Feb 11 Australia regain the Ashes with a 308 run cricket victory vs England
Feb 28 Failed assassination attempt on Shah Mohammed Ali in Teheran
Feb 29 Dutch scientists produce solid helium
Feb 10 In England Canadian Tommy Burns KOs Jack Palmer in 4 rounds to defend his world heavyweight boxing title
Feb 27 Sacrifice fly adopted (repealed in 1931, reinstated 1954)
Feb 27 Star #46 was added to US flag for Oklahoma
Feb 25 The tunnel under the Hudson River (railway tunnel) opens
Feb 18 US postage stamps in coils issued
Feb 11 The birth of Vivian Fuchs, British Antartic explorer
Apr 12 Fire makes 17,000 homeless in Chelsea Massachusetts
Apr 27 4th modern Olympic games opens in London
Apr 09 Herbert Henry Asquith becomes PM of England
Apr 21 Frederick A Cook claims to reach North Pole (NOT)
Apr 25 The birth of Edward R Murrow, American journalist
Apr 05 British premier Henry Campbell-Bannerman resigns
Apr 03 Frank Gotch wins world heavyweight wrestling championship in 2 hours
Apr 24 Mr & Mrs Jacob Murdock become the first to travel across the US by car, they leave LA in a Packard & arrive in NYC in 32d-5h-25m
Apr 05 The birth of Bette Davis, American actress
Apr 26 J H Metcalf discovers asteroid #756 Lilliana
Apr 06 J H Metcalf discovers asteroid #755 Quintilla
Apr 09 The birth of Victor Vasarely, Russian painter
Apr 16 Natural Bridges National Monument established
Nov 16 The birth of Burgess Meredith, US actor
Nov 03 William Howard Taft (R) elected 27th President over William Jennings Bryan
Nov 28 154 men die in coal mine explosion at Marianna Pa
