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1903
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| January 18, 1903 - The first two-way wireless
communication between Europe and the United States is accomplished by
Guglielmo Marconi when he transmits a message from President Theodore
Roosevelt to the King of England from a telegraph station in South
Wellfleet, Massachusetts. May 23, 1903 - The first direct primary system in the United States is begun in the state of Wisconsin. August 1, 1903 - The first cross-country automobile trip in the United States is completed with arrival in San Francisco. The trip had begun in New York on May 23. The first modern World Series of Major League Baseball is held between the American and National Leagues after two years of bitter rivalry. It pitted the pennant winners of that year in a nine game series, with the National League winner, Pittsburgh, coming out on top 5-3 games over Boston. November, 3, 1903 - With United States support after the Hay-Herran Treaty rejection by Columbia earlier in the year, Panama declares its independence from Columbia. The Panama government is recognized by President Theodore Roosevelt three days later and sign a canal treaty on November 18, allowing the U.S. led construction of the canal. December 17, 1903 - Inventors Wilbur and Orville Wright succeed in the first sustained and manned plane flight, taking the heavier-than-air machine through the winds of Kill Devil Hill, North Carolina, and man into an age of flight. The plane, mechanically propelled with a petroleum engine, flew 120 feet in 12 seconds, and later the same day, flew 852 feet in 59 seconds . They would patent the Airplane three years later on May 22, 1906. Photo top right: Orville Wright on the 3rd flight on December 17, 1903 at Kitty Hawk, NC (LOC Publication Division, LC-DIG-ppprs-00628) |
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1904
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| April 30, 1904 - The Louisiana Purchase Exposition
opens. Renowned for its spectacular ivory buildings, the
inventions of the ice cream cone, and the "Meet Me in St. Louis"
song. The St. Louis exposition closed December 1
with over nineteen million visitors. It was held on 1,272
acres. The Summer Olympic Games of 1904 were also
twinned with the fair and were the first Olympic Games held in the
western hemisphere. May 5, 1904 - Cy Young, of the Boston Americans, pitches the first perfect game against the Philadelphia Athletics in the modern era of Major League baseball. October 3, 1904 - The Daytona Educational and Industrial Training School for Negro Girls is opened by Mary McLeod Bethune in Daytona, Florida. Bethune is regarded as a leading contributor to the education of African-American students in the early 20th century. November 1904 - Theodore Roosevelt wins his first election for President after serving three years in the office due to the death of William McKinley. He defeat Democratic candidate Alton B. Parker, 336 to 140 in the Electoral College vote. The tractor is invented by American Benjamin Holt, using a caterpillar track to spread the weight in heavy agricultural machinery. |
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1905
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| May 15, 1905 - The city of Las Vegas, Nevada is formed
with the sale of one hundred and ten acres in the downtown area. February 23, 1905 - Rotary Club of Businessmen is founded with the first chapter in Chicago, Illinois. June 1, 1905 - The "Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition" is opened in Portland, Oregon. The world's fair would host eighteen nations and three colonies, and close on October 15 with attendance of 1.7 million visiting its 402 acre site. |
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1906
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1907
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| January 23, 1907 - The first Native American Senator,
Charles Curtis, from Kansas, takes office. March 13, 1907 - Another financial crises occurs in the business community with the beginning of the Financial Panic and Depression of 1907. The United States "Great White Fleet" of sixteen battleships and twelve thousand men begin their first round the world cruise. November 16, 1907 - The Oklahoma Territory and the Indian Territory are combined to form Oklahoma and are admitted into the Union as the 46th state. |
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1908
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January 1, 1908 - The tradition of dropping a ball in
New York's Times Square to signal the beginning of the New
Year is inaugurated. January 9, 1908 - Muir Woods National Monument, named after conservationist John Muir, is added to the National Park System by a proclamation of President Theodore Roosevelt after the two hundred and ninety-five acres of coastal redwood forest is donated by William Kent. On January 11, Roosevelt would add the Grand Canyon Monument to the system. On January 16, 1908, President Theodore Roosevelt proclaimed the Pinnacle National Forest of rock formations and caves as Pinnacles National Monument. On February 7, 1908, he would continue the expansion of federally protected lands with Jewel Cave National Monument in southwest South Dakota. (Image above) To the Woods! 11/01/1906. Theodore Roosevelt & Teddy Bear character. Berryman Political Cartoon collection. May 14, 1908 - The first passenger flight on a plane occurs when Wilbur Wright escorts Charles W. Furnas in the Wright Flyer III at Huffman Prairie Flying Field in Dayton, Ohio. September 27, 1908 - The first production Model T was built at the Ford plant in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo bottom of page) Ford auto factory, production of Model T's, 1917. (Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Div. LC-USZ62-63968) October 9, 1908 - The U.S. Bureau of Public Roads completes an initial two mile macadam surface through Cumberland Gap with the Object Lesson Road, one of the first efforts to test a hardened road. November 1908 - William Howard Taft is elected President, 321 to 162 Electoral Votes, over Democratic candidate William Jennings Bryan, who had twice before been defeated for the office by William McKinley in 1896 and 1900. |
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1909
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| January 28, 1909 - The troops of the United States
leave Cuba for the first time since the beginning of the
Spanish-American War. April 6, 1909 - Admiral Robert E. Peary, a Pennsylvania native, accompanied by four eskimos and a black man, Matthew Henson, arrives as the North Pole on their sixth attempt, establishing Camp Jesup. He had set sail for the pole nearly one year earlier on July 6, 1908. June 1, 1909 - The "Alaska-Yukon Pacific Exposition" opens in Seattle, Washington. Attendance of 3,740,561, including free visitors, witness the world's fair held on 250 acres, including land of present-day Washington University. May 30, 1909 - The National Conference of the Negro is conducted, leading to the formation of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, (NAACP). July 12, 1909 - President William Howard Taft continues the designation of national monuments begin during the Roosevelt administration with the proclamation of Oregon Caves National Monument in southwest Oregon. On July 31, he continued the designations with the southwestern Utah lands known as Mukuntuweap that would become, ten years later, Zion National Park. |
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Historic Travel Tip
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History Historic Travel Tip
The lands designated during the Roosevelt administration include some of the best examples of natural phenomena in the U.S.A. Plan to take in a few during your next road trip.
