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1902
• On 31 May, the Treaty of Vereeniging brings the Boer War to an end in South Africa. Britain now rules the Transvaal and Orange Free State. • To spread its influence, Germany invests in the Ottoman empire, building a railway from Berlin to Baghdad. • United States troops occupy the Philippines. • On 11 July, Lord Salisbury retires as British prime minister. He is succeeded by his nephew Arthur Balfour. • Italian operatic tenor Enrico Caruso makes his first gramophone recording. • French film-maker Georges Méliès makes A Trip to the Moon, one of the earliest science-fiction films. |
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