the border between China and Kyrgyzstan killing 10,000 people. August 24 – A statue of Joan of Arc is unveiled in Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier, the French town which she stormed in 1429. August 30 – Mount Pelée again erupts in Martinique, destroying the town of Le Morne-Rouge and causing 1,000 deaths. September September 1 – The first science fiction film, the silent A Trip to the Moon (Le Voyage dans La Lune), is premièred at the Théâtre Robert-Houdin in Paris, France, by actor/producer Georges Méliès, and proves an immediate success. September 19 – Shiloh Baptist Church disaster: A stampede at the Shiloh Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, after a talk by Booker T. Washington, kills 115. October October 16 – The first Borstal (youth offenders' institution) opens in Borstal, Kent, U.K. October 21 – A five-month strike by the United Mine Workers in the United States ends. November November 15 King Leopold II of Belgium survives an attempted assassination in Brussels by Italian anarchist Gennaro Rubino. The Hanoi exhibition, a world's fair, opens in French Indochina. November 16 – A newspaper cartoon inspires creation of the first teddy bear by Morris Michtom in the United States. November 30 – On the American frontier, the second-in-command of Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch, Harvey Logan ("Kid Curry"), is sentenced to 20 years hard labor. December December–February 1903 – Venezuelan crisis: Britain, Germany and Italy sustain a naval blockade on Venezuela, in order to enforce collection of outstanding financial claims. This prompts the development of the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine. December 10 – The first Aswan Dam on the Nile is completed. December 17 – The Commercial Telegraph Agency (TTA, Torgovo-Telegrafnue Agenstvo), predecessor of TASS, is officially established under the Ministry of Finance at Saint Petersburg in the Russian Empire. December 30 – Discovery Expedition: British explorers Scott, Shackleton and Wilson reach the furthest southern point reached thus far by man, south of 82°S. Date unknown The capital of French Indochina is moved from Saigon (in Cochinchina) to Hanoi (Tonkin). Construction of the Paul Doumer Bridge, linking both sections of Hanoi, is completed. The first Korean Empire passports are issued to assist Korean immigration to Hawaii. The Potawatomi Zoo in South Bend, Indiana, begins life as a duck pond. De'Longhi home appliance brand is founded in the Veneto region of Italy. Daniels Linseed, predecessor of Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), a global livestock, commodities trading,