Page 5: Historical Events In September - 08

1910  On September - 08 gella Allaert, Flemish actress (La Round)   

1912  Alexander Mackendrick, Boston, director (Man in the White Suit, Mandy) on September - 08.   

1914  On September - 08 sS Oceanic,a White Star Liner, built in 1899. She was the first ship to exceed the length of the Great Eastern, at 704 ft overall. After being requistioned on the outbreak of the First World War as an armed merchant cruiser, she was attached to the 10th cruiser squadron of the Royal Navy. On the 8th September, in thick fog, she ran aground on rocks on Foula Island, Shetlands where she became a total loss and was eventually broken up. She had a crew of 400 on board at the time of her accident, all of whom were resued by the Trawler Glenogil.   

1914  On September - 08 the birth of Robert Wise, American film director   

1914  On September - 08 british trader Oceanic sinks off Scotland   

1914  On this day in history dimitrios I, patriarch (primus interparis orthodox Christians)   

1914  William E Darwin, British son of Charles Darwin, dies at 74 on September - 08.   

1915  Assn of Negro Life & History founded on September - 08.   

1915  On September - 08 frank Cady, actor (Mr Drucker-Green Acres)   

1917  Charles Edouard Lefebvre, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1918  Derek Barton, British chemist (Nobel 1969) on September - 08.   

1919  On September - 08 babe Ruth hits his 26th HR off Jack Quinn in NY, breaking Buck Freeman's 1899 HR mark of 25   

1919  On this day in history david Johan Kvandal, composer   

1920  Air mail service between New York and San Francisco begins on September - 08.   

1920  On this day in history uS Air Mail service begins (NYC to SF)   

1921  1st Miss America crowned (Margaret Gorman of Washington DC) on this day in history.   

1921  Hans Ulrich Engelmann, German composer (Ophelia) on this day in history.   

1922  Lyndon LaRouche, American presidental candidate (1980) on this day in history.   

1923  On this day in history honda Point Disaster: nine US Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast. Seven are lost.   

1923  On this day in history alan Weeks, sports commentator   

1924  Alexandra Kollontai of Russia becomes 1st woman ambassador on September - 08.   

1924  Wendell H Ford, (Sen-D-Kentucky, 1974- ) on September - 08.   

1925  On September - 08 alexander Nikolayevich Kholminov, composer   

1926  Germany is admitted into the League of Nations on September - 08.   

1926  League of Nations Assembly voted unanimously to admit Germany on September - 08.   

1930  On September - 08 nYC public schools begin teaching Hebrew   

1930  The first appearance of the comic strip "Blondie" on this day in history.   

1930  1st appearance of comic strip "Blondie" on this day in history.   

1933  On this day in history spain's 2nd govt of Azaña forms   

1933  On this day in history faisal I ibn Hussein ibn Ali, 1st king of Iraq/Syria, dies at 50   

1934  134 die in a fire aboard the liner Morro Castle off NJ on this day in history.   

1934  54th US Mens Tennis: Fred Perry beats Wilmer L Allison (64 63 16 86) on September - 08.   

1935  On this day in history willy de Supervise swims runs world record 200 m freestyle (2:25.2)   

1935  On September - 08 carl Austin Weiss, murderer of Sen Huey Long, shot down   

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0801  On September - 08 birth of ansgar, German Catholic archbishop (d. 865)   

0828  Ali al-Hadi, Shia Imam (d. 868) was born on this day in history.   

1157  On this day in history birth of richard I, [Richard the Lion Hearted], King of England (1189-99)   

1207  On this day in history birth of sancho II, king of Portugal   

1271  On September - 08 birth of charles Martel d'Anjou, son of Charles II of Naples (d. 1295)   

1380  Bernardinus of Siena, Italian saint was born on September - 08.   

1474  Ludovico Ariosto, Italy, poet (Orlando Furioso) was born on this day in history.   

1515  Alfonso Salmeron, Spanish Jesuit biblical scholar (d. 1585) was born on September - 08.   

0394  Death of Arbogast, French general, commits suicide on this day in history.   

0701  On September - 08 sergius I, Syrian/Italian Pope (687-701), dies   

0780  Leo IV de Chazaar, Byzantine Emperor (775-80), dies on this day in history.   

0876  Lodewijk de Duitser, king of East French Republic (833-76), dies at 72 on September - 08.   

1100  Clement III, [Wibert van Ravenna], 1st anti-pope (1084-1100), dies on September - 08.   

1397  On this day in history death of thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester.   

1425  On September - 08 death of king Charles III of Navarre (b. 1361)   

1539  On September - 08 death of john Stokesley, English churchman