WEEE 4004th post!
Posted: 20 May 2012, 20:53
YES, I skipped my 4000th post celebration on purpose in order to celebrate my 4004th post! 
So HERE WE GO!
So HERE WE GO!
Some trivia for you about the year 1902;
January 1- Nurses Registration Act 1901 comes into effect in New Zealand, making it the first country in the world to require state registration of nurses. On January 10, Ellen Dougherty becomes the world's first registered nurse.
January 8 – A train collision in the New York Central Railroad's Park Avenue Tunnel kills 17, injures 38, and leads to increased demand for electric trains and let to the banning of Steam locomotives in the state.
January 23 – A snowstorm at Mount Hakkoda, northern Honshu, Japan, kills 199 during a military training exercise.
February 15 – The Berlin U-Bahn underground is opened.
March 7 – Second Boer War: South African Boers win their last battle over British forces, with the capture of a British general and 200 of his men.
March 10 – A Circuit Court prevents Thomas Edison from having a monopoly on motion picture technology.
April 2 – Electric Theatre, the first movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles, California.
April 13 – A new car speed record of 74 mph (119 km/h) is set in Nice, France, by Leon Serpollet.
April 19 – A magnitude 7.5 earthquake rocks Guatemala, killing 2,000.
May 8: Mount Pelée erupts.
May 8 – In Martinique, Mount Pelée erupts, destroying the town of Saint-Pierre and killing over 30,000.
May 20 – Cuba gains independence from the United States.
June 15 – The New York Central railroad inaugurates the 20th Century Limited passenger train between Chicago and New York City, New York.
July 10 – The Rolling Mill Mine disaster in Johnstown, PA kills 112 miners.
July 11 - Lord Salisbury retires as British prime minister.
July 14 – St Mark's Campanile in Venice collapses.
August 1 – 100 miners die in a pit explosion in Wollongong, Australia.
August 9 – Edward VII is crowned King of the United Kingdom.
August 22 – Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first American President to ride in an automobile when he rides in a Columbia Electric Victoria through Hartford, Connecticut.
August 24 – A statue of Joan of Arc was unveiled in Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier.
August 30 – In Martinique, Mount Pelée erupts again, destroying the town of Morne-Rouge causing 1000 deaths.
October 16 – The first Borstal (youth offenders' institution) opens in Borstal, Kent, U.K.
October 21 – In the United States, a five month strike by the United Mine Workers ends.
December 10 – The first Aswan Dam on The Nile is completed.
December 30 – Discovery Expedition: Scott, Shackleton and Wilson reach the furthest southern point reached thus far by man, south of 82°S.