Feb 07 Oklahoma admitted to statehood
Feb 08 Cyclone hit Tahiti &adjacent islands, killing some 10,000 people
Feb 13 -40ºF (-40ºC) Lebanon KS (state record)
Feb 27 Montana adopts its state flag.
Feb 02 The birth of Ayn Rand, American philisopher.
Feb 24 Simplon tunnel in Switzerland completed
Feb 01 Hungarian premier Tisza resigns
Apr 04 In Kangra, India a 8.6 earthquake resulted in 19,000 deaths
Apr 08 British East African Protectorate becomes colony of Kenya
Apr 03 M Wolf discovers asteroid #562 Salome
Apr 06 P Gotz discovers asteroid #563 Suleika
Apr 12 Hippodrome arena opens (NYC)
Apr 05 James Barrie's "Alice-sit-by-the-fire", premieres in London
Apr 01 British East African Protectorate becomes colony of Kenya
Apr 04 Earthquake in Kangra India, kills 370,000
Apr 29 2" rain falls in 10 mins in Taylor, TX
Nov 19 The birth of Tommy Dorsey, American Bandleader
Nov 28 Sinn Fein founded by Arthur Griffith
Nov 24 The first Canadian Northern Railway passenger train reaches Edmonton after a 27 hour trip from Winnipeg Manitoba.
Nov 19 The British steamer S.S. Hilda sinks in the English Channel 100 loose their lives
Nov 23 Henry Watson Furness, an Indiana physician, named minister of Haiti
Nov 12 Martial law is declared in Russian-occupie Poland
Nov 18 Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway
Dec 16 "Variety," covering all phases of show business, first published
Dec 11 120ø F (49ø C), Rivadavia, Argentina (South American record)
