World War 1 Timeline

By bethea

  • The first US airplane was sold commercially.

    It was sold for $5,000 and was sold to the army by the Wright’s. It was bought Glenn Curtious

  • The Boy Scouts were established

    The Boy Scouts of America was inspired by and modeled on the boy scout association in Britain in 1908. Now there are 2.7 millions Boy Scouts in America.

  • The first photo taken from an airplane in the US

    It was flying over San Francisco on January 10th.It is expected that there will be a total of a trillion photos taken in 2015

  • The first parachute jump from an airplane

    US Army Captain Albert Berry performs the first parachute jump from an airplane.

  • NYC grand terminal opens.

    It opened on February 2nd. Now it is the largest terminal in NY.

  • The first scheduled airline flight.

    This was out of Saint Petersburg, Tampa on January 1st.

  • Thomas Edison invents the telescribe.

    The device was made to record telephone conversations on May 24th.

  • Women are allowed to attend a boxing match.

    The first women are allowed to spectate a boxing match on March 25th.

  • 10 million US men register in the draft for WW1.

    On June 5th this happened.

  • The first daylight savings time in US goes into effect.

    On March 31st daylight savings time goes into effect in the US

  • Race roit in Charlestown, SC.

    The white citizens roit against blacks. 2 black people are killed.

  • Women gain the right to vote.

    In the USA on August 18th women can vote.

  • The American Soccer League Forms

    The American Soccer League forms on May 6th.

  • The first US airplane lands on the US capitol.

    The first US airplane lands on the US capitol, Washington D.C.

  • Mass arrests in US of mafia.

    This happened on February 24th.