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Events on Friday 3 July 1908 2
1848 – 1908Joel Chandler Harris (1848-1908)Died 3 July 1908, aged 59Harris was an American journalist and author best known for the "Uncle Remus" collection of Southern folktales featuring Br'er Rabbit. His writing drew heavily on African American oral storytelling traditions from the Reconstruction-era South. He worked for decades at the Atlanta Constitution newspaper.
1908Young Turk RevolutionOttoman constitution restored after military uprisingOfficers of the Committee of Union and Progress forced Sultan Abdul Hamid II to restore the 1876 constitution and reconvene parliament. The revolt began among army units in Macedonia and spread rapidly across the empire. It ended decades of autocratic rule and ushered in a period of parliamentary government.