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On June 10, 1907, "Georgia Day," Theodore Roosevelt returned to the Exposition, delivering a speech on the steps of the Georgia Building, which had been modeled after his mother's family's home. Emily Nelson Ritchie McLean , the President General of the Daughters of the American Revolution , was also in attendance.
The 1907 Kingston earthquake which shook the capital of the island of Jamaica with a magnitude of 6.2 on the moment magnitude scale on Monday January 14, at about 3:30 p.m. local time (20:36 UTC), is described by the United States Geological Survey as one of the world's deadliest earthquakes recorded in history. [2]
The 1907 Sumatra earthquake was a "tsunami earthquake" that produced low levels of shaking. [1] However, it generated an Indian Ocean wide tsunami that caused 2,188 deaths. 2,188: 14 [6] Jamaica, Saint Mary Parish, Jamaica: 6.5: 0.0: The 1907 Kingston earthquake left at least 1,000 people killed. Major property damage was caused.
On this day in economic and business history... "All San Francisco May Burn" -- The New York Times, April 19, 1906, the day after the earthquake: At midnight the fire still roars. Fleeing ...
Willard Elmer Worden (November 20, 1868-September 6, 1946) was an American photographer active in the San Francisco Bay Area in the first decades of the 1900s. Trained as an artist and self-taught as a photographer, he attained recognition with his photographs documenting the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump over the weekend laid down a controversial, across-the-board tariff against China. One aspect of Trump’s ongoing crackdown on trade with China may ...
Ferruzano had been hit as well in the 1905 Calabria earthquake. [3] Almost a month later, on 17 November 1907, the area of Ferruzzano, Brancaleone and Bianco was hit again. [4] On 23 January 1908 the area was hit again by an earthquake. [5] People had to camp in the fields or in nearby subterranean grottos.
Some government webpages briefly went dark Friday after federal agencies were told to comply with a White House order on removing certain language pertaining to diversity, equity and inclusion.