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Assasination of Mckinley
President William Mckinley was shot fatally wounded in Buffalo, New York. -
Wright Brothers Take Flight
Wilbur and Orville Wright successfully flew a glider, which would lead them to invent the first plane. -
San Francisco Shakes
An Earthquake in San Francisco destroys about 80% of the city. 3,000 casualities took place. -
Banks Panic
The stocks dropped 50% and set the US Banks into a bankruptcy panic. -
President Howard Taft
President Howard Taft is elected the President of the United States. -
Standard Oil Soes Down
The supreme court puts a stop to John D. Rockefeller's molopoly schemes. -
Triangle Waistshirt Fire
A terrible fire in the Triangle Waistshirt Company building led to numerous fatalities because work conditions did not allow a way out of the building in the case of a fire. Many peoples ended up jumping from 8 to 10 storys high. -
Titanic
The Titanic goes down. -
President Woodrow Wilson
President Woodrow Wilson is elected President of the United States -
WWI Begins
The Central Allies and the Tripple Entente go to war against eachother. -
United States Joins the War
The USA joins the Allied Forces in WWI. -
Treaty of Versailles
The war was ended with the Treaty of Versailles. -
Prohibition
The USA turned against alcohol and banned it through the 18th ammendment. -
Women's Suffrage
The US adopted the 19th ammendment.