1908

Events

Real World: The first Model T Ford automobile is produced.

Real World: February 1. King Carlos I and Crown Prince Luis of Portugal assassinated in Lisbon.

Real World: April 7. Herbert Henry Asquith becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Real World: May 10. The first Mother's Day is celebrated in Grafton, West Virginia.

Real World: June 30. A mysterious aerial explosion occurs in Siberia near the Tunguska river. This later becomes known as the "Tunguska event."

• GURPS Infinite Worlds: June 30. The history of Lucifer-5 diverges from Homeline's history when the object that would have caused the Tunguska event- a black hole fragment- hits St. Petersburg, Russia, instead. (GURPS Infinite Worlds)

Real World: July 26. The Bureau of Investigation- later the Federal Bureau of Investigation- is founded.

Real World: October 5. Bulgaria becomes independent from the Ottoman Empire.

Real World: November. William Howard Taft elected President of the United States.

Real World: December 28. Messina, Sicily and Calabria are hit by an earthquake, with 75,000 people dying.

New Fictional Works

Notable Books

John Silence, Physician Extraordinary by Algernon Blackwood, The House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgson, The War in the Air by H.G. Wells.

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