WW1 Timeline

By Chachko

  • The american air plane was sold commercially.

    It was sold for $5,000 and bought by Glenn Curtiss

  • The boy scouts were established

    The boy scouts of America was inspired by and modeled on the boy scout association in Britain in 1908.

  • The first photo taken in an airplane over the U.S.

    The photo was taken over San Diego on January 10.

  • The first parachute jump from an airplane

    The jump was performed by U.S. army captain Albert Berry.

  • The NYC’s grand terminal opens

    It opened on February 2nd.

  • The first scheduled airline flight

    It was out of St Petersburg tampa it was on January 1st

  • Thomas Edison invented the telescribe

    The device was used to record telephone conversations. It was invented on May 24th.

  • Woman are allowed to attend a boxing match

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

  • 10 million U.S. men register for draft in WWI

    It was on June 5th

  • The first daylight savings time in the U.S. goes into effect

    It happened on March 31.

  • Race riot in Charlestown South Carolina

    The white citizens riot against blacks. Two black people are killed.

  • Woman gain the right to vote in the U.S.A..

    This event occurred on August 18th.

  • The american soccer league forms

    This happened on May 6th.

  • The first U.S. airplane lands at the U.S. capitol in washington D.C.

    This happened on March 23

  • Mass arrest in U.S. of Mafia

    This happened on February 24th.