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The pianist Tommy Turpin writes Harlem Rag, the first ragtime composition.
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He went to Chicago for the World Fair
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The brothers Lumiere create the cinematograph, camera and projector at the same time.
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Felix Hoffman and Bayer, the chemical and pharmaceutic company, patent aspirin
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There was an important rag contest for pianists.
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The Wright brothers make their first successfull flight.
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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.
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The popularity of ragtime increases among black and white people and helps the public interaction beetwen the races.
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The RMS Titanic hit versus an iceberg and sank in the Atlantic Ocean in its inaugural journey. All the Titanic's band died.
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The word "jazz" first appears in print.
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Ragtime ends and jazz time starts
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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.
