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| 4 |
1889 |
The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards |
| 10 |
1895 |
Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance. |
| 12 |
1897 |
First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph |
| 15 |
1900 |
The cause of yellow fever is discovered. It is proven that the fever is spread by mosquitoes. This rallies an effort to provide better mosquito control. |
| 15 |
1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
| 16 |
1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
| 17 |
1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
| 18 |
1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
| 19 |
1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
| 21 |
1906 |
An attempt to drain the Everglades and convert it to farmland begins. |
| 21 |
1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
| 21 |
1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
| 21 |
1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
| 23 |
1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
| 24 |
1909 |
The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe |
| 24 |
1909 |
The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP) |
| 25 |
1910 |
Boy Scout and Girl Scout Organizations are introduced in America and the concept of a "week end" meaning time off from regular work begins to take root. The British Empire covers 1/5th of the world land area. |
| 27 |
1912 |
The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. |
| 28 |
1913 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures |
| 28 |
1913 |
Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant |
| 29 |
1914 |
World War I - Following the crisis touched off by the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria in Sarajevo, Germany declared war on Russia and additional countries joined the war within several days. |
| 29 |
1914 |
The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed |
| 32 |
1917 |
Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes. |
| 32 |
1917 |
NEWS HEADLINES: In June, the United States enters World War I on the side of the allies. The Russian Revolution ends the reign of the czars and thrusts Russia into communism. |
| 32 |
1917 |
Seminole Indians become a Florida tourist attraction. |
| 34 |
1919 |
The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I. |
| 34 |
1919 |
NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty. |
| 35 |
1920 |
Adolph Hitler begins to organize the Nazi party in Germany; The Ku Klux Klan launches a recruitment campaign using mass marketing techniques to gain 85,000 new recruits; the first commercial broadcast is made. |
| 38 |
1923 |
Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id" |
| 38 |
1923 |
Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes |
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