467 Historic Events for January 8
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| 1908 |
Birth |
William Hartnell, London England, actor (Agitator, Jackpot)
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| 1908 |
Birth |
(Fearless) Mary Nadia Wadia, actress
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| 1909 |
Birth |
Jos‚ Ferrer, Santurce PR, oscar winning actor (Cyrano de Bergerac)
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| 1909 |
Birth |
Bruce Mitchell, cricketer (S African bat, their top run-scorer (3471))
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| 1910 |
Birth |
Richard Cromwell, [LeRoy Melvin Radabaugh], LA Calif, actor (Jezebel)
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| 1911 |
Birth |
Andrej Ocenas, composer
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| 1911 |
Birth |
Butterfly McQueen, [Thelma], Tampa Fla, actress (Gone With the Wind)
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| 1912 |
Birth |
Rudolf G Escher, Dutch composer (True Face of Peace)
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| 1912 |
Birth |
Jose Ferrer, Santurce PR, actor/director (Blood Tide, Dune)
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| 1912 |
Birth |
Jose Ferrer, Santurce PR, B01051840 John Doby Kennedy, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896
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| 1913 |
Birth |
Horace Smith, cricketer (NZ, only Test wkt off his 1st ball (Paynter))
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| 1913 |
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Frank Chance becomes Yankee manager
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| 1914 |
Birth |
Charles Borromeo Mills, composer
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| 1917 |
Birth |
Stanley Prager, NYC, comedian (College Bowl)
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| 1917 |
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Austria-Hungarian troops conquer Forlani Italy
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| 1917 |
Birth |
Peter Taylor, US writer
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| 1918 |
Death |
Michael Hertz, composer, dies at 73
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| 1918 |
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Mississippi becomes 1st state to ratify 18th amendment (prohibition)
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| 1918 |
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Pres Wilson outlines his 14 points for peace after WW I
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| 1919 |
Death |
Richard Engl„nder, [Peter Altenberg], Austrian author, dies at 59
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| 1919 |
Death |
Peter Altenberg, writer, dies at 59
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| 1920 |
Birth |
Hendrikus J Wittebold, civil servant/resistance fighter
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| 1921 |
Death |
Luis Villalba Munoz, composer, dies at 48
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| 1922 |
Death |
Charles R Young, colonel, dies at 58, in Lagos Nigeria
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| 1922 |
Birth |
Abbey Simon, NYC, pianist
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