* 1908 – Marcel-Marie Desmarais, Quebec writer, preacher and broadcaster ( d. 1994 )

* 1908 – Robert Lee Scott, Jr., American pilot ( d. 2006 )

* 1908 – Ida Crowe Pollock, English writer

* 1908 – Eve Arden, American actress ( d. 1990 )

* 1908 – Bjarni Benediktsson, Icelandic politician, Prime Minister of Iceland ( d. 1970 )

* 1908 – Frank Robert Miller, Canadian airman and politician ( d. 1997 )

* 1908 – Donald Bradman, Australian cricketer ( d. 2001 )

* 1908 – Lyndon B. Johnson, American politician, 36th President of the United States ( d. 1973 )

* 1908 – Kurt Wegner, German artist ( d. 1985 )

* 1908 – Helen Jacobs, American tennis player ( d. 1997 )

* 1908 – Will Lee, American actor ( d. 1982 )

* 1908 – Lajos Vajda, Hungarian painter ( d. 1941 )

* 1908 – Gene Raymond, American actor ( d. 1998 )

* 1908 – The Territorial Force ( renamed Territorial Army in 1920 ) is formed as a volunteer reserve component of the British Army.

* 1968 – Lev Davidovich Landau, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate ( b. 1908 )

* 1979 – Barbara Luddy, American actress ( b. 1908 )

* 2001 – Jo-Jo Moore, American baseball player ( b. 1908 )

* 2004 – Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer ( b. 1908 )

* 1908 – Wilbur Wright makes his first flight at a racecourse at Le Mans, France.

* 1908 – Arthur Goldberg, American politician and jurist, 6th United States Ambassador to the United Nations ( d. 1990 )

* 1908 – Natural Bridges National Monument is established in Utah.

* 1908 – Ray Ventura, French bandleader ( d. 1979 )

* 1871 – Guangxu Emperor of China ( d. 1908 )

* 1908 – Manos Katrakis, Greek actor ( d. 1984 )

* 1844 – Thomas-Alfred Bernier, Canadian journalist and politician ( d. 1908 )

Sarto Fournier ( 15 February 1908 – 23 July 1980 ) was a Canadian politician.

* Sarto Fournier ( 1908 – 1980 ), Canadian politician

* 1908 – Percy Faith, Canadian composer, conductor, and bandleader ( d. 1976 )

* 1829 – Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, Canadian politician ( d. 1908 )

* 1908 – Thomas-Alfred Bernier, Canadian lawyer, journalist and senator ( b. 1844 )

* 1976 – Percy Faith, Canadian musician ( b. 1908 )

* 1908 – Alphonse Ouimet, Canadian engineer and designer ( d. 1988 )

* 1908 – Stanley Knowles, Canadian politician ( d. 1997 )

* 1855 – Ned Hanlan, Canadian rower ( d. 1908 )

* 1908 – Paul Dozois, Canadian politician ( d. 1984 )

* 1908 – Léo Cadieux, Canadian politician ( d. 2005 )

* 1984 – Ernest Buckler, Canadian novelist ( b. 1908 )

* 1839 – Louis-Honoré Fréchette, French Canadian poet ( d. 1908 )

* 1908 – Muriel Duckworth, Canadian activist ( d. 2009 )

* Canada-From 1908 to 1916 the Canadian Society for Psychical Research existed in Toronto.

Notable residents of Whitehorse include Audrey McLaughlin, the first woman to lead a represented political party ( NDP ) in Canadian federal politics, who has resided in Whitehorse since 1979, Robert W. Service, author of " The Cremation of Sam McGee ", who lived in Whitehorse from 1904 to 1908, and Pierre Berton, an author and television host, born in Whitehorse.

* November 29 – Percy Williams, Canadian athlete ( b. 1908 )

Percy Alfred Williams, OC ( May 19, 1908 – November 29, 1982 ) was a Canadian athlete, winner of the 100 m and 200 m races at the 1928 Summer Olympics and a former world record holder for the 100 metres sprint.

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* George McClellan ( RCMP commissioner ) ( 1908 – 1982 ), Canadian police official ; Canada's first provincial Ombudsman

Réache first performed the role of Delilah with the Manhattan Opera Company in New York City in 1908 and went on to sing the role several more times over the next seven years, including performances in Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago, and Montreal ( for the Canadian premiere in 1915 ).

* Joseph Jackson ( Canadian politician ) ( 1831 – 1908 ), Canadian Member of Parliament for Norfolk South, 1882 – 1887

* Ernest Manning ( 1908 – 1996 ), Canadian politician