Mar 30 French protectorate in Morocco established

Mar 14 King Vittorio Emanuel III of Rome injured during assassination attempt

Mar 17 Camp Fire Girls organization announced by Mrs Luther Halsey Gulick

Mar 16 Mrs William Howard Taft plants first cherry tree in Washington DC

Mar 07 Roald Amundsen announces discovery of the South Pole

Mar 12 Captain Albert Berry performs first parachute jump from an airplane

Mar 11 1st Stanley Cup game to be played in 3 20-minute periods, formerly played in 30-minute halfs, Quebec beats Moncton 9-3 on way to sweep

Mar 23 Dixie Cup invented

Mar 27 First Japanese cherry blossom trees planted in Washington DC

Mar 12 Girl Guides (Girl Scouts) founded in Savannah, by Juliette Gordon Low

Mar 01 Albert Berry makes the first parachute jump from an airplane

Mar 05 Spanish steamer "Principe de Asturias" sinks northeast of Spain, 500 die

Mar 01 Isabella Goodwin, 1the first US woman detective, appointed, New York NY

Mar 29 Captain Robert Scott, blizzard-bound in a tent 18 km from the South Pole, makes last entry in his diary "the end cannot be far"

Aug 23 The birth of Gene Kelly, Hollywood song and dance man, also producer/director

Aug 24 Territory of Alaska organized

Aug 07 Progressive (Bull Moose) Party nominates Theodore Roosevelt for pres

Aug 21 Mr Carter-Cotton chosen first chancellor of Univ of British Columbia

Aug 24 NYC ticker tape parade for Jim Thorpe & victorious US olympians

Aug 24 US passes Anti-gag law, federal employees right to petition the govt

Aug 14 2,500 US marines invade Nicaragua; US remains until 1925

Aug 27 Edgar Rice Burroughs publishes Tarzan of the Apes.

Aug 24 Alaska becomes a U.S. territory.

Sep 20 Official approval given for the establishment of a military Central Flying School

Sep 28 "Kiche Maru" sinks off Japan, killing 1,000

Sep 03 World's 1st cannery opens in England to supply food to the navy, they use lead toseaal the cans!!

Sep 09 J Verdrines becomes 1st to fly over 100 mph (107 mph/172 kph)

Sep 23 The first ever silent 'Keystone Cops' film released

Sep 23 First Mack Sennett "Keystone Comedy" movie released

Feb 02 Frederick R Law, parachutes from Statue of Liberty

Feb 12 Robert Cromie publishes first issue of the Vancouver Sun, to "consistently advocate the principles of Liberalism"

Feb 12 China adopts the Gregorian calendar

Feb 14 First US submarines with diesel engines commissioned, Groton CT

Feb 12 The Republic of China is formed.

Feb 12 China becomes a republic, after centuries of rule by an Emperor

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