Edwin Boaler Alletson hits 189 in 90 mins Notts v Sussex 

Funeral for Britains King Edward VII 

Cuba gains independence from Spain 

US military occupation of Cuba (since Jan 1, 1899) ends 

2nd modern Olympic games opens in Paris (lasted 5 months) 

Henry Seely White, US mathematician who worked on invariant theory, the geometry of curves and surfaces, algebraic curves and twisted curves is born He dies on his birthday in 1943