1908

History of the Doctor Who Universe

 * 27th August - Australian cricket player Donald Bradman is born in Cootamundra, New South Wales. The Doctor meets him circa 1932. (DW: Four to Doomsday)


 * unknown date - The Tunguska Scroll is recovered in the Tanguska Basin in Russia. (SJA: Enemy of the Bane)
 * It is heavely implied that the scroll reached the Earth in the real-life Tunguska Event, which would place the recovery somewhere after June 30, the date of the impact

January

 * 8 - William Hartnell, the first actor to play the Doctor, is born at St. Pancras, London.

February

 * 15 - Raf De La Torre, who played the Senior Judge in "The Keys of Marinus," is born in Paris.