WWI timeline Scaturo

By grcwlsh

  • Ottawa Senators beat Montreal Wanderers in Stanley Cup

    They win 8 to 3 Their record for the season was 9–3–0

  • China ends slavery

    after the law is passed, rich people still had slaves, but the law still dropped the number of slaves significantly.

  • 105°F (41°C) at Vernon, Vermont

    This was the state record.

  • The Titanic hits an iceberg and sinks

    More than half of the people could not fit on the lifeboats.

  • Frank Chance becomes the Yankee’s manager

    He was the only the manager ftom only 1913-1914

  • The Panama Canal opens

    It is 48-miles long

  • US House of Representatives rejects proposal to give women right to vote

    Ratified on August 18, 1920, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution finially granted American women the right to vote

  • 2nd Rose bowl

    Washington State beats Brown 14-0

  • 1st Jazz records recorded

    "Dixie Jazz Band One Step" and "Livery Stable Blues" by Original Dixieland Jass Band for the Victor Talking Machine Company

  • Germany gets stronger in WWI

    World War I: Finland forms an alliance with Germany.

  • First pop-up toaster invented

    Created by Charles Strite. This revolutionized the food industry.

  • Walt Disney starts work as an artist

    He works with KC Slide Co for $40 a week

  • The band-aid is invented

    Invented by Earle Dickson. His wife really came up with the idea originally.

  • Insulin is invented

    Insulin is invented by Sir Frederick Grant Banting

  • New Monument is established

    Aztec Ruins National Monument is established