January 22 » Edward VII is proclaimed King after the death of his mother, Queen Victoria.
February 20 » The legislature of Hawaii Territory convenes for the first time.
June 11 » The boundaries of the Colony of New Zealand are extended by the UK to include the Cook Islands.
August 10 » The U.S. Steel recognition strike by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers begins.
September 17 » Second Boer War: Boers capture a squadron of the 17th Lancers at the Battle of Elands River.
October 12 » President Theodore Roosevelt officially renames the "Executive Mansion" to the White House.
Day of death May 24, 1908
The temperature on May 24, 1908 was between 8.4 °C and 14.3 °C and averaged 10.8 °C. There was 5.7 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
July 1 » SOS is adopted as the international distress signal.
August 8 » Wilbur Wright makes his first flight at a racecourse at Le Mans, France. It is the Wright Brothers' first public flight.
October 13 » Margaret Travers Symons bursts into the UK parliament and became the first woman to speak there.
October 14 » The Chicago Cubs defeat the Detroit Tigers, 2–0, clinching the 1908 World Series; this would be their last until winning the 2016 World Series.
November 3 » William Howard Taft is elected the 27th President of the United States.
November 22 » The Congress of Manastir establishes the Albanian alphabet.
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