Page 10: Historical Events In 1908

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

Jul 09   On this day in history 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   In the year 1908 h Kamerlingh Onnes makes helium liquid (-269°C)   

Jul 12   On this day in history alain Cuny, actor (Detective, Weite Land, Emmanuelle)   

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

Jul 14   Chaim Raphael, writer on this day in history.   

Jul 14   William Mason, composer, dies at 79 in the year 1908.   

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

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

Jul 18   In the year 1908 jaime Nuno, composer, dies at 83   

Jul 19   In the year 1908 feyenoord soccer team forms in Rotterdam   

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

Jul 20   Gunnar de Frumerie, composer on this day in history.   

Jul 22   In the year 1908 amy Vanderbilt, authority on etiquette (Complete Book of Etiquette)   

Jul 22   W Lorenz discovers asteroid #665 Sabine in the year 1908.   

Jul 23   On this day in history a Kopff discovers asteroids #666 Desdemona & #667 Denise   

Jul 23   Karl Swenson, Bkln NY, actor (Lara-Little House on the Prairie) in the year 1908.   

Jul 24   In the year 1908 john Hayes wins 4th olympics marathon (2:55:18.4 world record)   

Jul 25   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 on this day in history.   

Jul 25   Joseph Mitchell, writer in the year 1908.   

Jul 26   Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) formed in the year 1908.   

Jul 26   Federal Bureau of Investigation established in the year 1908.   

Jul 26   Predecessor of the FBI is created by the Department of Justice in the year 1908.   

Jul 26   Salvador Allende Gossens, Chile's last elected president (1970-73) in the year 1908.   

Jul 27   In the year 1908 a Kopff discovers asteroid #668 Dora   

Jul 27   In the year 1908 lord Jenkins of Putney, British MP of Arts (Labour)   

Jul 28   On this day in history zbigniew Turski, composer   

Jul 29   On this day in history st Louis Browns Rube Waddell strikes out 16 Phila Athletics   

Jul 30   Around the World Autombile Race ends in Paris on this day in history.   

Jul 30   Around the World Automobile Race ends in Paris on this day in history.   

Aug 01   In the year 1908 miloslav Kabelac, composer   

Aug 02   George Kimble, geographer on this day in history.   

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

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Jan 01   In the year 1908 birth of kinue Hitoma, Japan, 800m runner (Oly-silver-1928)   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of ben Grauer, NYC, newscaster (Big Story)   

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

Jan 04   In the year 1908 birth of angela Maria "Geli" Raubal, Austrian nude model/Hitler's lover   

Jan 04   In the year 1908 birth of walther Vanbeselaere, Flemish art historian   

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

Jan 06   Menahem Avidom, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of red Allen, American musician (d. 1967)   

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   In the year 1908 anna S Barbiers, Dutch actress (Klaasje Zevenster), dies at 65   

Jan 14   Holger Drachmann, writer, dies in the year 1908.   

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   Mikhail Chigorin, Russian chess player (b. 1850) died on this day in history.   

Feb 01   On this day in history death of carlos I, King of Portugal (1889-1908), assassinated by mob at 44