May 12 United Mine Workers leader John Mitchell leads his 147,000 anthracite coal workers out of the pits to begin a 5-month strike that cripples the United States

May 31 Australia Cricket all out 36 vs England, Edgbaston, their lowest ever

May 22 Earth tremor causes explosion at Coal Creek mine, 8 km from Fernie, killing 128 miners.

May 28 Boers surrender

May 31 The Boer war, in South Africa, ends

May 15 Portugal bankrupt by revolt in Angola

May 10 The birth of David O Selznick, American film producer

May 20 Cuba gains independence from Spain and establishes a republic

May 06 British SS Camorta sinks off Rangoon; 739 die

May 20 US military occupation of Cuba (since Jan 1, 1899) ends

May 19 Great Britain &Boers resume peace talks in Pretoria

May 07 Soufriere volcano on St Vincent kills 2-5,000

May 15 Portugal declares itself bankrupt

May 06 Zulu assault at Holkrantz South-Africa

May 31 Boer War Ends; Treaty of Vereeniging signed, Britain annexes Transvaal

May 24 Empire Day first celebrated in Britain

May 29 Dutch State Mine law forms

May 08 The volcano Mount Pelee, in the Caribbean, erupts, killing 30,000 people

May 02 The first science fiction film, "A Trip To The Moon", is released

May 08 Mount Pelée erupts, wipes out St Pierre, Martinique, kills 30,000

Jan 24 Denmark sells Virgin Islands to USA

Jan 24 Denmark sells Virgin Islands to USA

Jan 27 5 workers killed on explosion during IRT subway construction (New York City NY)

Jan 28 E.I. du Pont's Eugene du Pont dies at age 68

Jan 01 The first Rose Bowl game (Pasadena CA) (University of Michigan-49, Stanford-0)

Jan 01 Nathan Stubblefield makes first public demonstration of radio, Pennsylvania

Jan 20 The Anglo-Japanese Alliance is signed, it ends the "splendid isolation" of Britain and recognizes Japan's interests in Korea

Jan 04 Hugh Trumble takes a hat-trick vs England at the MCG

Jan 25 Aleksandr Skriabin's 2nd Symphony in C premieres in St Petersburg

Jan 04 France's Panama Canal Co. offers to sell its interests to the United States and reduces its asking price from $109 million to $40 million

Jan 27 5 workers killed on explosion during IRT subway construction (New York City NY)

Jan 04 France's Panama Canal Co. offers to sell its interests to the United States and reduces its asking price from $109 million to $40 million

Jan 23 Winnipeg Victorias sweep Toronto Wellingtons in 2 for the Stanley Cup

Jan 04 Hugh Trumble takes a hat-trick vs England at the MCG

Jan 01 The first Rose Bowl game (Pasadena CA) (University of Michigan-49, Stanford-0)

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | Next Page »