1902 Cecil Rhodes scholarship fund established with $10 million

1905 Earthquake in Kangra India, kills 370,000

1905 In Kangra, India a 8.6 earthquake resulted in 19,000 deaths

1911 Hugh Chalmers, automaker, suggests idea of baseball MVP

1912 Army fires on striking mine workers at Lena-gold fields Siberia

1912 Chinese republic proclaimed in Tibet

1914 "The Perils of Pauline" shown for 1st time in Los Angeles CA

1914 "The Perils of Pauline" shown for first time in LA

1916 US Senate agrees (82-6) to participate in WWI

1917 British Columbia gives women the provincial vote.

1918 Battle of Somme ends

1918 Battle of Somme, ends

1918 Cabinet passes wartime order-in-council stipulating that every male between 16 and 60 be regularly employed.

1918 Food riot in Amsterdam

1918 HMS Bittern, a British 'C' Class destroyer, built by Vickers at Barrow in Furness and completed in 1897, sunk in collision off Portland Bill, Dorset after colliding with the SS Kenilworth.

1920 Arabs attack Jews in Jerusalem

1921 Stanley Cup Ottawa Senators (NHL) beat Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA), 3 games to 2

1922 WAAB (Baton Rouge LA) becomes 1st US radio station with "W" calls

1926 Greek dictator Theodorus Pangalos elected president

1928 Maya Angelou was born

1929 "New Moon" musical opens in London

1929 1st AAU Greco-Roman wrestling championships held

1929 First AAU Greco-Roman wrestling championships held

1930 Andrew Sandham makes Test Cricket 1st triple century

1930 Les Ames makes the 1st Test Cricket century by a wicketkeeper (149)

1932 George Bernard Shaw's "Too True to be Good", premieres in NYC

1932 Vitamin C 1st isolated, C C King, University of Pittsburgh

1932 Vitamin C first isolated, C.C. King, Univ of Pittsburgh

1933 US Dirigible Akron crashes off coast of New Jersey, 73 die

1934 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1716 Peter

1937 4th Golf Masters Championship Byron Nelson wins, shooting a 283

1938 5th Golf Masters Championship Henry Picard wins, shooting a 285

1939 Canada recognizes the government of General Francisco Franco of Spain, following the end of the Spanish Civil War.

1939 Faisal II ascends to throne of Iraq

1940 L Oterma discovers asteroid #2332 Kalm

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