World War I timeline By nah17 Jan 1, 1909 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 Period: Jan 1, 1909 to Feb 8, 1923 Timeline Jan 1, 1910 1st junior high schools in US opens (Berkeley California) Jan 10, 1911 1st photo in US taken from an airplane, San Diego Jan 6, 1912 New Mexico becomes 47th state Jan 8, 1913 Frank Chance becomes Yankee manager. They paid him $120,000 ($2,873,131 in current dollar terms) Jul 11, 1914 Babe Ruth debuts as a pitcher for Boston Red Sox, he beats Cleve 4-3 Jan 11, 1915 Col Jacob Ruppert & Col Tillinghast Huston purchase Yankees for $460,000 Jan 29, 1916 1st bombing of Paris by German Zeppelins takes place Jan 17, 1917 US pays Denmark $25 million for Virgin Islands (or 3/21) Jan 8, 1918 Mississippi becomes 1st state to ratify 18th amendment (prohibition) of the US Constitution Jan 15, 1919 2 million gallons of molasses flood Boston MA, killing 21 Jan 4, 1920 1st Black baseball league, National Negro Baseball League, organizes Feb 5, 1921 Yankees purchase 20 acres in Bronx for Yankee Stadium Feb 9, 1922 Snow on Mauna Loa, Hawaii Feb 8, 1923 Coal mine explosion at Dawson, New Mexico kills 120