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Automobile
automobileIn 1885 Karl Benz designed and built the world's first practical automobile to be powered by an international-combustion engine. On January 29,1886 he recieved his first patent for a gas fueled car. -
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1885-1915
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Bombing
Bombing at Haymarket Square, Chicago, kills seven policemen and injures many others. Eight alleged anarchists accused—three imprisoned, one commits suicide, four hanged. (In 1893, Illinois governor Altgeld, critical of trial, pardons three survivors.) -
Coca Cola
coca colaIn May 1886 Coca Cola was invented by Doctor John Pemberton a pharmacist from Alanta, Georgia. John Pemberton concocted the Coca Cola formula in a three legged brass kettle in his backyard. In 1887, another Atlanta pharmacist and businessman, Asa Candler bought the formula for Coca Cola from inventor John Pemberton for $2,300. By the late 1890s, Coca Cola was one of America's most popular fountain drinks. -
Sherman Antitrust Act
Sherman Antitrust Act, 1890, first measure passed by the U.S. Congress to prohibit trusts; it was named for Senator John Sherman.The Sherman Act authorized the federal government to institute proceedings against trusts in order to dissolve them, but Supreme Court rulings prevented federal authorities from using the act for some years. -
Motion picture
The Frenchman Louis Lumiere is often credited as inventing the first motion picture camera in 1895. But in truth, several others had made similar inventions around the same time as Lumiere. What Lumiere invented was a portable motion-picture camera, film processing unit and projector called the Cinematographe, three functions covered in one invention. -
Instant coffee
coffeeIn 1901, just-add-hot water "instant" coffee was invented by Japanese American chemist Satori Kato of Chicago. In 1906, English chemist George Constant Washington, invented the first mass-produced instant coffee. -
Mine workers on strike
The United Mine Workers go on strike and the owners refuse to recognize the union; as tensions mount and negotiations fail, Roosevelt calls the two sides to the White House and successfully handles the situation. -
Air Conditioner
airIn 1902, only one year after Willis Haviland Carrier graduated from Cornell University with a Masters in Engineering, the first air (temperature and humidity) conditioning was in operation. Industries flourished with the new ability to control the temperature and humidity levels during and after production. Willis Haviland Carrier did not invent the very first system to cool an interior structure, but it was the start of modern air conditioning. -
Wright Brothers
In flightIn 1899, after Wilbur Wright had written a letter of request to the Smithsonian Institution for information about flight experiments, the Wright Brothers designed their first aircraft: a small, biplane glider flown as a kite to test their solution for controlling the craft by wing warping. Wing warping is a method of arching the wingtips slightly to control the aircraft's rolling motion and balance. -
Sonar
sonarLewis Nixon invented the very first Sonar type listening device in 1906, as a way of detecting icebergs. Interest in Sonar was increased during World War I when there was a need to be able to detect submarines. -
Idaho Big Burn
The Great Fire, also known as the Big Burn or the Big Blowup, began as a forest fire. By the time it was contained and put out, the fire had burned nearly three million acres of land throughout three different states – Idaho, Montana and Washington. More than 80 people were killed and it is often called the worst fire in the nation’s history. -
Jack Johnson
Jack Johnson became the first black boxer to win the Heavyweight Boxing Championship. It was when he knocked out the reigning champion Tommy Burns on December 26th, 1910. His victory had stirred up a lot of controversy as well as the desire for a white man to reclaim the title. -
Summer Olympic games
The Summer Olympic Games of the V Olympiad were held in Stockholm, Sweden. These Olympics marked the introduction of Electronic Timing and Photo-Finish Equipment. -
The Titanic
15 April. The Titanic strikes an iceberg, and 1502 lives are lost because the ship did not carry enough lifeboats. -
The 16th Amendment
The Sixteenth Amendment is ratified; it provides for a graduated national income tax.
