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William McKinley was assassinated. Theodore Roosevelt succeeds him. -
Wilbur and Orville Wright successfully flew a glider, which lead to the invention of the modern airplane. -
Triangle Waistshirt Company Fire was an accident that resulted in 146 people dead. Most of them died because they were locked in at 8,9, and 10 floors. -
In 1911 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Standard Oil Trust be dissolved under the Sherman Antitrust Act and split into 34 companies -
The Titanic hit an iceberg and sunk. It killed over 3,000 people. -
The Panama Canal is finished. -
World War I began in 1914 after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. His murder catapulted into a war across Europe that lasted until 1918. During the conflict, the Central Powers fought against the Allied Powers.
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Passed by Congress June 4, 1919, and ratified on August 18, 1920, the 19th amendment granted women the right to vote. The 19th amendment legally guarantees American women the right to vote. Achieving this milestone required a lengthy and difficult struggle—victory took decades of agitation and protest.