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| 4th Annual NYC Area Oxford-Cambridge Alumni Boat Race, 2008. Naugatuck Rowing Club, Westport, Connecticut. Oxford mixed boat. |
Oxford college connections are noted.
February
11 – Tolkien Heirs Sue New Line Cinema for $150 Million. 2008, settled 2009. Tolkien attended Exeter, Oxford. Fellow at Merton, Oxford.
April
23 – Baedeker Raids Start. 1942. Oxford was spared. Why, do you suppose?
May
1 – Joseph Heller. 1923. St Catz, Oxford.
July
1 – Hong Kong Returned to China. 1997. Chris Patten, Balliol, Oxford.
August
11 – Laurence Binyon, Poet, born. 1869. Trinity, Oxford 1888.
September
3 – Stars and Stripes First Flown in Battle. Lawrence Washington, Brasenose, Oxford.
November
9 – Noel Godfrey Chavasse. 1884. Trinity, Oxford. Only person to receive the Victoria Cross with bar in World War I.
24 – St Catherine's Feast Day. St Catz is named after her and her wheel is in the college arms.
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