Page 3: Historical Events In 1908

Feb 07   Connie Mack sells hurler Rube Waddell to St Louis Browns for $5,000 in the year 1908.   

Feb 08   Grigor Eghiazaryan, composer in the year 1908.   

Feb 08   Wilhelmina '08 soccer team forms in Weert Neth in the year 1908.   

Feb 09   Jackie Fields, US, featherweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1924) on this day in history.   

Feb 10   In the year 1908 in England Canadian Tommy Burns KOs Jack Palmer in 4 rounds to defend his world heavyweight boxing title   

Feb 10   On this day in history jean Coulthard, composer   

Feb 10   Tommy Burns KOs Jack Palmer in 4 for heavyweight boxing title on this day in history.   

Feb 11   On this day in history australia regain the Ashes with a 308 run cricket victory vs England   

Feb 11   On this day in history heemskerk's government begins in Holland   

Feb 11   On this day in history josh White, rocker   

Feb 11   The birth of Vivian Fuchs, British Antartic explorer on this day in history.   

Feb 12   Anna Jeanes bequeaths $1,000,000 to Swarthmore to become all female in the year 1908.   

Feb 12   New York to Paris auto race (via Alaska &Siberia) begins in New York NY; George Schuster wins after 88 days behind the wheel in the year 1908.   

Feb 13   Gerald Strang, Claresholm Canada, composer on this day in history.   

Feb 14   Georges Jean Pfeiffer, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

Feb 15   In the year 1908 sidney Gilliat, producer   

Feb 17   Geronimo, Apache chief, dies at about 79 on this day in history.   

Feb 17   On this day in history staats Cotsworth, Oak Park IL, actor (Peyton Place)   

Feb 18   1st US postage stamps in rolls issued on this day in history.   

Feb 18   On this day in history uS postage stamps in coils issued   

Feb 20   Grigori Yakovlevich Bakhchivangi, test pilot (BI-1) on this day in history.   

Feb 23   In the year 1908 william McMahon, PM of Australia (Liberal) (1971-72)   

Feb 24   On this day in history anatol' Vakhnyanyn, composer, dies at 66   

Feb 25   On this day in history 1st tunnel under Hudson River (railway tunnel) opens   

Feb 25   In the year 1908 frank G Slaughter, author (Sangaree)   

Feb 25   In the year 1908 the tunnel under the Hudson River (railway tunnel) opens   

Feb 27   Sacrifice fly adopted (repealed in 1931, reinstated 1954) in the year 1908.   

Feb 27   In the year 1908 star #46 was added to US flag for Oklahoma   

Feb 28   In the year 1908 failed assassination attempt on Shah Mohammed Ali in Teheran   

Feb 29   Alf Gover, cricketer (bowled in 4 Tests for England/famous coach) on this day in history.   

Feb 29   In the year 1908 dutch scientists produce solid helium   

Feb 29   Pat Garrett, U.S. gunslinger on this day in history.   

Mar 02   On this day in history jan Brasser, Dutch resistance fighter (Witte Ko)/communist   

Mar 03   Riccardo Nielsen, composer in the year 1908.   

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Jan 01   On this day in history 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   In the year 1908 birth of janis Kepitis, composer   

Jan 04   Angela Maria "Geli" Raubal, Austrian nude model/Hitler's lover was born in the year 1908.   

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

Jan 05   George Dolenz, Trieste Italy, actor (Count of Monte Cristo) was born in the year 1908.   

Jan 06   Menahem Avidom, composer was born in the year 1908.   

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

Jan 04   On this day in history antony Winkler Prins, writer (Groiller Encyclopaedia), dies at 70   

Jan 09   In the year 1908 abraham Goldfaden, US Yiddish stage performer (Shulamis), dies at 67   

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

Jan 14   Holger Drachmann, writer, dies on this day in history.   

Jan 17   Ferdinand IV SMJJBFLGRRJ, ruler of Toscane, dies at 72 in the year 1908.   

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