Timeline: 100 Years ago project

Period: Jan 1, 1900 to Dec 31, 1920

100 years ago

https://www.thoughtco.com/20th-century-timeline-1992486

Jul 2, 1900

Zeppelin

Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin was the inventor of the rigid airship.https://www.thoughtco.com/history-of-airships-and-balloons-1991241

Jan 31, 1901

Radio Receiver

The first radio receiver, successfully received a radio transmission
https://www.thoughtco.com/invention-of-radio-1992382

May 18, 1902

Neon Light

George Claude invented neon light.https://www.thoughtco.com/history-of-neon-signs-1992355

Dec 17, 1903

The Wright brothers invent the first gas motored and manned airplane.

https://www.thoughtco.com/history-of-flight-the-wright-brothers-1992681

Apr 23, 1904

Teabags

Teabags invented by Thomas Suillivan.https://www.thoughtco.com/tea-history-1992555

Jan 1, 1905

Albert Einstein published the Theory of Relativity and made famous the equation, E = mc2.

https://www.thoughtco.com/albert-einstein-biography-4074328

Sep 8, 1906

Sonar

Lewis Nixon invents the first sonar like device.https://www.thoughtco.com/the-history-of-sonar-1992436

Mar 31, 1907

Color photography invented by Auguste and Louis Lumiere.

In 1907, the brothers invented the Autochrome color photography plate.

Aug 11, 1908

Model T

Model T first sold.https://www.thoughtco.com/henry-ford-biography-1991814

Jan 31, 1909

Instant coffee invented by G. Washington.

https://www.thoughtco.com/history-of-how-we-make-coffee-1991478
Washington was living in Guatemala and at the time when he observed dried coffee on his coffee carafe, after experimenting he created "Red E Coffee" - the brand name for his instant coffee first marketed in 1909.

Aug 27, 1910

Thomas Edison demonstrated the first talking motion picture.

https://blog.newspapers.com/historical-headlin-august-1910-motion-pictures-are-made-to-talk/

Aug 27, 1910

Thomas Edison demonstrated the first talking motion picture.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinetoscope

Oct 12, 1911

automobile electrical ignition system

Charles Franklin Kettering invents the first automobile electrical ignition system.https://www.thoughtco.com/charles-kettering-electrical-ignition-system-4076281

Oct 15, 1912

Candy

Clarence Crane created Life Savers candy in 1912.https://www.thoughtco.com/history-of-life-savers-candy-4076664

Nov 25, 1913

Mary Phelps Jacob invents the bra

http://www.women-inventors.com/Mary-Phelps-Jacob.asp

Apr 21, 1914

Gas Mask

Garrett A. Morgan invents the Morgan gas mask. https://www.thoughtco.com/garrett-morgan-profile-1992160

Dec 31, 1915

Eugene Sullivan and William Taylor co-invented Pyrex in New York City.

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/80713018292016993/

Jun 3, 1916

Radio tuners

Radio tuners invented, that received different stations.https://www.thoughtco.com/invention-of-radio-1992382

Dec 31, 1917

Gideon Sundback patented the modern zipper (not the first zipper).

https://www.thoughtco.com/history-of-the-zipper-4066245
Gideon Sundback's new and improved system increased the number of fastening elements from four per inch to ten or eleven, had two facing-rows of teeth that pulled into a single piece by the slider, and increased the opening for the teeth guided by the slider. His patent for the "Separable Fastener" was issued in 1917.

Feb 9, 1918