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  • London, England, United Kingdom
    Wednesday Apr 8, 1908
    Winston Churchill

    Churchill was appointed President of the Board of Trade

    London, England, United Kingdom
    Wednesday Apr 8, 1908

    Asquith succeeded Campbell-Bannerman on 8 April 1908 and, four days later, Churchill was appointed President of the Board of Trade. Aged 33, he was the youngest Cabinet member since 1866.




  • England, United Kingdom
    Friday Apr 24, 1908
    Winston Churchill

    Churchill lost the Manchester North West

    England, United Kingdom
    Friday Apr 24, 1908

    Newly appointed Cabinet ministers were legally obliged to seek re-election at a by-election and on 24 April, Churchill lost the Manchester North West by-election to the Conservative candidate by 429 votes.




  • Zwittau, Moravia, Austria-Hungary (Now: Czech Republic)
    Tuesday Apr 28, 1908
    Oskar Schindler (Schindler's List)

    Birth

    Zwittau, Moravia, Austria-Hungary (Now: Czech Republic)
    Tuesday Apr 28, 1908

    Schindler was born on 28 April 1908, into a Sudeten German family in Zwittau, Moravia, Austria-Hungary. His father was Johann "Hans" Schindler, the owner of a farm machinery business, and his mother was Franziska "Fanny" Schindler (née Luser). His sister, Elfriede, was born in 1915.




  • Hekou, Honghe, Yunnan, China
    Thursday Apr 30, 1908
    Xinhai Revolution

    Hekou Uprising

    Hekou, Honghe, Yunnan, China
    Thursday Apr 30, 1908

    In April 1908, another uprising was launched in Yunnan, Hekou, called the Hekou Uprising. Huang Mingtang led two hundred men from Vietnam and attacked Hekou on 30 April. Other revolutionaries who participated include Wang Heshun and Guan Renfu. They were outnumbered and defeated by government troops, however, and the uprising failed.




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