Global Events Chronicle Recap of 1908 Foreign and Domestic
A compact ledger notes key 1908 events: U S warned Cuba, Manchu abdication and Yuan Shih Kai rise, Taft and Wilson nominations, the 1908 Republican and Democratic conventions, Roosevelt and Debs political activity, and early Olympic and sports milestones in track, golf, rowing, and boxing. It also lists Nobel prize, naval warning, and later election results with various state and international notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Arizona
Union
Yuan Shih
Roosevelt
World Sports Record Set Amid Global Track and Field Feats
Kohlemainen of Finland won the world championship in Edinburgh with a 2 hours 32 minutes 6 seconds marathon. Reilly set a ski jump record in Milwaukee at 137 feet. Bonhag's 5000 meters in New York marked a world record at 15 minutes 45 seconds. Macdonald achieved an 18 pound shot put distance of 44 feet 6 inches in New York. Eller set a 9 second 7 yard hurdle in New York. Hoppe retained the billiards title by defeating Sutton 500 to 280 in New York. Indoor high jump record rose to 6 feet 4% inches in Boston. Postle ran 150 yards in 14.1 seconds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome D. Travers
Oswald Kirkby
Short Hilla
Abel R. Kiviat
New York
James Duncan
Kiviat
New York City
Tagalie
Mark S. Wright
Cambridge
Atlantic City
New Jersey
Harvard
Yale
New London
Stockholm
Cornell
Poughkeepsie
Varsity
May Sutton
United States
Mary Brown
Pittsburgh
Jack Johnson
Jim Flynn
East Las Vegas
Ad Wolgast
Joe Rivers
Los Angeles
Cal
Jim Thorpe
Carlisle
Ted Meredith
K. McArthur
South Africa
America
Sweden
England
Thorpe
Arthur Chapple
Brighton Beach
N. X
Ernest Barry
Richard Arnst
Australia
Thames
Jerome Travers
Charles Evans, Jr
Wheaton
Chicago Americans
Philadelphia
Chicago
Boston Red Sox
New York Club
National Baseball League
Boston
Matt McGrath
Ralph de Palma
Wauwatosa
Wis
Margaret Curtis
Manchester
Mass
Boston Americans
Joe Wood
Kohlemainen
Finland
Mara
Edinburgh
Barney Reilly
Milwaukee
George Bonhag
Pat Macdonald
Jack Eller
Wille Hoppe
George Sutton
C. Lawrence
Balkan War Highlights and Key Battles Chronicle
Report covers early Balkan War clashes near Adrianople and Kirk Kilise, Turkish defeats at Kumanova and Monastir, Greek occupation of Saloniki, Servian advance to Durazzo, and negotiations near Constantinople as Balkan league signs armistice. Includes a dentist listing unrelated to events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balkan States
Turkey
Adrianople
Montenegro
Detchitch Mountain
Scutari
Bulgaria
Servia
Greece
Ferdinand
Kirk Killse
Kirk” Rillye
Kumanova
Saloniki
Constantinople
Monastir
Durazzo
Adriatic Sea
List of Global Storms and Disasters Through 1912
A compiled chronology from January to September 1912 details blizzards, tornadoes, floods, hurricanes, floods across the Mississippi Valley to Canada, with high death tolls and widespread damage in the United States, Mexico, Jamaica, and Asia. It notes related events like earthquakes, cyclones, typhoons, and notable aviation and naval happenings of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamaica
Pacific Coast
Mexico
Lake States
Mississippi Valley
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cuba
Yuan Shih Kai
Mahlon Pitney
United States Supreme Court
State Department
Bennett H. Young
United Confederate Veterans
Christian X
Socialist National Convention
Indianapolis
Eugene V. Debs
Emil Seidel
Taft
W. H. Taft
James 8. Sherman
Republican Party
Baltimore
Woodrow Wilson
Thomas R. Marshall
N. J
United States Senate
William Lori Association
Illinois
Progressive Party
Theodore Roosevelt
Hiram Johnson
Progressive National Convention
Alfred B. Beers
Connecticut
Alexis Carrel
Rockefeller Institute
Italy
Tripoli
Indiana
Wilson
Debs
Chafin
Great Britain
Washington
President Taft
Congress
Staunton
Russia
Auckland
New Zealand
Oxford
L. Major
Lei
Mike ‘Ryan
New York Athletic Club
American Press Association
Princeton
Soldiers’ Field
Wisconsin
Madison
Indians
Army
West Point
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Carlisle Indians
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Ann Arbor
Ale
Ad Woualgast
Willie Ritchie Jn
Daly City
Arthur Postle
Buttercup
Weazel
Capt. Corcoran
Gordon
Eliel Brothers
Morton Egbert
Kansas
Lakes
Missouri
Louisiana
Mississippi
Middle West
Atlantic
Texas
South Atlantic Coast
Ilindls
Oklahoma
Ohio
Guanajuato
Regina
Wheat City
Saskatchewan
Denver
Mazuma
Seventroughs
Nev
Gallipolis
Niles
Mich
Chreklang Province
Panhasidle
West Virginia
Green Bay
Japan
Philippines
New Mexico
Manila
Atlanta
Rutherford Page
Maine
Havana
International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
Jungfrau
Alps
Juarez
Madero
Amundsen
Explorer
South Pole
Lawrence
Chicago Meat Packers
Calbraith P. Rodgers
Pacific
Long Beach
Confederation
Southampton
Harriet Quimby
English Channel
Mackay Bennett
Halifax
Wilkesbarre
North Yakima
Wash
Amercan-waters-at-Fort-Monroe
Hudson
Dubois
Albert Peignan
Douai
France
Akron
Melvin _ Vaniman
Champlain
Crown Point
N. Y
Herman
Rosenthal
Gamlet
Uncle Sam
Kansas’ City
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