Feb 28 The birth of Stephen Spender, English poet
Feb 01 US Assay Office in Salt Lake City, Utah opens
Feb 23 At Baddeck, Nova Scotia J. A. D. McCurdy flies the Bell designed Silver Dart at an altitude of about 10 metres for nearly one kilometre across Baddeck Bay; first airplane flight in Canada by a Canadian; first powered flight in British Empire.
Feb 21 John Galsworthy's "Strife," premieres in London
Feb 23 Russian tsar Nicolas II dissolves Finnish Diet
Feb 08 France &Germany sign treaty about Morocco
Feb 12 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded
Feb 16 Subway car with side doors goes into service (New York NY)
Feb 11 The birth of Joseph Mankiewicz, American director.
Feb 09 First federal legislation prohibiting narcotics (opium)
Feb 16 Serbia mobilizes against Austria-Hungary
Feb 09 The first forestry school is incorporated at Kent OH
Feb 09 The birth of Carmen Miranda, Brazilian actress.
Feb 28 The birth of Linus Pauling, American chemist and physicist
Apr 06 The first credit union established in US
Apr 30 The birth of Queen Juliana Of Holland
Apr 06 Commander Robert E. Peary &Matthew Henson reports reaching the North Pole
Apr 27 Sultan of Turkey Abdul Hamid II is overthrown
Apr 22 A Kopff discovers asteroid #680 Genoveva
Apr 12 Philadelphia's Shibe Park (later Connie Mack Stadium) opens
Apr 06 The North Pole reached for the first time, by American Robert Peary
Nov 13 259 miners die in a fire at St Paul Mine at Cherry Ill
Nov 09 The birth of Katherine Hepburn, American actress
Nov 18 US invades Nicaragua, later overthrows President Zelaya
Nov 18 The birth of Johnny Mercer, US composer
