1900
Hurricane ravages Galveston, Tex.; 6,000–8,000 dead. Fauvist movement in painting begins, led by Henri Matisse. Sigmund Freud's The Interpretation of Dreams. Carrie Chapman Catt succeeds Susan B. Anthony as president of National Woman Suffrage Association.
1901
Queen Victoria dies, and is succeeded by her son, Edward VII. As President McKinley begins second term, he is shot fatally by anarchist Leon Czolgosz. Theodore Roosevelt sworn in as successor.
1902
Enrico Caruso's first gramophone recording. Aswan Dam completed.
1903
Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur, fly first powered, controlled, heavier-than-air plane at Kitty Hawk, N.C. Henry Ford organizes Ford Motor Company. The Boston Red Sox win the first World Series against the Pittsburgh Pirates. W.E.B. Du Bois publishes The Souls of Black Folk.
1904
Russo-Japanese War begins—competition for Korea and Manchuria. Entente Cordiale: Britain and France settle their international differences. General theory of radioactivity by Rutherford and Soddy. New York City subway opens.
1905
In Russo-Japanese War, Port Arthur surrenders to Japanese; Russia suffers other defeats. President Roosevelt mediates Treaty of Portsmouth, N.H., which recognizes Japan's control of Korea and restores southern Manchuria to China. The Russian Revolution of 1905 begins on “Bloody Sunday” when troops fire onto a defenseless group of demonstrators in St. Petersburg. Strikes and riots follow. Sailors on battleship Potemkin mutiny; reforms, including first Duma (parliament), established by Czar Nicholas II's “October Manifesto.” Albert Einstein's special theory of relativity and other key theories in physics. Franz Lehar's Merry Widow.
1906
San Francisco earthquake and three-day fire; more than 500 dead. Roald Amundsen, Norwegian explorer, fixes magnetic North Pole.
1907
Second Hague Peace Conference, of 46 nations, adopts 10 conventions on rules of war. Financial panic of 1907 in U.S. Mahler begins work on “Song of the Earth.” Oklahoma becomes 46th state. Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon introduces cubism.
1908
Earthquake kills 150,000 in southern Italy and Sicily. U.S. Supreme Court, in Danbury Hatters' case, outlaws secondary union boycotts. Model T produced by Ford Motor Company.
1909
North Pole reportedly reached by American explorers Robert E. Peary and Matthew Henson. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is founded in New York by prominent black and white intellectuals and led by W.E.B. Du Bois.
2007-03-05 11:39:04
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Cleopatra Joan of Arc Queen Elizabeth I Pocahontas (She she is real) Abigail Adams Martha Jefferson Betsy Ross Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley "Molly Pitcher" Deborah Sampson Sacagawea Sojourner Truth Harriet Beecher Stowe Elizabeth Cady Stanton Lucy Stone Emily Dickinson Louisa May Alcott
2016-03-16 05:15:37
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2016-04-21 22:30:06
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Albert Einstein -develops Theory of relativity 1905
2007-03-05 11:47:37
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Thomas Edison
2007-03-05 22:33:21
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I like girls in jeans. It makes them look more city like and it generally does not appear to be they are trying too hard but if you are trying to get this guys attention, this might not exactly be what you would like
2017-03-01 01:09:47
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2017-02-18 03:38:19
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answered by Chris 4
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I really do enjoy wearing long skirts occasionally. They are really actually convenient than Skinny jeans and also not as hot to wear.
2017-01-31 10:20:13
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answered by raul 4
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hogus wagner, famous pittsburg pirates baseball player. his card is worth millions.
2007-03-05 11:38:32
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