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Elizabeth Peet became a member of female faculty as Dean of Women.
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The Tennessee School for the Deaf and the North Carolina School for the Deaf played the first football game between deaf schools. 51-0, North Carolina won.
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The first permanent frat at Gallaudet was the Kappa Gamma fraternity. John Fisher was the first Grand Rajah in 1901
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Helen Keller, cum laude, earned a BA degree at Radcliffe College.
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Congressional legislation, approved on March 3, 1905, that allowed for the transfer of the African American students to the Maryland School for Colored Deaf-Mutes in Overlea, Maryland.
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Luther H. Taylor (deaf) played on the 1905 New York Giants team which won the World Series.
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A private school, "Idaho School for the Deaf and the Blind" opens in Gooding.
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William Howard Taft overturned Roosevelt’s decision to prohibit deaf people from taking civil service exams to qualify for federal jobs.
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Percival Hall, a Harvard grad, was installed as the 2nd president of Gallaudet College.
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The Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and the Blind (ASDB) was established in 1912 as a department at the University of Arizona in Tucson.
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The Hawai'i School for the Deaf and the Blind (HSDB) is at the foot of Diamond Head in Kapahulu, and was established in 1914.
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Edwin Nies was the first deaf person to earn a Doctor of Dental Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Juliette “Daisy” Gordon Low, a late deafened woman, founded Girl Scouts of the USA. In 1915 the United States' Girl Guides became known as the Girl Scouts, and Juliette Gordon Low was the first president.
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Dr. Edward M. Gallaudet died.
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Earl C. Hanson patented the first vacuum-tube hearing aid, called the Vactuphone.
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Rolf Harmsen was the first deaf athlete to run the 100-yard dash in 9.8 seconds, almost beating the world record!
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Alexander Graham Bell died in Nova Scotia, Canada from complications with diabetes.
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The International Committee of Silent Sports (CISS) is founded by E. Rubens Alcais of France & Antoine Dresse of Belgium after the first International Games for the Deaf, held in Pershing Stadium in Paris.
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Nellie Zabel Willhite, deaf, earned her license to fly in South Dakota and is believed to be the first deaf solo pilot in the world.
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Also known as Black Tuesday. Effects everyone, including Deaf people.
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Everett “Silent” Rattan won 109 wrestling matches, in a row, as a professional deaf wrestler.
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The first wearable hearing aid using vacuum tube technology went on sale in 1937 here in America.
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Ernest Marshall produces a motion picture in Sign-Language for deaf audience members.
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The John Tracy Clinic for the Deaf opened in Los Angeles by Ms. Spencer Tracy.
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"The 5 Iron Men" The team came into the tournament with a 4-11 record. The Gallaudet team played with only 5 men and no alternates, they were; Hal Weingold, Earl Roberts, Paul Baldridge, Roy Holcomb, and Don Padden. Gallaudet wins the pennant!
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Hall retires and Leonard M. Elstad is named the third president of Gallaudet College.
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Behind the ear hearing aids, as well as transistor hearing aids, become readily available.
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First interpreted service for deaf held at a Billy Graham Crusade in Portland, Oregon. Billy Graham determined that “Deaf Interpreting” would be mandatory at all Crusades from then on.
