Date: August 27, 1908
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…
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) More events from 1908Charles Joseph Bonaparte Orders Office of Chief Examiner Staffed,…
Grand Canyon National Monument is created. Date: January 11, 1908 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 11 📅 Events on this day in 1908 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1908Lisbon Regicide: King Carlos I and Infante Luis Filipe Shot Dead, February 1, 1908Ottoman Second Constitution Accepted July 23,…
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…
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 1908Tunguska Event: Massive Siberian Explosion June 30, 1908Rhoads Opera House Fire Kills 171 in Boyertown, Pennsylvania, January 13,…
The General Motors Corporation is founded. Date: September 16, 1908 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 16 📅 Events on this day in 1908 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1908SMS Blücher Launched, Last Imperial German Armored Cruiser, April 11, 1908First Boy Scout Troop Organized in England by Baden-Powell,…