Timeline August 1908

Events in August 1908 5

• 1908 US Championships 1908 Men: Bill Larned · Women: Maud Barger-Wallach
• 1908 Wilbur Wright's public flights at Le Mans First public demonstration of controlled powered flight in Europe Wilbur Wright flew before crowds of spectators and journalists near Le Mans, France, silencing doubts about the Wright brothers' earlier claims. His maneuverable, sustained flights astonished European aviators who had lagged behind in heavier-than-air flight. The demonstrations triggered a surge of aviation development across Europe.
• 1908 – 1973 Lyndon B. Johnson 36th President — Great Society, Vietnam War Lyndon B. Johnson (Aug 27, 1908 – Jan 22, 1973) was the 36th President 1963-1969. He passed landmark civil rights legislation and the Great Society programmes, but was consumed by the Vietnam War and chose not to seek re-election.
• 1908 – 1991 Fred MacMurray (1908-1991) American actor, the doomed insurance man in Double Indemnity and the dad in My Three Sons.
• 1908 Fred MacMurray born in Kankakee Fred MacMurray is born in Kankakee.