Page 9: Historical Events In 1908

Jun 14   John Scott Trotter, Charlotte NC, orch leader (George Gobel Show)   

Jun 15   World congress for Woman's rights opens in Amsterdam   

Jun 17   Frank Sully, St Louis MO, actor (Along Came Jones, Phantom Thief).   

Jun 18   Bud Collyer, NYC, TV emcee (Beat the Clock, To Tell the Truth)   

Jun 18   Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos aboard the Kasato-Maru ship.   

Jun 19   Mildred Natwick, Balt Md, actress (She Wore a Yellow Ribbon)   

Jun 20   Billy Werber, American baseball player.   

Jun 21   Nikolai A Rimski-Korssakov, Russian composer (Sheherazade), dies at 64   

Jun 22   George Armin Goyder, businessman/social philosopher.   

Jun 23   Paulus Akkerman, [Paul fen Nijenborn], Frisian writer (Each om Each)   

Jun 24   Grover Cleveland, 22nd and 24th Pres (1885-89, 93-97), dies at 71.   

Jun 24   Hugo Distler, composer   

Jun 24   Yanks replace Clark Griffith with Kid Elberfeld as manager who is destined to have worse won-lost pct of any Yankee mgr 27-71 (.276).   

Jun 27   Hans de Jong, musician/conductor (De Damrakkertjes).   

Jun 28   James L Reinsch, media-adviser (Roosevelt/Churchill/Kennedy).   

Jun 29   Paul Lebeau, Flemish writer (Last Rose, Xanthippe).   

Jun 30   Boston's Cy Young's 2nd no-hitter, beats NY Highlanders, 8-0.   

Jun 30   Charles Camproux, French linguistic/author (Bestiari).   

Jun 30   Giant fireball impacts in Central Siberia (Tunguska Event)   

Jul 01   Estee Lauder, CEO (Estee Lauder's cosmetics).   

Jul 02   Jean Sinclair, teacher/campaigner   

Jul 03   Joel Chandler Harris, created Uncle Remus, dies at 59   

Jul 03   Thomas Narcejac, Rochefort-sur-Mer France, writer (Vertigo).   

Jul 04   Aurelio Peccei, Italian businessman/chairman (Club of Rome).   

Jul 04   NY Giant George "Hooks" Witse no-hits Phila Phillies, 1-0 in 10 inn   

Jul 06   CDR Robert Peary sails in Roosevelt from New York to explore Arctic   

Jul 06   Leonce Grass, Flemish singer/conductor.   

Jul 06   Robert Peary's expedition sails from NYC for north pole   

Jul 06   Robert Peary's expedition sails from NYC for the north pole.   

Jul 07   Evert W Beth, Dutch mathematician/philosopher.   

Jul 07   Great White Fleet leaves SF Bay   

Jul 08   Louis Jordan, Ark, alto saxman (Caldonia)   

Jul 09   CHU (Christian Historic Union) Dutch political party forms   

Jul 10   Eliza Laurillard, vicar/poet/writer, dies at 78.   

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

Jan 02   Ben Grauer, NYC, newscaster (Big Story) was born in the year 1908.   

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

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

Jan 04   Walther Vanbeselaere, Flemish art historian was born in the year 1908.   

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

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of menahem Avidom, composer   

Jan 07   Red Allen, American musician (d. 1967) was born in the year 1908.   

Jan 04   In the year 1908 antony Winkler Prins, writer (Groiller Encyclopaedia), dies at 70   

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

Jan 10   On this day in history anna S Barbiers, Dutch actress (Klaasje Zevenster), dies at 65   

Jan 14   On this day in history holger Drachmann, writer, dies   

Jan 17   On this day in history ferdinand IV SMJJBFLGRRJ, ruler of Toscane, dies at 72   

Jan 23   In the year 1908 edward Alexander MacDowell, US composer (Indian Suite), dies at 47   

Jan 25   Mikhail Chigorin, Russian chess player (b. 1850) died on this day in history.   

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