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1900 Galveston hurricane
This is the fourth deadliest hurricane in the history of the United States. It killed 6000-12000 people and caused an economic loss of approximately US$35.4 million. The damage caused by the hurricane even caused a large number of investors to shift their targets and make them invest in Houston. -
Assassination of William McKinley
William McKinley was shot dead at the Pan American Exposition held at the Buffalo Music Temple in New York. He is the third president in American history to die in an assassination. -
The first manned flight in history
This was the first manned flight in human history, and it took 59 seconds to fly. Although they did not attract media attention at the time, their airplanes changed the way of long-distance transportation for humans in the future. -
1906 San Francisco earthquake
A magnitude 7.9 earthquake on the Richter scale is the deadliest earthquake in American history. More than 80% of San Francisco's city was destroyed and more than US$400 million in economic losses. -
Ford Model T is produced
The most influential car in the 20th century changed the most important mode of transportation in the United States in the future and became a powerful symbol of the modern era of the United States -
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire
Occurred in Manhattan, New York, killing 146 people, most of whom were women. This disaster promoted the government's legislation on factory safety and promoted the birth of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. -
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Woodrow Wilson, the 28th President of the United States
The 28th President of the United States, whose ideas were called Wilsonism by later generations, led the United States into the First World War and changed the United States' status in the international community. -
American entry into World War I
In May 1915, RMS Lusitania was sunk by a German submarine, which helped the United States join the war. On April 6, 1917, the U.S. Congress passed a vote to formally join the First World War. -
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Longview race riot
Riots in the city after the First World War. Some whites attacked the black residential area of Longview and caused riots. -
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Steel strike of 1919
John Fitzpatrick William Z. Foster, secretary of the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers, asked U.S. Steel to recognize the union, implement an 8-hour work day, increase wages, and resume work for workers who were fired for participating in union activities. U.S. Steel rejected these requests. . Eventually the workers went on strike.
