Mar 04 Victor Berger (Wisconsin) becomes first socialist congressman in US

Mar 20 National Squah Tennis Association formed (New York NY)

Mar 07 US sent 20,000 troops to Mexican border

Mar 30 Lötschberg tunnel in Switzerland (13,735 meter) completed

Mar 03 The first US federal cemetery with Union & Rebel graves opens, Missouri

Mar 07 Willis Farnworth of Petaluma, CA patented the coin-operated locker.

Mar 26 The birth of Tennessee Williams, American author

Mar 18 North Dakota enacts a hail insurance law

Mar 21 H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught 1850-1942 appointed the Canadian Governor General

Mar 25 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City. Nearly 146 workers died, mostly immigrant women. Many were trapped because of locked exits.

Mar 03 The birth of Jean Harlow, American film star

Aug 22 Mona Lisa stolen from Louvre

Aug 10 Parliament Act reduces power of House of Lords

Aug 22 Mona Lisa' stolen from the Louvre art gallery, Paris

Sep 01 M Fourny sets world aircraft distance record of 720 km

Sep 04 Garros sets world altitude record of 4,250 m (13,944 ft)

Sep 09 The first airmail service (British Post Office)

Sep 17 First transcontinental airplane flight, NY-Pasadena in 82 hrs 4 min

Sep 22 Cy Young at 44, wins his 511th & final game

Sep 18 Britain's first twin-engine airplane (Short S.39) test flown

Sep 29 Italy declares war on Turkey over who owns Tripoli, Libya

Feb 06 First old-age home opened in Prescott AZ where are the golf courses?

Feb 05 Society of Dutch Composers forms in Amsterdam

Feb 08 US helps overthrow President Miguel Dávila of Honduras

Feb 06 The birth of Ronald Reagan, Former actor and US (40th) President

Feb 06 Great fire destroys downtown Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey

Feb 06 Ronald Reagan was born in Tampico, Illinois in 1911

Feb 21 Gustav Mahler conducts his last concerto (Berceuse élégique)

Apr 04 Hugh Chalmers, automaker, suggests idea of baseball MVP

Apr 05 Waldorf W Aster acquires the Daily Observer

Apr 18 J Helffrich discovers asteroid #713 Luscinia

Apr 05 MCC tour match vs Jamaica finishes in a tie

Apr 12 A non-stop London-Paris flight takes 3h56m the first time

Apr 03 Harry James Smith' "Mrs Bumsted-Leigh", premieres in NYC

Apr 12 LT Theodore Ellyson qualifies as first naval aviator

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