Page 5: Historical Events In September - 08
Friday, 04 July 2025
1910 On September - 08 gella Allaert, Flemish actress (La Round)
1912 On this day in history alexander Mackendrick, Boston, director (Man in the White Suit, Mandy)
1914 On September - 08 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.
1914 On this day in history the birth of Robert Wise, American film director
1914 On this day in history british trader Oceanic sinks off Scotland
1914 Dimitrios I, patriarch (primus interparis orthodox Christians) on this day in history.
1914 William E Darwin, British son of Charles Darwin, dies at 74 on this day in history.
1915 On September - 08 assn of Negro Life & History founded
1915 On September - 08 frank Cady, actor (Mr Drucker-Green Acres)
1917 On September - 08 charles Edouard Lefebvre, composer, dies at 74
1918 Derek Barton, British chemist (Nobel 1969) on September - 08.
1919 On September - 08 babe Ruth hits his 26th HR off Jack Quinn in NY, breaking Buck Freeman's 1899 HR mark of 25
1919 David Johan Kvandal, composer on September - 08.
1920 Air mail service between New York and San Francisco begins on September - 08.
1920 On this day in history uS Air Mail service begins (NYC to SF)
1921 1st Miss America crowned (Margaret Gorman of Washington DC) on this day in history.
1921 On this day in history hans Ulrich Engelmann, German composer (Ophelia)
1922 On this day in history lyndon LaRouche, American presidental candidate (1980)
1923 Honda Point Disaster: nine US Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast. Seven are lost on this day in history.
1923 Alan Weeks, sports commentator on this day in history.
1924 Alexandra Kollontai of Russia becomes 1st woman ambassador on this day in history.
1924 Wendell H Ford, (Sen-D-Kentucky, 1974- ) on this day in history.
1925 Alexander Nikolayevich Kholminov, composer on this day in history.
1926 On September - 08 germany is admitted into the League of Nations.
1926 League of Nations Assembly voted unanimously to admit Germany on this day in history.
1930 NYC public schools begin teaching Hebrew on this day in history.
1930 On this day in history the first appearance of the comic strip "Blondie"
1930 1st appearance of comic strip "Blondie" on September - 08.
1933 On September - 08 spain's 2nd govt of Azaña forms
1933 Faisal I ibn Hussein ibn Ali, 1st king of Iraq/Syria, dies at 50 on this day in history.
1934 On this day in history 134 die in a fire aboard the liner Morro Castle off NJ
1934 On this day in history 54th US Mens Tennis: Fred Perry beats Wilmer L Allison (64 63 16 86)
1935 Willy de Supervise swims runs world record 200 m freestyle (2:25.2) on this day in history.
1935 On September - 08 carl Austin Weiss, murderer of Sen Huey Long, shot down
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