Editing 1908 (section)

=== October ===
[[File:1908 Ford Model T.jpg|thumb|right|October 1: [[Ford Model T]] launch.]]
* [[October 1]]
** Official launch of [[Henry Ford]]'s [[Ford Model T]] automobile, the first having left the [[Ford Piquette Avenue Plant]] in [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]], on September 27.<ref>{{cite press release|title=Model T Facts|url=https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2013/08/05/model-t-facts.html|publisher=Ford|location=US|access-date=2013-04-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928165026/https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2013/08/05/model-t-facts.html|archive-date=2013-09-28|url-status=dead}}</ref> The initial price is set at US$850.<ref>Approximately $21,597 in 2017, when adjusted for inflation.</ref>
** [[Penny Post]] is established between the [[United Kingdom]] and [[United States]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Richard|last=Blake|title=The Book of Postal Dates, 1635–1985|location=Caterham|publisher=Marden|page=20}}</ref>
* [[October 5]]
** [[Kingdom of Bulgaria|Bulgaria]] declares its independence from the [[Ottoman Empire]]; [[Ferdinand I of Bulgaria]] becomes [[Tsar]].
** ''[[The Melting Pot (play)|The Melting Pot]]'', a play by [[Israel Zangwill]], opens in Washington, D.C.  The title quickly becomes a widely used symbol for assimilation of immigrants to the United States.
* [[October 6]] – The [[Bosnian crisis]] begins, after the [[Austro-Hungarian Empire]] annexes [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] from the [[Ottoman Empire]].
* [[October 8]] – The University of Omaha, precursor of the [[University of Nebraska Omaha]], is founded as a private non-sectarian college.
* [[October 14]] – The [[Chicago Cubs]] beat the [[Detroit Tigers]] in the [[1908 World Series]] in baseball. The Cubs would not win another [[World Series]] for 108 years.
* [[October 29]] – [[Olivetti]], the well-known [[typewriter]] and business equipment company, is founded in [[Italy]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Arrigo |first=Elisa |date=2003 |title=Corporate Responsibility in Scarcity Economy: The Olivetti Case |url=https://deliverypdf.ssrn.com/delivery.php?ID=701020068111101099089112090065116106050051026007034010028118065074115020099103088074052006096099098123062120083118077102126015121051066022058093075112026004001099080025003000086074065112076104000095076116006102107023109012000105020101090022021025001090&EXT=pdf&INDEX=TRUE |journal=Symphonya. Emerging Issues in Management |volume=1 |pages=114–134 |via=SSRN}}</ref>