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This year in history
In the year 1908

	January 24th	Lieutenant General of the British Army, Robert Baden-Powell, founded the Boy Scout movement.
	March 5th	British actor, Rex Harrison, was born in Huyton, Knowsley. He was one of the most popular actors of the 20th century and is most remembered for his portrayal of Professor Henry Higgins in the musical My Fair Lady. He was married six times.
	March 9th	The world famous Italian football club, Inter Milan, was founded.
	March 22nd	American author, Louis L'Amour, was born in Jamestown, North Dakota. He was one of the best selling novelists of the 20th century, he wrote over 100 books.
	April 5th	American actress, Bette Davis, was born in Lowell, Massachusetts.
	April 5th	Herbert von Karajan, one of the worlds most celebrated conductors, was born in Salzburg, Austria.
	April 27th	Opening ceremony of the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.
	May 28th	British author, Ian Fleming, was born in Mayfair, London. He is best remembered for writing the James Bond series of novels.
	June 12th	Russian ballerina, Marina Semenova, was born in Saint-Petersburg. She was the first Soviet-trained prima ballerina and one of the famous of the 20th century. In 2003, the Bolshoi Theatre celebrated the 95th birthday of Semenova.
	July 9th	American football coach, Paul Brown, was born in Norwalk, Ohio. He is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest American Football coaches in history.
	July 13th	Women took part in the Olympic Games for the first time in history.
	August 27th	American politician, Lyndon B. Johnson, was born in Stonewall, Texas. He was the 36th president of the United States, who succeeded to the presidency following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
	October 7th	The island of Crete revolted against Ottoman occupation and joined Greece.
	October 16th	Albanian dictator, Enver Hoxha, was born in Gjirokaster, Albania.He was the leader of Albania from the end of the second world war, up until 1981 and was one of the last remaining believers of Stalinism, a belief which led to Albania's international isolation for many decades.
	December 28th	An earthquake hit Messina, Sicily resulting in the death of more than 140,000 people. It is considered as the strongest earthquake to have ever hit the continent of Europe.

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