1870s 1880s 1890s - 1900s - 1910s 1920s 1930s 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1900s - Events and Trends. 1900s - Technology. Lawrence Hargrave makes the first stable wing design for a heavier-than-air aircraft Orville and Wilbur Wright make the first documented flight in a powered heavier-than-air aircraft Mass production of automobile Wide popularity of home phonograph Panama Canal is built by the Unit ...

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1900 - Month/day unknown. Henry D. Cogswell, American philanthropist and temperance movement pioneer (b. 1820) ...

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The 1900 Summer Olympics, formally known as the Games of the II Olympiad, were held in 1900 in Paris, France. Despite Greek efforts to keep the Games in their country, the International Olympic Committee decided to hold them at a different place each Games. The Games competed for visitors with the 1900 World's Fair, which was also held at Paris at the same time. 1900 Summer Olympics - Highlights. Alvin Kraenzlein won the 60 metres, the 110 metres, the 220 metre hurdles, and the long jump events ...

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There have also been Thunderbird sightings more recently. In the 1960s and 1970s, sightings of a large bird the size of a Piper Cub airplane were made in Washington, Utah, and Idaho. On occasion, such reports were accompanied by large footprints or other purported evidence. Among the most controversial reports is a July 25, 1977 account from Lawndale, Illinois. About 9 pm a group of three boys were at play in a residential back yard. Two large birds approached, and chased the boys. Two escaped unharmed, but the third boy, ten-year-old ...

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History of corsets - Pipe-shape corsets. Pipe-shape was a name sometimes given to a type of corset in fashion from 1908 through the 1920s. It helped to give the slender, straight silhouette that was a reaction to the exaggerated curves of the S-shape corset. The pipe-shape corset should not be confused with the pipe-stem waist, which is sometimes found on other ...

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In 1918, Prince Friedrich Karl of Hesse-Kassel, younger brother of the head of the house and a brother-in-law of Kaiser Wilhelm II, was elected by the Finnish pro-German government to be King of Finland, but he never reigned. In 1968, the head of the House of Hesse-Kassel became the Head of the entire House of Hesse due to the extinction of the Hesse-Darmstadt line. ...

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History of radar - Christian Huelsmeyer. In 1904 Christian Huelsmeyer gave public demonstrations in Germany and Netherlands of the use of radio echoes to detect ships so that collisions could be avoided. which consisted of a simple spark gap aimed using a multipole antenna. When a reflection was picked up by the two straight antennas attached to the separate receiver, a bell sounded. The system detected presence of ships up to 3 km, and he planned to extend its capability to 10km. It did not provide range informa ...

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Timeline of Australian history - 1910s. 1910 - Andew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. 1911 - The Royal Australian Navy is founded 1911 - The Northern Territory comes under Commonwealth control, being split off from South Australia 1911 - The first national census is conducted 1912 - Australia sends women to the Olympic Games for the first time 1912 - Walter Burley Griffin wins a design competition for the new city of Canberra 191 ...

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History of Jacksonville Florida - Great Fire of 1901. On May 2, 1901, downtown Jacksonville was ravaged by the Great Fire, which started when hot ash from a shantyhouse's chimney landed on the drying moss at Cleaveland's Fiber Factory. At half past noon most of the Cleaveland workers were at lunch, but by the time they returned the entire city block was engulfed in flames. The fire destroyed the business district and rendered 10,000 residents homeless in the course of eight hours. Florida Governor William S. Jenn ...

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1900s - Technology. Lawrence Hargrave makes the first stable wing design for a heavier-than-air aircraft Orville and Wilbur Wright make the first documented flight in a powered heavier-than-air aircraft Mass production of automobile Wide popularity of home phonograph Panama Canal is built by the United States 1900s - Science. Planck's law of black body radiation Einstein's theory of special relativity Einstein explains Brownian ...

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At the 1900 Summer Olympics, a cricket tournament was contested. Although four teams were originally expected to compete, Belgium and Holland (the Netherlands) pulled out of the competition, leaving a Great Britain side to play a France side. Neither team was nationally selected. The British side was a touring club team, Devon & Somerset Wanderers. The French team consisted of Britons living in Paris, reportedly mostly members of the British Embassy. By Captain's agreement the game wa ...

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The Free Church of Scotland is that part of the original Free Church of Scotland that remained outside of the union with the United Presbyterian Church of Scotland in 1900. It remains a distinct Presbyterian denomination in Scotland to this day. Free Church of Scotland post 1900 - Aftermath of the union of 1900. In 1900 the Free Church of Scotland united with the United Presbyterian Church of Scotland to form the United Free Church of Scotland. However, a minority of the original Free Church remained outsid ...

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1900 - January. January 5 - Yves Tanguy, French painter (d. 1955) January 26 - Karl Ristenpart, German conductor (d. 1967) January 27 - Hyman Rickover, American admiral (d. 1986) 1900 - February. February 4 - Jacques Prévert, French lyricist and author (d. 1977) February 5 - Adlai Stevenson, American politician (d. 1965) February 11 - Hans-Georg Gadamer, German philosopher (d. 2002) February 12 - Roger J. Traynor, ...

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1900 - January. January 2 - John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote trade with China. January 2 - Chicago Canal opens. January 5 - Irish leader John Edward Redmond calls for a revolt against British rule. January 6 - It is reported that millions are starving in India. January 6 - Boers attack Ladysmith - over 1000 people were killed. January 8 - United States President William McKinley places Alaska under military rule. January 13 - Kaiser of ...

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1900 in South Africa - January. 10 January - Frederick Roberts arrives at Cape Town to replace Redvers Henry Buller as commander-in-chief of the British forces in South Africa. He is accompanied by Horatio Kitchener as his chief-of-staff Wessel Montshiwa, the Barolong chief advises his people not to assit the British during the siege of Mafeking 19-24 January - Battle of Spionkop Boer forces under the command of Louis Botha defeat the British fo ...

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Washington, D.C. September 9, 1900 To: Manager, Western Union Houston, Texas Willis L. Moore Chief, U.S. Weather Bureau The last train to reach Galveston left Houston on the morning of the September 8 at 9:45 a.m. It found the tracks washed out, and passengers were forced to transfer to a relief train on parallel tracks to complete their journey. Even then, ...

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Survivors set up temporary shelters in surplus U.S. Army tents along the shore. They were so numerous that observers began referring to it as the "White City on the Beach". Others constructed so-called "storm lumber" homes, using salvageable material from the debris to build shelter. By September 12, the first post-storm mail was received at Galveston. The next day, basic water service was restored, and Western Union began providing minimal telegraph service. Within th ...

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The city of Galveston at the end of the 19th century was a booming metropolis with a population of 42,000. Its position on the natural harbor of Galveston Bay along the Gulf of Mexico made it the center of trade in the state of Texas. With this prosperity came a sense of complacency. A quarter of a century earlier, the nearby town of Indianola on Matagorda Bay was undergoing its own boom and was second to Galveston among Texas ports. Then in 1875, a powerful hurricane blew through, nearly destroying the town. Indianola was rebuilt, but a second hurricane in 188 ...

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1900 in rail transport - January events. January 1 - The Pere Marquette Railroad is incorporated and created from the merger of the Flint and Pere Marquette Railway Company, Detriot, Lansing and Northern Railroad and Chicago and West Michigan Railroad. 1900 in rail transport - April events. April 24 - Illinois Central engineer Casey Jones crashes his train just north of Vaughan, Mississip ...

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