WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO FEBRUARY 1908
Find out what all happened January to February 1908

King Carlos I of Portugal and his son, Prince Luis Filipe, are killed in Terreiro do Paco, Lisbon. (1. February 1908)

Members of the Portuguese Republican Party fail in their attempted coup d'état against the administrative dictatorship of Prime Minister João Franco. (28. January 1908)

Grand Canyon National Monument is created. (11. January 1908)

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. (21. January 1908)

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is released from prison by Jan C. Smuts after being tried and sentenced to 2 months in jail earlier in the month. (30. January 1908)

The Rhoads Opera House fire in Boyertown, Pennsylvania kills 171 people. (13. January 1908)

For the first time, a ball is dropped in New York, New York's Times Square to signify the start of the New Year at midnight. (1. January 1908)

A long-distance radio message is sent from the Eiffel Tower for the first time. (12. January 1908)

The Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority becomes the first Greek-letter organization founded and established by African American college women. (15. January 1908)

The first Boy Scout troop is organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell. (24. January 1908)