Harvard University votes to establish the Harvard Business School.
Tag: 1908
20 April 1908
First day of competition in the New South Wales Rugby League. Early in the 20th century in Sydney, the game of rugby football was contested…
11 January 1908
The Grand Canyon National Monument is created. January 11, 1908 Grand Canyon National Monument is created Declaring that “The ages had been at work on…
2 December 1908
Puyi becomes Emperor of China at the age of two. Chosen by Empress Dowager Cixi on her deathbed, Puyi became emperor at the age of…
11 January 1908
The Grand Canyon National Monument is created. On January 11, 1908, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt declares the massive Grand Canyon in northwestern Arizona a national…
10 May 1908
Mother’s Day is observed for the first time in Grafton, West Virginia. Prior to the Civil War, Anne Reeves Jarvis worked to start clubs to…
20 April 1908
The New Wales Rugby League competition starts. The 1908 NSWRFL season was the inaugural season of the New South Wales Rugby Football League’s premiership, Australia’s…
21 January 1908
The City of New York passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public. It was vetoed by the mayor.