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First ragtime composition
The pianist Tommy Turpin writes Harlem Rag, the first ragtime composition. -
General Electric Company founded
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Scott Joplin goes to Chicago
He went to Chicago for the World Fair -
Cinema is born
The brothers Lumiere create the cinematograph, camera and projector at the same time. -
First piano rag composition written
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Aspirin patented
Felix Hoffman and Bayer, the chemical and pharmaceutic company, patent aspirin -
Ragtime Contest
There was an important rag contest for pianists. -
First flight
The Wright brothers make their first successfull flight. -
Albert einstein presents the Special Theory of Relativity
Einstein presents his most famous theaory, altought he didn't recive any Nobel for that theory, but he recived it for the photoelectric effect theory. -
Rag music evolves
The popularity of ragtime increases among black and white people and helps the public interaction beetwen the races. -
The Titanic sinks
The RMS Titanic hit versus an iceberg and sank in the Atlantic Ocean in its inaugural journey. All the Titanic's band died. -
Jazz apears in print
The word "jazz" first appears in print. -
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I Mundial War
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Ragtime ends
Ragtime ends and jazz time starts -
Joplin dies
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First long flight
The first airplane to cross the Atlantic Ocean, piloted by John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown, and also the first one to do non-stop transatlantic flight.
