Wednesday 9 December 1908
It was Wednesday, under the sign of Sagittarius. The US president was Theodore Roosevelt (Republican).
Famous people born on this day include Michel Dard .
Animated Matches, directed by mile Cohl, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1908
while The Shuttle by Frances Hodgson Burnett was one of the best selling books.
But much more happened that day: find out below..
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Old Newspapers
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Movies
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Animated Matches
The Tenth Act of Taikoki
Barn i kirke
The Marriage of Krechinsky
En färd på Kinda kanal
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Historical Events
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Holidays:
- Anti-Corruption Day [1]
- Calendar of saints: Saint Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin : optional memorial
- Peter Fourier, founder of the Congregation of Notre Dame
- Also see December 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics); specifically the conception of Saint Anne
- Scandinavia (specifically Sweden): Anna's Day. Recognizes everyone named Anna, and marks the day to start the preparation process of the lutefisk to be consumed on Christmas Eve.
- Tanzania - Independence Day (of Tanganyika from Britain, 1961)
Famous Birthdays:
- Michel Dard: French novelist, founder of periodical "Écrits de France", played important role in international cultural exchanges.
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Music Charts
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Top #1 songs in the USA
- If You Cared for Me - Frederic Rose
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Books
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The Shuttle
The Shuttle is a 1907 novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett, republished in 2007 by Persephone Books. One of Burnett's longer and more complicated books for adults, it deals with themes of intermarriages between wealthy American heiresses and impoverished British nobles.
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The Barrier
The Barrier by Rex Beach (c. 1908 Blue Hardcover with gold color lettered spine.)
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The Lure of the Mask
The story opens with a jump--literally. A young New Yorker, rich, of course, hears from his window on a night of fog and mist a woman's voice singing divinely.
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