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The Labour and Liberal victory after the poll
February - The royal Navy's super battleship Dreadnought was launched at Portsmouth by Edward VII- nicknamed John Bull afloat by Fred T Jane
February 7th - The Liberals won a landslide election victory in UK
April 18th - San Fransisco was devastated by an earthquake
more than 2500 people died, 497 city blocks destroyed
at a loss of $350 million
the land was displaced horizontally by 21ft (7 metres)
the steel framed
Bullock and Jones building withstood the shock more successfully
May - The Duma Russia's first elected parliament took office
June - A deputation representing half a million women went with a petition to 10 Downing Street to press women's claim to the vote
July - The Duma was dissolved by the Tsar and Martial Law was declared
October 3rd - SOS was adopted as the international distress signal
November - Japan launches the worlds biggest battle ship the Satsuma
There was a general strike in Spain and the King and Queen of Spain were nearly blown up
Simplon Tunnel was opened
Rolls Royce was founded
May 12th
The San Francisco Earthquake
July 28th
The reinstatement and decoration of Dreyfus
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