Historical Events In 1908

Jul 08   Louis Jordan, Ark, alto saxman (Caldonia) in the year 1908.  

Jul 09   In the year 1908 cHU (Christian Historic Union) Dutch political party forms  

Jul 10   On this day in history eliza Laurillard, vicar/poet/writer, dies at 78  

Jul 10   H Kamerlingh Onnes makes helium liquid (-269°C) on this day in history.  

Jul 12   In the year 1908 alain Cuny, actor (Detective, Weite Land, Emmanuelle)  

Jul 13   In the year 1908 4th modern Olympic games opens in London  

Jul 14   On this day in history chaim Raphael, writer  

Jul 14   William Mason, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

Jul 16   Aruna Asaf Ali, politician on this day in history.  

Jul 17   Rudolf Petzold, composer on this day in history.  

Jul 18   Jaime Nuno, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.  

Jul 19   Feyenoord soccer team forms in Rotterdam on this day in history.  

Jul 20   Federico Chueca, composer, dies at 62 in the year 1908.  

Jul 20   In the year 1908 gunnar de Frumerie, composer  

Jul 22   Amy Vanderbilt, authority on etiquette (Complete Book of Etiquette) on this day in history.  

Jul 22   In the year 1908 w Lorenz discovers asteroid #665 Sabine  

Jul 23   In the year 1908 a Kopff discovers asteroids #666 Desdemona & #667 Denise  

Jul 23   Karl Swenson, Bkln NY, actor (Lara-Little House on the Prairie) on this day in history.  

Jul 24   John Hayes wins 4th olympics marathon (2:55:18.4 world record) in the year 1908.  

Jul 25   In the year 1908 ajinomoto is founded. Kikunae Ikeda of the Tokyo Imperial University discovers that a key ingredient in Konbu soup stock is monosodium glutamate (MSG), and patents a process for manufacturing it.  

Jul 25   On this day in history joseph Mitchell, writer  

Jul 26   In the year 1908 federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) formed  

Jul 26   In the year 1908 federal Bureau of Investigation established  

Jul 26   On this day in history predecessor of the FBI is created by the Department of Justice  

Jul 26   Salvador Allende Gossens, Chile's last elected president (1970-73) on this day in history.  

Jul 27   A Kopff discovers asteroid #668 Dora in the year 1908.  

Jul 27   On this day in history lord Jenkins of Putney, British MP of Arts (Labour)  

Jul 28   In the year 1908 zbigniew Turski, composer  

Jul 29   St Louis Browns Rube Waddell strikes out 16 Phila Athletics in the year 1908.  

Jul 30   Around the World Autombile Race ends in Paris in the year 1908.  

Jul 30   Around the World Automobile Race ends in Paris in the year 1908.  

Aug 01   In the year 1908 miloslav Kabelac, composer  

Aug 02   On this day in history george Kimble, geographer  

Aug 03   Dolores del Rio, silent screen actress (Deseada, Bugambilia) in the year 1908.  

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Jan 01   Kinue Hitoma, Japan, 800m runner (Oly-silver-1928) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02   In the year 1908 birth of ben Grauer, NYC, newscaster (Big Story)  

Jan 02   Janis Kepitis, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of angela Maria "Geli" Raubal, Austrian nude model/Hitler's lover  

Jan 04   Walther Vanbeselaere, Flemish art historian was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05   In the year 1908 birth of george Dolenz, Trieste Italy, actor (Count of Monte Cristo)  

Jan 06   In the year 1908 birth of menahem Avidom, composer  

Jan 07   Red Allen, American musician (d. 1967) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04   Antony Winkler Prins, writer (Groiller Encyclopaedia), dies at 70 in the year 1908.  

Jan 09   Abraham Goldfaden, US Yiddish stage performer (Shulamis), dies at 67 in the year 1908.  

Jan 10   Anna S Barbiers, Dutch actress (Klaasje Zevenster), dies at 65 on this day in history.  

Jan 14   In the year 1908 holger Drachmann, writer, dies  

Jan 17   In the year 1908 ferdinand IV SMJJBFLGRRJ, ruler of Toscane, dies at 72  

Jan 23   Edward Alexander MacDowell, US composer (Indian Suite), dies at 47 in the year 1908.  

Jan 25   In the year 1908 death of mikhail Chigorin, Russian chess player (b. 1850)  

Feb 01   Carlos I, King of Portugal (1889-1908), assassinated by mob at 44 died on this day in history.