Historical Events In 1908
Wednesday, 08 May 2024
Feb 07 Connie Mack sells hurler Rube Waddell to St Louis Browns for $5,000 on this day in history.
Feb 08 Grigor Eghiazaryan, composer on this day in history.
Feb 08 Wilhelmina '08 soccer team forms in Weert Neth in the year 1908.
Feb 09 In the year 1908 jackie Fields, US, featherweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1924)
Feb 10 On this day in history in England Canadian Tommy Burns KOs Jack Palmer in 4 rounds to defend his world heavyweight boxing title
Feb 10 In the year 1908 jean Coulthard, composer
Feb 10 Tommy Burns KOs Jack Palmer in 4 for heavyweight boxing title in the year 1908.
Feb 11 Australia regain the Ashes with a 308 run cricket victory vs England in the year 1908.
Feb 11 On this day in history heemskerk's government begins in Holland
Feb 11 Josh White, rocker in the year 1908.
Feb 11 In the year 1908 the birth of Vivian Fuchs, British Antartic explorer
Feb 12 Anna Jeanes bequeaths $1,000,000 to Swarthmore to become all female in the year 1908.
Feb 12 New York to Paris auto race (via Alaska &Siberia) begins in New York NY; George Schuster wins after 88 days behind the wheel in the year 1908.
Feb 13 Gerald Strang, Claresholm Canada, composer on this day in history.
Feb 14 Georges Jean Pfeiffer, composer, dies at 72 in the year 1908.
Feb 15 Sidney Gilliat, producer on this day in history.
Feb 17 Geronimo, Apache chief, dies at about 79 on this day in history.
Feb 17 Staats Cotsworth, Oak Park IL, actor (Peyton Place) in the year 1908.
Feb 18 1st US postage stamps in rolls issued on this day in history.
Feb 18 US postage stamps in coils issued on this day in history.
Feb 20 Grigori Yakovlevich Bakhchivangi, test pilot (BI-1) on this day in history.
Feb 23 William McMahon, PM of Australia (Liberal) (1971-72) in the year 1908.
Feb 24 In the year 1908 anatol' Vakhnyanyn, composer, dies at 66
Feb 25 In the year 1908 1st tunnel under Hudson River (railway tunnel) opens
Feb 25 Frank G Slaughter, author (Sangaree) on this day in history.
Feb 25 The tunnel under the Hudson River (railway tunnel) opens in the year 1908.
Feb 27 Sacrifice fly adopted (repealed in 1931, reinstated 1954) on this day in history.
Feb 27 Star #46 was added to US flag for Oklahoma in the year 1908.
Feb 28 On this day in history failed assassination attempt on Shah Mohammed Ali in Teheran
Feb 29 On this day in history alf Gover, cricketer (bowled in 4 Tests for England/famous coach)
Feb 29 On this day in history dutch scientists produce solid helium
Feb 29 Pat Garrett, U.S. gunslinger on this day in history.
Mar 02 On this day in history jan Brasser, Dutch resistance fighter (Witte Ko)/communist
Mar 03 On this day in history riccardo Nielsen, composer
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