1908 - One Hundred Years Ago
Complied from THE PEOPLE'S CHRONOLOGY
By James Trager
- The FBI is established as a division of the Dept. of Justice.
- U.S. Banks close as the economic depression continues.
- Westinghouse Electric Co. goes bankrupt.
- THINK signs are made up for every NCR office.
- A small diamond is found in the Namibian desert in SW Africa, adding to DeBeers monopoly.
- J.C. Penny buys out 2 western stores and begins the chain of stores.
- Petroleum production begins in the Middle East in what will turn out to be the world's largest reservoir of oil.
- Hughes Tool Co. is founded By Howard Hughes.
- The Model T Ford is introduced, equipped with Firestone tires.
- General Motors is created by bringing several auto makers together into a holding company. Ford does not join.
- The gyrocompass was invented. (Think Sperry, Lake Success, L.I.)
- The Geiger counter is developed.
- Ex-Lax Co. is founded.
- The Christian Science Monitor begins publication.
- "Mutt and Jeff" is the first comic strip to appear daily with the same cartoon figures.
- Cubism paintings first appear in a Paris exhibition with paintings by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque.
- The Chicago Cubs defeat the Detroit Tigers, 4 games to 1, to win the World Series.
- Mother's Day is first observed in Philadelphia.
- The Grand Canyon and Muir Woods National Monuments are created by President Teddy Roosevelt.
- The Brooklyn Academy of Music opens.
