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Annie Monford's life. These are only some of the major events that affected the life and times of
Annie, her family, and friends. For example, Annie is 4 years old when Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law.
| Age | Date | Event |
|---|
| 6 |
1877 |
Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed. |
| 8 |
1879 |
Edison invents the electric light bulb. |
| 18 |
1889 |
The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards |
| 24 |
1895 |
Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance. |
| 26 |
1897 |
First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph |
| 29 |
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. |
| 29 |
1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
| 30 |
1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
| 31 |
1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
| 32 |
1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
| 33 |
1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
| 35 |
1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
| 35 |
1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
| 35 |
1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
| 41 |
1912 |
The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. |
| 42 |
1913 |
Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant |
| 43 |
1914 |
The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed |
| 52 |
1923 |
Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes |
| 52 |
1923 |
Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id" |
| 53 |
1924 |
Insecticides are used for the first time on crops |
| Age | Date | Event |
|---|
| 11 |
1882 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity. |
| 14 |
1885 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen. |
| 37 |
1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
| 41 |
1912 |
White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out. |
| 42 |
1913 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures |
| 46 |
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. |
| 48 |
1919 |
NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty. |
| Age | Date | Event |
|---|
| 4 |
1875 |
Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law. |
| 5 |
1876 |
The National League of Baseball is founded |
| 38 |
1909 |
The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP) |
| 39 |
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. |
| Age | Date | Event |
|---|
| 38 |
1909 |
The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe |
| 43 |
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. |
| 46 |
1917 |
Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes. |
| 48 |
1919 |
The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I. |
| 49 |
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. |
