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v. t. e. The Springfield race riot of 1908 consisted of events of mass racial violence committed against African Americans by a mob of about 5,000 white Americans and European immigrants in Springfield, Illinois, between August 14 and 16, 1908. Two black men had been arrested as suspects in a rape, and attempted rape and murder.
An earthquake occurred on 28 December 1908 in Sicily and Calabria, southern Italy with a moment magnitude of 7.1 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI ( Extreme ). The epicentre was in the Strait of Messina which separates Sicily from the Italian mainland.
Third colours. Savoia 1908 is an Italian association football club located in Torre Annunziata, Campania. It currently plays in Eccellenza. It is one of the oldest companies in southern Italy. It was founded on 21 November 1908 by a group of industrial mills and pasta factories, with the help of other characters from the middle-class of Torre ...
10 July – Paul Van Asbroeck wins a gold medal at the 1908 Olympic Games. 30 September – Premiere of Maurice Maeterlinck 's The Blue Bird at the Moscow Art Theatre. 18 October – Belgian Parliament passes the Colonial Charter on the Belgian annexation of the Congo Free State. [3]
The marathon (starting at Windsor) is run on 24 July and figure skating events are held in Knightsbridge on 28–29 October. [6] The Great Britain and Ireland team win 56 gold, 51 silver and 39 bronze medals. [8] 31 July – Irish Universities Act 1908 receives royal assent in Parliament. This provides for establishment of the federal National ...
Great Chelsea fire of 1908. The Great Chelsea fire of 1908, also known as the first Great Chelsea fire, was a conflagration that occurred on April 12, 1908, in Chelsea, Massachusetts, a city directly across the Chelsea River from East Boston. Nineteen people were killed, 15,000 were left homeless, and 350 acres (140 ha) were burned in the fire.
The 1908 Major League Baseball season began on April 14. The regular season ended on October 8, with the Chicago Cubs and Detroit Tigers as regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. In a rematch of the prior year's postseason, the postseason began with Game 1 of the fifth modern World Series on October ...
