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Texas Oil
In the first Texas gusher, oil is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas. -
Baseball American League
Baseball's American League declares itself a Major League. -
McKinley and Roosevelt
President William McKinley begins his second term. Theodore Roosevelt sworn in as Vice President of the United States. -
President McKinley Assassinated
American anarchist Leon Czolgosz shoots President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. McKinley sadly ends up dying 8 days later. -
Theodore Roosevelt Becomes The 26th President
Vice President Theodore Roosevelt becomes the 26th President of the United States, upon the death of President William McKinley. -
President Roosevelt and Booker T. Washington
President Theodore Roosevelt invites African American leader Booker T. Washington to the White House. The American South reacts angrily to the visit, and racial violence increases in the region. -
Henry Ford's New Record
Henry Ford sets a new automobile land speed record of 91.371 miles per hour (147.047 km/h). -
U.S. presidential election, 1904
Republican incumbent Theodore Roosevelt defeats Democrat Alton B. Parker. -
President Theodore Roosevelt begins his first full term.
President Roosevelt finally gets to serve a full term as the U.S. President. -
Russo-Japanese War/Treaty of Portsmouth
In New Hampshire, a contract intervened by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt is marked by person who wins Japan and Russia. Russia cedes the isle of Sakhalin and traffic and complain rights in Manchuria to Japan. -
The Wright Brothers
(Wright Flyer III) stays in the air for 39 minutes with Wilbur piloting. This is the first aeroplane flight lasting over half an hour. -
Antiquities Act
Theodore Roosevelt signs the Antiquities Act into law, authorizing the President to restrict the use of certain parcels of public land with historical or conservation value. -
Theodore Roosevelt is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in negotiating peace in the Russo-Japanese War. -
Crisis Averted
A major American financial crisis is averted when J. P. Morgan, E. H. Harriman, James Stillman, Henry Clay Frick, and other Wall Street financiers create a $25,000,000 pool to invest in the shares on the plunging New York Stock Exchange, ending the bank panic of 1907. -
Japanese Immigration Restricted
Japanese immigration to the United States is restricted under the Gentlemen's Agreement of 1907. -
Oklahoma Becomes A Star
A forty-sixth star is added to the United States flag representing the state of Oklahoma. -
Henry Ford's Model T
Official launch of Henry Ford's Ford Model T automobile, the first having left the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit, Michigan, on September 27. The initial price is set at $850. -
1908 Presidential election:
Republican William Howard Taft defeats Democrat William Jennings Bryan. -
William Howard Taft becomes the 27th U.S. President
William Howard Taft is sworn in as the 27th President of the United States, and James S. Sherman is sworn in as Vice President of the United States. -
The Overseas Railroad Opens
The first train arrives in Key West, Florida, at 10:43 a.m. with Henry M. Flagler, the railroad's creator and owner, aboard. -
Arizona is a U.S. State
Arizona is admitted as the 48th U.S. state and the last of contiguous states to be admitted into the Union (see History of Arizona). -
The Titanic
Sinking of the RMS Titanic: RMS Titanic strikes an iceberg in the northern Atlantic Ocean and sinks with the loss of between 1,517 and 1,636 lives. The wreck will not be discovered until 1985. -
Roosevelt's Near Death Experience
While campaigning in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, former President Theodore Roosevelt is shot by saloonkeeper John Schrank. With a bad wound and the bullet still in him, Roosevelt still delivers his speech. After finishing it, he goes to the hospital, where they figured out that if he had not had his speech in his breast pocket when he was shot, he almost would have died. -
U.S. presidential election, 1912
Democratic challenger and Governor of New Jersey Woodrow Wilson wins a landslide victory over Republican incumbent William Howard Taft. Taft's base is undercut by Progressive Party candidate (and former Republican) Theodore Roosevelt, who finishes second, ahead of Taft. -
Woodrow Wilson becomes the 28th U.S. President
Woodrow Wilson is sworn in as the 28th President of the United States -
The Seventeenth Amendment
The Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is passed, dictating the direct election of senators. -
The End of The Panama Canal
President Woodrow Wilson triggers the explosion of the Gamboa Dike, ending construction on the Panama Canal. -
The Ford Motor Company Assembly Line
The Ford Motor Company introduces the first moving assembly line, reducing chassis assembly time from 12½ hours in October to 2 hours, 40 minutes (although Ford is not the first to use an assembly line, his successful adoption of one sparks an era of mass production). -
The Federal Reserved Established
The Federal Reserve is created by Woodrow Wilson. -
The Eight Hour Work Day and Five Dollar Wage
The Ford Motor Company announces an eight-hour workday and a minimum wage of $5 for a day's labor. -
The Germans Strike
German troops invade neutral Belgium at 8:02 AM (local time). Britain declares war on Germany for this violation of Belgian neutrality. This move effectively means a declaration of war by the whole British Commonwealth and Empire against Germany. The United States declares neutrality. -
Babe Ruths First Home run
Babe Ruth hits his first career home run off of Jack Warhop. -
The Lusitania Sinks
The RMS Lusitania is sunk on passage from New York to Britain by a German U-boat, killing 1,198. -
Wilson's Response To The Mexicans
President Woodrow Wilson sends 12,000 United States troops over the U.S.-Mexico border to pursue Pancho Villa; the 13th Cavalry regiment enters Mexican territory. -
U.S. presidential election, 1916
Democratic President Woodrow Wilson narrowly defeats Republican Charles E. Hughes. -
The Germans Attack Kingsland
German saboteurs set off the Kingsland Explosion at Kingsland, New Jersey (modern-day Lyndhurst), one of the events leading to U.S. involvement in World War I. -
Wilsons Call
President Woodrow Wilson calls for "peace without victory" in Europe. -
The Zimmermann Telegram
United States ambassador to the United Kingdom, Walter H. Page, is shown the intercepted Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany offers to give Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico back to Mexico if Mexico declares war on the United States. -
Wilsons Second Term
President Woodrow Wilson begins his second term. -
Wilsons Request To Congress
President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany. -
Germanys U-53 Strikes
U.S. Navy destroyer USS Jacob Jones is torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by German submarine U-53, killing 66 crew in the first significant American naval loss of the war. -
The U.S. Declares War
World War I: The United States declares war on Austria-Hungary. -
Wilsons Fourteen Point Speech
President Woodrow Wilson delivers his Fourteen Points speech. -
The Sedition Act Passed
The Sedition Act of 1918 is approved by the U.S. Congress. -
World War I Ends.
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Wilson Sails To The Peace Conference
President of the U.S. Woodrow Wilson sails for the Paris Peace Conference, becoming the first U.S. president to travel to Europe while in office. -
The 18th Amendment
The 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution, authorizing Prohibition, goes into effect in the United States. -
The 19th Amendment
Women's rights: The United States Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which would guarantee suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification. -
The Steel Strike
The Steel strike of 1919 begins across the United States. -
Wilson Becomes Paralyzed
President Woodrow Wilson suffers a stroke, leaving him partially paralyzed. -
Failure of The Treaty
The Treaty of Versailles fails a critical ratification vote in the United States Senate. It will never be ratified by the US. -
The First Red Scare
The second of the Palmer Raids takes place with another 4,025 suspected communists and anarchists arrested and held without trial in several cities. -
The Wall Street bombing
A bomb in a horse wagon explodes in front of the J. P. Morgan Building in New York City and leaves 38 dead, 400 injured. -
U.S. Presidential Election of 1920
Republican U. S. Senator Warren G. Harding defeats Democratic Governor of Ohio James M. Cox in the U.S. presidential election, the first national U.S. election in which women have the right to vote.