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1912-April 14-15: The Titantic, strikes an iceberg in the North Atlantic ocean on it's maiden voyage and sinks Within hours; 1,517 of 2,100 passengers drowned.
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1915- October 21: First transatlantic radio telephone call is made between Arlington, Virginia, and Paris, France
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1917- April 16: President Woodrow Wilson signs a declaration of war against Germany, bringing the U.S into World War 1
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1918- A pandemic of Spanish influena sweeps the globe killing more than 21 million people- over 1%vof the worlds populationn
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1918-November 11; World War 1 ends with a declared armistice at 11:00 am.