Date: August 27, 1908
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 1908General Motors Corporation Founded September 16, 1908First Boy Scout…
Members of the Portuguese Republican Party fail in their attempted coup d'état against the administrative dictatorship of Prime Minister João Franco. Date: January 28, 1908 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 28 📅 Events on this day in 1908 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1908First Major Middle East…
SMS Blücher, the last armored cruiser to be built by the Imperial German Navy, is launched. Date: April 11, 1908 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 11 📅 Events on this day in 1908 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1908Gandhi Released from Prison by Jan C. Smuts, January 30,…
The Chicago Cubs defeat the Detroit Tigers, 2–0, clinching the 1908 World Series; this would be their last until winning the 2016 World Series. Date: October 14, 1908 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 14 📅 Events on this day in 1908 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1908Territorial…
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…
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…