Historical Events In January - 08
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1891 On this day in history bronislava Nijinska, ballet choreographer
1891 On this day in history fredrik Pacius, composer, dies at 81
1892 A hundred workers die in a mine explosion in McAlister, Oklahoma on this day in history.
1892 On January - 08 werner Wehrli, composer
1892 On January - 08 john Heykamp, old-catholic archbishop of Utrecht, dies at 67
1894 Columbus World's fair in Chicago destroyed by fire on this day in history.
1894 On January - 08 pierre-Joseph van Beneden, paleont (life of tapeworms), dies at 84
1896 Jaromir Weinberger, Prague Czechoslovakia, composer (Bird's Opera) on this day in history.
1897 On January - 08 michael Eagan wins 1st US national amateur handball championship
1899 Solomon WRD Bandaranaike, premier of Ceylon (1956-59) on January - 08.
1900 The Boers attack the British in Ladysmith, South Africa, but the British hold fast on this day in history.
1900 Queen Marie, of Yugoslavia on January - 08.
1900 On this day in history billy Bates, cricketer (656 runs & 50 wkts in 15 Tests for Eng), dies
1901 On this day in history new South Wales score 918 all out vs South Australia in 560 minutes
1901 On this day in history the first American Bowling Congress tournament begins in Chicago, Illinois.
1901 NSW score 918 all out vs South Australia in 560 minutes on this day in history.
1901 On January - 08 edmond Vandercammen, French/Belgian writer (L'amour responsable)
1902 On this day in history 1st National Bowling Championship held (Chicago, Ill)
1902 On January - 08 alexander Gray, Wrightsville Pa, actor (This is Music)
1903 Gene Roth, [Eugene Stutenroth], SD, actor (She Demons, Spider) on this day in history.
1904 Pope Pius X banned low cut dresses in the presence of churchmen on January - 08.
1904 On this day in history peter Arno, NYC, cartoonist (New Yorker)
1905 Carl Gustav Hempel, German Logical Positivist philosopher on this day in history.
1906 A landslide in Haverstraw, New York, caused by the excavation of clay along the Hudson River, kills 20 people on this day in history.
1906 Jan A H J S Bruins Slot, Dutch founder illegal Trouw/MP (ARP) on this day in history.
1907 Theodoor Verstraete, Flemish painter/etcher, dies at 57 on January - 08.
1908 Subway transit service between Brooklyn and Manhattan begins on January - 08.
1908 On January - 08 (Fearless) Mary Nadia Wadia, actress
1909 On January - 08 bruce Mitchell, cricketer (S African bat, their top run-scorer (3471))
1912 The birth of Jose Ferrer, American actor on this day in history.
1912 The African National Congress is founded on January - 08.
1913 Frank Chance becomes Yankee manager on January - 08.
1916 World War I: Allied forces withdraw from Gallipoli on this day in history.
1917 Austria-Hungarian troops conquer Forlani Italy on January - 08.
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