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First Manned Flight
Wilbur and Orville Wright succeed in the first manned plane flight, taking the heavier-than-air machine through the skies of North Carolina, and man into an age of flight. The plane flew 120 feet in 12 seconds and later flew 852 feet in 59 seconds. -
Oklahoma Territory
The Oklahoma Territory and the Indian Territory are combined to form Oklahoma and are admitted as the 46th state. -
First Assembly Line
Ford Motor Company introduces the first moving assembly line and adopts it for construction of vehicles, greatly decreasing the time it takes for vehicles to be produced. -
America's Neutrality in World War I
President Woodrow Wilson announces that the United States will stay neutral in World War I. Hostilities had begun on June 28 when the Archduke of Austria and his wife were killed by a Serb nationalist in Sarajevo. -
Lusitania
The British ship Lusitania is sunk by a German U-boat submarine, causing 128 American passengers to be lost. Germany issued an apology to the United States and promised payments. -
Spanish Flu
The influenza epidemic Spanish flu spreads across the world, killing over twenty million worldwide and five hundred and forty-eight thousand people in the United States. -
Armistice Day
Armistice Day with Germany occurs when the Allies and the German nation sign an agreement in Compiegne, France. -
Treaty of Versailles
World War I is ended, following the signing of the Treaty of Versailles.
