Feb 09 Dwight Davis established a new tennis trophy, the Davis Cup

Feb 15 General French relieves Kimberley/Cecil Rhodes

Feb 16 The first Chinese daily newspaper in US publishes first issue (Chung Sai Yat Po-San Francisco)

Apr 04 Assassination attempt on prince of Wales/king Edward VII

Apr 15 An early 50 mile race is won by an electric car in over 2 hrs

Apr 26 On a Farm in Ohio Charles Richter born, he developed the Richter scale for measuring earthquakes

Apr 04 British garrison of Reddersberg surrenders to Boer General De Wet

Apr 15 International Exposition opens in Paris

Apr 11 Navy accepted its first submarine, USS Holland

Apr 25 At Israel's Port South Africa, the Canadians engage Boers in Battle of Israel's Port.

Apr 06 Jim Jeffries KO's Jack Finnegan in 55 seconds

Apr 05 The birth of Spencer Tracy, American actor

Apr 17 7 high chiefs of American Samoa sign Instrument of Cession

Apr 05 Attempted assassination of Prince of Wales in Brussels, fails

Apr 10 Capetown South Africa Samuel Benfield Steele 1849-1919 arrives in South Africa commanding Lord Strathcona's Horse.

Apr 30 165 lb Robert Fitzsimmons KOs 305 lb Ed Dunkhost in a boxing match

Apr 14 Veteran's Hospital at Ft Miley established

Apr 24 Passing of Andrew Halliday, cable car pioneer

Nov 03 First national automobile show opens at Madison Square Garden (NYC)

Nov 07 Sgt. Edward J. G. Holland (Royal Cdn. Dragoons) wins the Victoria Cross at Leliefontein South Africa

Nov 06 President William McKinley (R) re-elected, beating William Jennings Bryan

Nov 14 The birth of Aaron Copland, American composer

Nov 07 Lt. Richard E.W. Turner (Royal Cdn. Dragoons) wins the Victoria Cross at Leliefontein South Africa

Nov 08 Theodore Dreiser's novel "Sister Carrie" is published

Nov 24 On this day, the first gasoline-powered Pierce automobile was taken on a test drive through the streets of Buffalo, New York

Nov 08 The birth of Margaret Mitchell, American author

Nov 07 Lt. Hampden Z.C. Cockburn (Royal Cdn. Dragoons) wins the Victoria Cross at Leliefontein South Africa

Nov 20 American cartoonist Chester Gould, creator of the Dick Tracy comic strip, is born

Nov 30 Irish author Oscar Wilde dies in Paris.

Sep 08 6,000 killed when a hurricane &tidal wave destroys Galveston, Texas, most deadly in US history

Sep 17 A federation of six colonies becomes the Commonwealth of Australia

Sep 08 A huricane strikes Galveston, TX, killing 6,000 people.

Sep 03 British annex Natal (South Africa)

Sep 05 France proclaims a protectorate over Chad

Jun 03 The International Ladies' Garment Workers Union is founded

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