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The Boy Scouts of America were formed by Chicago publisher W.D. Boyce.
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The Great Fire burns three million acres throughout Idaho, Montana, and Washington. More than 80 people were killed. It is deemed the worst fire in our nation's history.
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The First Electric Self Start was installed in a Cadillac by GM. Before now, all cars needed to be started by cranking a starting handle.
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Hiram Bingham finds Machu Picchu in the Andes. He was a professor of History at Yale.
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A fire breaks out in Manhatten at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company. The building stairwells were locked making escaping impossible. The fire caused 146 deaths, almost all of them were women.
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The Girl Scouts of America were formed. Juliette Gordon Low founded the "Girl Guides" which later went on to be called the Girl Scouts.
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The Titanic sinks after being deemed unsinkable. The ship hit an iceberg and went down.
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The first crossword puzzle was published and created by Arthur Wynne. It was first published as a word-cross puzzle in the New York World.
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The 16th Amendment was ratified. The amendment stated that Congress can collect taxes on income without regard for a census.
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WWl starts because of the assassination of a Duke in Austria-Hungary. Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia.
