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Pres Teddy Roosevelt became 1st US chief executive to ride in a car
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wright brothers make first powered flight.
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Baltimore catches fire (1500 buildings destroyed in 80 blocks)
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Albert Einstein introduces his theory of relativity
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Nora Blatch is 1st woman elected to American Society of Civil Engineers
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Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes 1st Native American US senator
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Child Emperor Pu Yi ascends the Chinese throne at the age of two
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White firemen on Georgia lroad strike to protest against hiring blacks
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1st junior high schools in US opens (Berkeley California0