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Dancer Isadora Duncan performs for her first time in England.
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The Brownie camera was the first hand-held camera that was cheap enough and simple enough for even children to use, making photography accessible to the masses. For 15 cents you can buy a six-exposure film cartridge that could be loaded in daylight. This camera olnly sold for 1$ each.
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Anarchist Angelo Bresci shot the king of Italy, King Umberto I, shot him three times. The assassination was in retaliation for a violently crushed 1898 labor revolt. His son, Victor Emmanuel III, succeeded him.
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U.S president William McKinley was killed at 4:07 by Leon Czolgosz. In his right hand, he held a .32 caliber Iver-Johnson revolver, and shot the president. This was during a meet and greet with the president.
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A Swedish chemist named Alfred Nobel was the inventor of dynamite. He was one who did not want to go into history for creatinga deadly devices. Nobel created a will that left the bulk of his fortune to the establishment of five prizes (physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, and peace). After Nobel die the 5 prizes was awarded.
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Although New York was the first state to require automobiles have license plates (1901), these plates were made by individual owners (with the owner's initials) rather than state-issued plates. The first state-issued license plates were issued in Massachusetts, beginning in 1903. The very first plate, featuring the number "1," was issued to Frederick Tudor.
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The first teddy bear was introduced to the world. The teddy bear was inspired by the President Teddy Rosevelt.
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Crayola Crayons Introduced in 1903 and still going strong. The average American child spends 28 minutes a day coloring and wears down about 730 crayons by the age of 10. Parents and schools purchase 2.5 billion crayons each year.
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The first world series was with the Boston Americans vs Pittsburgh Pirates. 16,242 people attended this game.
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The New York city subway opens. The people of New york City were very happy with this accomplichment.
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Bloody Sunday was a homicide on January 22 1905 in St. Petersburg, Russia, where unarmed, peaceful demonstrators marching to present a petition to Tsar Nicholas II were gunned down by the Imperial Guard.
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In 1905, Einstein wrote five articles and had them published in the prestigious Annalen der Physik. In one of these papers, “Zur Elektrodynamik bewegter Koerper” , Einstein detailed his Special Theory of Relativity.
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Kids were very happy on this day the first corn flakes were made and started to sell crazy.
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At 5:12 a.m. on April 18, 1906, a large earthquake hit San Francisco. Even greater than the damage caused directly by the earthquake, the city was ravaged by fire for four days.
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The first motor rotated the tub, was introduced into America about 1907. The motor was not protected beneath the machine and water often dripped into it causing short-circuits and jolting shocks.
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In 1908 Ford motor company created the first model-T. This car was the first car affordabl to the middle class.
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At 12:01 on a Thursday, Italy was hit with a terrible earthquake. Killing over 150,000 people. On this day there was sorrow, tears, and lives that can be brought back to life. -
Leo Hendrik Baekeland, Bakelite was made by mixing Carbolic Acid with Formaldehyde, it is considered the first plastic. In 1909, Bakelite was introduced to the general public at a chemical conference.
