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Gold Standard Act
President Mckinley signed the Gold Standard Act which made gold the only standard in exchanging money. -
Oil Discovered in Texas
Texans discovered oil with its first oil miner which shot oil almost 100 feet in the air. -
President McKinley is assasinated
President William McKinley was shot and killed in Buffalo, New York -
Wright Brothers first successful flight
The flight lasted 12 seconds, they flew near kill devil hills. -
Howard Taft elected President
Howard Taft is elected as the 27th President of the United States. -
The Titanic Sinks
The RMS Titanic, thought to be unsinkable, collided with a glacier and sank on April 15. -
Election of 1913
Woodrow Wilson becomes the 28th President of the United States. -
United States enters the War
After Germany sinks the Lusitania, the United States decided to enter the war.