1908

August

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

Unknown dates

 * The Tunguska Scroll was recovered in the Tunguska Basin in Russia. (SJA: Enemy of the Bane)
 * It is strongly 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

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

March

 * 1 - Terence de Marney, who played the churchwarden in The Smugglers, is born in London.

April

 * 26 - Donald Eccles is born.

May

 * 7 - John Cox is born.
 * 7 - Valentine Dyall is born.
 * 25 - Wilfred Carter is born.

June

 * 5 - Bill Fraser is born.

July

 * 18 - Barry Gray is born.

December

 * 3 - Edward Underdown is born.
 * 13 - Norman Atkyns is born.