Japanese Immigration to Brazil Begins: 781 Arrive in Santos, June 18, 1908
Date: June 18, 1908
Date: June 18, 1908
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 β π Other events on July 25 π Events on this day in 1908 π On This…
Puyi becomes Emperor of China at the age of two. Date: December 2, 1908 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on December 2 π Events on this day in 1908 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1908First Boy Scout Troop Organized in England by Baden-Powell, January 24, 1908Margaret Travers Symons First…
The Tunguska Event, the largest impact event on Earth in human recorded history, resulting in a massive explosion over Eastern Siberia. Date: June 30, 1908 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on June 30 π Events on this day in 1908 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1908Hauser Dam Fails on…
Hauser Dam, a steel dam on the Missouri River in Montana, fails, sending a surge of water 25 to 30 feet (7.6 to 9.1Β m) high downstream. Date: April 14, 1908 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 14 π Events on this day in 1908 π On This Day (Today) More events…
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 β π Other events on January 30 π Events on this day in 1908 π On This Day…
A fire breaks out on SSΒ Sardinia as it leaves Malta's Grand Harbour, resulting in the ship's grounding and the deaths of at least 118 people. Date: November 25, 1908 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on November 25 π Events on this day in 1908 π On This Day (Today) More events from…