Apr 16 Natural Bridges National Monument established

Nov 16 The birth of Burgess Meredith, US actor

Nov 03 William Howard Taft (R) elected 27th President over William Jennings Bryan

Nov 28 154 men die in coal mine explosion at Marianna Pa

Nov 20 The birth of Alistair Cooke, British broadcaster

Nov 16 Arturo Tuscanini begins conducting NY's Metropolitan Opera

Nov 14 The birth of Joseph McCarthy, US senator who led the anti-communist 'witch hunts'

Sep 16 General Motors founded by William C Durant

Sep 23 University of Alberta opens

Sep 09 Orville Wright makes 1st 1-hr airplane flight, Fort Myer, Va

Sep 17 Thomas Selfridge becomes first fatality of powered flight

Jun 24 A Kopff discovers asteroids #663 Gerlinde ʘ Judith

Jun 30 Giant fireball impacts in Central Siberia (Tunguska Event)

Dec 28 Over 100,000 people die when a massive earthquake and resulting tsunami flattens Messina, Italy.

Dec 26 Jackson Johnson defeats Tommy Burns at Sydney, Australia for boxing title

Dec 29 patent granted for a 4-wheel automobile brake, Clintonville WI

Dec 26 In Sydney Australia Jack Johnson knocks out Canada's Tommy Burns to win the world heavyweight boxing crown; policestopped the fight in the 14th round;

Dec 30 Montreal Wanderers loses to Edmonton but retain Stanley Cup (4th of 1908). Cup is won by total points in a 2 game series

Aug 20 Congo Free State becomes the Belgian Congo 1912 Plant Quarantine Act goes into effect

Aug 25 Allen Winter wins US first $50,000 trotting race

Aug 14 Race riot in Springfield Illinois

Aug 22 The birth of Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer

Aug 30 The birth of Fred MacMurray, American actor

Aug 17 Bank of Italy opens new HQ at Clay &Montgomery

Oct 09 The birth of Jacques Tati, French actor, screenwriter and director

Oct 01 Henry Ford introduces the Model T car (costs $825)

Oct 01 Jack Chesbro's final Yankee victory, beats Walter Johnson 2-1

Oct 31 4th Olympic games end in London

Oct 07 Crete revolts against Turkey and aligns with Greece

Oct 01 First Model T Ford produced in Detroit

Oct 10 Baseball Writers Association, formed

Oct 05 Bulgaria declares independence from Turkey, Ferdinand I becomes Tsar

Oct 18 Belgium annexes Congo Free State

Oct 06 Austria annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina

Jul 30 Around the World Autombile Race ends in Paris

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