WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO OCTOBER 1908
Find out what all happened April to October 1908

University of Alberta in Alberta, Canada, is founded. (23. September 1908)

H. H. Asquith of the Liberal Party takes office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, succeeding Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman (7. April 1908)

Wilbur Wright makes his first flight at a racecourse at Le Mans, France. It is the Wright Brothers' first public flight. (8. August 1908)

The General Motors Corporation is founded. (16. September 1908)

SMS Blücher, the last armored cruiser to be built by the German Imperial Navy, launches. (11. April 1908)

SOS is adopted as the international distress signal. (1. July 1908)

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 Anglo-Persian Oil Company. (26. May 1908)

The Chicago Cubs defeat the Detroit Tigers, 2-0, clinching the World Series. It would be their last one to date. (14. October 1908)

Austria-Hungary annexes Bosnia-Herzegovina, sparking a crisis. (6. October 1908)

Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos aboard the ship Kasato-Maru. (18. June 1908)

Khilafat Day – the day of establishment of Khilafat in Islam Ahmadiyya. (27. May 1908)

The first production of the Ford Model T automobile was built at the Piquette Plant in Detroit, Michigan. (27. September 1908)

Mother's Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia. (10. May 1908)

Natural Bridges National Monument is established in Utah. (16. April 1908)

Harvard University votes to establish the Harvard Business School. (8. April 1908)

United States Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation). (26. July 1908)

The Norwegian football club SK Brann was founded. (26. September 1908)

Ford puts the Model T car on the market at a price of US$825. (1. October 1908)

The Bulgarian Declaration of Independence is proclaimed. (22. September 1908)

The Tunguska event occurs in remote Siberia. (30. June 1908)