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World War 1
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Babe Ruth makes Major League debue
Babel Ruth was a baseball legend. This also shows that while the rest of the world was at war America was still peaceful. -
Ernest Shackleton leaves for Antarctica
This lead to the first attempt to cross Antarctica on foot. This quickly went wrong unfortunately. However, due to Shackleton's resilience, every member of the crew manged to survive the terrifying conditions. -
Panama Canal is opened
This marks the official opening of the Panama Canal. -
First Transcontinental telephone call
Alexander Graham Bell makes the first phone call across the united states. -
"The Birth of a Nation" premiers
This film was highly controversial and a contributing factor to the re-emergence of the KKK -
United States occupation of Haiti begins
The United States begins occupying Haiti. -
The KKK is restarted
This marks the return of the KKK, a horrible institution which leaves a stain on American history. -
Beginning of Russian Revolution
A series of strikes in Petrograd started the Russian Revolution. -
Strikes Intensify
Workers join the women and factories are shut down. Czar Nicholas II ordered his troops to break up the crowds with any means, even firing on them. The soldiers however, refused to fire and many actually joined the riots. -
The Duma meets
The Duma meets despite the czar's wishes and form the provisional government. They urge the czar to step down. -
Czar Nicholas II steps down
The czar no longer had any support and so stepped down ending the riots and the Romanov dynasty. -
Lenin signs the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
This had Russia giving up eastern Poland, Ukraine, Finland, and the Baltic provinces. -
Spanish Flu
The spanish flu killed upwards of 5 percent of the world population -
Adolf Hitler joins the Nazi Party
This would lead to the world's most infamous dictator and villain.