page_title: 1908
section_title: July
hierarchical_section_title: 1908 / Deaths / July
caption_attribution_description: English: Dimitrios Vikelas, first IOC-President Deutsch: Demetrius Vikelas Français&#160;: Dimítrios Vikélas Polski: Demetrius Vikelas Italiano: Demétrios_Vikélas
context_page_description: 1908 was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1908th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 908th year of the 2nd millennium, the 8th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1900s decade. As of the start of 1908, the Gregorian calendar was 13 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
  According to NASA reports, 1908 was the coldest recorded year since 1880.
context_section_description: July 3 – Joel Chandler Harris, American author (b. 1848)
  July 5 – Jonas Lie, Norwegian writer (b. 1833)
  July 6 – Felipe Calderón y Roca, Filipino politician (b. 1868)
  July 19 – Ignacio de Veintemilla, 11th President of Ecuador (b. 1828)
  July 20 – Demetrius Vikelas, 1st President of the International Olympic Committee (b. 1835)
  July 22 – Sir Randal Cremer, English politician and pacifist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1828)
  July 29 – Estelle M. H. Merrill, American journalist and editor (b. 1858)
caption: Demetrius Vikelas
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