Page 3: Historical Events In 1908

Feb 07   Connie Mack sells hurler Rube Waddell to St Louis Browns for $5,000 on this day in history.   

Feb 08   Grigor Eghiazaryan, composer on this day in history.   

Feb 08   Wilhelmina '08 soccer team forms in Weert Neth on this day in history.   

Feb 09   On this day in history jackie Fields, US, featherweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1924)   

Feb 10   In the year 1908 in England Canadian Tommy Burns KOs Jack Palmer in 4 rounds to defend his world heavyweight boxing title   

Feb 10   In the year 1908 jean Coulthard, composer   

Feb 10   On this day in history tommy Burns KOs Jack Palmer in 4 for heavyweight boxing title   

Feb 11   Australia regain the Ashes with a 308 run cricket victory vs England on this day in history.   

Feb 11   Heemskerk's government begins in Holland in the year 1908.   

Feb 11   On this day in history josh White, rocker   

Feb 11   On this day in history the birth of Vivian Fuchs, British Antartic explorer   

Feb 12   Anna Jeanes bequeaths $1,000,000 to Swarthmore to become all female on this day in history.   

Feb 12   In the year 1908 new York to Paris auto race (via Alaska &Siberia) begins in New York NY; George Schuster wins after 88 days behind the wheel   

Feb 13   Gerald Strang, Claresholm Canada, composer in the year 1908.   

Feb 14   In the year 1908 georges Jean Pfeiffer, composer, dies at 72   

Feb 15   On this day in history sidney Gilliat, producer   

Feb 17   On this day in history geronimo, Apache chief, dies at about 79   

Feb 17   Staats Cotsworth, Oak Park IL, actor (Peyton Place) in the year 1908.   

Feb 18   In the year 1908 1st US postage stamps in rolls issued   

Feb 18   In the year 1908 uS postage stamps in coils issued   

Feb 20   Grigori Yakovlevich Bakhchivangi, test pilot (BI-1) on this day in history.   

Feb 23   In the year 1908 william McMahon, PM of Australia (Liberal) (1971-72)   

Feb 24   Anatol' Vakhnyanyn, composer, dies at 66 in the year 1908.   

Feb 25   1st tunnel under Hudson River (railway tunnel) opens on this day in history.   

Feb 25   Frank G Slaughter, author (Sangaree) on this day in history.   

Feb 25   The tunnel under the Hudson River (railway tunnel) opens in the year 1908.   

Feb 27   Sacrifice fly adopted (repealed in 1931, reinstated 1954) in the year 1908.   

Feb 27   Star #46 was added to US flag for Oklahoma on this day in history.   

Feb 28   Failed assassination attempt on Shah Mohammed Ali in Teheran on this day in history.   

Feb 29   On this day in history alf Gover, cricketer (bowled in 4 Tests for England/famous coach)   

Feb 29   On this day in history dutch scientists produce solid helium   

Feb 29   Pat Garrett, U.S. gunslinger in the year 1908.   

Mar 02   Jan Brasser, Dutch resistance fighter (Witte Ko)/communist on this day in history.   

Mar 03   Riccardo Nielsen, composer on this day in history.   

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Jan 01   Kinue Hitoma, Japan, 800m runner (Oly-silver-1928) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of ben Grauer, NYC, newscaster (Big Story)   

Jan 02   Janis Kepitis, composer was born in the year 1908.   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of angela Maria "Geli" Raubal, Austrian nude model/Hitler's lover   

Jan 04   In the year 1908 birth of walther Vanbeselaere, Flemish art historian   

Jan 05   George Dolenz, Trieste Italy, actor (Count of Monte Cristo) was born in the year 1908.   

Jan 06   Menahem Avidom, composer was born in the year 1908.   

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of red Allen, American musician (d. 1967)   

Jan 04   In the year 1908 antony Winkler Prins, writer (Groiller Encyclopaedia), dies at 70   

Jan 09   Abraham Goldfaden, US Yiddish stage performer (Shulamis), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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

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   Mikhail Chigorin, Russian chess player (b. 1850) died on this day in history.   

Feb 01   On this day in history death of carlos I, King of Portugal (1889-1908), assassinated by mob at 44