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1907: The Panic of 1907 caused a financial crisis in the US. Oklahoma became the 46th US state. Pablo Picasso painted "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon," a landmark work in Cubism. The first Boy Scout troop was formed in England. The RMS Lusitania was launched.
1906: The San Francisco earthquake devastated the city. The Pure Food and Drug Act was passed in the US, improving food safety. The Azusa Street Revival, a major event in Pentecostalism, began. The first radio broadcast of music occurred.
1905: Einstein published his groundbreaking papers on relativity, the photoelectric effect, and Brownian motion. The Russo-Japanese War ended with a Japanese victory. Bloody Sunday ignited Russia's 1905 revolution. The IWW was founded. Norway gained independence.
1904: The Russo-Japanese War began. The Entente Cordiale was signed between Britain and France. The St. Louis World's Fair took place. Construction began on the Panama Canal. Rolls-Royce was founded.
1903: The Wright brothers made their first successful powered flight. The Boston Red Sox won the first World Series. Marie Curie became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. The Panama Canal treaty was signed. Pius X became Pope.
1902: The Second Boer War ended. The first movie theater opened in the US. Cuba gained independence. The Coal Strike caused a national crisis. Mount Pelée erupted, devastating Martinique.
1901: Queen Victoria died, ending the Victorian era.
1 Guglielmo Marconi received the first transatlantic wireless signal. Theodore Roosevelt became US President after McKinley's assassination. 2 The first Nobel Prizes were awarded. 3 Australia became a federation. 4
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1900: Boxer Rebellion challenged foreign influence in China. Max Planck's quantum theory revolutionized physics. The Paris Exposition displayed new technologies. The devastating Galveston hurricane struck Texas. Automobile pioneer Gottlieb Daimler passed away.
1899: Boer War began. Bayer patented Aspirin. Hemingway was born. Ford left Edison. Philippine-American War continued.
1898: Spanish-American War gave US Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam. Marie Curie began radioactivity research, discovering radium & polonium. "Cyrano de Bergerac" premiered. "Automobile" became common.
1897: Queen Victoria celebrated her Diamond Jubilee. Bram Stoker's "Dracula" was published. J.J. Thomson discovered the electron. The Zionist Congress held its first meeting in Basel, Switzerland. The Boston Marathon was held for the first time.
Henri Becquerel discovered radioactivity The Klondike Gold Rush reached its peak 1st modern Olympic Game held in Athens Guglielmo Marconi patented his wireless telegraph The Dow Jones Industrial Average was first published. Plessy v Ferguson upheld racial segregation("separate but equal")
1895: Lumière brothers showcased their cinematograph, birthing cinema. Röntgen discovered X-rays. Marconi founded his wireless telegraphy company. Wilde's trial caused scandal. Biltmore Estate was completed.
1894: The Pullman Strike, a major labor conflict, rocked the US. The Dreyfus affair, a political scandal involving antisemitism, began in France. The first successful appendectomy was performed. Sun Yat-sen founded the Revive China Society. The Klondike Gold Rush began.
1893: Chicago hosted the World's Columbian Exposition. A financial panic triggered US depression. New Zealand women gained voting rights. Diesel demonstrated his engine. Tchaikovsky's "Pathétique" premiered.
1892: The Sierra Club was founded, advocating for environmental protection. Ellis Island saw its first immigrants. Grover Cleveland was elected US President for a second non-consecutive term. The first Ferris Wheel debuted in Chicago. Coca-Cola began being sold in bottles.
1891: Trans-Siberian Railway construction began. James Naismith invented basketball. The first US public telephone exchange opened. The Triple Alliance was renewed, and Edison continued his innovations.
1890: Wounded Knee Massacre ended major Native American resistance. Ellis Island opened, processing immigrants. The McKinley Tariff impacted trade. Van Gogh died, leaving his artistic legacy. Electric streetcars debuted, a sign of progress.
1889 saw the Eiffel Towers grand opening in Paris a symbol of progress Tragedy struck with the Johnstown Flood in Pennsylvania, claiming thousands of lives The Oklahoma Land Run spurred westward expansion in the US. Nintendo was founded in Japan, and Charlie Chaplin, a future film icon was born
1888 saw Germany's "Year of Three Emperors," the Jack the Ripper murders in London, and Eastman trademarking "Kodak" and patenting his roll-film camera. The Great Blizzard of '88 hit the US Northeast, and companies like De Beers and G.D. Searle were founded.