...Date... AGE Event
1908/--/-- -1 - An earthquake at Messina in Italy kills 80,000.
1908/--/-- -1 - Austria-Hungary annexes Bosnia and Hercegovina.
1908/--/-- -1 - Austrian artist Gustav Klimt paints The Kiss.
1908/--/-- -1 - Automaker William Durant founds the General Motors Company.
1908/--/-- -1 - British soldier Robert Baden-Powell founds the Boy Scout movement.
1908/--/-- -1 - Filmmakers Charles Pathe and Leon Gaumont produce the first newsreel.
1908/--/-- -1 - GE patents electric toaster
1908/--/-- -1 - Jack Johnson becomes the first black heavyweight boxing champion.
1908/--/-- -1 - Kenneth Grahame publishes his children's story The Wind in the Willows.
1908/--/-- -1 - King Leopold II of the Belgians establishes the Independent State of Congo in Africa.
1908/--/-- -1 - Liberal leader Herbert Asquith becomes prime minister of Britain.
1908/--/-- -1 - Mary Baker Eddy establishes the Christian Science Monitor.
1908/--/-- -1 - Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque cofound the cubism art movement.
1908/--/-- -1 - The Ashcan school of painters exhibit in New York City.
1908/--/-- -1 - The Ford Motor Company produces the first Model T automobile.
1908/--/-- -1 - The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded.
1908/--/-- -1 - The Tunguska fireball explodes in Siberia with the force of a modern H-bomb.
1908/--/-- -1 - The Young Turk Revolution in Turkey leads to political reform.
1908/08/03 -1 *** Faulkner, Louisa Jane [Grandmother] - Died Kelso, Lincoln, TN Kelso, Lincoln, TN Benson Cemetery
1908/10/-- -1 - World Series NL CHICAGO (4) AL DETROIT (1)
1908/12/22 0 *** Benson, Raymond - Born to Benson, Richard James and Speck, Hortense (Hortie) New Market, Madison, Alabama
1909/--/-- 0 - American architect Frank Lloyd Wright builds the Robie House in Chicago.
1909/--/-- 0 - American artist George Bellows paints the prize fight scene Stag at Sharkey's.
1909/--/-- 0 - American explorer Robert E. Peary reaches the North Pole.
1909/--/-- 0 - American poet William Carlos Williams publishes Poems, his first book.
1909/--/-- 0 - American writer Gertrude Stein publishes Three Lives.
1909/--/-- 0 - French aviator Louis Bleriot makes the first flight across the English Channel.
1909/--/-- 0 - NAACP in NYC
1909/--/-- 0 - Russian impresario Serge Diaghilev presents the Ballet Russe in Paris.
1909/--/-- 0 - Taft is inaugurated as the 27th U.S. president; Sherman becomes vice-president.
1909/--/-- 0 - William Howard Taft (Republican) becomes president of the United States
1909/06/01 0 *** Benson, Raymond - Died New Market, Madison, Alabama New Market, Madison, Alabama
1909/10/-- 0 - World Series NL PITTSBURGH (4) AL DETROIT (3)
In 1908 Transportation was by:
Foot
Horse
Bicycle
Train
Steamboat
Balloon
In 1908 Communications was by:
Word of Mouth
Post Office
Telegraph
Telephone
In 1908 Food Preparation was by:
Wood
In 1908 Entertainment was by:
Social Intercourse
Organized Sports
Travel
Professional Sports
Movies
Radio
Television
Theme parks
Computer
In 1908 Health Care was by:
Operations
Anesthetic
X-Rays
MRI
In 1908 War Making was by:
Calvary
gun
Artillery
Machine guns
Submarine
Iron Clad ships
TNT
Mines
In 1908 Navigation was by:
Stars & Maps
Compass
from the SFHR database of Duane Bristow 03-13-2021 19:54:48