1908

What Was Happening in 1908

The Model T put the world on wheels and the Olympics came to London.

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By the Numbers in 1908

World Population

UK Life Expectancy

48.3 years

US Life Expectancy

48.8 years

Gold Price (per oz)

$20.65

Dow Jones Index

85

US National Debt

Sovereign Nations

51

How Much Did Things Cost in 1908?

ItemUKUS
Average house price£170$3,150
Average salary£61$495
Pint of milk1½d
Loaf of bread2½d
Dozen eggs9d17¢

Technology and Inventions in 1908

The Ford Model T went into production, eventually selling 15 million units. The Tunguska event in Siberia was the largest impact event in recorded history. The gyrocompass was invented. The first commercial oil strike in the Middle East occurred in Persia.

  • Ford Model T goes into production
  • Oil discovered in Persia (modern Iran) by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company
  • Fritz Haber demonstrates the Haber process for synthesising ammonia
  • Gyrocompass invented by Hermann Anschütz-Kaempfe

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