Born in 1908:
Don Ameche
Morey Amsterdam
Eve Arden
Red Barber
Milton Berle
Mel Blanc
Imogene Coca
Bette Davis
Buddy Ebsen
Ian Fleming
Lionel Hampton
Rex Harrison
Paul Henreid
Lyndon Johnson
Louis L'Amour
Estée Lauder
Carole Lombard
Fred MacMurray
Thurgood Marshall
Joseph McCarthy
Ethel Merman
Adam Clayton Powell
Edward R. Murrow
Nelson Rockefeller
Jimmy Stewart
Edward Teller
-- Teddy Roosevelt was the president of the United States
-- "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" was written
-- Hans Geiger and Ernest Rutherford invented the Geiger Counter
Jan. 11 Grand Canyon designated as a national monument
Jan. 24Robert Baden-Powell creates Boy Scouts
Feb. 12Start of first around-the-world car race, New York to Paris
March 31Roxie Hancock Richter is born in Morgan Mill, Texas
May 10Mother's Day is observed for the first time in Grafton, W. Va.
June 30Tunguska event, or the Russian Explosion, occurs in Siberia
July 6Robert Peary sets sail for Arctic North Pole
Sept. 27Henry Ford produces first Model T
Oct. 14Chicago Cubs win the World Series by defeating Detroit Tigers, 2-0
Nov. 3William Howard Taft defeats William Jennings Bryan in presidential election
Dec. 2Emperor Pu Yi ascends the Chinese throne at age 2
Dec. 26Jack Johnson becomes first African American heavyweight boxing champion by defeating Tommy Burns