1908 in the United States
| 1908 in the United States | |
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| Years: | 1905 1906 1907 – 1908 – 1909 1910 1911 |
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Timeline of United States history
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Events from the year 1908 in the United States.
Incumbents
Federal Government
- President: Theodore Roosevelt (R-New York)
- Vice President: Charles W. Fairbanks (R-Indiana)
- Chief Justice: Melville Fuller (originally now residing in from of the U.S. state of Illinois)
- Speaker of the House of Representatives: Joseph Gurney Cannon (R-Illinois)
- Congress: 60th
Events
United States postcards for New Year 1908
January 11: Grand Canyon designated as a monument, and later, in 1919, becomes a National Park.
January
- January 1 – A ball signifying New Year's Day drops in New York City's Times Square for the first time.
- Gustav Mahler makes US conducting debut at the Metropolitan Opera.
- Georgia introduces a law prohibiting alcohol.
- January 13 – A fire at the Rhoads Opera House in Boyertown, Pennsylvania, kills 170 people. The tragedy is a catalyst for stricter fire safety laws nationwide.
- January 15 – The Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority (the first Greek-letter organization by and for black college women) is established.
- January 21 – New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only for it to be vetoed by the mayor.
February
- February 12
- The first around-the-world car race, begins in New York City.
- Division of Militia Affairs with the War Department.
- February 18 – Japanese immigration to the U.S.A. is restricted under the Gentlemen's Agreement of 1907.
- February 25 – The Bible Institute of Los Angeles (now Biola University) is founded.
- February 27 – A 46th star is added to the United States flag representing the state of Oklahoma.
March
- March 4 – The Collinwood School Fire, near Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A., kills 174.
- March 26 – The US Thomas Flyer car sails for Alaska at the head of a motor race from New York to Paris.
April
- April 8 – Harvard University votes to establish the Harvard Business School.
- April 19 – The Garfield Park Conservatory in Chicago, designed by Jens Jensen, opens to the public for the first time.
- April 24 – The seventh deadliest tornado in U.S. history strikes the towns of Amite, Louisiana, Pine, Louisiana and Purvis, Mississippi, killing 143 and injuring 770.
May
- May 10 – Mother's Day is observed for the first time, at Andrew's Methodist Church in Grafton, West Virginia.
June
- June 20 – The Georgia Tech Alumni Association is chartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
July
- July 22 – The automobile manufacturing company Fisher Body is founded.
- July 26 – Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation).
August
- August 14 – Springfield Race Riot of 1908 in Springfield, Illinois.
- August 31 – A charter is granted for Wayland Literary and Technical Institute in Plainview, Texas (now Wayland Baptist University).
September
September 27: The first Ford Model T.
- September 16 – William C. Durant founds the company which eventually becomes General Motors.
- September 17 – At Ft. Myer, Virginia, U.S.A. Thomas Selfridge becomes the first person to die in an airplane crash. The pilot, Orville Wright, is severely injured in the crash but recovers.
- September 27 – Henry Ford produces his first Model T automobile.
October
- October 1 – The launch price for the Ford Model T is set as $850.[1]
- October 13 – The Church of the Nazarene is organized officially at Pilot Point, Texas as the Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene. This is the official "birthday" of the denomination.
- October 14 – The Chicago Cubs win the 1908 World Series defeating the Detroit Tigers in Game 5. As of 2016, this is the last time the Cubs have won a World Series.
November
- November 3 – 1908 Presidential election: Republican William Howard Taft defeats Democrat William Jennings Bryan.
- November 24 – The first credit union in the United States begins operation in Manchester, New Hampshire.
Undated
- The American Temperance University closes.
- The Converse Rubber Shoe Company (also known as the Boston Rubber Shoe Company) is formed in Malden, Massachusetts.
- The first upright vacuum cleaner is invented by James Murray Spangler and the rights sold later in the year to The Hoover Company.
Ongoing
- Progressive Era (1890s–1920s)
- Lochner era (c. 1897–c. 1937)
- Black Patch Tobacco Wars (1904–1908)
- Great White Fleet voyage (1907–1909)
Births
January – March
- January 1 – Bill Tapia, Musician (died 2011)
- January 14 – Russ Columbo, Singer, bandleader, and composer (died 1934)
- January 27 – Oran "Hot Lips" Page, Jazz musician (died 1954)
- February 2 – Justice M. Chambers, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1982)
- February 17 – Red Barber, Baseball announcer and sports journalist (died 1992)
- February 26 – Tex Avery, Cartoonist (died 1980)
- February 29 – Dee Brown, Writer and historian (died 2002)
- March 4 – T.R.M. Howard, African-American civil rights leader & surgeon (died 1976)
- March 13 – Walter Annenberg, Publisher and philanthropist (died 2002)
- March 20 – Frank Stanton, Businessman (died 2006)
- March 22 – Louis L'Amour, Author (died 1988)
- March 26 – Henry (Hank) Sylvern, Radio personality (died 1964)
- March 29 – Arthur O'Connell, Actor (died 1981)
April – June
- April 2 – Buddy Ebsen, Actor and dancer (died 2003)
- April 4
- Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, Author (died 2006)
- Frances Ford Seymour, Socialite (died 1950)
- April 5 – Bette Davis, Actress (died 1989)
- April 6 – John P. Davies, Diplomat (died 1999)
- April 15 – eden ahbez, Musician (died 1995)
- April 20 – Lionel Hampton, African-American musician and bandleader (died 2002)
- April 25 – Edward R. Murrow, Journalist (died 1965)
- April 29 – Jack Williamson, Science fiction author (died 2006)
- May 20 – James Stewart, Actor (died 1997)
- May 23 – John Bardeen, Physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1991)
- May 25 – Theodore Roethke, Poet (died 1963)
- May 30 – Mel Blanc, Voice actor (died 1989)
- May 31 – Don Ameche, Actor (died 1993)
- June 18 – Bud Collyer, Voice actor and game show host (died 1969)
- June 20 – Billy Werber, Baseball player (died 2009)
- June 26 – William F. Knowland, United States Senator from California from 1945 till 1959. Politician and newspaperman (died 1974)
- June 27 – Bill Kennedy, Actor (died 1997)
- June 29 – Leroy Anderson, Composer (died 1975)
July – September
- July 12 – Milton Berle, Comedian (died 2002)
- July 21 – William E. Jenner, United States Senator from Indiana from 1947 to 1959. (died 1985)
- July 25 – Kathryn Eames, Actress (died 2004)
- July 27 – Joseph Mitchell, Writer (died 1996)
- August 2 – Al Alquist, California politician (died 2006)
- August 9 – A. I. Bezzerides, Screenwriter (died 2007)
- August 16
- William Maxwell, Novelist and editor (died 2000)
- Orlando Cole, Classical cellist and educator (died 2010)
- August 20 – Al Lopez, Baseball player and manager (died 2005)
- August 27 – Lyndon Johnson, 36th President of the United States from 1963 till 1969. (died 1973)
- August 28 – Roger Tory Peterson, Naturalist, artist and educator (died 1996)
- August 31 – William Saroyan, Writer (died 1981)
- September 4 – Richard Wright, African-American author (died 1960)
- September 6 – Korczak Ziolkowski, Sculptor (died 1982)
- September 7
- Paul Brown, Football coach (died 1991)
- Michael E. DeBakey, Surgeon and medical researcher (died 2008)
- September 10 – Raymond Scott, Composer, bandleader, electronic music pioneer (died 1994)
- September 13 – Mae Questel, Actress (died 1998)
- September 15 – Penny Singleton, Actress (died 2003)
- September 29 – Eddie Tolan, Athlete (died 1967)
October – December
- October 6 – Carole Lombard, Actress (died 1942)
- October 9 – Lee Wiley, Jazz singer (died 1975)
- October 14 – Ruth Hale, Playwright and actress (died 2003)
- October 20 – Carl Stuart Hamblen, Musician and presidential candidate (died 1989)
- October 22 – John Gould, Humorist, essayist, and columnist (died 2003)
- November 12 – Harry Blackmun, Judge (died 1999)
- November 18 – Imogene Coca, Actress (died 2001)
- November 20 – Alistair Cooke, English-born journalist (died 2004)
- November 23 – Nelson S. Bond, Science fiction writer (died 2006)
- November 29 – Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., Politician (died 1972)
- December 3 – Edward Underdown, Actor (died 1989)
- December 4 – Alfred Hershey, Bacteriologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1997)
- December 7 – Slim Bryant, Country music singer, songwriter, and guitarist (died 2010)
- December 11 – Elliott Carter, Composer (died 2012)
- December 17 – Willard Libby, Chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1980)
- December 23 – Sol Carter, Baseball player (died 2006)
Date unknown
- Howard Cary, Engineer (died 1991)
Deaths
- April 19 – Simon B. Conover, United States Senator from Florida from 1873 till 1879. (born 1840)
- April 20 – Henry Chadwick, English-born baseball writer and historian (born 1824)
- May 14 – John O'Connell, baseball player (born 1872)
- June 1 – James Kimbrough Jones, United States Senator from Arkansas from 1885 till 1903. (born 1839)
- June 13 – Henry Lomb, German-American optician, co-founder of Bausch & Lomb (born 1848)
- June 14 – Frederick Stanley, founder of the Stanley Cup (born 1841)
- June 24 – Grover Cleveland, 22nd and 24th President (born 1837)
- July 3 – Joel Chandler Harris, author (born 1848)
- July 10 – Phoebe Knapp, hymn composer (born 1839)
- August 4 – William B. Allison, United States Senator from Iowa from 1873 till 1908. (born 1829)
- August 26 – Tony Pastor, vaudeville and theater impresario (born 1837)
- September 17 – Thomas Selfridge, army officer & first aviation casualty (born 1882)
- October 30 – Caroline Astor, socialite (born 1830)
References
External links
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