May 09 First horseless carriage show in London (featured 10 models)

May 10 The American transcontinental railroad is completed

May 04 The first edition of London Daily Mail (½ penny)

May 27 Bay District Race Track closes

May 27 255 people are killed when a twister strikes St Louis, Missouri and East St Louis, Illinois

May 04 Grease fire ignites ½ ton of dynamite at Cripple Creek CO

May 30 The birth of Howard Hawks, American film director

May 27 The first major tornado to strike urban US (St Louis & E St Louis MO); killing 255 & leaving thousands homeless

May 18 US Supreme court affirms "separate but equal" policy (Plessy v Ferguson)

May 26 Dow Jones begins an index of 12 industrial stocks (closing is 40.94)

May 30 First car accident occurs, Henry Wells hit a bicyclist (NYC)

May 26 Last Czar of Russia, Nicholas II, crowned

May 14 Lowest US temperature in May recorded (-10ºF - Climax CO)

May 19 First automobile (Benz) to arrive in Netherlands

May 08 Yorkshire Cricket all out for 887 against Warwickshire

May 15 Tornado kills 78 in Texas

Jan 18 The first demonstration of an x-ray machine in the US, New York City NY

Jan 27 Tasmania bowl out Victoria for 65 for their first ever innings victory

Jan 01 Wilhelm Röntgen announces his discovery of x-rays

Jan 07 Fanny Farmer publishes her first cookbook

Jan 02 Battle at Doornkop, South Africa (Boers beat Dr Jamesons troops)

Jan 06 Cecil Rhodes resigns as premier of Cape colony

Jan 12 The first X-ray photo in US (Dr Henry Smith, Davidson NC)

Jan 05 German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen's discovers x-rays

Jan 05 German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen's discovers x-rays

Jan 06 The first US women's 6-day bicycle race starts, Madison Square Garden

Jan 27 Tasmania bowl out Victoria for 65 for their first ever innings victory

Jan 03 Emperor Wilhelm congratulates President Kruger on the Jameson Raid

Jan 02 Battle at Doornkop, South Africa (Boers beat Dr Jamesons troops)

Jan 04 Utah is admitted to the Union as the 45th state.

Jan 18 British troops occupy Kumasi, West Africa

Jan 29 Emile Grubbe is first doctor to use radiation treatment for breast cancer

Jan 20 The birth of George Burns, American comedian

Jan 04 Seven members of Prime Minister Mackenzie Bowell's cabinet resign over the Manitoba Schools Question.

Jan 06 The first US women's 6-day bicycle race starts, Madison Square Garden

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