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France and Germany signed a treaty over Morocco. This was an ongoing discussion since October of 1906.
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Boy Scouts of America was founded. This organization is the largest youth organization it has over 2.4 members in this organization. Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, Ernest Thompson Seton, Daniel Carter Beard, William D. Boyce founded this orginization.
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The first U.S. picture was taken from an airplane in San Francisco.
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Around Newfoundland the Titanic hit an iceberg and crashed at 11:40 pm then sank the next morning at 2:27. This enormous boat weighed 52,310 tons.
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National Woman's Party was formed. This was formed by Alice Paul and Lucy Burns to fight for woman suffrage.
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Model T was made into an assembly line by William Ford current president of the Ford automobile company.
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The Lincoln Memorial had it's first piece of stone put into the memorial in Washington D.C.
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The first Jewish Supreme court justice was elected by Woodrow Wilson his name was Louis Brandeis.
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Around 10 to 15 thousand African Americans walk down 5th avenue in NYC to protest segregation.
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An electrical fire killed 38 mentally vhallenged people at Oaklahoma State hospital.
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The Great Molasses flood occurred 1919. This flood killed 21 people, and 150 people were left injured.
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Amelia Earhart takes her first flying lesson.
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Yankees buy land two build a new stadium, they bought 20 acres of land for the stadium.
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Babe Ruth signed a 3 year contract with the yankees. Babe Ruth signed for $52,000.
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The Ku Klux Klan held a surprise an attack in an African American residence area. This killed 8 people.