General Motors Corporation Founded September 16, 1908

Production of the Model T automobile begins at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit. Date: September 27, 1908 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 27 📅 Events on this day in 1908 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1908General Motors Corporation Founded September 16, 1908Charles Joseph Bonaparte Orders…

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…

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 1908Wright Flyer Crash Kills First Airplane Fatality, September 17, 1908Chicago…

The University of the Philippines is established. 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 1908Alpha Kappa Alpha Founded by African American College Women, January 15, 1908SOS Adopted as International Distress Signal, July…

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 Boy Scout Troop…

SOS is adopted as the international distress signal. Date: July 1, 1908 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 1 📅 Events on this day in 1908 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1908Bosnian Crisis: Austria-Hungary Annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina, October 6, 1908Hauser Dam Fails on Missouri River, Montana, April…