1908
leap year starting on Wednesday
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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.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 19th century – 20th century – 21st century |
| Decades: | 1870s 1880s 1890s – 1900s – 1910s 1920s 1930s |
| Years: | 1905 1906 1907 – 1908 – 1909 1910 1911 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1908 MCMVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2661 |
| Armenian calendar | 1357 ԹՎ ՌՅԾԷ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6658 |
| Bahá'í calendar | 64–65 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1829–1830 |
| Bengali calendar | 1315 |
| Berber calendar | 2858 |
| British Regnal year | 7 Edw. 7 – 8 Edw. 7 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2452 |
| Burmese calendar | 1270 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7416–7417 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁未年 (Fire Goat) 4604 or 4544 — to — 戊申年 (Earth Monkey) 4605 or 4545 |
| Coptic calendar | 1624–1625 |
| Discordian calendar | 3074 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1900–1901 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5668–5669 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1964–1965 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1829–1830 |
| - Kali Yuga | 5008–5009 |
| Holocene calendar | 11908 |
| Igbo calendar | 908–909 |
| Iranian calendar | 1286–1287 |
| Islamic calendar | 1325–1326 |
| Japanese calendar | Meiji 41 (明治４１年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1837–1838 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 13 days |
| Korean calendar | 4241 |
| Minguo calendar | 4 before ROC 民前4年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 440 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2450–2451 |
| 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 |
Events change
- January 1 – A ball signifying New Year's Day drops in New York City's Times Square for the first time.
- January 8 – A train collision occurs in the Park Avenue Tunnel in New York City killing 17, injuring 38 and leading to increased demand for electric trains.
- January 11 – Grand Canyon National Monument is created.
- January 12 – A long-distance radio message is sent from the Eiffel Tower for the first time.
- January 15 – Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, the first Greek-letter organization by and for Black college women is established.
- January 21 – New York City passes a law, the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for aliens to smoke in public only to be vetoed by the mayor.
- January 24 – Robert Baden-Powell begins the Boy Scout movement.
- February 1 – King Carlos I of Portugal and Crown Prince Luis are shot in Lisbon.
- February 11 – Australia regain The Ashes with a 308 run cricket victory over England.
- February 18 – Japanese immigration to USA forbidden.
- Philippe's, a restaurant opens in Los Angeles.
- St. Albans City F.C. founded.
- Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov, Russian biologist, and Paul Ehrlich, Germany, won the 1908 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Births change
January change
- January 9 – Simone de Beauvoir, French writer and intellectual (d. 1986)
- January 16 – Ethel Merman, American singer and actress (d. 1984)
- January 22 – Lev Landau, Soviet physicist (d. 1968)
February change
- February 6 – Amintore Fanfani, Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1999)
- February 22 – Rómulo Betancourt, 47th & 54th President of Venezuela (d. 1981)
- February 23 – William McMahon, Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1988)
March change
- May 5 – Rex Harrison, British actor (d. 1990)
- March 7 – Anna Magnani, Italian actress (d. 1973)
- March 20 – Michael Redgrave, English stage actor (d. 1985)
- March 25 – David Lean, British movie director (d. 1991)
April change
- April 2 – Manoel de Oliveira, Portuguese movie director and screenwriter (d. 2015)
- April 5 – Bette Davis, American actress (d. 1989)
- April 5 – Herbert von Karajan, Austrian conductor (d. 1989)
- April 28 – Oskar Schindler, German businessman (d. 1974)
May change
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- May 20 – James Stewart, American actor (d. 1997)
- May 23 – John Bardeen, American physicist (d. 1991)
- May 30 – Hannes Alfvén, Swedish physicist (d. 1995)
- May 31 – Don Ameche, American actor, (d. 1993)
June change
July change
- July 8 – Nelson Rockefeller, 41st Vice President of the United States (d. 1979)
- July 12 – Milton Berle, American actor, entertainer and comedian (d. 2002)
August change
- August 27 – Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President of the United States (d. 1973)
- August 30 – Fred MacMurray, American actor and singer (d. 1991)
September change
- September 4 – Edward Dmytryk, Canadian-American movie director (d. 1999)
October change
- October 06 – Carole Lombard, American actress (d. 1942)
- October 15 – John Kenneth Galbraith, Canadian economist (d. 2006)
- October 16 – Enver Hoxha, Prime Minister of Albania (d. 1985)