pan, Shogun) (or 1920)
1926 Richard Jaeckel NY, actor (3:10 to Yuma, Sands of Iwo Jima)
1930 Adlai Stevenson III (D-Sen-Ill)
1930 Harold Pinter England, playwright (Homecoming, Servant)
1933 Daniel Massey London, actress (Vault of Horror)
1941 Laurence Henry Tribe Shanghai China, Harvard Law professor
1946 Ben Vereen Miami Fla, actor/dancer (Pippin, Roots, Webster)
1946 Charles Dance England, actor (Plenty)
1946 Peter Mahvolich NHL star (Mont Canadiens)
1950 Dennis Holmes actor (Mike-Laramie)
1953 Gus Williams NBA guard (Golden State, Seattle, Washington)
1953 Midge Ure rocker (Dear God, Ultravox-We Came to Dance)
1955 David Lee Roth rock singer (Van Halen-Jump)
1958 John M Grunsfeld Chicago Ill, PhD/astronaut
1958 Tanya Tucker Seminole Tx, country singer/actress (Follow that Car)
1959 Chris Lowe rocker (Pet Shop Boys-Left to My Own Devices)
1961 Martin Kemp rocker (Spandau Ballet-True)
1964 Maxi Gnauck German DR, uneven parallel bars (Olympic-gold-1980)
1966 Kevin Paige vocalist (Don't Shut Me Out)
1973 Mario Lopez San Diego Calif, actor (Slater-Saved by the Bell)
1982 Eddie J Peck Lynchburg Pa, actor (Sutton-Wildside)


Deaths which occurred on October 10:

1886 David L Yule 1st Jewish US senator, dies
1959 Prince Friedrich of Liechtenstein, dies
1964 Eddie Cantor comedian (Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater), dies at 72
1964 Russ Case orch leader (Julius La Rosa Show), dies at 52
1976 Connee Boswell singer (Pete Kelly's Blue), dies at 68
1978 Ralph H Metcalfe (Rep-D-Ill), dies at 68
1983 Ralph Richardson actor, dies at 80
1985 Orson Welles actor (Citizen Kane), dies at 70
1985 Yul Brynner actor (King & I), dies of cancer at 70
1990 Dick Jorgensen NFL referee, dies at 56

Reported: MISSING in ACTION

( Expanded with full Bios, history, & MIA report )
 1965    DODD             JOE L.                                         10/25/65 ESCAPED  
1966 CONFER MICHAEL STEELE MC COOK NE ACFT EXPLODE NO TRACE PILOT
1968 HANDRAHAN EUGENE A. ST PAUL MN
1968 HERREID ROBERT D. AURORA IL
1969 MAXWELL CALVIN W. EDDY NM
1969 WEISNER FRANKLIN L. FORT BENNING GA
1970 GRAZIOSI FRANCIS G. ROCHESTER NY
1972 CLEARY PETER M. COLCHESTER CT
1972 LEONOR LEONARDO C. ASTORIA NY

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On this day...

1780 Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000 to 30,000 in Caribbean
1802 1st non indian settlement in Oklahoma
1845 The Naval School (now called US Naval Academy) opens at Annapolis
1846 Neptune's moon Triton discovered by William Lassell
1854 US Assay Office in New York City, NY opens
1857 American Chess Association formed (NYC)
1865 John Hyatts patents the billiard ball
1868 Cuba revolts for independence against Spain
1868 Declaration of the plan of Yara in Cuba
1874 Fiji becomes a British possession
1886 1st dinner jacket worn to autumn ball at Tuxedo Park, NY (the tuxedo)
1888 Teetotalers excursion train crushed, killing 64 (Mud Run Pa)
1904 Yanks 2 games out play 1st place Red Sox on final day doubleheader game winner Chesbro loses the 1st game & chance at pennant
1908 Baseball Writers Association, formed
1911 Sun Yat-sen's revolutionaries overthrow Manchus (Taiwan Nat'l Day)
1913 Gamboa Dam in Panama blown up; Atlantic & Pacific waters mix
1914 German forces route Belgians in Antwerp Belgium (WW I)
1920 Phoenix Cardinals (then in Chicago) play 1st NFL game, a 0-0 tie
1920 Indian's Bill Wambsganns makes 1st unassisted world series triple play (World Series #17)
1920 Indian's Elmer Smith hits the 1st world series grand slam (World Series #17)
1921 NFL Decatur Staleys become Chicago Staleys, win 14-10
1923 NY Giants & NY Yankees become 1st teams to play each other for 3 consecutive World Series, also 1st played at Yankee Stadium (World Series #20)
1924 Washington Senators win their 1st World Series beat Giants in 7 (World Series #21)
1926 St Louis Cards beat NY Yankees, 4 games to 3 in 23rd World Series
1931 AJ Bennett hits H Garbarino for 1st scoring pass in Canada's Big 4
1931 St Louis Cards beat Phila A's, 4 games to 3 in 28th World Series
1932 "Betty & Bob" premiers on radio
1933 1st synthetic detergent for home use marketed
1935 George Gershwin's "Porgy & Bess" opens on Broadway
1937 NY Yankees beat Giants 4 games to 1 in 34th World Series
1938 Germany completed annexation of Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland
1943 Chiang Kai-shek takes oath of office as president of China
1945 Detroit Tigers beat Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 3 in 42nd World Series
1947 "Allegro" opens at the Majestic Theater on Broadway
1951 Yanks beat Giants 4 games to 2 in world series, DiMaggio's final game (World Series #48)
1957 Braves' Lew Burdette beats Yankees for 3rd time in 1 world series (World Series #54)
1957 Milwaukee Braves beat NY Yankees, 4 games to 3 in 53rd World Series
1957 Pres Eisenhower apologizes to finance minister of Ghana, Komla Agbeli Gbdemah, after he is refused service in a Dover, Del, restaurant
1960 Ron Stewart of Ottawa rushes for CFL-record 287 yards
1961 Otis M Smith appointed to Michigan Supreme Court
1963 Treaty banning atmospheric nuclear tests signed by US, UK, USSR
1964 18th modern Olympic games opens in Tokyo
1968 Detroit Tigers beat St Louis Cards, 4 games to 3 in 65th World Series
1968 George Harrison forms Singsong Ltd
1968 Lee Evans of the US sets 400 meter record at 43.86
1970 Fiji gains independence from Britain (National Day)
1971 1st game played at Philadelphia's Veteran Stadium, Phils win 4-1
1973 VP Spiro T Agnew pleads no contest to tax evasion & resigns
1974 Canadian John Hathaway begins 2-yr ride of 50,600 miles
1974 10101975 Israel formally signs Sinai accord with Egypt
1975 Liz Taylor's 6th marriage (re-marries Richard Burton)
1976 NJ Meadowlands' Giant's Stadium opens
1976 Greece's 98 year-old Dimitrion Yordanidis, is oldest man to compete in a marathon; he finishes in 7:33
1978 British pop magazine "Smash Hits," 1st published
1978 Pres Carter signs a bill authorizing the Susan B Anthony dollar
1978 Yanks & Dodgers play in 75th World Series
1979 Nordiques' Real Cloutier sets NHL record of a hat trick in 1st game
1979 Panama assumes sovereignty over Canal Area (ie Canal Zone)
1980 4,500 die when a pair of earthquakes strikes NW Algeria
1980 Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope network dedicated
1980 Yanks lose 4-2 & are swept by Royals in the AL Championship series
1981 Anwar Sadat's funeral service is held in Cairo
1982 Pope John Paul II canonizes Rev M Kolbe, who volunteered to die in place of another inmate at Auschwitz concentration camp, a saint
1983 Israel's Knesset votes 60-53 to endorse Yitzhak Shamir as PM
1985 US fighter jets force Egyptian plane carrying hijackers of Italian ship Achille Lauro to land in Italy, gunmen are placed in custody
1986 7.5 Earthquake strikes San Salvador, El Salvador
1986 Israel Prime Minister Shimon Peres resigns
1987 Bruce Springsteen releases his 9th album "Tunnel of Love"
1990 US 67th manned space mission STS 41 (Discovery 11) returns from space
1991 Ex-postal worker Joseph Harris kills 4 postal workers
1991 Greyhound Bus ends bankruptcy
1992 Floriade (Flower Show) closes at the Hague, Netherlands





Holidays

Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"

Afgh nist n : Deliverance Day
Cuba : Yara Day/Beginning of War of Independence (1868)
Finland : Aleksis Kivi Day (1834)
Japan : Health-Sports Day (1964)
Namibia, South Africa : Kruger Day (1825)
Oklahoma : Historical Day (1802)
South Dakota : Pioneers' Day
Taiwan : Double Tenth Day/National Day (1911)
Wash DC : Samuel Fraunces Day Memorial Day
Western Samoa : White Sunday (2nd Sunday) - - - - - ( Sunday )
Canada : Thanksgiving Day - - - - - ( Monday )
Florida : Farmers' Day (1915) - - - - - ( Monday )
Hawaii : Discoverer's Day - - - - - ( Monday )
US : Columbus Day (1492) - - - - - ( Monday )
Virgin Is & Puerto Rico : Friendship Day - - - - - ( Monday )

Religious Observances

RC : Commemoration of St Francis Borgia, confessor, Jesuit

Religious History

1560 Birth of Jacob Arminius, the Dutch theologian from whose writings and doctrines Protestants opposed to Calvinism have since been called "Arminians."
1821 Charles Finney, 29, claimed to have received "a mighty baptism of the Holy Ghost," and was converted to a Christian faith. Finney soon abandoned his pursuit of law and embarked on a 50-year career in evangelism and higher education.
1838 Birth of Theodore Zahn, German Lutheran Bible and patristics scholar. Author of many monographs and commentaries, Zahn's leading work was his 3-volume "Introduction to the New Testament" (1899; 1909).
1841 Birth of William A. Ogden, American sacred composer. A student of Lowell Mason, Ogden became a well-known music teacher, and penned the hymns "Bring Them In" and "He is Able to Deliver Thee."
1851 Birth of W. Robertson Nicoll, Scottish theologian. At one time editor of five periodicals, his most enduring achievement was "The Expositor's Greek Testament," a series of 50 volumes of commentaries he edited and published between 1888-1905.

Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.
Additional information supplied by the author. Contact via E-mail: William D. Blake. (pilgrimwb@aol.com)

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