WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO DECEMBER 1908
Find out what all happened April to December 1908

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

Puyi becomes Emperor of China at the age of two. (2. December 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)

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

A magnitude 7.2 earthquake rocks Messina, Sicily, Italy killing over 75,000. (28. December 1908)

Fantasmagorie, the first animated cartoon, created by Émile Cohl, is shown in Paris, France. (17. August 1908)

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

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

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

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

The Second Constitution accepted by the Ottomans. (23. July 1908)

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

The Wright Flyer flown by Orville Wright, with Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge as passenger, crashes killing Selfridge. He becomes the first airplane fatality. (17. 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)

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 Congress of Manastir establishes the Albanian alphabet. (22. November 1908)

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

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

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