The Qing dynasty promulgates the Qinding Xianfa Dagang, the first constitutional document in the history of China, transforming the Qing empire into a constitutional monarchy. Date: August 27, 1908 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 27 📅 Events on this day in 1908 📅 On This Day (Today)
Wilbur Wright makes the Wright Brothers' first public flight, at a racecourse at Le Mans, France. Date: August 8, 1908 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 8 📅 Events on this day in 1908 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
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 → 📅 Other events on July 25 📅 Events on this day in 1908 📅 On This…
The Second Constitution accepted by the Ottomans. Date: July 23, 1908 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 23 📅 Events on this day in 1908 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
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 → 📅 Other events on June 30 📅 Events on this day in 1908 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos aboard the ship Kasato-Maru. Date: June 18, 1908 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 18 📅 Events on this day in 1908 📅 On This Day (Today)
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…