May 23 William Love hosts ground breaking ceremonies for Love Canal

May 11 American RR Union strikes Pullman Sleeping Car Co

May 26 Emanuel Lasker (26) becomes World Champion chess player

May 28 Belgium Princess Josephine marries Prince Karl von Hohenzollern

Jan 08 Columbus World's fair in Chicago destroyed by fire

Jan 27 First college basketball game, University of Chicago beats Chicago YMCA 19-11

Jan 07 Motion picture experiment of comedian Fred Ott filmed sneezing

Jan 30 Pneumatic hammer patented by Charles King of Detroit

Jan 30 US flag fired on in Rio; prompt satisfaction exacted by Admiral Benham

Jan 09 "Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze" released in movie theaters

Jan 01 Denmark adopts Mid-European time

Jan 01 Manchester Ship Canal in England opens to traffic

Jan 27 First college basketball game, University of Chicago beats Chicago YMCA 19-11

Jan 04 France ratifies Duple Alliance with Russia

Jan 23 G W Bunbury of Dublin sets shorthand record of 250 wpm for 10 minutes

Jan 13 Revolution in Sicily crushed by government troops

Jan 01 Denmark adopts Mid-European time

Jan 01 Manchester Ship Canal in England opens to traffic

Jan 04 France ratifies Duple Alliance with Russia

Jan 27 Midwinter Fair opens in Golden Gate Park

Jan 27 Midwinter Fair opens in Golden Gate Park

Jan 07 Motion picture experiment of comedian Fred Ott filmed sneezing

Jan 25 James J Corbett KOs Charley Mitchell in 3 for heavyweight boxing title

Feb 08 Enforcement Act repealed, making it easier to disenfranchise blacks

Feb 05 Female suffrage organization in Amsterdam forms

Feb 14 Venus is both a morning star & evening star

Feb 16 British troops occupy Ilorin, Gold Coast

Feb 14 The birth of Jack Benny, American actor

Feb 02 US warship Kearsarge wrecked on Roncador Reef, near Solomon Island

Feb 03 The first US steel sailing vessel, Dirigo, launched, Bath ME

Feb 23 Stanley Cup Montréal AAA's awarded cup by trustees as Ottawa refuses to travel to Toronto to play

Feb 24 Nicaragua captures Tegucigalpa, Honduras (National Day, sort of)

Apr 29 Commonweal of Christ (Coxey's Army) arrives in Wash, DC 500 strong to protest unemployment; Coxey arrested for trespassing at Capitol

Apr 17 The birth of Nikita S Khrushchev, Russian leader

Apr 26 The birth of Rudolf Hess, German Nazi leader

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