Page 10: Historical Events In 1908

Jul 08   On this day in history louis Jordan, Ark, alto saxman (Caldonia)   

Jul 09   On this day in history cHU (Christian Historic Union) Dutch political party forms   

Jul 10   Eliza Laurillard, vicar/poet/writer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

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

Jul 14   Chaim Raphael, writer in the year 1908.   

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

Jul 16   On this day in history aruna Asaf Ali, politician   

Jul 17   Rudolf Petzold, composer in the year 1908.   

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

Jul 19   On this day in history feyenoord soccer team forms in Rotterdam   

Jul 20   Federico Chueca, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

Jul 20   On this day in history gunnar de Frumerie, composer   

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

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

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

Jul 23   In the year 1908 karl Swenson, Bkln NY, actor (Lara-Little House on the Prairie)   

Jul 24   John Hayes wins 4th olympics marathon (2:55:18.4 world record) on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history joseph Mitchell, writer   

Jul 26   On this day in history federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) formed   

Jul 26   On this day in history federal Bureau of Investigation established   

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   Lord Jenkins of Putney, British MP of Arts (Labour) in the year 1908.   

Jul 28   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Aug 01   Miloslav Kabelac, composer in the year 1908.   

Aug 02   On this day in history george Kimble, geographer   

Aug 03   Dolores del Rio, silent screen actress (Deseada, Bugambilia) on this day in history.   

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Jan 01   Kinue Hitoma, Japan, 800m runner (Oly-silver-1928) was born in the year 1908.   

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

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of janis Kepitis, composer   

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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1908 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   On this day in history abraham Goldfaden, US Yiddish stage performer (Shulamis), dies at 67   

Jan 10   Anna S Barbiers, Dutch actress (Klaasje Zevenster), dies at 65 in the year 1908.   

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

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