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What Happened In December 1908 In History

Historical Events for December, 1908

  • 2nd » Puyi becomes Emperor of China at the age of two.
  • 28th » A 1908 Messina earthquake known as magnitude 7.2 earthquake rocks Messina or Messina, Sicily, Italy killing over 75,000.

Famous Birthdays on December in 1908

  • 3rd » Edward Underdown, English actor (d. 1989)
  • 4th » Alfred Hershey, American bacteriologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine or Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997)
  • 6th » Pierre Graber, Swiss lawyer and politician, 69th List of Presidents of the Swiss Confederation called President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 2003)
  • 6th » Baby Face Nelson, American gangster (d. 1934)
  • 8th » John A. Volpe, American soldier and politician, 61st Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1994)
  • 10th » Olivier Messiaen, French composer and ornithologist (d. 1992)
  • 11th » Elliott Carter, American composer and academic (d. 2012)
  • 11th » Manoel de Oliveira, Portuguese actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 11th » Hákun Djurhuus, Faroese educator and politician, 4th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (d. 1987)
  • 11th » Amon Goeth, Austrian SS officer (d. 1946)
  • 12th » Gustav Ernesaks, Estonian composer and conductor (d. 1993)
  • 13th » Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira, Brazilian Catholic activist (d. 1995)
  • 14th » Morey Amsterdam, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (d. 1996)
  • 14th » Claude Davey, Welsh rugby player (d. 2001)
  • 14th » Mária Szepes, Hungarian journalist, author, and screenwriter (d. 2007)
  • 15th » Swami Ranganathananda, Indian monk (d. 2005)
  • 17th » Willard Libby, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Chemistry called Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1980)
  • 18th » Celia Johnson, English actress (d. 1982)
  • 18th » Paul Siple, American geographer and explorer (d. 1969)
  • 20th » Dennis Morgan, American actor and singer (d. 1994)
  • 21st » Herbert Hutner, American banker and lawyer (d. 2008)
  • 23rd » Yousuf Karsh, Turkish-Canadian photographer (d. 2002)
  • 25th » Quentin Crisp, English actor, author, and illustrator (d. 1999)
  • 25th » Ernest L. Massad, American general (d. 1993)
  • 25th » Jo-Jo Moore, American baseball player (d. 2001)
  • 28th » Lew Ayres, American actor and singer (d. 1996)
  • 29th » Helmut Gollwitzer, German theologian and author (d. 1993)
  • 29th » Magnus Pyke, British Scientist, Author and TV Presenter (1992)
  • 31st » Simon Wiesenthal, Ukrainian-Austrian Holocaust survivor (d. 2005)

Famous Deaths for December 1908

  • 13th » Augustus Le Plongeon, French photographer and historian (b. 1825)
  • 30th » Thomas-Alfred Bernier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1844)

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