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Theodore Roosevelt becomes the 26th president of the United States.
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Guglielmo Marconi worked on the radio for many years and in 1901 broadcast the first radio signal across the Atlantic.
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Willis Haviland Carrier was an engineer experimenting with humidity and concepts of refrigeration, trying to solve a problem at a printing plant when he invented the air conditioner.
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Orville and Wilbur Wright invented the first-ever airplane, "The Wright Flyer." It was first successfully flown by Orville.
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William Taft becomes the 27th president of the United States.
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Woodrow Wilson becomes the 28th president of the United States.
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The first world war began following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
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After four years of battle and the deaths of approximately 8.5 million soldiers, the allied powers win the war.