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1 Events  



1.1  January  





1.2  February  





1.3  March  





1.4  April  





1.5  May  





1.6  June  





1.7  July  





1.8  August  





1.9  September  





1.10  October  





1.11  November  





1.12  December  





1.13  Undated  







2 Births  



2.1  January  





2.2  February  





2.3  March  





2.4  April  





2.5  May  





2.6  June  





2.7  July  





2.8  August  





2.9  September  





2.10  October  





2.11  November  





2.12  December  





2.13  Date unknown  







3 Deaths  



3.1  JanuaryMarch  





3.2  AprilJune  





3.3  JulySeptember  





3.4  OctoberDecember  





3.5  Date unknown  







4 Nobel Prizes  





5 References  





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    1908 (MCMVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1908th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 908th year of the 2nd millennium, the 8th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1900s decade. As of the start of 1908, the Gregorian calendar was 13 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

    This is the longest year in either the Julian or Gregorian calendars, having a duration of 31622401.38 seconds of Terrestrial Time (orephemeris time), measured according to the definition of mean solar time.[1]

    Events[edit]

    January[edit]

    1908 Baby New Year on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post.
    January 24: Boy Scout movement.

    February[edit]

    March[edit]

    April[edit]

    May[edit]

    June[edit]

    July[edit]

    July: 1908 Summer Olympics.

    August[edit]

    September[edit]

    October[edit]

    October 1: Ford Model T launch.

    November[edit]

    December[edit]

    Undated[edit]

    Births[edit]

    Births
    January · February · March · April · May · June · July · August · September · October · November · December

    January[edit]

    Edward Teller

    February[edit]

    Rómulo Betancourt
    Sir William McMahon

    March[edit]

    Rex Harrison

    April[edit]

    Bette Davis
    Herbert von Karajan

    May[edit]

    Arturo de Córdova
    James Stewart
    Mel Blanc

    June[edit]

    Salvador Allende

    July[edit]

    Lupe Vélez

    August[edit]

    Harold Holt
    Sir Don Bradman

    September[edit]

    Richard Wright

    October[edit]

    John Kenneth Galbraith

    November[edit]

    December[edit]

    Simon Wiesenthal

    Date unknown[edit]

    Deaths[edit]

    January–March[edit]

    Wilhelm Busch
    Carlos I of Portugal
    Henry Campbell-Bannerman
    Prince Yamashina Kikumaro
    Grover Cleveland

    April–June[edit]

    July–September[edit]

    Demetrius Vikelas
    Henri Becquerel
    Servant of God John Berthier
    Tomás Estrada Palma
    Emperor GuangxuofChina

    October–December[edit]

    Date unknown[edit]

    Nobel Prizes[edit]

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