Historical Events In 1908

Aug 04   Kurt Eichhorn, conductor on this day in history.  

Aug 05   In the year 1908 harold Holt, PM of Australia (1966-67); supported US in Vietnam  

Aug 06   On this day in history george Singer, composer  

Aug 06   In the year 1908 st Louis Card John Lush's 2nd no-hitter, beats Dodgers, 2-0 in 6 inn  

Aug 08   Arthur J Goldberg, Ill, UN ambassador/Supreme Court justice (1962-65) on this day in history.  

Aug 08   On this day in history joseph [Maria] Olbrich, architect (Wiener Sezession), dies at 40  

Aug 10   In the year 1908 gabrielle Keiller, collector/golfer  

Aug 12   On this day in history ford builds the first Model T.  

Aug 12   Lord Renton, QC/British govt minister in the year 1908.  

Aug 13   Cy Young Day in Boston, he pitches briefly against an All-Star team in the year 1908.  

Aug 13   Gene Raymond, NYC, actor (Paris 7000, Fireside Theater) in the year 1908.  

Aug 13   In the year 1908 ira D Sankey, US evangelist/composer/singer (Gospel Hymns), dies at 67  

Aug 14   On this day in history lady Jean Swaythling, chief controller (ATS)  

Aug 14   Race riot in Springfield Illinois on this day in history.  

Aug 17   On this day in history b Tarkington & HL Wilson's "Man from Home," premieres in NYC  

Aug 17   Bank of Italy opens new HQ at Clay &Montgomery on this day in history.  

Aug 17   On this day in history kurt Hessenberg, composer  

Aug 18   On this day in history armijn Pane, Indonesian writer (Belenggu)  

Aug 20   Alfonso Lopez, baseball player (AL Manager of the year 1959) on this day in history.  

Aug 20   Congo Free State becomes Belgian Congo in the year 1908.  

Aug 20   On this day in history congo Free State becomes the Belgian Congo 1912 Plant Quarantine Act goes into effect  

Aug 20   Louis Varney, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

Aug 21   On this day in history david Farrar, Forest Gate England, actor (Beat Girl, I Accuse)  

Aug 22   Henri Cartier-Bresson, Chanteloup, France, photographer in the year 1908.  

Aug 22   Henri Cartier-Bresson, France, photographer (Decisive Moment) on this day in history.  

Aug 22   The birth of Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer on this day in history.  

Aug 23   Arthur Adamov, Kislovodsk Russia, playwright (Paolo Paoli) in the year 1908.  

Aug 24   On this day in history tommy Burns KOs Bill Squires in 13 for heavyweight boxing title  

Aug 25   On this day in history allen Winter wins US 1st $50,000 trotting race  

Aug 25   On this day in history allen Winter wins US first $50,000 trotting race  

Aug 25   Esther Waterhouse, doctor/methodist on this day in history.  

Aug 26   On this day in history bill Hunt, cricketer (NSW slow left-armer, Test for Australia 1933)  

Aug 27   Calgary City Rugby Foot-ball Club re-organizes as the Tigers in the year 1908.  

Aug 27   In the year 1908 donald [George] Bradman, Australian cricketer (6,996 runs)  

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Jan 01   Kinue Hitoma, Japan, 800m runner (Oly-silver-1928) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of ben Grauer, NYC, newscaster (Big Story)  

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of janis Kepitis, composer  

Jan 04   In the year 1908 birth of angela Maria "Geli" Raubal, Austrian nude model/Hitler's lover  

Jan 04   Walther Vanbeselaere, Flemish art historian was born in the year 1908.  

Jan 05   George Dolenz, Trieste Italy, actor (Count of Monte Cristo) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of menahem Avidom, composer  

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of red Allen, American musician (d. 1967)  

Jan 04   In the year 1908 antony Winkler Prins, writer (Groiller Encyclopaedia), dies at 70  

Jan 09   On this day in history abraham Goldfaden, US Yiddish stage performer (Shulamis), dies at 67  

Jan 10   In the year 1908 anna S Barbiers, Dutch actress (Klaasje Zevenster), dies at 65  

Jan 14   In the year 1908 holger Drachmann, writer, dies  

Jan 17   Ferdinand IV SMJJBFLGRRJ, ruler of Toscane, dies at 72 in the year 1908.  

Jan 23   Edward Alexander MacDowell, US composer (Indian Suite), dies at 47 on this day in history.  

Jan 25   In the year 1908 death of mikhail Chigorin, Russian chess player (b. 1850)  

Feb 01   In the year 1908 death of carlos I, King of Portugal (1889-1908), assassinated by mob at 44