Page 11: Historical Events In 1908

Aug 04   In the year 1908 kurt Eichhorn, conductor   

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

Aug 06   On this day in history george Singer, composer   

Aug 06   On this day in history st Louis Card John Lush's 2nd no-hitter, beats Dodgers, 2-0 in 6 inn   

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

Aug 08   On this day in history joseph [Maria] Olbrich, architect (Wiener Sezession), dies at 40   

Aug 10   In the year 1908 gabrielle Keiller, collector/golfer   

Aug 12   Ford builds the first Model T on this day in history.   

Aug 12   On this day in history lord Renton, QC/British govt minister   

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

Aug 13   On this day in history gene Raymond, NYC, actor (Paris 7000, Fireside Theater)   

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

Aug 14   Lady Jean Swaythling, chief controller (ATS) on this day in history.   

Aug 14   In the year 1908 race riot in Springfield Illinois   

Aug 17   On this day in history b Tarkington & HL Wilson's "Man from Home," premieres in NYC   

Aug 17   Bank of Italy opens new HQ at Clay &Montgomery on this day in history.   

Aug 17   In the year 1908 kurt Hessenberg, composer   

Aug 18   In the year 1908 armijn Pane, Indonesian writer (Belenggu)   

Aug 20   On this day in history alfonso Lopez, baseball player (AL Manager of the year 1959)   

Aug 20   In the year 1908 congo Free State becomes Belgian Congo   

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

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

Aug 21   In the year 1908 david Farrar, Forest Gate England, actor (Beat Girl, I Accuse)   

Aug 22   Henri Cartier-Bresson, Chanteloup, France, photographer in the year 1908.   

Aug 22   Henri Cartier-Bresson, France, photographer (Decisive Moment) in the year 1908.   

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

Aug 23   In the year 1908 arthur Adamov, Kislovodsk Russia, playwright (Paolo Paoli)   

Aug 24   In the year 1908 tommy Burns KOs Bill Squires in 13 for heavyweight boxing title   

Aug 25   On this day in history allen Winter wins US 1st $50,000 trotting race   

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) on this day in history.   

Aug 27   In the year 1908 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   On this day in history birth of kinue Hitoma, Japan, 800m runner (Oly-silver-1928)   

Jan 02   In the year 1908 birth of ben Grauer, NYC, newscaster (Big Story)   

Jan 02   In the year 1908 birth of janis Kepitis, composer   

Jan 04   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of george Dolenz, Trieste Italy, actor (Count of Monte Cristo)   

Jan 06   In the year 1908 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   In the year 1908 abraham Goldfaden, US Yiddish stage performer (Shulamis), dies at 67   

Jan 10   Anna S Barbiers, Dutch actress (Klaasje Zevenster), dies at 65 in the year 1908.   

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

Jan 17   Ferdinand IV SMJJBFLGRRJ, ruler of Toscane, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

Jan 23   On this day in history edward Alexander MacDowell, US composer (Indian Suite), dies at 47   

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

Feb 01   In the year 1908 death of carlos I, King of Portugal (1889-1908), assassinated by mob at 44