Historical Events In September - 08

1910  Gella Allaert, Flemish actress (La Round) on this day in history.  

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 this day in history the birth of Robert Wise, American film director  

1914  British trader Oceanic sinks off Scotland on September - 08.  

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

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

1915  Assn of Negro Life & History founded on September - 08.  

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

1917  Charles Edouard Lefebvre, composer, dies at 74 on September - 08.  

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1918  Derek Barton, British chemist (Nobel 1969) on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history air mail service between New York and San Francisco begins.  

1920  On September - 08 uS Air Mail service begins (NYC to SF)  

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

1921  Hans Ulrich Engelmann, German composer (Ophelia) on September - 08.  

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

1923  Honda Point Disaster: nine US Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast. Seven are lost on September - 08.  

1923  On this day in history alan Weeks, sports commentator  

1924  Alexandra Kollontai of Russia becomes 1st woman ambassador on September - 08.  

1924  Wendell H Ford, (Sen-D-Kentucky, 1974- ) on this day in history.  

1925  On this day in history alexander Nikolayevich Kholminov, composer  

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

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

1930  On September - 08 nYC public schools begin teaching Hebrew  

1930  On September - 08 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 September - 08 134 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  On this day in history willy de Supervise swims runs world record 200 m freestyle (2:25.2)  

1935  On this day in history carl Austin Weiss, murderer of Sen Huey Long, shot down  

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

0828  Ali al-Hadi, Shia Imam (d. 868) was born on September - 08.  

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

1207  On this day in history birth of sancho II, king of Portugal  

1271  Charles Martel d'Anjou, son of Charles II of Naples (d. 1295) was born on this day in history.  

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 September - 08.  

0394  On September - 08 death of arbogast, French general, commits suicide  

0701  Sergius I, Syrian/Italian Pope (687-701), dies on September - 08.  

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  On September - 08 death of thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester.  

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.