Collinwood School Fire Kills 174 Near Cleveland, Ohio, March 4, 1908

The first major commercial oil strike in the Middle East is made at Masjed Soleyman in southwest Persia. The rights to the resource were quickly acquired by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company. Date: May 26, 1908 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 26 📅 Events on this day in 1908 📅 On…

Inter Milan is founded on Football Club Internazionale, following a schism from A.C. Milan. Date: March 9, 1908 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 9 📅 Events on this day in 1908 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1908Tunguska Event: Massive Siberian Explosion June 30, 1908New York City Sullivan…

The Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority becomes the first Greek-letter organization founded and established by African American college women. Date: January 15, 1908 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 15 📅 Events on this day in 1908 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1908Ajinomoto Founded; Kikunae Ikeda Discovers MSG, July…

Margaret Travers Symons bursts into the UK parliament and becomes the first woman to speak there. Date: October 13, 1908 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 13 📅 Events on this day in 1908 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1908New South Wales Rugby League Opening Day Competition April…

The Collinwood school fire, Collinwood near Cleveland, Ohio, kills 174 people. Date: March 4, 1908 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 4 📅 Events on this day in 1908 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1908Inter Milan Founded After A.C. Milan Schism, March 9, 1908First Boy Scout Troop Organized…

Indian pacifist and leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is released from prison by Jan C. Smuts after being tried and sentenced to two months in jail earlier in the month. Date: January 30, 1908 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 30 📅 Events on this day in 1908 📅 On This Day…