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  Theodore Roosevelt becomes the 26th president of the United States.
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  William Howard Taft becomes the 27th president of the United States.
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  The Titanic sinks killing roughly 1,500.
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  Woodrow Wilson becomes the 28th president of the United States.
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  The date the United States officially enters the first World War to the date the war officially ends.
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  The 19th Amendment is ratified allowing women to vote in the United States.