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1912 – Girl Scouts of the USA was started by Juliette Gordon Low; 1912 – Theodore Roosevelt shot, but not killed, while campaigning for the presidency; October 30, 1912 – Vice President Sherman dies; 1912 – U.S. presidential election: Woodrow Wilson elected president, Thomas R. Marshall, vice president.
This is a list of films produced by the American film industry from the earliest films of the 1890s to the present ... List of American films of 1900; List of ...
This article is intended to provide an overview of notable events from the year 1899 in the United States.. The Battle of Manila of the Filipino-American War, which was a major conflict in 1899 for the United States "The beautiful Indian maidens", promotional poster, c. 1899 W. H. Shipman House, Hilo, Hawaii, built in 1899
The average annual income (after inflation) of non-farm workers grew by 75% from 1865 to 1900, and then grew another 33% by 1918. [1] With a victory in 1865 over the Southern Confederate States in the Civil War, the United States became a united nation with a stronger national government.
The dam was raised 65.5 feet (20.0 m) higher to its present 430 feet (130 m) height in 1939. [53] The dam and reservoir are the centerpiece of the Hetch Hetchy Project, which in 1934 began to deliver water 167 miles (269 km) west to San Francisco and its client municipalities in the greater San Francisco Bay Area.
Faust and Marguerite (1900 film) Feeding Sea Lions; The Female Highwayman; The Feud and the Turkey; The Fight for Freedom; The Fisherman's Bride; A Florida Feud; A Fool's Revenge; Fools of Fate; For a Wife's Honor; For Love of Gold; From Leadville to Aspen: A Hold-Up in the Rockies; Fun in a Bakery Shop
May 1, 1900 – The Scofield Mine disaster in Scofield, Utah, caused by explosion killing at least 200 men. June 30, 1900 – Hoboken Docks Fire: The German passenger ships Saale, Main, Bremen, and Kaiser William der Grosse, all owned by the North German Lloyd Steamship line, catch fire at the docks in Hoboken, New Jersey, US . The fire began ...
Vaudevillean Mamie Smith records "Crazy Blues" for Okeh Records, the first blues song commercially recorded by an African-American singer, [1] [2] [3] the first blues song recorded at all by an African-American woman, [4] and the first vocal blues recording of any kind, [5] a few months after making the first documented recording by an African-American female singer, [6] "You Can't Keep a Good ...