Hisdates•ComPage 5: Historical Events In September - 08
Wednesday, 30 April 2025
1910 On this day in history gella Allaert, Flemish actress (La Round) 
1912 On this day in history alexander Mackendrick, Boston, director (Man in the White Suit, Mandy)
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 September - 08 the birth of Robert Wise, American film director
1914 On September - 08 british trader Oceanic sinks off Scotland
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 September - 08.
1917 Charles Edouard Lefebvre, composer, dies at 74 on September - 08.
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 this day in history.
1920 Air mail service between New York and San Francisco begins on this day in history.
1920 US Air Mail service begins (NYC to SF) on September - 08.
1921 On September - 08 1st Miss America crowned (Margaret Gorman of Washington DC)
1921 On this day in history hans Ulrich Engelmann, German composer (Ophelia)
1922 On September - 08 lyndon LaRouche, American presidental candidate (1980)
1923 On September - 08 honda Point Disaster: nine US Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast. Seven are lost.
1923 On September - 08 alan Weeks, sports commentator
1924 Alexandra Kollontai of Russia becomes 1st woman ambassador on September - 08.
1924 On this day in history wendell H Ford, (Sen-D-Kentucky, 1974- )
1925 On September - 08 alexander Nikolayevich Kholminov, composer
1926 Germany is admitted into the League of Nations on September - 08.
1926 League of Nations Assembly voted unanimously to admit Germany on this day in history.
1930 NYC public schools begin teaching Hebrew on September - 08.
1930 The first appearance of the comic strip "Blondie" on September - 08.
1930 1st appearance of comic strip "Blondie" on September - 08.
1933 On September - 08 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 this day in history.
1934 54th US Mens Tennis: Fred Perry beats Wilmer L Allison (64 63 16 86) on September - 08.
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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