Rhoads Opera House Fire Kills 171 in Boyertown, Pennsylvania, January 13, 1908

William Howard Taft is elected the 27th President of the United States. Date: November 3, 1908 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 3 📅 Events on this day in 1908 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1908New York City Sullivan Ordinance Bans Women Smoking in Public, Vetoed January 21,…

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 1908Natural Bridges National Monument…

United States Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation). Date: July 26, 1908 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 26 📅 Events on this day in 1908 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…

The first Boy Scout troop is organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell. Date: January 24, 1908 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 24 📅 Events on this day in 1908 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1908Qing Dynasty Promulgates First Chinese Constitution, Constitutional Monarchy Begins, August 27, 1908Alpha Kappa…

Opening day of competition in the New South Wales Rugby League. Date: April 20, 1908 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 20 📅 Events on this day in 1908 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1908Charles Joseph Bonaparte Orders Office of Chief Examiner Staffed, July 26, 1908SOS Adopted as…

The Wright Flyer flown by Orville Wright, with Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge as passenger, crashes, killing Selfridge, who becomes the first airplane fatality. Date: September 17, 1908 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 17 📅 Events on this day in 1908 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1908Lisbon Regicide: King…