WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO DECEMBER 1908
Find out what all happened January to December 1908

The Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority becomes the first Greek-letter organization founded and established by African American college women. (15. January 1908)

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

SOS is adopted as the international distress signal. (1. July 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 University of the Philippines is established. (18. June 1908)

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

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

For the first time, a ball is dropped in New York, New York's Times Square to signify the start of the New Year at midnight. (1. January 1908)

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

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

Budi Utomo organization is founded in Dutch East Indies, beginning the Indonesian National Awakening. (20. May 1908)

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

The Rhoads Opera House fire in Boyertown, Pennsylvania kills 171 people. (13. January 1908)

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

Inter Milan was founded on Football Club Internazionale, following a schism from the Milan Cricket and Football Club. (9. March 1908)

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

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

New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor. (21. January 1908)

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

Opening day of competition in the New South Wales Rugby League. (20. April 1908)