New South Wales Rugby League Competition Opens April 20, 1908

The Rhoads Opera House fire in Boyertown, Pennsylvania kills 171 people. Date: January 13, 1908 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 13 📅 Events on this day in 1908 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1908New South Wales Rugby League Competition Opens April 20, 1908University of the Philippines Established…

Natural Bridges National Monument is established in Utah. Date: April 16, 1908 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 16 📅 Events on this day in 1908 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1908Collinwood School Fire Kills 174 Near Cleveland, Ohio, March 4, 1908New South Wales Rugby League Competition Opens…

New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor. Date: January 21, 1908 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 21 📅 Events on this day in 1908 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…

Hauser Dam, a steel dam on the Missouri River in Montana, fails, sending a surge of water 25 to 30 feet (7.6 to 9.1 m) high downstream. Date: April 14, 1908 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 14 📅 Events on this day in 1908 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…

Ajinomoto is founded. Kikunae Ikeda of the Tokyo Imperial University discovers that a key ingredient in kombu soup stock is monosodium glutamate (MSG), and patents a process for manufacturing it. Date: July 25, 1908 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 25 📅 Events on this day in 1908 📅 On This…

Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos aboard the ship Kasato-Maru. Date: June 18, 1908 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 18 📅 Events on this day in 1908 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1908Ajinomoto Founded; Kikunae Ikeda Discovers MSG, July 25, 1908Alpha Kappa…