World War I timeline

By nah17

  • Robert Fowler runs then world record marathon, his time was 2:52:45.4

    1909- Robert Fowler runs then world record marathon, his time was 2:52:45.4 on January 1st
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  • 1st junior high schools in US opens (Berkeley California)

  • 1st photo in US taken from an airplane, San Diego

  • New Mexico becomes 47th state

  • Frank Chance becomes Yankee manager. They paid him $120,000 ($2,873,131 in current dollar terms)

  • Babe Ruth debuts as a pitcher for Boston Red Sox, he beats Cleve 4-3

  • Col Jacob Ruppert & Col Tillinghast Huston purchase Yankees for $460,000

  • 1st bombing of Paris by German Zeppelins takes place

  • US pays Denmark $25 million for Virgin Islands (or 3/21)

  • Mississippi becomes 1st state to ratify 18th amendment (prohibition) of the US Constitution

  • 2 million gallons of molasses flood Boston MA, killing 21

  • 1st Black baseball league, National Negro Baseball League, organizes

  • Yankees purchase 20 acres in Bronx for Yankee Stadium

  • Snow on Mauna Loa, Hawaii

  • Coal mine explosion at Dawson, New Mexico kills 120

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