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President McKinley assassinated
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The Wright brothers make their first powered flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
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Albert Einstein publishes his Theory of Relativity
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Ford Model T appears on market
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Mann–Elkins Act
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Girl Scouts of the USA was started by Juliette Gordon Low
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RMS Lusitania sunk
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First Red Scare, marked by a widespread fear of Bolshevism and anarchism
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Armistice agreement ends World War I
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19th Amendment, grants women the right to vote