WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO DECEMBER 1908
Find out what all happened March to December 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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Territorial Force (renamed Territorial Army in 1920) is formed as a volunteer reserve component of the British Army. (1. April 1908)

Ajinomoto is founded. Kikunae Ikeda of the Tokyo Imperial University discovers that a key ingredient in kombu soup stock is monosodium glutamate (MSG), and patents a process for manufacturing it. (25. July 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 Congress of Manastir establishes the Albanian alphabet. (22. November 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)

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

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

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

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