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Date |
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| 1 | 1901 | - 1901: L. Frank Baum writes The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
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| 2 | 1902 | - 1902: Congress makes free mail delivery to rural residents a permanent part of the United States postal system.
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| 3 | 1903 | |
| 4 | 1904 | - 1904: Ice cream cones are introduced at the St. Louis World's Fair.
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| 5 | 1905 | - 1905: The first nickelodeon, a theater where people could see a short "moving picture" for a nickel, opened in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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| 6 | 1908 | |
| 7 | 1909 | - 1909: Coffee, a favorite American beverage since the Civil War, is now marketed in an "instant" form.
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| 8 | 1910 | - 1910: World population surpasses 1.5 billion people, 850 million of whom live in Asia.
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| 9 | 1912 | - 14 Apr 1912: April 14-15: The Titanic, strikes an iceberg in the North Atlantic on its maiden voyage and sinks within hours; 1,517 of 2,100 passengers drown
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| 10 | 1914 | - 28 Jul 1914: World War I begins with Austria Hungary's declaration of war against Serbia
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| 11 | 1915 | - 21 Oct 1915: First transatlantic radio-telephone call is made between Arlington, Virginia and Paris, France
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| 12 | 1917 | - 6 Apr 1917: President Woodrow Wilson signs a declaration of war against Germany, bringing the U.S. into World War I
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1897 - 1917 (20 years)