May 29 The birth of Bob Hope, US entertainer

May 23 The first automobile trip across US from San Fransisco to New York

May 27 Queen Wilhelmina opens Berlages Merchants bureau in Amsterdam

May 14 President Theodore Roosevelt visits San Fransisco

May 23 The first direct primary election law in US adopted, by Wisconsin

Jan 07 Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier" (BG)

Jan 05 San Francisco-Hawaii telegraph cable opens for public use

Jan 07 Vincent d'Indy's opera "L'etranger," premieres in Brussel

Jan 12 Harry Houdini performs at Rembrandt theater, Amsterdam

Jan 12 Rhodes Opera House burns in Boyertown PA, killing 170

Jan 02 President T Roosevelt shuts down post office in Indianola MI, for refusing to accept its appointed postmistress because she was black

Jan 06 Dutch Press museum opens in Amsterdam

Jan 02 President T Roosevelt shuts down post office in Indianola MI, for refusing to accept its appointed postmistress because she was black

Jan 21 Harry Houdini escapes police station Halvemaansteeg in Amsterdam

Jan 09 Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota established

Jan 07 Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier" (BG)

Jan 23 The birth of Randolph Scott, American film actor

Jan 29 Dutch railroad workers strike

Jan 19 New bicycle race "Tour de France" announced

Jan 21 "Wizard of Oz," premieres in New York City NY

Jan 07 Vincent d'Indy's opera "L'etranger," premieres in Brussel

Jan 05 San Francisco-Hawaii telegraph cable opens for public use

Jan 19 The first regular transatlantic radio broadcast between US & England

Jan 06 Dutch Press museum opens in Amsterdam

Feb 18 Kuyper government launches anti strike laws

Feb 23 Cuban state of Guantanamo leased to USA

Feb 22 Due to drought the US side of Niagara Falls runs short of water

Feb 26 Richard Gattling, rapid-fire gun inventor, dies.

Feb 14 US Dept of Commerce and Labor is established

Feb 14 The U.S. Department of Commerce and Labor is established.

Feb 03 Frederick Lugard occupies Kano West Africa

Feb 16 -59º F (-51º C), Pokegama Dam MN (state record)

Feb 24 Cuba agrees to allow the U.S. to operate a naval base at Guantanamo Bay.

Feb 15 First Teddy Bear introduced in America, made by Morris & Rose Michtom

Feb 21 Cornerstone laid for US army war college, Washington DC

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