1908 events

Born in 1908:

Don Ameche

Morey Amsterdam

Eve Arden

Red Barber

Milton Berle

Mel Blanc

Imogene Coca

Bette Davis

Buddy Ebsen

Ian Fleming

Lionel Hampton

Rex Harrison

Paul Henreid

Lyndon Johnson

Louis L'Amour

Estée Lauder

Carole Lombard

Fred MacMurray

Thurgood Marshall

Joseph McCarthy

Ethel Merman

Adam Clayton Powell

Edward R. Murrow

Nelson Rockefeller

Jimmy Stewart

Edward Teller

-- Teddy Roosevelt was the president of the United States

-- "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" was written

-- Hans Geiger and Ernest Rutherford invented the Geiger Counter

Jan. 11 Grand Canyon designated as a national monument

Jan. 24Robert Baden-Powell creates Boy Scouts

Feb. 12Start of first around-the-world car race, New York to Paris

March 31Roxie Hancock Richter is born in Morgan Mill, Texas

May 10Mother's Day is observed for the first time in Grafton, W. Va.

June 30Tunguska event, or the Russian Explosion, occurs in Siberia

July 6Robert Peary sets sail for Arctic North Pole

Sept. 27Henry Ford produces first Model T

Oct. 14Chicago Cubs win the World Series by defeating Detroit Tigers, 2-0

Nov. 3William Howard Taft defeats William Jennings Bryan in presidential election

Dec. 2Emperor Pu Yi ascends the Chinese throne at age 2

Dec. 26Jack Johnson becomes first African American heavyweight boxing champion by defeating Tommy Burns