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edited December 2024 in Chit-Chat
This is a History game of sorts. It takes a little patience and googling but its interesting to see people come up with. Name something historicial or news worthy that happened in a given year, we'll start in 1901 and go up to present day. Give it a shot!


1901... The great fire of 1901 begins Jacksonville, FL. In eight hours, the fire burned 146 city blocks, destroyed more than 2,368 buildings, and left almost 10,000 residents homeless. It is said the glow from the flames could be seen in Savannah, Georgia




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    1902 - the first ever movie theatre opened in california
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    1903 - 1st regular transatlantic radio broadcast between US & England
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    1904-



    In New York City, the first New Year's Eve celebration is held in Times Square.
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    1905

    April 1 1905 - Penny post established between the United Kingdom and Australia.
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    Ah...Johnny Bravo...Loved that cartoon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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    1906-



    San Francisco earthquake (estimated magnitude 7.8) on the San Andreas Fault destroys much of San Francisco, California, USA, killing at least 3,000, with 225,000–300,000 left homeless, and $350 million in damages.
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    1907 - Elections to the new Parliament of Finland are the first in the world with woman candidates, as well as the first elections in Europe where universal suffrage is applied. Nineteen women are elected.
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    1908 - A long-distance radio message is sent from the Eiffel Tower for the first time.
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    1909 - 1st Lincoln head pennies minted
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    1910 - George V becomes King of the United Kingdom upon the death of his father, Edward VII.
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    1911-



    Italy declares war on Ottoman Empire.
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    1912

    April 14 – RMS Titanic strikes an iceberg in the northern Atlantic Ocean. She sinks the following day with the loss of 1517 lives.
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    1913

    Feb 2nd - NY football Giants sign Jim Thorpe
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    1914 outbreak of the First World War
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    1915 - Locust plague breaks out in Palestine from March until October
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    1916 July 1 – November 18 – WWI – More than 1 million soldiers die during the Battle of the Somme, including 60,000 casualties for the British Commonwealth on the first day.
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    1917 - Municipally owned streetcars take to the streets of San Francisco, California
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    1918
    "Stars & Stripes," weekly US armed forces newspaper, 1st published
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    1918 end of wwi
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    The small town of Codell, Kansas is hit for the third year in a row by a tornado. Coincidentally, all three tornadoes hit on May 20, 1916, 1917, and 1918 respectively.

    some one posted above me ..lol

    brb with 1919

    **The Boston Molasses Disaster: A wave of molasses released from an exploding storage tank sweeps through Boston, killing 21 and injuring 150.
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    1919. April 15 – Save the Children Fund set up in the UK to raise money for the relief of German and Austrian children
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    26 August 1920 - The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is passed, guaranteeing women's suffrage.
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    1921 - Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party.
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    1922 The Reader's Digest Published
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    1922
    * First successful insulin treatment of diabetes in Canada.
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    Mount Etna volcano erupts on June 19th 1923 - 60,000 made homeless
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    1924
    IBM was founded
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    1924 - Howard Carter discovers sarcophagus of Tutankhamen.
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    1925

    3rd January - Mussolini announces taking dictorial powers over Italy
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    June 19, 1926 – DeFord Bailey is the first African-American to perform on Nashville's Grand Ole Opry.
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