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American railroads adopt standard time zones
The reason for switching to standard time was so train conductors could be precise on their timing in order to arrive as planned and not run into other expeced trains. -
The Eiffel Tower is completed
It took two years to build the Eiffel Tower starting in 1887 and being finished in 1889 in time for the World Fair where it was later to be demolished, but didn't do to its usefulness as a radio antenna. -
Congress establishes Yosemite National Park
The purpose for the park was to preserve the natural beauty that the land had to offer. -
First professional football game is played in Latrobe, PA
The first football game to be play a full season with only professional players. -
Wright brothers fly 852ft in their airplane
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Albert Einstein proposes his relative theory
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First Model T automobile is produced
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World War 1 rages across Europe
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Bolsheviks seize control of Russia
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The Nineteenth Amendment is added to the Constitution