Events January January 1 – Edward VII is proclaimed Emperor of India. January 19 – The first west–east transatlantic radio broadcast is made from the United States to England (the first east–west broadcast having been made in 1901). February February 13 – Venezuelan crisis: After agreeing to arbitration in Washington, the United Kingdom, Germany and Italy reach a settlement with Venezuela resulting in the Washington Protocols. The naval blockade that began in 1902 will end. February 23 – Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity". March March 2 – In New York City, the Martha Washington Hotel, the first hotel exclusively for women, opens. March 3 – The British Admiralty announces plans to build a naval base at Rosyth. March 5 – The Ottoman Empire and the German Empire sign an agreement to build the Constantinople–Baghdad Railway. March 12 – The University of Puerto Rico is founded. March 13 – Having abolished the Sokoto Caliphate in West Africa, the new British administration accepts the concession of its last vizier. March 14 – The Hay–Herrán Treaty, granting the United States the right to build the Panama Canal, is ratified by the United States Senate. The Colombian senate later rejects the treaty. April April 19–21 (April 6–8 O.S.) – The first Kishinev pogrom, beginning on Easter Day, takes place in Kishinev, capital of the Bessarabia Governorate of the Russian Empire. At least 47 Jews are killed and others injured during mob rioting encouraged by blood libel articles in the press and led by priests; no attempt is made by police or military to intervene until the third day. April 26 – Atlético Madrid is officially founded as a professional association football club in Spain. April 29 The 30-million-m3 Frank Slide rockslide kills 70–90 in Frank, Alberta. The 7.0 Manzikert earthquake affects eastern Turkey, leaving 3,500 dead (local time; April 28 23:46 UTC). May May 4 – Leading Macedonian revolutionary Gotse Delchev is killed in a skirmish with the Turkish army. May 18 – The port of Burgas, Bulgaria opens. May 24 – The Paris–Madrid race for automobiles begins, during which at least eight people are killed; the French government stops the event at Bordeaux and impounds all of the competitors' cars. May 26 – Românul de la Pind, the longest-running newspaper by and about Aromanians until World War II, is founded. June June 11 (May 29 O.S.) – King