1908 in the United Kingdom
Events from the year 1908 in the United Kingdom.
Incumbents
Events
Undated
Publications
Births
- 8 January - William Hartnell, actor (died 1975)
- 5 February - Daisy and Violet Hilton, conjoined twin actresses (died 1969)
- 11 February - Vivian Ernest Fuchs, geologist and explorer (died 1999)
- 22 February - John Mills, actor (died 2005)
- 5 March - Rex Harrison, actor (died 1990)
- 20 March - Michael Redgrave, actor (died 1985)
- 25 March - David Lean, film director (died 1991)
- 28 May - Ian Fleming, writer (died 1964)
- 30 June - Winston Graham, writer (died 2003)
- 25 July - Bill Bowes, cricketer (died 1987)
- 21 August - M. M. Kaye,writer (died 2004)
- 23 August - Hannah Frank, artist and sculptor
- 6 September - Louis Essen, physicist (died 1997)
- 19 October - Sydney MacEwan, singer (died 1990)
- 2 November - Fred Bakewell, cricketer (died 1983)
- 20 November - Alistair Cooke, journalist (died 2004)
- 26 November - Charles Forte, businessman
- date unknown - George Rodger, photojournalist (died 1995)
Deaths
References
- ^ a b c d e f Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 340-341. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ a b c Penguin Pocket On This Day, Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-141-02715-0.
See also
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