Editing 1908 (section)

=== April ===
* [[April 8]] – [[H. H. Asquith]] of the [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal Party]] takes office as [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]], succeeding Sir [[Henry Campbell-Bannerman]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Jenkins|first=Roy|author-link=Roy Jenkins|title=Asquith|edition=Third|year=1986|publisher=Collins|location=London|isbn=0002177129|pages=179–180|chapter=An Assured Succession 1908}}</ref>
* [[April 20]] – [[Sunshine rail disaster]]: A rear-end collision of two trains in [[Melbourne]], Australia kills 44 people and injures more than 400.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au/goroke/wwm1908.htm |title=''Ballarat Genealogy'': Newspaper Report of the accident |publisher=ballaratgenealogy.org.au |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211154316/http://www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au/goroke/wwm1908.htm |archive-date=February 11, 2012}}</ref>
* [[April 21]] – [[Frederick Cook]] claims to have reached the [[North Pole]] on this date.