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President McKinley is shot and killed in Buffalo, and Theodore Roosevelt is sworn in and becomes the 26th President of the United States.
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The Wright Brothers make their first successful glider flight, the first step to developing planes.
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Howard Taft becomes the 27th President of the United States
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The Supreme Court ruled to end Rockefeller's Standard Oil. This split the company that controlled almost all of the oil industry up.
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The Titanic is unable to steer clear of a giant iceberg and ends up sinking in the North Atlantic Ocean
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Woodrow Wilson is elected the 28th President of the United States
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World War 1 Starts in Eastern Europe after the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
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After 3 years of the War, the United States joins the allied forces in the fight against Germany and their allies
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The Treaty of Versailles is signed and officially ends World War II
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The woman's suffrage amendment gave women the right to vote and not be judged by their sex