Although the majority of this footage comes from the 1908 Olympic Games, at least one clip predates the 1908 event. On July 2, 2021, a video started circulating on social media that supposedly showed ...

At last year’s Watches & Wonders show in Geneva, Rolex introduced a brand-new product line called the 1908. A dress watch on a leather strap in yellow gold or white gold with its Perpetual movement ...

The honor is indisputably theirs: Wilbur and Orville Wright made the first powered, sustained, controlled, heavier-than-air flights at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina on December 17, 1903. But even ...

In the autumn of 1908, the flag of the United States of America had 46 stars, the population was less than 89 million, Teddy Roosevelt was about to vacate the White House and William Howard Taft would ...

A lawsuit brought by an injured fan revealed that an umpire blew an important call in a 1908 baseball game. Few tangible elements remain of the 1908 baseball season: The players who took part in it, ...

Drought conditions continue to affect parts of the Adirondack Mountains of northern New York State. Drought also affected the Adirondacks during the summer and autumn of 1908 which resulted in the ...

The 1908 Olympics were originally awarded to Rome but money that would have been spent on the Games was required elsewhere following the 1906 eruption of Mount Vesuvius. London stepped in to take over ...

Explore items in the Smithsonian's collections related to the year 1908. Held in trust for the American people, the Smithsonian’s collections document our nation’s shared history, art from across the ...

This paper was commissioned by the Regional Plan Association in 2007 for the Rockefeller Urban Summit, and is courtesy of America 2050. Professor Fishman teaches in the urban design, architecture, and ...