Page 5: Historical Events In September - 08

1910  Gella Allaert, Flemish actress (La Round) on September - 08.   

1912  Alexander Mackendrick, Boston, director (Man in the White Suit, Mandy) on September - 08.   

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 this day in history.   

1914  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1914  On this day in history william E Darwin, British son of Charles Darwin, dies at 74   

1915  On this day in history assn of Negro Life & History founded   

1915  Frank Cady, actor (Mr Drucker-Green Acres) on this day in history.   

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

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

1919  Babe Ruth hits his 26th HR off Jack Quinn in NY, breaking Buck Freeman's 1899 HR mark of 25 on September - 08.   

1919  On this day in history david Johan Kvandal, composer   

1920  On September - 08 air mail service between New York and San Francisco begins.   

1920  US Air Mail service begins (NYC to SF) on September - 08.   

1921  1st Miss America crowned (Margaret Gorman of Washington DC) on this day in history.   

1921  On September - 08 hans Ulrich Engelmann, German composer (Ophelia)   

1922  Lyndon LaRouche, American presidental candidate (1980) on September - 08.   

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

1923  Alan Weeks, sports commentator on September - 08.   

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

1924  On September - 08 wendell H Ford, (Sen-D-Kentucky, 1974- )   

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

1926  On this day in history germany is admitted into the League of Nations.   

1926  On September - 08 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  1st appearance of comic strip "Blondie" on September - 08.   

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  134 die in a fire aboard the liner Morro Castle off NJ on September - 08.   

1934  On September - 08 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  Carl Austin Weiss, murderer of Sen Huey Long, shot down on this day in history.   

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0801  Ansgar, German Catholic archbishop (d. 865) was born on September - 08.   

0828  On this day in history birth of ali al-Hadi, Shia Imam (d. 868)   

1157  On September - 08 birth of richard I, [Richard the Lion Hearted], King of England (1189-99)   

1207  Sancho II, king of Portugal was born on this day in history.   

1271  On September - 08 birth of charles Martel d'Anjou, son of Charles II of Naples (d. 1295)   

1380  Bernardinus of Siena, Italian saint was born on September - 08.   

1474  On September - 08 birth of ludovico Ariosto, Italy, poet (Orlando Furioso)   

1515  On September - 08 birth of alfonso Salmeron, Spanish Jesuit biblical scholar (d. 1585)   

0394  Death of Arbogast, French general, commits suicide on this day in history.   

0701  On this day in history sergius I, Syrian/Italian Pope (687-701), dies   

0780  Leo IV de Chazaar, Byzantine Emperor (775-80), dies on this day in history.   

0876  On September - 08 lodewijk de Duitser, king of East French Republic (833-76), dies at 72   

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

1397  Death of Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester on September - 08.   

1425  Death of King Charles III of Navarre (b. 1361) on this day in history.   

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