Hisdates•ComPage 7: Historical Events In 1908
Tuesday, 26 August 2025
May 05 On this day in history jacques Massu, French general (Algeria) 
May 06 On this day in history necil Kazim Akses, composer
May 07 On this day in history ed MacDonald, actor (Mysteries of Chinatown)
May 08 Arturo De Cordova, [Rodriguez], Merida Mexico, actor (Medal for Benny) in the year 1908.
May 09 Dirk Fock becomes Governor of Suriname on this day in history.
May 10 1st Mother's Day observed (Phila) on this day in history.
May 10 Carl Albert, (D) speaker of the House in the year 1908.
May 10 On this day in history the first Mother's Day observed (Philadelphia)
May 12 In the year 1908 george Bernard Shaws' "Getting Married" premieres in London
May 12 George Bernard Shaws' "Getting Married," premieres in London on this day in history.
May 12 Melesio Morales, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.
May 12 On this day in history wireless Radio Broadcasting is patented by Nathan B Stubblefield
May 13 On this day in history michael Richardson, commandant (Home for Disabled Sailors)
May 13 Navy Nurse Corps established in the year 1908.
May 14 In the year 1908 1st passenger flight in an airplane
May 14 On this day in history the first passenger flight in an airplane
May 15 Artist Claude Monet destroys some of his paintings, which he didn't like in the year 1908.
May 15 On this day in history lars-Eric Vilner Larsson, Akarp Sweden, composer (Linden)
May 16 Hilary Preston, editor in the year 1908.
May 17 Sigismund Toduta, composer in the year 1908.
May 20 Jimmy Stewart, PA, actor (Mr Smith Goes to Wash, Wonderful Life) on this day in history.
May 20 In the year 1908 the birth of James Stewart, American film actor
May 21 1st horror movie (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde) premieres in Chicago in the year 1908.
May 21 On this day in history the first horror movie (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde) premieres in Chicago
May 23 Dirigible explodes over San Fransisco Bay, 16 passengers fall, none die in the year 1908.
May 23 In the year 1908 dirigible explodes over SF Bay, 16 passengers fall, none die
May 23 Francois Coppee, French poet, dies in the year 1908.
May 23 John Bardeen, US, physicist (transistor, Nobel 1956, 1972) in the year 1908.
May 23 Part of the Great White Fleet arrives in Puget Sound WA in the year 1908.
May 24 Belgium Catholic socialist/liberal parliamentary election on this day in history.
May 24 Kresimir Fribec, composer in the year 1908.
May 25 In the year 1908 david Lean, British director (Lawrence of Arabia)
May 26 On this day in history 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 United Kingdom.
May 26 Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Indies theologist (Ahmadiyya motion), dies at 69 in the year 1908.
« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Next Page »