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1908 Calendar

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•  January 1, 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.
•  January 15, 1908 – The Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority becomes the first Greek-letter organization founded and established by African-American college women.
•  February 1, 1908 – King Carlos I of Portugal and his son, Prince Luis Filipe are killed in Terreiro do Paco, Lisbon.
•  February 2, 1908 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Monkey in Chinese astrology.
•  April 1, 1908 – The Territorial Force (renamed Territorial Army in 1920) is formed as a volunteer reserve component of the British Army.
•  April 16, 1908 – Natural Bridges National Monument is established in Utah.
•  May 10, 1908 – Mother’s Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia.
•  July 1, 1908 – SOS is adopted as the international distress signal.
•  September 22, 1908 – The independence of Bulgaria is proclaimed.
•  September 26, 1908 – Ed Reulbach becomes the first and only pitcher to throw two shutouts in one day against the Brooklyn Dodgers.

•  March 2, 1908 – Walter Bruch, German engineer (d. 1990)
•  March 14, 1908 – Ed Heinemann, American aircraft designer (Douglas Aircraft) (d. 1991)
•  May 19, 1908 – Merriam Modell, American author (d. 1994)
•  May 25, 1908 – Theodore Roethke, American poet (d. 1963)
•  May 26, 1908 – Nguyen Ngoc Tho, Vietnamese politician
•  June 18, 1908 – Nedra Volz, American actress (d. 2003)
•  August 18, 1908 – Bill Merritt, New Zealand cricketer (d. 1977)
•  September 10, 1908 – Waldo Wedel, American archaeologist (d. 1996)
•  December 6, 1908 – Pierre Graber, Swiss Federal Councilor (d. 2003)