Page 5: Historical Events In September - 08
Tuesday, 18 February 2025
1910 On this day in history gella Allaert, Flemish actress (La Round)
1912 On this day in history alexander Mackendrick, Boston, director (Man in the White Suit, Mandy)
1914 On this day in history 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 The birth of Robert Wise, American film director on this day in history.
1914 On September - 08 british trader Oceanic sinks off Scotland
1914 Dimitrios I, patriarch (primus interparis orthodox Christians) on September - 08.
1914 On this day in history william E Darwin, British son of Charles Darwin, dies at 74
1915 On September - 08 assn of Negro Life & History founded
1915 Frank Cady, actor (Mr Drucker-Green Acres) on this day in history.
1917 On this day in history charles Edouard Lefebvre, composer, dies at 74
1918 On September - 08 derek Barton, British chemist (Nobel 1969)
1919 Babe Ruth hits his 26th HR off Jack Quinn in NY, breaking Buck Freeman's 1899 HR mark of 25 on September - 08.
1919 On this day in history david Johan Kvandal, composer
1920 Air mail service between New York and San Francisco begins on this day in history.
1920 On this day in history uS Air Mail service begins (NYC to SF)
1921 On this day in history 1st Miss America crowned (Margaret Gorman of Washington DC)
1921 On this day in history hans Ulrich Engelmann, German composer (Ophelia)
1922 Lyndon LaRouche, American presidental candidate (1980) on September - 08.
1923 Honda Point Disaster: nine US Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast. Seven are lost on September - 08.
1923 On this day in history alan Weeks, sports commentator
1924 Alexandra Kollontai of Russia becomes 1st woman ambassador on this day in history.
1924 On September - 08 wendell H Ford, (Sen-D-Kentucky, 1974- )
1925 Alexander Nikolayevich Kholminov, composer on this day in history.
1926 On September - 08 germany is admitted into the League of Nations.
1926 League of Nations Assembly voted unanimously to admit Germany on this day in history.
1930 NYC public schools begin teaching Hebrew on September - 08.
1930 On September - 08 the first appearance of the comic strip "Blondie"
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 Faisal I ibn Hussein ibn Ali, 1st king of Iraq/Syria, dies at 50 on this day in history.
1934 134 die in a fire aboard the liner Morro Castle off NJ on September - 08.
1934 On this day in history 54th US Mens Tennis: Fred Perry beats Wilmer L Allison (64 63 16 86)
1935 On September - 08 willy de Supervise swims runs world record 200 m freestyle (2:25.2)
1935 Carl Austin Weiss, murderer of Sen Huey Long, shot down on this day in history.
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