The Territorial Force (renamed Territorial Army in 1920) is formed as a volunteer reserve component of the British Army. Date: April 1, 1908 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 1 📅 Events on this day in 1908 📅 On This Day (Today)
Inter Milan is founded on Football Club Internazionale, following a schism from A.C. Milan. Date: March 9, 1908 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 9 📅 Events on this day in 1908 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Collinwood school fire, Collinwood near Cleveland, Ohio, kills 174 people. Date: March 4, 1908 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 4 📅 Events on this day in 1908 📅 On This Day (Today)
Lisbon Regicide: King Carlos I of Portugal and Infante Luis Filipe are shot dead in Lisbon. Date: February 1, 1908 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 1 📅 Events on this day in 1908 📅 On This Day (Today)
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 → 📅 Other events on January 30 📅 Events on this day in 1908 📅 On This Day…
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)
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)
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)
The Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority becomes the first Greek-letter organization founded and established by African American college women. Date: January 15, 1908 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 15 📅 Events on this day in 1908 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)