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Galveston hurricane
Galveston hurricane leaves an estimated 6,000 to 8,000 dead (Sept. 8).According to the census, the nation's population numbers nearly 76 million. -
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US History
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Inauguration
Theodore Roosevelt's second inauguration -
Presidency
Woodrow Wilson is inaugurated as the 28th president -
Amendment
Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution is ratified, providing for the direct election of U.S. senators by popular vote rather than by the state legislatures -
House of Representatives
Jeannette Rankin of Montana is the first woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives -
US senate
Hattie Wyatt Caraway of Arkansas is the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate, to fill a vacancy caused by the death of her husband. -
First Flight
Amelia Earhart completes first solo nonstop transatlantic flight by a woman. -
WW2
World War II: U.S. declares its neutrality in European conflict. -
Korean War
Korean War: Cold war conflict between Communist and non-Communist forces on Korean Peninsula. North Korean communists invaded South Korea. -
My Lai Massacre
American soldiers kill 300 Vietnamese villagers in My Lai massacre. -
Martin Luther King assassination
Martin Luther King, Jr., is assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. -
Panama Canal Treaty
President Carter signs treaty agreeing to turn control of Panama Canal over to Panama. -
End of Persian Gulf war
Iraq accepts terms of UN ceasefire, marking an end of war. -
School Shooting
School shooting at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo., leaves 14 students (including the 2 shooters) and 1 teacher dead and 23 others wounded.
