Page 11: Historical Events In 1908

Aug 04   Kurt Eichhorn, conductor on this day in history.   

Aug 05   In the year 1908 harold Holt, PM of Australia (1966-67); supported US in Vietnam   

Aug 06   On this day in history george Singer, composer   

Aug 06   In the year 1908 st Louis Card John Lush's 2nd no-hitter, beats Dodgers, 2-0 in 6 inn   

Aug 08   Arthur J Goldberg, Ill, UN ambassador/Supreme Court justice (1962-65) in the year 1908.   

Aug 08   Joseph [Maria] Olbrich, architect (Wiener Sezession), dies at 40 in the year 1908.   

Aug 10   Gabrielle Keiller, collector/golfer on this day in history.   

Aug 12   Ford builds the first Model T in the year 1908.   

Aug 12   Lord Renton, QC/British govt minister on this day in history.   

Aug 13   In the year 1908 cy Young Day in Boston, he pitches briefly against an All-Star team   

Aug 13   Gene Raymond, NYC, actor (Paris 7000, Fireside Theater) in the year 1908.   

Aug 13   Ira D Sankey, US evangelist/composer/singer (Gospel Hymns), dies at 67 in the year 1908.   

Aug 14   In the year 1908 lady Jean Swaythling, chief controller (ATS)   

Aug 14   Race riot in Springfield Illinois in the year 1908.   

Aug 17   B Tarkington & HL Wilson's "Man from Home," premieres in NYC in the year 1908.   

Aug 17   In the year 1908 bank of Italy opens new HQ at Clay &Montgomery   

Aug 17   In the year 1908 kurt Hessenberg, composer   

Aug 18   Armijn Pane, Indonesian writer (Belenggu) in the year 1908.   

Aug 20   Alfonso Lopez, baseball player (AL Manager of the year 1959) on this day in history.   

Aug 20   Congo Free State becomes Belgian Congo in the year 1908.   

Aug 20   Congo Free State becomes the Belgian Congo 1912 Plant Quarantine Act goes into effect in the year 1908.   

Aug 20   Louis Varney, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

Aug 21   David Farrar, Forest Gate England, actor (Beat Girl, I Accuse) in the year 1908.   

Aug 22   Henri Cartier-Bresson, Chanteloup, France, photographer on this day in history.   

Aug 22   Henri Cartier-Bresson, France, photographer (Decisive Moment) on this day in history.   

Aug 22   On this day in history the birth of Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer   

Aug 23   Arthur Adamov, Kislovodsk Russia, playwright (Paolo Paoli) in the year 1908.   

Aug 24   Tommy Burns KOs Bill Squires in 13 for heavyweight boxing title in the year 1908.   

Aug 25   Allen Winter wins US 1st $50,000 trotting race in the year 1908.   

Aug 25   Allen Winter wins US first $50,000 trotting race in the year 1908.   

Aug 25   Esther Waterhouse, doctor/methodist in the year 1908.   

Aug 26   Bill Hunt, cricketer (NSW slow left-armer, Test for Australia 1933) in the year 1908.   

Aug 27   On this day in history calgary City Rugby Foot-ball Club re-organizes as the Tigers   

Aug 27   In the year 1908 donald [George] Bradman, Australian cricketer (6,996 runs)   

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

Jan 06   In the year 1908 birth of menahem Avidom, composer   

Jan 07   In the year 1908 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   On this day in history abraham Goldfaden, US Yiddish stage performer (Shulamis), dies at 67   

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

Jan 14   Holger Drachmann, writer, dies in the year 1908.   

Jan 17   In the year 1908 ferdinand IV SMJJBFLGRRJ, ruler of Toscane, dies at 72   

Jan 23   Edward Alexander MacDowell, US composer (Indian Suite), dies at 47 on this day in history.   

Jan 25   In the year 1908 death of mikhail Chigorin, Russian chess player (b. 1850)   

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