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Supreme Court breaks up Standard Oil
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1st eastbound US transcontinental flight lands in Jacksonville, Florida
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16th Amendment, establishing an income tax--Passed by Congress on July 2, 1909, and ratified February 3, 1913
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Henry Ford develops the modern assembly line
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Federal Reserve Act
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ABC Powers Conference-- the South American countries of Argentina, Brazil and Chile, which are seen as three of the most powerful and wealthy countries in South America.
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World War I begins in Europe
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Federal Trade Commission created
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Clayton Antitrust Act enacted
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Postage stamp costs 2 cents.
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1 millionth Ford car rolls off the assembly line at the River Rouge plant in Detroit
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US National Park Service implemented
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US declares war with Germany
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Patent given for Raggedy Ann doll
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Influenza pandemic
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Time zones are officially established by an act of the United States Congress with daylight savings time to go into effect on March 31.
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USA overtakes Europe as total industrial output
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The population of the USA is 105 million
Eight million USA citizens own a car -
Earle Dickson invents the band-aid
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Alcohol is outlawed ("Prohibition")
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KDKA (Pittsburgh) is the first commercial radio station in the USA
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Rudolph Valentino becomes the first male sex symbol
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43 billion cigarettes are sold in the USA
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Western Union transmitted its first halftone photograph
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General Motors introduces cars for every market brackets
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The British and US governments signed an agreement formalizing Britain’s war deb obligations to the US.
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The USA Congress passes the Exclusion Act prohibiting futher immigration from Japan.
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Nellie Tayloe Ross becomes Governor of Wyoming
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Walter Percy founds Chrysler Auto Corporation
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Films with synchronized voice and music are introduced.
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Babe Ruth makes 70K/year as highest paid baseball player.