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Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles begins publication in serial form
W.B. Yeats heads a group of writers and directors in establishing the Irish National Theatre Society
Claude Debussy's opera Pelléas et Mélisande has its premiere in Paris
Henry James publishes the first of his three last novels, The Wings of the Dove
French film pioneer Georges Méliès uses trick effects for his film Journey to the Moon
Gustav Mahler marries Alma, daughter of the artist Emil Jakob Schindler
The tenor Enrico Caruso cuts his first phonograph records in Milan, beginning an immensely successful recording career
William K. Vanderbilt drives the first internal-combustion car to win the land speed record, at 76 mph at Ablis in France
Brooklyn shopkeepers Morris and Rose Michtom have a huge success with their presidential 'Teddy's Bear'
The first Aswan dam, at this time the world's largest, is completed on the Nile
Walter Sutton and Theodor Boveri separately propose that chromosomes are the carriers of genetic material, in what becomes known as the Sutton-Boveri theory
Radnor House is bought by Twickenham Urban district Council.
Joseph Conrad publishes a collection of stories including Heart of Darkness, a sinister tale based partly on his own journey up the Congo
The English painter G.F. Watts is made a founding member of the Order of Merit
The Wizard of Oz, based on the book by Frank Baum, opens on Broadway as a musical to huge success
Cuba is forced to accept a permanent US military presence in Guantanamo Bay
US author Jack London publishes a novel, The Call of the Wild, in which a huge pet dog has alarming adventures
Lenin's supporters become known as the Bolsheviks ('majority') as opposed to the Mensheviks ('minority') after a split at the party's Second Congress
German surgeon Georg Clemens Perthes discovers, in Leipzig, that X-rays can inhibit cancer
Sibelius writes Valse Triste as incidental music to a play, Kuolema, by his brother-in-law Arvid Järnefelt
Gertrude Stein leaves the USA to share with her brother an apartment in Paris that soon becomes a literary and artistic salon
Emmeline Pankhurst founds the Women's Social and Political Union to fight for women's political rights in the UK
José Battle is elected president of Uruguay and proves to be a visionary politician
Erskine Childers has a best-seller in The Riddle of the Sands, a thriller about a planned German invasion of Britain
Alois Hitler, violent, feared and greatly disliked by his son Adolf, dies
