February 1908 calendar

Events

• 01 Feb 1908 King Carlos I of Portugal and his son, Prince Luis Filipe are killed in Terreiro do Paco, Lisbon.
• 07 Feb 1908 Connie Mack sells hurler Rube Waddell to Saint Louis Browns for $5,000.
• 10 Feb 1908 Tommy Burns knocks out Jack Palmer in four for heavyweight boxing title.
• 12 Feb 1908 New York to Paris auto race (via Alaska and Siberia) begins in New York NY; George Schuster wins after 88 days behind the wheel.
• 27 Feb 1908 Sacrifice fly adopted (repealed in 1931, reinstated 1954).
• 28 Feb 1908 Failed assassination attempt on Shah Mohammed Ali in Teheran.
• 29 Feb 1908 Dutch scientists produce solid helium.

Famous Birthday

• Balthus

  Polish-French artist, the son of Polish painter and art historian Erick Klossowski and painter Elisabeth Dorothee Spiro, encouraged with his...

• Tex Avery

  American animator producer and voice actor (d. 1980).

• Olga Benário Prestes
• Jean Effel

  French painter and journalist (d. 1982).

• Eugen Weidmann

  German kidnapper and homicide who killed an estimated 86 people.

• Gene Sheldon

  Actor (Bernardo-Zorro), dies at 72.

• John Mills

  British actor on stage, film and TV, a singer and producer.

• Amintore Fanfani

  Italian politician, a Member of Parliament since the beginning of the Italian Republic, Christian Democratic Party.

• Buster Crabbe

  American athlete, an Olympic swimming champ with a Gold Medal in 1932 in the 400 m. freestyle.

• Frank G Slaughter

  American novelist and physician (Born 1908).

• Renzo Rossellini

  Italian musician and composer.

• Peg Entwistle

  English actress (d. 1932).

• Anita Garvin actress (Swiss Miss

  Blotto, Charlatan, Hats Off).

• Edward Staempfli

  composer.

• Sulo Nurmela

  Finland -- 4 X 100K relay skier (1936 Olympics - Gold Medalist).

• Albie Booth

  collegiate Hall of Fame football star (Yale).

• Emmanuel "Manny"

  Klein trumpeter.

• Gerald Strang

  Claresholm, Canada -- Composer.

• Jackie Fields

  United States -- Featherweight boxer (1924 Olympics - Gold Medalist).

• Pavel Sivic

  composer.

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Famous Deaths

• Carlos I

  King of Portugal (1889-1908), assassinated by mob at 44.

• Johannes Friedrich August von Esmarch

  German surgeon (Born 1823).

• Georges Jean Pfeiffer composer

  dies at age 72.

• John Hope

  1st Marquess of Linlithgow, first Governor-General of Australia (Born 1860).

• Geronimo

  Apache chief, dies at about 79.

• Pat Garrett

  U.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Billy Murray - Under Any Old Flag at All
2. Alan Turner - As Long as the World Rolls On
3. Arthur Pryor's Band - International March
4. Harry Macdonough & Elise Stevenson - I Love You So
5. Helene Noldi - Vilia Song