Today in History for October 1936

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 23 of 23

1st - Generalissimo Francisco Franco establishes state of Spain
2nd - 1st alcohol power plant forms, Atchison, Kansas
2nd - Amsterdam's Calvinist Churches reject nazism
2nd - French franc devalued
2nd - NY Yankees score World Series record 18 runs, beating Giants 18-4
2nd - Tony Lazzeri becomes 1st Yank to hit a World Series grand slam
3rd - Yanks set new attendance record of 64,842 in 3rd game of World Series
4th - Italian lire devalued
4th - Record 66,669 at Yankee Stadium for 4th game of World Series
5th - The Jarrow March sets off for London.
6th - NY Yankees beat Giants 4 games to 2 in 33rd World Series
7th - 7th-place Brooklyn Dodgers fire manager Casey Stengel
9th - Hoover Dam begins transmitting electricity to LA
10th - Bradman scores 212 in 202 mins in a cricket testimonial game
11th - "Professor Quiz," 1st radio quiz show premieres
13th - Explosion caused by leaking gas rips out section 12 of Cleve Stadium
16th - Lou Gehrig, is voted AL MVP by BBWAA
19th - HR Ekins of "NY World-Telegram" beats 2 other reporters in a race around the world on commercial flights, by 18½ days
20th - Carl Hubbell, 26-6, edges out Dizzy Dean, 24-13, for MVP honors in NL
Spanish Dictator Francisco Franco 20th - Spanish government moves to Barcelona
22nd - 1st commercial flight from mainland to Hawaii
28th - FDR rededicates Statue of Liberty on its 50th anniversary
31st - The Boy Scouts of the Philippines was formed.

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 59 of 59

1st - Charles G Fullerton, Rochester, NY, astronaut (STS-3, 51F)
1st - Edward Villella, Bayside Queens, ballet dancer (NYC Ballet)
1st - Stella Stevens, Yazoo City Miss, actress (Girls! Girls!, Manitou)
1st - Duncan Edwards, English footballer (d. 1958)
2nd - Ian McLachlan, cricketer (Cambridge & S Aust bat, later Liberal MP)
2nd - Johnnie Cochran, attorney (OJ Simpson defense attorney)
2nd - Roger Sainsbury, bishop of Barking
3rd - Steve Reich, NYC, composer (My Name is)
4th - David Pithey, cricketer (bro of Tony, S Afr all-rounder in 8 Tests)
4th - Sally Mary Caroline Belfrage, writer
5th - Annerose Schmidt, East German pianist
5th - Vaclav Havel, writer/pres Czechoslovakia (1989-92)
6th - Anna Quayle, actress (Mistress Pamela)
6th - Glenn Hild, race horse trainer
6th - Rob Touber, [Robert J Noordervliet], cabaret director (Capers)
7th - Gennadi Mikhailovich Kolesnikov, Russia, cosmonaut
7th - Charles Dutoit, Swiss conductor
8th - Carman Moore, composer
8th - Rona Barrett, NYC, gossip columnist (Tomorrow Show)
10th - Art Dick, cricket wicket-keeper (NZ of 60's)
10th - Judith Chalmers, English TV hostess (Wish You Were Here)
10th - Gerhard Ertl, German surface chemist, Nobel laureate, 2007.
11th - Billy Higgins, American jazz drummer (d. 2001)
12th - Tony Kubek, shortstop (NY Yankees)/sportscaster (NBC-TV, Madison Square Garden)
13th - Cliff Gorman, Jamacia NY, actor (Boys in the Band, Angel)
13th - Elizabeth Furse, (Rep-D-Oregon)
13th - John Menzies, Scottish publisher/banker/multi-millionaire
15th - Kari Rydman, composer
16th - Gerardo Gandini, composer
16th - Andrei Chikatilo, Russian serial killer (d. 1994)
16th - Akira Machida, Japanese judge
16th - Peter Bowles, English actor
17th - David Hobson, (Rep-R-Ohio)
17th - Hiroo Kanamori, Japanese seismologist
19th - Johnetta Betsch Cole, educator/president (Spellman College)/(Sen-D-KY)
19th - Tony Lo Bianco, Brooklyn NY, actor (Ann Jillian Story, Hizzoner!)
19th - James Bevel, American activist
20th - Larry Mowry, San Diego CA, PGA golfer (1987 Crestar Pepsi Senior)
21st - James H "Simon" Gray, English playwright (Butley)
22nd - Neville E Alexander, South african (10 years in Robbeneiland Jail)
23rd - Barry Sinclair, cricketer (21 Tests for NZ in the 60's, 3 centuries)
23rd - Philip Kaufman, director (Right Stuff, Henry & June)
24th - Annelien Kappeyne van de Coppello, Dutch politican (VVD)
24th - Bill Wyman, England, rocker (Rolling Stones-Under My Thumb)
24th - David Nelson, NYC, actor (Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet)
24th - Rainer Kunad, composer
25th - Alan Smith, cricket wicket-keeper (England1962-63 Aust-NZ tour)
25th - Sir Martin Gilbert, British historian
26th - Bruce Belland, Chicago, singer (Tim Conway Hour)
26th - Shelley Morrison, American actress
28th - Charlie Daniels, Wilmington NC, singer (Devil Went Down to Georgia)
28th - Horst Antes, German painter
28th - Ted Hawkins, singer/guitarist
28th - Carl Davis, American-born musical conductor and composer
29th - Akiko Kojima, Japanese model
30th - Roy Emerson, tennis player (won 12 Majors in singles from 1961-67)
30th - Polina Astakhova, Ukrainian gymnast (d. 2005)
31st - Sergei Nikolayevich Gaidukov, Russia, cosmonaut
31st - Michael Landon, Forest Hills NY, actor (Bonanza, Highway to Heaven)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 14 of 14

1st - Oscar DaCosta, cricketer (WI all-rounder in 5 Tests 30-35), dies at 28
2nd - G H Simpson-Hayward, cricketer (Eng 1910, great lob bowlers), dies
3rd - John Heisman, American football coach (b. 1869)
5th - Jan J Slauerhoff, Dutch ship doc/writer (Seaman's Grave), dies at 38
8th - William Henry Stark, American business leader (b. 1851)
8th - Red Ames, American baseball player (b. 1882)
12th - B L T Bosanquet, cricketer (1st great googly bowler, England), dies
19th - Lu Xun, Chinese writer (b. 1881)
20th - Anne Sullivan, American teacher (b. 1866)
23rd - (Marie) Louise Hens, Flemish actress (Bitter Pill), dies at 80
25th - Jaime de Magalhes Lima, Portuguese author/poet, dies at 76
26th - Bob Dellemijn, Lourdes-ganger/Franco-volunteer, dies in battle at 18
28th - E G Winkler, writer, dies
30th - Teddy Wynyard, cricketer (three Tests for England 1896-1906), dies