Feb 29 Theodore Roosevelt, appoints 7 man committee to study Panama Canal

Feb 29 Theodore Roosevelt, appoints 7 man committee to study Panama Canal

Feb 29 The birth of Jimmy Dorsey, US bandleader

Feb 07 Fire erupts in Baltimore, Maryland, burning for nearly 30 hours and destroying over 1500 buildings.

Feb 28 Vincent d'Indy's 2nd Symphony in B, premieres

Feb 08 Outbreak of hostilities in Russo-Japanese war

Feb 05 American occupation of Cuba ends

Feb 23 Control of Panama Canal Zone acquired by US for $10 million

Apr 19 R S Dugan discovers asteroids #533 Sara & #534 Nassovia

Apr 20 Louisiana Purchase Exposition opens in St Louis

Apr 13 Congress authorizes Lewis & Clark Expo $1 gold coin

Apr 09 Entente Cordiale signed by France &England

Apr 25 NY Yankee Jack Chesbro's first of 41 wins this year

Apr 14 The birth of John Gielgud, British actor

Apr 12 M Wolf discovers asteroid #531 Zerlina

Apr 23 American Academy of Arts & Letters forms

Apr 22 The birth of Robert Oppenheimer, Inventor of atomic bomb

Apr 11 M Wolf discovers asteroid #530 Turandot

Apr 20 M Wolf discovers asteroid #532 Herculina

Nov 08 President Theodore Roosevelt (R) defeats Alton B Parker (D)

Nov 23 3rd Olympic games close in St Louis

Nov 02 British newspaper, "The Daily Mirror" begins publishing

Nov 09 First airplane flight to last more than 5 minutes

Sep 15 Wilbur Wright makes his first airplane flight

Sep 09 New York City employs mounted police for the first time.

Sep 03 St Louis Olympics close

Jun 26 The birth of Peter Lorre, American film actor

Jun 15 Side-wheeler "General Slocum" burns in NY's East River (1,031 die)

Jun 16 Bloomsday (date of events in James Joyce's Ulysses)

Jun 06 National Tuberculosis Association organized, Atlantic City, NJ

Dec 19 The Dawson City (Yukon) hockey team starts walking towards Seattle to catch a train to Ottawa to play in the Stanley Cup on Jan 13 1905

Dec 28 First weather reports published

Aug 25 Jim Jefferies KOsJack Munroe & retains boxing heavyweight title

Aug 28 The first jail sentence for speeding in an automobile is pronounced in Newport, RI.

Aug 21 The birth of Count Baise, US bandleader and jazz player

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