-
1902
Pres Teddy Roosevelt became 1st US chief executive to ride in a car -
1903
wright brothers make first powered flight. -
1904
Baltimore catches fire (1500 buildings destroyed in 80 blocks) -
1905
Albert Einstein introduces his theory of relativity -
1906
Nora Blatch is 1st woman elected to American Society of Civil Engineers -
1907
Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes 1st Native American US senator -
1908
Child Emperor Pu Yi ascends the Chinese throne at the age of two -
1909
White firemen on Georgia lroad strike to protest against hiring blacks -
1910
1st junior high schools in US opens (Berkeley California0