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New york's subway
Work on the New York subway begins on the first section from City Hall to the Bronx in the year 1900. It was financed by the issue of rapid transit bonds by the City of New York and because no company was willing to take the risk of such a large project. The city decided to build the subways itself by subcontracting with the IRT who ran the elevated railways in the city to equip and operate the subways, sharing the profits with the City and guaranteeing a fixed five-cent fare. -
AAA
Triple A was formed in 1902 and was one of the largest american automobile company and one of the only ones to last all the way to today. http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1900to1909.html -
Naval base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.
A large naval base is established in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. The U.S. Marines had landed there in 1898 , and it had been recognized for its proximity to the Windward Passage and to Panama. and it cost alot to form the base. -
Orville and Wilbur and the first air plane!
Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first successful man-powered airplane flight near on December 17th at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. The plane weighed 750 pounds and was powered by a 12 horsepower gasoline engine. The craft is referred to as an airship and Orville and Wright were looking for buyers for their machine which was capable of speeds up to 10 mph. -
Ford motor Company
Henry Ford forms the Ford Motor Company to manufacture Automobiles. -
The first Crayons were made
Edward Binney and C. Harold Smith introduce the world to Crayola Crayons for school kids. The first boxes consisted of 8 different colors and the boxes were the same trademark color of yellow and green they are today. -
Nickelodeon
The first nickelodeon movie came out and sold ticket for 5 cents or a nickle. -
San francisco earthquake
An earthquake, measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale, shook the town of San Francisco, California and thirty thousand homes were either partially or wholly destroyed and an estimated 3,000 were reported dead. The earthquake caused large parts of the city to burn and it had taken 2 days of constant fire fighting to stop the spread and bring the fires under control. -
Ford Model T
Henry Ford's Ford Motor Company introduces the Ford Model T costing $850.00, this was nearly 1/3 of the price of any other car on the market but still not cheap enough for the masses. Over the next few years he perfected assembly line production bringing the cost down to $368.00 in 1916 making it much more affordable consequently selling hundreds of thousands more cars than any other company. -
A Naval Base at Pearl Harbor
To prevent a Japanese expansion in the Pacific Congress had passed a act in 1908 to build a naval yard in Pearl Harbor, and President Taft had announced this in 1909. It was said at the time to be the world's largest naval base, and its construction was budgeted for around $3 million.
