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The President of the United States, William Mckinely, was shot and fatally wounded on September 6, 1901, inside the Temple of music on the grounds of the pan American Exposition In Buffalo , New York. After his death, Vice-President Theodoe Roosevelt becomes the 26th President of the United States. -
One of the greatest narrative films in history, directed by Edwin S. Porter - Former Thomas Edison cameraman. The movie is an action thriller - 10 minutes long ,14 scenes. plot scenes inspired by a true event that occurred August 29th, 1900. 4 Members of " Hole in the wall Gang" Robbed #3 Train for 5,000 dollars cash. -
Struck San Francisco 5:12 a.m. on Wednesday April 18th 1906. The city was demolished with people devastated and 3,000 dead. At the end of the Earthquake it destroyed 80% of San Francisco. -
The RMS Titanic sank in the early morning hours of 15 April 1912 in the North Atlantic Ocean, four days into her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City. -
World War I began after the assassination of Austrian archduke Franz Ferdinand by South Slav nationalist Gavrilo Princip on June 28, 1914. -
The Russian Revolution of 1917 was a changing point for all of history. It is a story of changing powers in the modern days. This timeline shows what happened and how. -
Germany had formally surrendered on November 11, 1918, and all nations had agreed to stop fighting while the terms of peace were negotiated. On June 28, 1919, Germany and the Allied Nations (including Britain, France, Italy and Russia) signed the Treaty of Versailles, formally ending the war. -
Prohibition prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transportation of intoxicating liquors. They also passed a Volstead Act during Prohibition that only allowed 1 proof of alcohol in any beverage.