WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO DECEMBER 1908
Find out what all happened May to December 1908

The University of the Philippines is established. (18. June 1908)

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

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

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

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

A mine explosion in Marianna, Pennsylvania, kills 154. (30. November 1908)

Puyi becomes Emperor of China at the age of two. (2. December 1908)

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

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 Wright Flyer flown by Orville Wright, with Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge as passenger, crashes killing Selfridge. He becomes the first airplane fatality. (17. September 1908)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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