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01/08/1908
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(Fearless) Mary Nadia Wadia, actress
Type: Birth
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01/08/1908
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William Hartnell, London England, actor (Agitator, Jackpot)
Type: Birth
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01/08/1909
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Bruce Mitchell, cricketer (S African bat, their top run-scorer (3471))
Type: Birth
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01/08/1909
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Jos‚ Ferrer, Santurce PR, oscar winning actor (Cyrano de Bergerac)
Type: Birth
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01/08/1910
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Richard Cromwell, [LeRoy Melvin Radabaugh], LA Calif, actor (Jezebel)
Type: Birth
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01/08/1911
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Andrej Ocenas, composer
Type: Birth
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01/08/1911
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Butterfly McQueen, [Thelma], Tampa Fla, actress (Gone With the Wind)
Type: Birth
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01/08/1912
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Jose Ferrer, Santurce PR, actor/director (Blood Tide, Dune)
Type: Birth
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01/08/1912
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Jose Ferrer, Santurce PR, B01051840 John Doby Kennedy, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896
Type: Birth
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01/08/1912
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Rudolf G Escher, Dutch composer (True Face of Peace)
Type: Birth
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01/08/1913
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Frank Chance becomes Yankee manager
Type: Event
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01/08/1913
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Horace Smith, cricketer (NZ, only Test wkt off his 1st ball (Paynter))
Type: Birth
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01/08/1914
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Charles Borromeo Mills, composer
Type: Birth
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01/08/1917
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Austria-Hungarian troops conquer Forlani Italy
Type: Event
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01/08/1917
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Peter Taylor, US writer
Type: Birth
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01/08/1917
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Stanley Prager, NYC, comedian (College Bowl)
Type: Birth
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01/08/1918
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Mississippi becomes 1st state to ratify 18th amendment (prohibition)
Type: Event
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01/08/1918
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Pres Wilson outlines his 14 points for peace after WW I
Type: Event
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01/08/1918
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Michael Hertz, composer, dies at 73
Type: Death
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01/08/1919
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Peter Altenberg, writer, dies at 59
Type: Death
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01/08/1919
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Richard Engl„nder, [Peter Altenberg], Austrian author, dies at 59
Type: Death
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01/08/1920
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Hendrikus J Wittebold, civil servant/resistance fighter
Type: Birth
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01/08/1921
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Luis Villalba Munoz, composer, dies at 48
Type: Death
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01/08/1922
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Abbey Simon, NYC, pianist
Type: Birth
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01/08/1922
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Charles R Young, colonel, dies at 58, in Lagos Nigeria
Type: Death
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01/08/1923
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Typography strike in Amsterdam
Type: Event
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01/08/1923
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Giorgio Tozzi, Chicago Illinois, basso
Type: Birth
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01/08/1923
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Iva Michiels, [Rik Ceuppens], Flemish writer (Ksiega Alfa)
Type: Birth
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01/08/1923
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Johnny Wardle, cricketer (Yorkshire and England left-arm bowler of 50's)
Type: Birth
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01/08/1923
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Joseph Wiezenbaum, artificial intelligence pioneer
Type: Birth
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01/08/1923
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Larry Storch, NYC, comedian (F Troop, Larry Storch Show)
Type: Birth
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01/08/1924
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Antai Ribari, composer
Type: Birth
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01/08/1924
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Benjamin Lees, [Lysniansky], Harbin Manchuria, composer
Type: Birth
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01/08/1924
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Robert Starer, Vienna Austria, composer
Type: Birth
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01/08/1924
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Ron Moody, London England, actor (12 Chairs, Wrong is Right)
Type: Birth
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01/08/1925
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1st all-female US state supreme court appointed, Texas
Type: Event
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01/08/1925
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James Saunders, English chemist/playwright (Ark)
Type: Birth
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01/08/1926
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Abdul-Aziz ibn Sa'ud becomes king of Hejaz; renames it Saudi Arabia
Type: Event
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01/08/1926
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Evelyn Lear, [Shulman], Brooklyn, NY, soprano
Type: Birth
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01/08/1926
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Jani Christou, composer
Type: Birth
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01/08/1926
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Soupy Sales, [Milton Hines], NC, comedian (Soupy Sales Show)
Type: Birth
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01/08/1926
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Emile Paladilhe, composer, dies at 81
Type: Death
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01/08/1928
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Sander Vanocur, Cleve Ohio, news anchor (NBC Weekend News)
Type: Birth
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01/08/1928
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Dumitru Kiriac-Georgescu, composer, dies at 61
Type: Death
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01/08/1929
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1st telephone connection between Netherlands and West-Indies
Type: Event
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01/08/1929
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CBS radio network buys WABC in NYC
Type: Event
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01/08/1930
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Belgium Princess Marie-Jos‚ marries Italian's crown prince Umberto
Type: Event
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01/08/1930
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Doreen Wilber, US, archer (Olympic-gold-1972)
Type: Birth
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01/08/1931
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Phila Quakers set then NHL record of 15 straight loses
Type: Event
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01/08/1931
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Bill Graham, Germany, rock promoter (Fillmore)
Type: Birth
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