1908
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Events
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Dated Events
- 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.
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Undated Events
- Real World: The first Model T Ford automobile is produced.
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New Fictional Works
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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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