1908

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Years:
  • 1905
  • 1906
  • 1907
  • 1908
  • 1909
  • 1910
  • 1911
1908 in various
Minguo calendar
4 before ROC
民前4年
Nanakshahi calendar440
Thai solar calendar2450–2451
Tibetan calendar阴火羊年
(female Fire-Goat)
2034 or 1653 or 881
    — to —
阳土猴年
(male Earth-Monkey)
2035 or 1654 or 882

1908 (MCMVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1908th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 908th year of the 2nd millennium, the 8th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1900s decade. As of the start of 1908, the Gregorian calendar was 13 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

This is the longest year in either the Julian or Gregorian calendars, having a duration of 31622401.38 seconds of Terrestrial Time (or ephemeris time), measured according to the definition of mean solar time.[1]

Events

January

1908 Baby New Year on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post.
January 24: Boy Scout movement.

February

March

April

May

  • Franco-British Exhibition (1908)
    is held in London.
  • May 26 – At Masjed Soleyman in southwest Persia, the first major commercial oil discovery in the Middle East is made. The rights to the resource are quickly acquired by the United Kingdom.

June

July

July: 1908 Summer Olympics.

August

September

October

October 1: Ford Model T launch.

November

December

Undated

  • This is the coldest recorded year since 1880, according to NASA reports.[19]

Births

Births
January · February · March · April · May · June · July · August · September · October · November · December

January

Edward Teller

February

Rómulo Betancourt
Sir William McMahon

March

Rex Harrison

April

Bette Davis
Herbert von Karajan

May

Arturo de Córdova
James Stewart
Mel Blanc

June

Salvador Allende

July

Lupe Vélez

August

Harold Holt
Sir Don Bradman

September

Richard Wright

October

John Kenneth Galbraith

November

December

Simon Wiesenthal

Date unknown

Deaths

January–March

Wilhelm Busch
Carlos I of Portugal
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Prince Yamashina Kikumaro
Grover Cleveland

April–June

July–September

Demetrius Vikelas
Henri Becquerel
Servant of God John Berthier
Tomás Estrada Palma
Guangxu of China

October–December

Date unknown

Nobel Prizes

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Further reading

  • The Annual Register for 1908, British and world events online
  • Gilbert, Martin. A History of the Twentieth Century: Volume 1 1900–1933 (1997); global coverage of politics, diplomacy and warfare; pp 105 – 22.