1894 The first Greek newspaper in America was published. It was known as the"Atlantis".

1899 Congress authorizes Lafayette silver dollar

1899 George Dewey becomes first in US with rank of Admiral of the Navy

1900 US Steel Corporation organizes

1901 Congress creates National Bureau of Standards, in Department of Commerce

1903 North Carolina becomes first state requiring registration of nurses

1905 US Forest Service forms

1906 Vuia I aircraft built by Romanian Traja Vuia tested in France

1911 The first US federal cemetery with Union & Rebel graves opens, Missouri

1913 Ida B Wells-Barnett demonstrates for female suffrage in Washington DC

1915 National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NASA forerunner) created

1915 The now-famous film, "Birth of a Nation", debuted in New York City.

1917 Congress passes first excess profits tax on corporations

1917 Great monarch Michael resigns after 1 day as czar

1917 Nicholas II, last Russian tsar, abdicates

1918 Richard Göring's "Seeschlacht", premieres in Berlin

1918 Russia withdraws from WWI, signs Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Germany & Austria

1919 Communist Party in Germany announces a general strike

1919 First international air mail service from US, Seattle WA-Victoria BC

1920 James Doohan,actor played chief engineer Commander Montgomery Scott (Scotty) in Star Trek and WW II military pilot, , born at Vancouver BC

1921 Toronto's Dr Banting & Dr Best announce discovery of insulin

1922 Italian fascists occupy Fiume & Rijeka

1923 Time magazine publishes first issue

1923 US Senate rejects membership in International Court of Justice, The Hague

1924 German & Turkish friendship/trade treaty signed

1924 Sean O'Casey's "Juno & the Paycock", premieres in Dublin

1926 International Greyhound Racing Association formed (Miami FL)

1931 " The Star-Spangled Banner", written by Francis Scott Key, officially became the national anthem of the United States.

1931 Cab Calloway records "Minnie the Moocher" (Jazz's first million seller)

1933 German Presidential candidate Earnest Thälmann (KPD) arrested

1933 Mount Rushmore dedicated

1933 New York NY premiere of "King Kong"

1934 John Dillinger breaks out of jail using a wooden pistol

1935 Dutch Revolutionary Socialist Worker's party (RSAP), forms

1937 Australia snatch series against England 3-2 after being 2-0 down

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