Historical Events In September - 08

1910  On this day in history gella Allaert, Flemish actress (La Round)  

1912  Alexander Mackendrick, Boston, director (Man in the White Suit, Mandy) on this day in history.  

1914  SS Oceanic,a White Star Liner, built in 1899. She was the first ship to exceed the length of the Great Eastern, at 704 ft overall. After being requistioned on the outbreak of the First World War as an armed merchant cruiser, she was attached to the 10th cruiser squadron of the Royal Navy. On the 8th September, in thick fog, she ran aground on rocks on Foula Island, Shetlands where she became a total loss and was eventually broken up. She had a crew of 400 on board at the time of her accident, all of whom were resued by the Trawler Glenogil on September - 08.  

1914  On September - 08 the birth of Robert Wise, American film director  

1914  British trader Oceanic sinks off Scotland on this day in history.  

1914  Dimitrios I, patriarch (primus interparis orthodox Christians) on September - 08.  

1914  On September - 08 william E Darwin, British son of Charles Darwin, dies at 74  

1915  Assn of Negro Life & History founded on this day in history.  

1915  Frank Cady, actor (Mr Drucker-Green Acres) on September - 08.  

1917  On this day in history charles Edouard Lefebvre, composer, dies at 74  

1918  On September - 08 derek Barton, British chemist (Nobel 1969)  

1919  On this day in history babe Ruth hits his 26th HR off Jack Quinn in NY, breaking Buck Freeman's 1899 HR mark of 25  

1919  On this day in history david Johan Kvandal, composer  

1920  Air mail service between New York and San Francisco begins on September - 08.  

1920  US Air Mail service begins (NYC to SF) on this day in history.  

1921  1st Miss America crowned (Margaret Gorman of Washington DC) on September - 08.  

1921  On this day in history hans Ulrich Engelmann, German composer (Ophelia)  

1922  Lyndon LaRouche, American presidental candidate (1980) on this day in history.  

1923  On this day in history honda Point Disaster: nine US Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast. Seven are lost.  

1923  On this day in history alan Weeks, sports commentator  

1924  On this day in history alexandra Kollontai of Russia becomes 1st woman ambassador  

1924  Wendell H Ford, (Sen-D-Kentucky, 1974- ) on September - 08.  

1925  Alexander Nikolayevich Kholminov, composer on this day in history.  

1926  Germany is admitted into the League of Nations on this day in history.  

1926  On this day in history league of Nations Assembly voted unanimously to admit Germany  

1930  On this day in history nYC public schools begin teaching Hebrew  

1930  On this day in history the first appearance of the comic strip "Blondie"  

1930  On September - 08 1st appearance of comic strip "Blondie"  

1933  On this day in history spain's 2nd govt of Azaña forms  

1933  On this day in history faisal I ibn Hussein ibn Ali, 1st king of Iraq/Syria, dies at 50  

1934  On September - 08 134 die in a fire aboard the liner Morro Castle off NJ  

1934  54th US Mens Tennis: Fred Perry beats Wilmer L Allison (64 63 16 86) on September - 08.  

1935  On this day in history willy de Supervise swims runs world record 200 m freestyle (2:25.2)  

1935  Carl Austin Weiss, murderer of Sen Huey Long, shot down on September - 08.  

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0801  On this day in history birth of ansgar, German Catholic archbishop (d. 865)  

0828  Ali al-Hadi, Shia Imam (d. 868) was born on this day in history.  

1157  Richard I, [Richard the Lion Hearted], King of England (1189-99) was born on this day in history.  

1207  On September - 08 birth of sancho II, king of Portugal  

1271  On this day in history birth of charles Martel d'Anjou, son of Charles II of Naples (d. 1295)  

1380  On this day in history birth of bernardinus of Siena, Italian saint  

1474  On this day in history birth of ludovico Ariosto, Italy, poet (Orlando Furioso)  

1515  Alfonso Salmeron, Spanish Jesuit biblical scholar (d. 1585) was born on this day in history.  

0394  On this day in history death of arbogast, French general, commits suicide  

0701  On September - 08 sergius I, Syrian/Italian Pope (687-701), dies  

0780  On September - 08 leo IV de Chazaar, Byzantine Emperor (775-80), dies  

0876  Lodewijk de Duitser, king of East French Republic (833-76), dies at 72 on this day in history.  

1100  Clement III, [Wibert van Ravenna], 1st anti-pope (1084-1100), dies on this day in history.  

1397  Death of Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester on this day in history.  

1425  Death of King Charles III of Navarre (b. 1361) on September - 08.  

1539  Death of John Stokesley, English churchman on September - 08.