Thursday September 17, 1908
US date format: 9/17/1908, UK date format: 17/9/1908
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It was Thursday, under the sign of Virgo (see birth chart on September 17, 1908). The US president was Theodore Roosevelt (Republican), the UK Prime Minister was H. H. Asquith (Liberal), Pope Pius X was leading the Catholic Church.
Famous people born on this day include Franz J A Grothe and John Creasey.
Not Guilty, directed by , was one of the most viewed movies released in 1908
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Not Guilty
His First Job
Directed by: Georges Méliès
Lost and Found
Directed by: Philip Hunt
Robin Hood
Directed by: Wolfgang Reitherman
The Blue Bird
Directed by: Walter Lang
Historical Events
Which were the important events of September 17, 1908?
Holidays
- RC Saints - Feasts of Saint Lambert (martyr), Hildegard of Bingen
- United States - Constitution Day (observed on the previous Friday if it falls in a weekend), Citizenship Day, Von Steuben Day
- Netherlands - Operation Market Garden is still remembered with parachuting and dedications on this day.
- Also see September 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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Events
- The Wright Flyer flown by Orville Wright, with Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge as passenger, crashes killing Selfridge. He becomes the first airplane fatality.
Famous Birthday
- Franz J A Grothe: German composer.
- John Creasey: English author and politician (d. 1973).
- Rafael Israelyan: Georgian-Armenian architect and educator...
Famous Deaths
- Thomas E Selfridge: Earlier US aviator, 1st to die in an air...
- Thomas Selfridge: First Lieutenant in the U.S.
- Henri Julien: Canadian cartoonist (Born 1852).
Music charts
Which were the top hits in that special week of September 17, 1908?
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- Harry Macdonough & John Bieling - Over the Hills and Far Away
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