1908 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1908?
- January 1, 1908 – For the first time, a ball is dropped in New York, New York’s Times Square to signify the start of the New Year at midnight.
- January 12, 1908 – A long-distance radio message is sent from the Eiffel Tower for the first time.
- January 15, 1908 – The Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority becomes the first Greek-letter organization founded and established by African-American college women.
- February 1, 1908 – King Carlos I of Portugal and his son, Prince Luis Filipe are killed in Terreiro do Paco, Lisbon.
- February 2, 1908 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Monkey in Chinese astrology.
- March 4, 1908 – The Collinwood School Fire, Collinwood near Cleveland, Ohio, kills 174 people.
- March 23, 1908 – American diplomat Durham Stevens is attacked by Korean assassins Jeon Myeong-un and Jang In-hwan, leading to his death in a hospital two days later.
- April 8, 1908 – Harvard University votes to establish the Harvard Business School.
- April 11, 1908 – SMS Blücher, the last armored cruiser to be built by the German Imperial Navy, launches.
- April 20, 1908 – Opening day of competition in the New South Wales Rugby League.
- May 26, 1908 – At Masjed Soleyman (مسجد سليمان) in southwest Persia, the first major commercial oil strike in the Middle East is made. The rights to the resource are quickly acquired by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company.
- June 18, 1908 – The University of the Philippines is established.
- July 1, 1908 – SOS is adopted as the international distress signal.
- August 17, 1908 – Fantasmagorie, the first animated cartoon, created by Émile Cohl, is shown in Paris.
- September 22, 1908 – The independence of Bulgaria is proclaimed.
- November 7, 1908 – Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are reportedly killed in San Vicente, Bolivia.
- November 22, 1908 – The Congress of Monastir establishes the Albanian alphabet.
- December 2, 1908 – Child Emperor Pu Yi ascends the Chinese throne at the age of two
- December 28, 1908 – A magnitude 7.2 earthquake rocks Messina, Sicily killing over 75,000.
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