January 15 – The
Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority (the first Greek-letter organization for black college women) is established.
January 21 –
New York City passes the
Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for people who control public places to allow women to smoke in them. It is vetoed by Mayor George B. McClellan Jr.
February
February – The
Converse Rubber Shoe Company (also known as the Boston Rubber Shoe Company) is formed in
Malden, Massachusetts.
April 24 – The seventh[vague] deadliest tornado in U.S. history strikes the towns of
Amite, Louisiana, Pine, Louisiana and
Purvis, Mississippi, killing 143 and injuring 770.
July 25 – John Baxter Taylor, graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, becomes the first African American to win an Olympic Gold Medal (in the men's 400-metre relay) at the
London Summer Olympics[1]
September 17 – At
Fort Myer,
Virginia, U.S.A.
Thomas Selfridge becomes the first person to die in an airplane crash. The pilot,
Orville Wright, is severely injured in the crash, but makes a recovery.
October 13 – The
Church of the Nazarene is organized officially at
Pilot Point, Texas as the Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene. This is the official "birthday" of the denomination.
October 14 – The
Chicago Cubs win the
1908 World Series defeating the
Detroit Tigers in Game 5. They would not win again until November 2, 2016, which stands as the longest championship drought in sports history.
October 15 – The Metz Fire in
Metz Township, Michigan; 37 people are killed, 134 families—about 700 people— are made homeless.
January 15 – The
Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority (the first Greek-letter organization for black college women) is established.
January 21 –
New York City passes the
Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for people who control public places to allow women to smoke in them. It is vetoed by Mayor George B. McClellan Jr.
February
February – The
Converse Rubber Shoe Company (also known as the Boston Rubber Shoe Company) is formed in
Malden, Massachusetts.
April 24 – The seventh[vague] deadliest tornado in U.S. history strikes the towns of
Amite, Louisiana, Pine, Louisiana and
Purvis, Mississippi, killing 143 and injuring 770.
July 25 – John Baxter Taylor, graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, becomes the first African American to win an Olympic Gold Medal (in the men's 400-metre relay) at the
London Summer Olympics[1]
September 17 – At
Fort Myer,
Virginia, U.S.A.
Thomas Selfridge becomes the first person to die in an airplane crash. The pilot,
Orville Wright, is severely injured in the crash, but makes a recovery.
October 13 – The
Church of the Nazarene is organized officially at
Pilot Point, Texas as the Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene. This is the official "birthday" of the denomination.
October 14 – The
Chicago Cubs win the
1908 World Series defeating the
Detroit Tigers in Game 5. They would not win again until November 2, 2016, which stands as the longest championship drought in sports history.
October 15 – The Metz Fire in
Metz Township, Michigan; 37 people are killed, 134 families—about 700 people— are made homeless.