WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO NOVEMBER 1908
Find out what all happened April to November 1908

The Norwegian football club SK Brann was founded. (26. September 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 Tunguska event occurs in remote Siberia. (30. June 1908)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are reportedly killed in San Vicente, Bolivia. (7. November 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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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