Page 5: Historical Events In January - 08
Sunday, 16 February 2025
1891 On January - 08 bronislava Nijinska, ballet choreographer
1891 Fredrik Pacius, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.
1892 On this day in history a hundred workers die in a mine explosion in McAlister, Oklahoma.
1892 Werner Wehrli, composer on this day in history.
1892 John Heykamp, old-catholic archbishop of Utrecht, dies at 67 on January - 08.
1894 On this day in history columbus World's fair in Chicago destroyed by fire
1894 Pierre-Joseph van Beneden, paleont (life of tapeworms), dies at 84 on this day in history.
1896 Jaromir Weinberger, Prague Czechoslovakia, composer (Bird's Opera) on January - 08.
1897 On January - 08 michael Eagan wins 1st US national amateur handball championship
1899 Solomon WRD Bandaranaike, premier of Ceylon (1956-59) on this day in history.
1900 On January - 08 the Boers attack the British in Ladysmith, South Africa, but the British hold fast.
1900 Queen Marie, of Yugoslavia on January - 08.
1900 On this day in history billy Bates, cricketer (656 runs & 50 wkts in 15 Tests for Eng), dies
1901 New South Wales score 918 all out vs South Australia in 560 minutes on this day in history.
1901 On this day in history the first American Bowling Congress tournament begins in Chicago, Illinois.
1901 NSW score 918 all out vs South Australia in 560 minutes on this day in history.
1901 Edmond Vandercammen, French/Belgian writer (L'amour responsable) on this day in history.
1902 1st National Bowling Championship held (Chicago, Ill) on January - 08.
1902 Alexander Gray, Wrightsville Pa, actor (This is Music) on this day in history.
1903 On January - 08 gene Roth, [Eugene Stutenroth], SD, actor (She Demons, Spider)
1904 Pope Pius X banned low cut dresses in the presence of churchmen on this day in history.
1904 Peter Arno, NYC, cartoonist (New Yorker) on this day in history.
1905 On January - 08 carl Gustav Hempel, German Logical Positivist philosopher
1906 A landslide in Haverstraw, New York, caused by the excavation of clay along the Hudson River, kills 20 people on January - 08.
1906 On January - 08 jan A H J S Bruins Slot, Dutch founder illegal Trouw/MP (ARP)
1907 Theodoor Verstraete, Flemish painter/etcher, dies at 57 on January - 08.
1908 Subway transit service between Brooklyn and Manhattan begins on January - 08.
1908 On January - 08 (Fearless) Mary Nadia Wadia, actress
1909 Bruce Mitchell, cricketer (S African bat, their top run-scorer (3471)) on this day in history.
1912 The birth of Jose Ferrer, American actor on this day in history.
1912 The African National Congress is founded on this day in history.
1913 Frank Chance becomes Yankee manager on January - 08.
1916 World War I: Allied forces withdraw from Gallipoli on this day in history.
1917 Austria-Hungarian troops conquer Forlani Italy on this day in history.
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