Mar 10 Harry Gammeter, Cleveland, patents multigraph duplicating machine

Mar 02 Martha Washington Hotel, catering to women only, opens in New York NY

Mar 15 Frederick Lugard occupies Sokoto West Africa

Mar 23 Wright brothers obtain airplane patent

Mar 26 American Hotel opens in Amsterdam

Mar 15 British conquest of northern Nigeria is complete.

Mar 03 North Carolina becomes first state requiring registration of nurses

Mar 22 Niagera Falls runs out of water because of a drought

Mar 31 Richard Pearse flies monoplane several hundred yards (New Zealand)

Aug 01 First coast-to-coast automobile trip (San Francisco to New York ) completed

Aug 15 New Zealand wins first rugby union test against Australia, 22-3.

Aug 19 Phillies suffer record 9th straight posponed game

Aug 07 The birth of Louis Leakey, British archaeologist

Aug 01 Unsuccessful uprising of Macedonians against Turkey

Aug 02 Unsuccessful uprising of Macedonians against Turkey

Sep 03 Resolute beats Shamrock III (England) in 13th America's Cup

Sep 06 Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of The Creeping Man" (BG)

Sep 22 Italo Marchiony granted patent for the ice cream cone

Sep 07 Federation of American Motorcyclists organized in NY

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

Apr 27 Long Island's Jamaica Race Track opens

Apr 22 American Power Boat Association forms

Apr 29 Limestone slides at Turtle Mountain kills 9 (Frank Alberta)

Apr 20 R S Dugan discovers asteroid #508 Princetonia

Apr 28 M Wolf discovers asteroid #509 Iolanda

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