WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO MAY 1908
Find out what all happened March to May 1908

The Collinwood school fire, Collinwood near Cleveland, Ohio, kills 174 people. (4. March 1908)

At Masjed Soleyman (مسجد سليمان) in southwest Persia, the first major commercial oil strike in the Middle East is made. The rights to the resource are quickly acquired by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company. (26. May 1908)

Budi Utomo organization is founded in Dutch East Indies, beginning the Indonesian National Awakening. (20. May 1908)

H. H. Asquith of the Liberal Party takes office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, succeeding Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman (7. April 1908)

Harvard University votes to establish the Harvard Business School. (8. April 1908)

Inter Milan was founded on Football Club Internazionale, following a schism from the Milan Cricket and Football Club. (9. March 1908)

American diplomat Durham Stevens is attacked by Korean assassins Jeon Myeong-un and Jang In-hwan, leading to his death in a hospital two days later. (23. March 1908)

Natural Bridges National Monument is established in Utah. (16. April 1908)

SMS Blücher, the last armored cruiser to be built by the German Imperial Navy, launches. (11. April 1908)

The Territorial Force (renamed Territorial Army in 1920) is formed as a volunteer reserve component of the British Army. (1. April 1908)

Opening day of competition in the New South Wales Rugby League. (20. April 1908)

Mother's Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia. (10. May 1908)

Khilafat Day – the day of establishment of Khilafat in Islam Ahmadiyya. (27. May 1908)

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