1900-1920

  • Assassination of president of McKinley

    The president was shot and fatally wounded on September 6, 1901
  • Wright brothers

    On December 17th Wilbur and Orville successfully flew a glider
  • Standard Oil is balanced

    The government had to put an end to John D Rockefeller's rain on the oil industry.
  • Sinking of Titanic

    The luxury liner crashed and sunk killing roughly 3000 people.
  • Panama Canal

    The work on the Panama Canal was finished.
  • United States enters WW1

    The USA joined the Allies to fight in WW1
  • WW1 Ends

    The Treaty of Versailles ended WW1 after Germany surrendered.