1908

Union of South Africa established

Ford's Model T touring car introduced
William Howard Taft elected President of the US
Jack Johnson becomes the first African American heavyweight boxing champion
General Motors Corp. established
Ford's Model T touring car introduced; price: $850
Kenneth Graham's The Wind in the Willows
1st two-sided phonograph record
Cellophane invented
Paper cup invented
Tea bags invented
Isadora Duncan becomes a popular interpretive dancer
Lyndon B. Johnson, Joan Crawford, Bette Davis, James Stewart and Ian Fleming born
Dowager Empress of China, Tzu-His, Gover Cleveland and Rimsky-Korsakov die