What Happened In May 1908 In History

Historical Events for May, 1908

• 20th » Budi Utomo organization is founded in Dutch East Indies, beginning the Indonesian National Awakening.
• 26th » At Masjed Soleyman (مسجد سليمان) in southwest Persia, the first major commercial oil strike in the Middle East is made. The rights to the resource are quickly acquired by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company.
• 27th » Khilafat Day – the day of establishment of Khilafat in Islam Ahmadiyya.

Famous Birthdays on May in 1908

• 1st » Giovannino Guareschi, Italian journalist (d. 1968)
• 1st » Morris Kline, American mathematician and educator (d. 1992)
• 4th » Wolrad Eberle, German decathlete (d. 1949)
• 5th » Kurt Böhme, German opera singer (d. 1989)
• 9th » Mary Scheier, American sculptor (d. 2007)
• 10th » Carl Albert, American lawyer and politician, 54th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 2000)
• 13th » Eugen Kapp, Estonian composer and educator (d. 1996)
• 14th » Betty Jeffrey, Australian nurse (d. 2000)
• 19th » Manik Bandopadhyay, Indian author (d. 1956)
• 19th » Merriam Modell, American author (d. 1994)
• 19th » Percy Williams (sprinter) e.g Percy Williams, Canadian sprinter (d. 1982)
• 20th » Louis Daquin, French actor and director (d. 1980)
• 20th » Francis Raymond Fosberg, American botanist and author (d. 1993)
• 20th » James Stewart, American actor and singer (d. 1997)
• 22nd » Rattana Pestonji, Thai director, producer, screenwriter, and cinematographer (d. 1970)
• 22nd » Horton Smith. American golfer (d. 1963)
• 23rd » John Bardeen, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize in Physics named Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)
• 23rd » Hélène Boucher, French pilot (d. 1934)
• 23rd » Paul Dozois, Canadian politician (d. 1984)
• 25th » Theodore Roethke, American poet and academic (d. 1963)
• 26th » Robert Morley, English actor and screenwriter (d. 1992)
• 26th » Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ, Vietnamese politician, 1st Leaders of South Vietnam e.g Prime Minister of the Republic of Vietnam
• 28th » Léo Cadieux, Canadian politician (d. 2005)
• 28th » Ian Fleming, English journalist and author (d. 1964)
• 29th » Diana Morgan (screenwriter) e.g Diana Morgan, Welsh-English playwright and screenwriter (d. 1996)
• 30th » Hannes Alfvén, Swedish physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize in Physics known as Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)
• 30th » Mel Blanc, American voice actor and singer (d. 1989)
• 31st » Don Ameche, American actor and singer (d. 1993)
• 31st » Nils Poppe, Swedish actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2000)

Famous Deaths for May 1908

• 18th » Louis-Napoléon Casault, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1823)
• 23rd » François Coppée, French poet and author (b. 1842)
• 24th » Old Tom Morris, Scottish golfer (b. 1821)
• 26th » Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Indian religious leader, founded the Ahmadiyya or Ahmadiyya movement (b. 1835)
• 31st » Louis-Honoré Fréchette, Canadian author, poet, and politician (b. 1839)

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