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George Eastman makes first portable camera that's affordable and open to the public.
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President Mckinley is shot dead by Leon Czolgsz. Electric typewriter is invented. Teddy Roosevelt is elected President.
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The U.S. Navy installs the first radio telephone aboard ships.
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Henry Ford founds Ford Motor Co. Orville and Wilbur Wright take the first test flight in their plane at Kitty Hawk, NC. The first World Series is held, Boston vs. Pittsburgh.
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The first comic book is invented. George M. Cohan, the creator of many patriotic songs and musicals creates his first musical, Little Johnny Jones. The answering machine is invented.
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The first Yellow Pages is invented. The Jukebox is invented with 24 songs.
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2,500 people die from an earthquake in San Francisco. An animated cartoon is created. Teddy Roosevelt becomes the first president to leave the country.
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The Lamiere brothers create still color photography. Pablo Picasso unveils his cubism art, Les Demoiselles d' Avignon.
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Henry Ford makes his first Model T for $850.
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A radio S.O.S. saves 1,700 lives after ships collide. First subject on radio talk is about woman's suffrage. William Taft is elected President.