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In his pamphlet What is to be done? Lenin argues for early action to promote revolution
Alfred Stieglitz and other US photographers launch the Photo-Secession movement
Helen Keller's The Story of My Life begins publication in serial form
French automobile pioneer Leon Serpollet sets a new land speed record, driving a steam car at 75 mph along the Promenade des Anglais in Nice
The Metropolis Water Act of 1902 places the original water companies and Hampton Waterworks in the hands of the Metropolitan Water Board (established 1903)
North Carolina pharmacist Caleb Bradham launches the Pepsi-Cola company in a back room of his shop
A.E. Kennelly and Oliver Heaviside independently see the link between the atmosphere and the behaviour of radio waves
The play Cathleen ni Houlihan, by W.B. Yeats and Lady Gregory, fosters Irish nationalism
The US Congress makes the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 permanent, without the need for ten-year renewals
Cuba becomes independent after three years of US military rule, with certain restrictions imposed by the Platt Amendment of 1901
Rudyard Kipling moves to Bateman's in Sussex, his home for the rest of his life
A treaty at Vereeniging ends the Boer War and brings the Boer republics under British control
Charles Pathé develops film facilities capable of mass production, in Vincennes near Paris
Jane Burt finally wins admission to Houblon's Almshouses, on the nineteenth attempt
Irish politician Arthur Griffith launches Sinn Fein, as an organization campaigning for a strong and independent Ireland
After the defeat of neighbouring Transvaal in the Boer War, the British take sole control of Swaziland
'Land of Hope and Glory' features in its lasting form as the finale of Elgar's Coronation Ode for Edward VII
The three-year Philippine-American War is brought to an end, and the Philippines become a US colony
The Tale of Peter Rabbit is published commercially, a year after being first printed by Beatrix Potter at her own expense
Lord Salisbury resigns as British prime minister and is succeeded by his nephew, A.J. Balfour
The sculptor Aristide Maillol has his first one-man exhibition, at the Galerie Vollard in Paris
Augustus John meets his favourite subject Dorothy McNeill, to whom he gives the Gypsy name Dorelia
John Masefield's poem 'Sea Fever' is published in Salt-Water Ballads
Hughie Cannon writes 'Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home' for a minstrel, John Queen
Maxim Gorky's play The Lower Depths is performed at the Moscow Art Theatre
