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| 1 |
1882 |
The Florida Central and Western Railroad Company was created. It combines the Florida Central, Jacksonville, Pensacola, and Mobile railroads. |
| 1 |
1882 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity. |
| 2 |
1883 |
Three railroad companies are merged to form the Florida Transit and Penisular Railroad Company. Thee are: Florida Transit Railroad Co., Peninsular Railroad Co, and the Tropical Florida Railroad Co. |
| 3 |
1884 |
Most railroads in Florida are passed into the hands of a single company owned and operated by a single management, under the name of The Florida Railway and Navigation Company. It has more that 500 miles of main track in operation and about 300 miles of track under construction. The longest route was the "Western Division" which ran from Tallahassee to Jacksonville - 209 miles. |
| 4 |
1885 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen. |
| 8 |
1889 |
The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards |
| 14 |
1895 |
Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance. |
| 16 |
1897 |
First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph |
| 19 |
1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
| 19 |
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. |
| 20 |
1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
| 21 |
1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
| 22 |
1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
| 23 |
1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
| 25 |
1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
| 25 |
1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
| 25 |
1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
| 25 |
1906 |
An attempt to drain the Everglades and convert it to farmland begins. |
| 27 |
1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
| 28 |
1909 |
The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP) |
| 28 |
1909 |
The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe |
| 29 |
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. |
| 31 |
1912 |
The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. |
| 32 |
1913 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures |
| 32 |
1913 |
Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant |
| 33 |
1914 |
The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed |
| 33 |
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. |
| 36 |
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. |
| 36 |
1917 |
Seminole Indians become a Florida tourist attraction. |
| 36 |
1917 |
Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes. |
| 38 |
1919 |
The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I. |
| 38 |
1919 |
NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty. |
| 39 |
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. |
| 42 |
1923 |
Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id" |
| 42 |
1923 |
Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes |
| 43 |
1924 |
Insecticides are used for the first time on crops |
| 45 |
1926 |
Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket |
| 46 |
1927 |
Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs. |
| 46 |
1927 |
The first television transmission was announced in England |
| 47 |
1928 |
The Tamiami Trail opens. It opens the southernmost 275 miles of U.S. Highway 41 from State Road 60 in Tampa to U.S. Route 1 (SR 5) in Miami, Florida to tourist. It also destroys many of the Seminole Indian waterways and hinders their economy. |
| 47 |
1928 |
Big bang theory was introduced |
| 48 |
1929 |
Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October |
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