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Robert Fowler runs then world record marathon, his time was 2:52:45.4
1909- Robert Fowler runs then world record marathon, his time was 2:52:45.4 on January 1st -
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Timeline
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1st junior high schools in US opens (Berkeley California)
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1st photo in US taken from an airplane, San Diego
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New Mexico becomes 47th state
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Frank Chance becomes Yankee manager. They paid him $120,000 ($2,873,131 in current dollar terms)
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Babe Ruth debuts as a pitcher for Boston Red Sox, he beats Cleve 4-3
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Col Jacob Ruppert & Col Tillinghast Huston purchase Yankees for $460,000
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1st bombing of Paris by German Zeppelins takes place
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US pays Denmark $25 million for Virgin Islands (or 3/21)
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Mississippi becomes 1st state to ratify 18th amendment (prohibition) of the US Constitution
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2 million gallons of molasses flood Boston MA, killing 21
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1st Black baseball league, National Negro Baseball League, organizes
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Yankees purchase 20 acres in Bronx for Yankee Stadium
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Snow on Mauna Loa, Hawaii
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Coal mine explosion at Dawson, New Mexico kills 120