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President William McKinley wins the Presidency for a second term
President William McKinley wins the presidency against his competitor William J. Bryan with a margin of 292 to 155 Electoral College votes. -
William McKinley is assassinated
William McKinley was visiting the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York, when he was shot by Leon Czolgosz, when he was shaking hands will the fair visitors. William McKinley died a week later from the gunshot wounds. Theodore Roosevelt is inaugurated to serve the rest of William McKinley's term. -
The first two-way wireless communication between Europe and the United States
Guglielmo Marconi was the person who created the first two-way telegraph station in South Wellfleet, Massachusetts, that had sent a message from Theodore Roosevelt to the King of England. -
The Wright Brother's first flight
Wilbur and Orville Wright had mad the first first sustained and manned plane flight, taking the heavier-than-air machine for a flight that flew 120 feet in 12 seconds. -
Theodore Roosevelt is elected as President
Theodore Roosevelt gets elected as President after after fulfilling the rest of William McKinley term that was 3 years. Theodore Roosevelt had beaten his competitor Alton B. Parker, 336 to 140 in the Electoral College vote. -
The first successful field tractor
The first successful field tractor was created by Benjamin Holt, the tractor needed to use a capitellar track to distribute the weight across a wider area so that it does not sink into ground. -
Theodore Roosevelt creates National Parks
Theodore Roosevelt created National Parks because he wanted to preserve lands that have historic or scientific value, since he wanted to protect the beauty of the American Wilderness. -
William Howard Taft is elected as President
William Howard Taft wins over William Jennings Bryan, that was defeated by William McKinley in 1896 and 1900, by a margin of 321 to 162 Electoral College votes. -
USS Texas Commissioned into the fleet
The USS Texas commissioned into the fleet on May 18th, 1912. The USS Texas is 573 feet long, 95.2 feet wide, and has a draft of 29.6 feet, while it displaces 28,825 tons when fully loaded. The USS Texas used new 10 x 14" (356mm) /45 caliber guns and was the most heavily armed ships until the Pennsylvania class was introduced in the USN fleet. The USS Texas had survived throughout both World Wars and is preserved in Galveston, Texas to this day. -
Woodrow Wilson gets elected as President
Woodrow Wilson had won the election with 435 Electoral College votes, while the first competitor Theodore Roosevelt got 88 Electoral College votes, the last competitor William Howard Taft had got 8 Electoral College votes. -
The United States declares its neutral in World War I
Woodrow Wilson had announced that the United States will stay neutral in World War I when hostilities start to rise in Europe after the Franz Ferdinand was assassinated. -
The Sinking of the RMS Lusitania
A German U-Boat sunk the RMS Lusitania that killed 128 Americans during the sinking. Germany sent an apology and would make payments to the families of the Americans who died in the sinking. -
Woodrow Wilson gets elected as President for a second term
Woodrow Wilson had beaten his competitor Charles E. Hughes in Electoral College votes. Woodrow Wilson got 277 Electoral College votes, while Charles E. Hughes got 254 Electoral College votes. -
The United States declares war on Germany
The United States declared war on Germany because the Germans wanted Mexico to attack the U.S. and this message was called The Zimmermann Telegram. The U.S. declares war when the British tell the U.S. about the telegram from Germany to Mexico. -
The Spanish Flu
The Spanish Flu was one of the first plagues that modern society had faced and it hit society hard since the Spanish Flu killed twenty million people worldwide and killed forty-eight thousand people in the U.S. alone. -
The Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles had ended World War I with the Germans having to pay for the all of the damage caused during the war. The Treaty of Versailles had crippled the economy during the interwar years and it had caused World War II. -
Warren G. Harding wins the Presidency
Warren G. Harding had won the Presidency in a landslide against James M. Cox because Warren G. Harding got 404 Electoral College votes compared to James M. Cox's 127 Electoral College vote.
