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| 1900 |
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| Congress formally makes Hawaii a territory of the United
States. |
| The United States is a fledgling world power with a navy fourth
in fighting strength and a standing army ranked ninth. |
| John Luther "Casey" Jones becomes immortal by dying at the throttle
of the Cannonball Express. |
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| 1901 |
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| President McKinley is assassinated at the Pan-American Exposition,
in Buffalo, New York. |
| Guglielmo Marconi successfully receives the first long-distance
radio transmission. |
| After almost 64 years as the British monarch, Queen Victoria
dies. |
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| 1902 |
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| The first box of Crayola Crayons is sold. |
| The Teddy bear debuts when President "Teddy" Roosevelt declines
to shoot a subdued bear on a hunting expedition. |
| The Pepsi-Cola Company is formed. |
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| 1903 |
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| The Wright Brothers make their historic first flight at Kitty
Hawk. |
| Ford Motor Company is formed. |
| The first Harley-Davidson is manufactured. |
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| 1904 |
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| Long Acre Square is renamed Times Square when the New York
Times moves to Broadway and 42and Street. |
| The Russo-Japanese War Begins when Japanese forces attack the
Russian controlled city of Port Arthur in southern Manchuria. |
| The first section of the New York City's subway is opened |
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| 1905 |
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| Mata Hari Debuts is Paris. |
| Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity is published leading to
the famous equation: E=mc2. |
| After the devastating defeat of the Russian Baltic Fleet, President
Roosevelt brokers peace between Russia and Japan. |
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| 1906 |
| San Francisco is all but destroyed by a tremendous earthquake
and fire. |
| The H.M.S. Dreadnought, a battleship whose ten twelve-inch
guns immediately render all other warships obsolete, is launched. |
| The first Victrola is sold. |
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| 1907 |
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| The Passenger Liner Lusitania successfully completes her
maiden voyage to New York. |
| Oklahoma becomes the 46th State. |
| The American Atlantic Fleet (or Great White Fleet) begins the
journey to California. |
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| 1908 |
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| Henry Ford introduces the Model T vowing, "I will build
a car for the great multitude." |
| The American Fleet provides humanitarian assistance to victims
in Messina, Italy, after the most devastating earthquake ever recorded in
Europe which killed some 85,000 people. |
| General Motors is formed. |
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| 1909 |
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| Five weeks after the Great White Fleet makes it's triumphant return
to Hampton Roads, the first keel plates of the H.M.S. Titanic are
laid. Her infamous maiden voyage will take place in three years. |
| The Panama Canal will be completed in five years. |
| In eight years the United States will enter the First World War
... the beginning of hostilities in Europe is still five years in the
future. |
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