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HomePage 7: Historical Events In 1908
Tuesday, 10 February 2026
May 07 Ed MacDonald, actor (Mysteries of Chinatown). 
May 08 Arturo De Cordova, [Rodriguez], Merida Mexico, actor (Medal for Benny).
May 09 Dirk Fock is recorded as becoming Governor of Suriname.
May 10 1st Mother's Day observed (Phila).
May 10 Carl Albert, (D) speaker of the House.
May 10 The inaugural Mother's Day observed (Philadelphia)
May 12 George Bernard Shaws' "Getting Married" premieres in London
May 12 George Bernard Shaws' "Getting Married," premieres in London
May 12 Melesio Morales, composer, dies at 69.
May 12 Wireless Radio Broadcasting is patented by Nathan B Stubblefield.
May 13 Michael Richardson, commandant (Home for Disabled Sailors).
May 13 Navy Nurse Corps established.
May 14 1st passenger flight in an airplane.
May 14 The inaugural passenger flight in an airplane.
May 15 Artist Claude Monet destroys some of his paintings, which he didn't like.
May 15 Lars-Eric Vilner Larsson, Akarp Sweden, composer (Linden).
May 16 Hilary Preston, editor.
May 17 Sigismund Toduta, composer
May 20 James Stewart, American film actor is born
May 20 Jimmy Stewart, PA, actor (Mr Smith Goes to Wash, Wonderful Life).
May 21 1st horror movie (Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde) premieres in Chicago.
May 21 The inaugural horror movie (Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde) premieres in Chicago
May 23 Dirigible explodes over San Fransisco Bay, 16 passengers fall, none die.
May 23 Dirigible explodes over SF Bay, 16 passengers fall, none die
May 23 Francois Coppee, French poet, dies
May 23 John Bardeen, US, physicist (transistor, Nobel 1956, 1972)
May 23 Part of the Great White Fleet arrives in Puget Sound WA
May 24 Belgium Catholic socialist/liberal parliamentary election.
May 24 Kresimir Fribec, composer
May 25 David Lean, British director (Lawrence of Arabia).
May 26 At Masjed Soleyman (مسجد سليمان) in southwest Persia, the inaugural 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
May 26 Robert Morley, England, actor (High Road to China, African Queen).
May 27 Alex Brown, snooker player
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