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Queen Victoria Dies
Victoria was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from June 20,1837 until her death. From May 1, 1876, she used the additional title of Empress of India. -
First Automobile Speed Limit
Connecticut achieved setting the first automobile speed limit in the United States. This was not the first speed limit in general, but it was the first for automobiles. The speed limit set was 12 mhp in the city and 15 mhp outside of the city. The word "automobile" spread throughout the U.S. instead of using the term "horse-less carriage". -
Theodore Rosevelt election
September 14, 1901 was a very important date for many people in history, Theodore Roosevelt was elected. He got out of office March 4, 1909. -
The First Nobel Peace Prize
The Norwegian Parliament arranged a meeting at 10:00 am to announce the award of the Nobel Peace Prize. It was given half to Henri Dunant, and half to Frederic Passy. It was a very brief ceremony and did not hold a presentation speech. -
First Crayola Crayons
The Binny and Smith company owned by Edwin Binny and C. Harold Smith, created white and black chalk, they mainly sold to artists and classrooms. Until they created the crayon. The name crayola basicallly means "oily chalk" coming from the word craie meaning chalk, and "ola" from the word "olaeginous" or "oily". -
First Baseball World Series
16,242 people attended the first baseball world series at Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds. They got to see the pirates put up a fight with the Boston Americans and lose. The score ended with 3-7. -
General Slocum Disaster
Often compared to the Titanic disaster, the General Slocum disaster was a ship that held 1,358 passengers including the crew. Chartered by the St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church for $350. The passangers consisted mainly of German-Americans. The ship left at 9:00 am and set fire at approximately 9:30. There were 1,021 people dead, due to lack of being able to swim. This leaves only 321 people surviving. The captain of the ship was sentenced to 10 years in prison due to negligence of law. -
First Nickelodeon Show
450 people attended the very first Nickelodeon show in America developed by Harry Davis. However, there were only 96 seats. It only costed a nickel a person for admission to see short films (that lasted less than a minute) and comedy acts. By the year 1907, an estimated number of about 2 million people have visited this show business. At around 1910, the theater was replaced by bigger theaters. -
Mount Vesuvious Eruption
Killing hundreds in the process, Mount Vesuvius erupted leaving ashes that collapsed roofs, lava that burnt eveything, and flying boulders that destroyed everything in their path, including buildings and people. An estimated amount of 500 people died. -
SOS Morse Code
Mayday means "help me" so the best way to get this to other people so help be delivered, morse code was invented. There is a distinct signal that ships use to show they need help. -
First New Years Ball Drop
Adolph Ochs wanted to throw the biggest party that everyone would remember and he succeeded by making the "ball" he made many upgrades through the year to help the tradition. -
Discovery of North Pole
The man who discovered the North Pole was Robert Edwin Peary and his employee Matthew Henson along with four other inuit men. The North Pole was very difficult to find so there was an award for whomever discovered it, so obviously this made headlines. -
Immigration
The U.S. borders Mexico which provides easy acces into the United States for the foreigners. This put the U.S. at the highest peak of immigration setting the record at 13.5 million immigrants entering. statistics in 1910 show 12.1% are born outside of the country. This forces police to guard the border. These immigrants work for next to nothing so there is conflict with many U.S. citizens. -
Manchu Picchu
Hiram Bingham accidentally stumbled across a large peak that little did he know is now Manchu Picchu. He discovered an abondened city where everything was covered in vegetaion. He found an estimate of 5,000 artifacts in his findings. -
Hellman's Mayonnaise
The Mayonnaise was loved by everyone to put on salads and sandwhiches. The dressing was sold in the deli's across America. It was then named the "Hellman's Blue Ribbon Mayonnaise" so that it could be put in larger jars to be sold. They later made tarter sauce and other dressings successfully.
