Today in History for October 1914
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Historical Events
Results 1 - 24 of 24
4th - Dardanellen (French & English) fleet bombs Turkish forts
5th - World War I first aerial combat resulting in a kill.
9th - German troops take Antwerp in World War I
10th - German forces route Belgians in Antwerp Belgium (WW I)
11th - German troops occupy Gent
12th - 1st battle at Ypres, begins
13th - Belgian regime forms at St Adresse at Le Havre
13th - Boston Braves sweep Phila A's, 1st sweep in World Series history
13th - Garrett Morgan invents & patents gas mask
13th - Pro-German Boers begin opposition of British authority in South Africa
14th - German troops occupy Brug
15th - ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers) founded
15th - Battle of Warsaw, begins (ends Oct 21)
15th - Clayton Anti-trust Act passed (union & strike rights)
18th - The Schoenstatt Movement is founded in Germany.
19th - US post office 1st used an automobile to collect & deliver mail
21st - Battle of Warsaw ends with German defeat
27th - British battleship Audacious sunk by mine
28th - German battle cruiser Goeben enters Black Sea
28th - Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, founded at Howard University, incorporates
29th - Russia declares war on Turkey
29th - Turkish warships storm Black Sea
30th - Allied offensive at Ypres (Belgium) begins
31st - Great Britain & France declare war on Turkey
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 43 of 43
1st - Daniel Joseph Boorstin, author (Empire of Czar, 1974 Pulitzer Prize)
1st - Michael Goodliffe, Cheshire England, actor (5th Day of Peace)
2nd - Albe Vidakovic, composer
2nd - Bengt Viktor Johansson, composer
2nd - Charles Drake, Bayside NYC, actor (Air Force, Glenn Miller Story)
2nd - Jack Parsons, American rocket scientist, author, and occultist (d. 1952)
2nd - Bernarr Rainbow, historian of music education, organist, and choir master (d.1998)
3rd - Nel Rose, Dutch dance teacher
4th - Brendan Gill, writer/critic (New Yorker magazine)
4th - Jim Cairns, Australian politician (d. 2003)
6th - Thor Heyerdahl, Norway, anthropologist/explorer (Kon Tiki, Aku-Aku)
7th - Alfred Drake, [Capurro], Brooklyn NY, singer/actor (Kiss Me Kate)
7th - Sarah Churchill, London, actress (All Over Town, Royal Wedding)
9th - Edward Andrews, Griffin GA, actor (Tea & Sympathy, Glass Bottom Boat)
9th - Roger Goeb, composer
10th - Dorothy Lamour, [Kaumeyer], NO LA, actress (Road to Bali, Road to Rio)
10th - Ivory Joe Hunter, rocker
10th - Tommy Fine, American baseball player (d. 2005)
11th - Edward J Day, US Postmaster General (1961)
14th - Brendan Gill, critic
14th - Dick Durrance, American skier (d. 2004)
16th - Christian J Modeste, gypsey king
17th - Albert Markos, composer
17th - Jerry Siegel, comic book writer (Superman)
17th - John Mosely, recording expert/entrepreneur
19th - Harold Gimblett, cricketer (legendary Somerset & England batsman)
20th - Fayard Nicholas, US, actor (Big Broadcast of 1936)
21st - Martin Gardner, Scientific American math & puzzles columnist
23rd - Frank (Bruiser) Kinard, NFL, AAFC tackle (Bkln, NY Yankees)
25th - John Berryman, American poet (Friends & Associates)
26th - Dylan Thomas, Swansea South Wales, poet
26th - Jackie Coogan, LA Calif, actor (Uncle Fester-Addams Family)
27th - Dylan Thomas, Swansea Wales, poet (Child's Christmas in Wales)
27th - Stanislaw Brunstein, artist
28th - Jonas Salk, NYC, medical reseacher (polio vaccine)
28th - Richard Lawrence Millington Synge, British bio-chemist (Nobel 1952)
28th - Glenn Robert Davis, U.S. Congressman (d. 1988)
30th - Marion Ladewig, Mich, bowler (9 time woman bowler of year 1950-63)
30th - Marius Hendrikus Flothuis, Dutch composer/author (Mozart biography)
30th - Patsy Montana Ruby Blevins, singer
30th - Richard E Holz, American composer
31st - Joe Carcione, American consumer advocate (d. 1988)
31st - John Hugenholtz, Dutch race track designer (d. 1995)
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 5 of 5
10th - Gijsbert van Tienhoven, mayor (Amsterdam)/foreign minister, dies at 73
10th - Karol I, Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, King of Romania (1881-1914), dies
15th - Aleksander Rozycki, composer, dies at 69
28th - Richard Heuberger, composer, dies at 64
30th - Ernst Stadler, writer, dies at 31
