First radio contest held (Philadelphia) 

Rotary Club International formed by 4 men in Chicago 

US acquired control of the Panama Canal Zone for $10 million 

Cuban state of Guantanamo leased to USA 

Battle at Harts Hill, South-Africa (Boers vs British army) 

Steamer Rio de Janeiro sinks in SF Bay 

Lake Victoria was proclaimed to be the source of the River Nile by British explorers John Speke and J A Grant 

Karl Gauss, German mathematician and astronomer, dies