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Galveston Hurricane
Galveston hurricane leaves an estimated 6,000 to 8,000 dead. According to the census, the nation's population numbers nearly 76 million. -
U.S. acquires Panama Canal Zone.
Canal Zone, also called Panama Canal Zone, historic administrative entity in Panama over which the United States exercised jurisdictional rights from 1903 to 1979. It was a strip of land 10 miles (16 km) wide along the Panama Canal, extending from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean and bisecting the Isthmus of Panama. -
Big step for aviation
Wright brothers make the first controlled, sustained flight in heavier-than-air aircraft at Kitty Hawk, N.C. -
Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson is inaugurated as the 28th president. -
Seventeenth Amendment
Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution is ratified, providing for the direct election of U.S. senators by popular vote rather than by the state legislatures. -
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World War i
World War I: U.S. enters World War I, declaring war on Germany (April 6, 1917) and Austria-Hungary (Dec. 7, 1917) three years after the conflict began in 1914. -
Long distance phone
The first long-distance telephone service, between New York and San Francisco, is demonstrated. -
End of war
The armistice ending World War I is signed. -
Eighteenth Amendment
Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution is ratified, prohibiting the manufacture, sale, and transportation of liquor. It is later repealed by the Twenty-First Amendment in 1933. -
Nineteenth Amendment
Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution is ratified, granting women the right to vote. -
Treaty of Versaillies
Treaty of Versailles, outlining terms for peace at the end of World War I, is rejected by the Senate.