Timeline January 1908

Events in January 1908 10

• 1832 – 1908 Wilhelm Busch (1832-1908) Died 9 January 1908, aged 75 Busch was a German humorist, poet, and illustrator whose illustrated verse tale "Max und Moritz" influenced the development of the comic strip. His darkly comic drawings and rhymes were hugely popular in Germany and inspired later cartoonists internationally. He spent his final years largely reclusive in Mechtshausen.
• 1850 – 1908 Mikhail Chigorin Russian chess pioneer Mikhail Chigorin was one of the strongest players of the late 19th century and helped establish the Russian chess school. His dynamic attacking style contrasted with Steinitz's positional approach.
• 1908 Australian Open 1908 Men: Fred Alexander
• 1908 – 1963 Simone de Beauvoir French philosopher and writer De Beauvoir wrote The Second Sex, a foundational feminist philosophical work examining gender and society.
• 1908 – 1986 Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986) Died 14 April 1986, aged 78 French philosopher and writer whose 1949 work The Second Sex became a foundational text of modern feminism. She was a lifelong companion of philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre and a prominent public intellectual in postwar France. She died in Paris and was buried beside Sartre in Montparnasse Cemetery.
• 1908 – 1992 Paul Henreid (1908-1992) Austrian-American actor, Victor Laszlo in Casablanca, and later a television director.
• 1908 Paul Henreid born in Trieste Paul Henreid is born in Trieste.
• 1908 – 2003 Edward Teller (1908-2003) Died 9 September 2003, aged 95 Edward Teller was a Hungarian-born physicist often called the father of the hydrogen bomb, which he championed within the US weapons programme. His testimony against J. Robert Oppenheimer in 1954 alienated many colleagues. He remained an advocate of nuclear weapons and missile defence into old age.
• 1908 – 1984 Ethel Merman (1908-1984) Died 15 February 1984, aged 76 American singer and actress Ethel Merman, a leading star of Broadway musical theater known for shows including Gypsy and Annie Get Your Gun, died in New York City.
• 1908 Scouting for Boys published Robert Baden-Powell launches the worldwide Scouting movement British Army officer Robert Baden-Powell published "Scouting for Boys" in installments, distilling lessons from his Brownsea Island camp into a handbook for youth training. The book's popularity led to the rapid formation of Boy Scout troops across Britain and abroad. Scouting grew into one of the largest youth movements in the world.