Editing 1908 (section)

=== January ===
[[Image:Babynew.jpg|thumb| 1908 [[Baby New Year]] on the cover of ''[[The Saturday Evening Post]]''.]][[File:WikiProject Scouting fleur-de-lis dark.svg|thumb|120px|January 24: [[Scouting|Boy Scout]] movement.]]
* [[January 1]] – The British [[Nimrod Expedition|''Nimrod'' Expedition]] led by [[Ernest Shackleton]] sets sail from New Zealand on the ''[[Nimrod (1867 ship)|Nimrod]]'' for Antarctica.
* [[January 3]] – A [[Solar eclipse of January 3, 1908|total solar eclipse]] is visible in the Pacific Ocean and is the 46th solar eclipse of [[Solar Saros 130]].
* [[January 13]] – A fire breaks out at the [[Rhoads Opera House fire|Rhoads Opera House]] in [[Boyertown, Pennsylvania]], killing 171 people.
* [[January 15]] – [[Alpha Kappa Alpha]], the  first race inclusive sorority is founded on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C.
* [[January 24]] – [[Robert Baden-Powell]]'s ''[[Scouting for Boys]]'' begins publication in London. The book eventually sells over 100 million copies, and effectively begins the worldwide [[Scouting|Boy Scout]] movement.