May 1908


Sunday 10:

Mother's Day is observed for the first time (Andrew's Methodist Church in Grafton, West Virginia, USA).



Friday 22:

The Wright Brothers patent their aircraft.



Tuesday 26:

At Masjid-al-Salaman in southwest Persia, the first major commercial oil strike in the Middle East is made. The rights to the resource are quickly acquired by the United Kingdom.



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