What Happened In January 1908 In History

Historical Events for January, 1908

• 11th » Grand Canyon National Park known as Grand Canyon National Monument is created.
• 12th » A long-distance radio message is sent from the Eiffel Tower for the first time.
• 13th » The Rhoads Opera House fire in Boyertown, Pennsylvania kills 171 people.
• 15th » The Alpha Kappa Alpha Fraternities and sororities named sorority becomes the first Greek-letter organization founded and established by African American college women.
• 21st » New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor.
• 24th » The first Boy Scout troop is organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell.
• 30th » Mahatma Gandhi named Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is released from prison by Jan C. Smuts after being tried and sentenced to 2 months in jail earlier in the month.

Famous Birthdays on January in 1908

• 1st » Bill Tapia, American singer and guitarist (d. 2011)
• 5th » George Dolenz, American actor (d. 1963)
• 6th » Menachem Avidom, Hungarian-Israeli composer (d. 1995)
• 7th » Red Allen, American trumpet player (d. 1967)
• 8th » William Hartnell, English actor (d. 1975)
• 8th » Fearless Nadia, Indian actress (d. 1966)
• 9th » Simone de Beauvoir, French author (d. 1986)
• 10th » Paul Henreid, Italian-American actor and director (d. 1992)
• 10th » Bernard Lee, English actor (d. 1981)
• 11th » Lionel Stander, American actor (d. 1994)
• 12th » Jean Delannoy, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2008)
• 12th » Clement Hurd, American illustrator (d. 1988)
• 14th » Russ Columbo, American singer, violinist, and actor (d. 1934)
• 15th » Edward Teller, Hungarian-American physicist (d. 2003)
• 16th » Ethel Merman, American actress and singer (d. 1984)
• 16th » Günther Prien, German captain (d. 1941)
• 19th » Aleksandr Gennadievich Kurosh, Russian mathematician and theorist (d. 1971)
• 20th » Fleur Cowles, American author and illustrator (d. 2009)
• 20th » Jean S. MacLeod, Scottish author (d. 2011)
• 22nd » Lev Landau, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics e.g Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968)
• 22nd » Prince Oana, American baseball player (d. 1976)
• 26th » Jill Esmond, English actress (d. 1990)
• 26th » Rupprecht Geiger, German painter (d. 2009)
• 26th » Stéphane Grappelli, French violinist (Quintette du Hot Club de France) (d. 1997)
• 27th » William Randolph Hearst, Jr., American journalist and publisher (d. 1993)
• 27th » Hot Lips Page, American trumpet player, singer, and bandleader (d. 1954)
• 28th » Paul Misraki, French composer (d. 1998)

Famous Deaths for January 1908

• 9th » Wilhelm Busch, German painter (b. 1832)
• 9th » Abraham Goldfaden, Russian actor, playwright, and author (b. 1840)
• 14th » Holger Drachmann, Danish poet and playwright (b. 1846)
• 17th » Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1835)
• 20th » John Ordronaux (doctor) or John Ordronaux, American surgeon (b. 1830)
• 25th » Ouida, English author (b. 1839)
• 25th » Mikhail Chigorin, Russian chess player (b. 1850)

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