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The second inauguration of William McKinley as President of the United States was held on Monday, March 4, 1901. The inauguration marked the commencement of the second term of William McKinley as President. McKinley later was assassinated on September 14 1901.
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It covered 553 square miles which was about one-third was water. It was a strip of land 10 miles wide along the Panama Canal, extending from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean and bisecting the Isthmus of Panama.
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Wilbur and Orville Wright made four brief flights at Kitty Hawk with their first powered aircraft. The Wright brothers had invented the first successful airplane.
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The earthquake ranks as one of the most significant earthquakes of all time. The Great 1906 earthquake ruptured the northernmost 296 miles. The earthquake had strong shaking that lasted 45 to 60 seconds. There was about 700 deaths reported after the earthquake.
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Woodrow Wilson was nominated by the democrats in 1912. Woodrow was the last American president to travel to his inauguration ceremony in a horse-drawn carriage. Woodrow Wilson was sworn into office March 4, 1913.
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On August 15, 1914, the Panama Canal was opened to traffic.
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April 6 1917 the United States Declares war on Germany. This officially was the entrance of the United States into World War I.
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Congress ratified the 18th Amendment, prohibiting the manufacture, transportation and sale of intoxicating liquors. The 18th amendment was passed January 16 1919, but does not go into effect until the start of 1920.
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The 19th amendment guarantees all American women the right to vote.
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The Treaty of Versailles was the most important of the peace treaties that brought World War I to an end. The Treaty ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers.
