Jul 10 Paris subway, the Metro, opens

Jul 28 Hamburger created by Louis Lassing in Connecticut

Jul 02 Retired German general Ferdinand von Zeppelin, 62, launches the first rigid airship

Jul 05 Sgt. Arthur H.L. Richardson (Cdn.) (Strathcona's Horse) wins the Vicotria Cross at Wolve Spruit South Africa

Mar 16 Discovery of the ancient city of Knossos on the island of Crete

Mar 07 Battle at Poplar Grove South Africa, President Kruger flees

Mar 03 US Steel Corporation organizes

Mar 13 British troops occupy Bloemfontein, Orange-Free state

Mar 07 Poplar Grove, South Africa Canadians engage Boers in artillery fight at Poplar Grove

Mar 12 President Steyn of Orange-Free state flees from Bloemfontein

Mar 16 Sir Arthur Evans finds old city of Knossus

Mar 13 James William Tyrrell 1863-1945 starts 2,782 km survey trek from Great Slave Lake to Chesterfield Inlet.

Mar 16 Samuel Benfield Steele 1849-1919 commanding Lord Strathcona's Horse, embarks troops for South Africa; the regiment consists of 537 mounted troops recruited in Manitoba, BC and the NWT

Mar 05 American Hall of Fame is founded

Mar 31 The first car advertisement to run in a national magazine appeared in the Saturday Evening Post.

Mar 30 Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts Compulsory education law

Mar 14 Hugo de Vries rediscovers Mendel's laws of genetics

Mar 31 Brigadier-General Broadwoods troops fall into guerrilla hands

Mar 25 US Socialist Party is formed at Indianapolis

Mar 14 US currency goes on gold standard

Mar 10 Battle at Driefontein, South-Africa (Boers vs British army)

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