1908

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Millennium: 2nd millennium
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1908 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar 1908
MCMVIII
Ab urbe condita 2661
Armenian calendar 1357
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Assyrian calendar 6658
Baháʼí calendar 64–65
Balinese saka calendar 1829–1830
Bengali calendar 1315
Berber calendar 2858
British Regnal year 7  Edw. 7   8  Edw. 7
Buddhist calendar 2452
Burmese calendar 1270
Byzantine calendar 7416–7417
Chinese calendar 丁未年 (Fire  Goat)
4605 or 4398
     to 
戊申年 (Earth  Monkey)
4606 or 4399
Coptic calendar 1624–1625
Discordian calendar 3074
Ethiopian calendar 1900–1901
Hebrew calendar 5668–5669
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat 1964–1965
 - Shaka Samvat 1829–1830
 - Kali Yuga 5008–5009
Holocene calendar 11908
Igbo calendar 908–909
Iranian calendar 1286–1287
Islamic calendar 1325–1326
Japanese calendar Meiji 41
(明治41年)
Javanese calendar 1837–1838
Julian calendar Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar 4241
Minguo calendar 4 before ROC
民前4年
Nanakshahi calendar 440
Thai solar calendar 2450–2451
Tibetan calendar 阴火羊年
(female Fire-Goat)
2034 or 1653 or 881
     to 
阳土猴年
(male Earth-Monkey)
2035 or 1654 or 882

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 13days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

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

Events

January

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

February

March

April

May

June

July

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July: 1908 Summer Olympics.

August

September

October

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October 1: Ford Model T launch.

November

December

Undated

Births

Births
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January

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Edward Teller

February

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Sir William McMahon

March

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Rex Harrison

April

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Bette Davis
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Herbert von Karajan

May

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Arturo de Córdova
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James Stewart
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Mel Blanc

June

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Salvador Allende

July

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Lupe Vélez

August

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Harold Holt
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Sir Don Bradman

September

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Richard Wright

October

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John Kenneth Galbraith

November

December

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Simon Wiesenthal

Date unknown

Deaths

January–March

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

April–June

July–September

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Demetrius Vikelas
Henri Becquerel Paul Nadar - Henri Becquerel.jpg
Henri Becquerel
Servant of God John Berthier Jan Berther.JPG
Servant of God John Berthier
Tomas Estrada Palma Tomas estrada palma.jpg
Tomás Estrada Palma
Emperor Guangxu of China Emperor Guangxu.jpg
Emperor Guangxu of China

October–December

Date unknown

Nobel Prizes

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