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John Hay announces the Open Door Policy, which will encourage more trade with China
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Willian McKinley is reelected as president, defeating William Bryan
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Oil is discovered in Teas at Spindletop
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Vice President Theodore Roosevelt becomes president after the death of current president, William McKinley
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The first heavier than air flight is made by the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk Beach, North Carolina.
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US Army Engineers begins work on the Panama Canal, seeking to join the Atlantic and Pacific oceans
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Theodore Roosevelt defeats Alton Parker in the presidential election, maintaining his position.
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White Americans attack African Americans, resulting in the death of 27 and severe damage to Black-owned businesses
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Indian territory and Oklahoma Territory are combined, and Oklahoma becomes the 46th state.
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Henry Ford's model T automobile is officially launched, on sale for $850
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William Taft defeats William Bryan, winning the presidency
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The United States Navy founds a naval base at Pearl Harbor
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The US Army formally adopts the M1911 pistol as a standard issue sidearm
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The US Supreme court finds Standard Oil to be a Monopoly and orders it to be dissolved.
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New Mexico becomes the 47th state to join the United States
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Arizona is granted state hood and becomes the 48th State
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Passenger ship RMS Titanic collides with an iceberg and sinks, killing upwards of 1,500 people
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Governor of New Jersey, Woodrow Wilson, is elected president, defeating William Taft in a landslide victory.
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Production of the Model T begins, utilizing the assembly line. While Ford is not the first to do so, it sparks an era of mass production.
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand is shot to death, sparking the first world war.
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While the Lusitania was a British ship, there were Americans onboard, and this pushes many Americans away from neutrality and towards supporting a war with Germany.
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The Zimmerman telegram is intercepted, which promises Mexico American territory in return for declaring war on the United States.
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President Woodrow Wilson and Congress declare war on Germany
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On the 11th Hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, the war in Europe ends.
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A tank of 2.3 million gallons of Molasses breaks, flooding the streets of Boston, killing 21.