1897 Ishbel, Lady Aberdeen, wife of the Governor General, helps found the Victorian Order of Nurses at the request of the National Council of Women
1900 Boers under Joubert beat English at Spionkop Natal, 2,000 killed
1900 Queen Victoria gives assent July 9 to the Commonwealth of Australia Bill,
1900 The American Baseball League, composed of eight teams, is organized in Philadelphia.
1903 Dutch railroad workers strike
1912 Martial law declared in textile strike in Lawrence MA
1913 Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, at Howard University, incorporates
1914 U.S. Marines land in Haiti to protect U.S. consulate
1916 The first bombings of Paris by German Zeppelins takes place
1917 English submarine K13 leaves Gaire Loch
1919 Secretary of state proclaims the 18th amendment (prohibition)
1920 Walt Disney starts first job as an artist; $40 week with Kansas City Slide Co
1921 Hurricane hits Washington &Oregon
1922 Union of Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras &El Salvador dissolved
1923 The first flight of the autogiro (Juan de la Cierva, Madrid Spain)
1924 Ice cream cone rolling machine patented by Carl Taylor, Cleveland
1925 British Liberals choose David Lloyd George as party leader
1927 4th German government of Marx forms
1929 Seeing Eye Guide Dog Organization forms
1932 Test debut of Bill O'Reilly, vs South Africa at Adelaide
1933 German President von Hindenburg appoints Hitler chancellor
1936 The first inductees to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, are announced. They include Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth.
1942 German &Italian troops occupy Benghazi
1942 Peru &Ecuador sign Protocol of Rio (boundary determination)
1943 Battle of Wau in New Guinea starts
