aracas, to enforce payment for property seized without compensation during the 1899 revolution. The US pressurised the two countries to end the blockade and refer the matter to the international court in The Hague.
15/10/1902, US President Roosevelt threatened to send in troops to end a miner’s strike.
26/7/1902, Charles Adams, US historian (born 24/1/1835) died.
28/6/1902, The USA authorised the construction of the Panama Canal.
20/5/1902, Cuba gained dependence, from US military rule, see 1/1/1899.
12/5/1902, A miners strike began in the USA.
18/1/1902. A US Commission chose Panama as the site for a new canal.
18/11/1901. The US journalist and statistician George Gallup was born in Jefferson, Iowa.
29/10/1901, Anarchist Leon Czolgosz was executed by electrocution for assassinating US President McKinley
24/10/1901, Ann Edson Taylor rode over the Niagara Falls in a padded barrel, and lived to tell the tale.
12/10/1901, President Theodore Roosevelt renamed the Executive Mansion as The White House.
4/7/1901, The US Republican, Taft, was appointed Governor of the Philippines. replacing a former military government with civilian rule. He announced an amnesty for all former rebels who took an oath of allegiance to the USA.
21/5/1901, Fitz-John Porter, US soldier (born 31/8/1822) died.
25/2/1901, ‘Zeppo’ Marx, the youngest of the Marx Brothers, who became their agent, was born in New York City as Herbert.
10/1/1901, Major oil discovery in Texas, USA.
2/12/1900, The US Supreme Court declared that Puerto Ricans did not qualify for US citizenship.
8/9/1900, Over 5,000 were killed when a hurricane hit Galveston, Texas.
21/6/1900, In the US, the Republican Party Convention renominated McKinley for Presidency and Theodore Roosevelt for vice-Presidency.
16/4/1900. The world’s first book of stamps was issued, in the USA.
8/4/1900, In the first major event associated with the introduction of Buddhism to the United States, Buddha's birthday was celebrated in an elaborate ceremony in San Francisco. The Buddhist mission had begun its outreach to European-Americans in weekly lectures beginning on January 4.
2/1/1900. New York’s first electric omnibus began operating.
2/12/1899. In Washington, the USA, Britain, and Germany signed a treaty dividing the Samoan Islands between the USA and Germany.
24/11/1899. US forces finally captured Luzon in the Philippines after nine months of jungle warfare. The US was awarded the Philippines in 1898 but found it hard to subdue the territory. Insurrectionist leader Emilio Aguinaldo wanted independence and declared the Malolos Republic in 1898. Aguinaldo continued a guerrilla war from the mountains.
18/10/1898, The USA took formal possession of Puerto Rico from Spain.
6/9/1899. The US Secretary of State, John Hay, embarked on an ‘open door’ policy towards China. He also urged the European powers, and Japan, to respect China’s territorial integrity and pursue a policy of free trade with China.
1/7/1899, The first juvenile court sat, at Cork County Court, Chicago.
18/3/1899, Othniel Charles Marsh, US palaeontologist, died in new Haven, Connecticut.
4/2/1899, A rebellion against US rule broke out on the Philippines. The US had backed General Emilio Aguinaldo against Spanish colonial rule (see 10/12/1898), but instead of independence the Philippines came under US rule.
17/1/1899, Al Capone, American gangster who operated in Chicago, was born in Naples, Italy.
1/1/1899, The official date on which US military rule succeeded Spanish rule of Cuba.
12/12/1898, The Treaty of Paris ended the US-Spanish war.
10/12/1898. The war between Spain and the USA ended. The USA acquired Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and. for a US$20 million indemnity, the Philippines. See 4/2/1899.
13/8/1898. US forces captured Manila, capital of the Philippines.
28/7/1898. Puerto Rico surrendered to US forces.
3/7/1898, The US navy destroyed a Spanish fleet attempting to escape the US blockade on the port of Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. On 5/7/1898 US forces captured Santiago itself.
20/6/1898. The US navy seized the island of Guam.
1/5/1898. US forces 