Oliver Wendell Holmes Associate Justice
Dec 8 Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr became Associate Justice on US Supreme Court
- Dec 9 AL announces purchase of grounds for a stadium in NY
Fischer Awarded Chemistry Nobel
Dec 10 German organic chemist Emil Fischer is award the Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his work on sugar and purine syntheses
Aswan Low Dam Opens
Dec 10 Opening of the Aswan Low Dam at the first cataract - first dam across the Nile, then the largest masonry dam in the world
- Dec 10 Women are given the right to vote in Tasmania
- Dec 11 The US signs a treaty with Cuba allowing for a 20 percent reduction of tariff rates on imported Cuban products
Mommsen Literature Nobel
Dec 12 German historian Theodor Mommsen is awarded the Nobel prize for Literature for his historical writing and especially his monumental work, "A History of Rome"
Venezuelan Forts Bombarded
Dec 13 British and German ships bombard Venezuelan forts after President Castro refuses to comply with ultimatum demanding damages caused during his takeover of the government in 1899; Castro asks US President Theodore Roosevelt to arbitrate
- Dec 15 German agricultural tariffs are increased
Der Erdgeist
Dec 17 Frank Wedekind's play "Der Erdgeist" premieres in Berlin
UK Education Act
Dec 18 British parliament passes the Education Act, which will come to be regarded as the most important legislation of Arthur Balfour's government
"The Girl with the Green Eyes"
Dec 25 Clyde Fitch' play "The Girl with the Green Eyes" premieres in NYC
"The Entertainer"
Dec 29 Scot Joplin copyrights "The Entertainer" and several other piano rag compositions through the US Copyright Office
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