1900s by Devin Crawford

By dcrawford

  • US POP. exceeds 75 million

  • The United States Senate accepts the Anglo-German treaty of 1899, in which the United Kingdom renounces its claims to the Samoan islands.

  • Brigham H. Roberts is refused a seat in the United States House of Representatives because of his polygamy.

  • The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs is organized in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with 8 founding teams.

  • U.S. presidential election, 1900: Republican incumbent William McKinley is reelected by defeating Democratic challenger William Jennings Bryan.

  • In the first great Texas gusher, oil is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.

  • Baseball's American League declares itself a Major League.

  • The National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues (later renamed Minor League Baseball) is formed in Chicago.

  • Theodore Roosevelt succeeds William McKinley as President of the United States.

  • Michigan schoolteacher Annie Taylor goes down Niagara Falls in a barrel and survives.

  • The first college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena, California.

  • The first modern World Series pits the National League's Pittsburgh against Boston of the American League.

  • The first large-scale bodybuilding competition in America takes place at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

  • Pitching against the Philadelphia Athletics, Cy Young of the Boston Americans throws the first perfect game in the modern era of baseball.

  • Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory become Oklahoma, which is admitted as the 46th U.S. state

  • The United States Army formally adopts the M1911 pistol as its standard sidearm.

  • Southern Methodist University is chartered.

  • Groundbreaking for Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts, begins

  • Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market to compete with the Ford Model T.

  • New Mexico is admitted as the 47th U.S. stat

  • Arizona is admitted as the 48th U.S. state

  • The Girl Scouts of the USA are founded.

  • U.S. Marines land in Cuba.

  • The 16th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified

  • The Great Lakes Storm of 1913 kills more than 250

  • The Federal Reserve is created by Woodrow Wilson

  • Tampico Affair, involving U.S. Navy sailors in Mexico

  • The baseball stadium Weeghman Park, later known as Wrigley Field, opens in Chicago.

  • Woodrow Wilson signs a Mother's Day proclamation

  • Baseball legend Babe Ruth makes his major league debut with the Boston Red Sox

  • The last known passenger pigeon "Martha" dies in the Cincinnati Zoo

  • The Rocky Mountain National Park is established by an act of the U.S. Congress

  • NACA, the predecessor of NASA, is founded

  • Babe Ruth hits his first career home run off of Jack Warhop

  • The United States occupation of Haiti begins

  • The United States Marine Corps take control of Santo Domingo