Jan 15 Telephone service begins between New York and Berlin.

Jan 02 National Woman's Party forms

Jan 17 Raymond Poincaré elected President of France

Jan 06 The birth of Loretta Young, American film actress

Jan 18 Turkish-Greek sea battle near Troy

Jan 17 Raymond Poincaré elected President of France

Feb 19 Mexican General V Huerta takes power with US support

Feb 16 President Taft agrees not to intervene in Mexican civil war

Feb 28 6.8-m, 4000-kg elephant seal killed, South Georgia (South Atlantic)

Feb 04 Louis Perlman patents demountable auto tire-carrying wheel rim

Feb 16 President Taft agrees not to intervene in Mexico

Feb 03 The Income tax was first levied by US Congress

Feb 25 16th Amendment ratified, authorizing income tax

Feb 04 The birth of Rosa Parks, American civil rights activist

Feb 02 NYC's Grand Central Terminal opens

Feb 18 French painting "Nude Descending a Staircase" displayed in New York NY

Feb 09 10 Day Tragedy of Mexico-City; 3,000 die

Feb 15 First avant-garde art show in America opens in New York NY

Feb 17 New York Armory Show introduces Picasso, Matisse, Duchamp to American public. The show is considered "shocking" and calls to close it are made

Feb 03 the 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is ratified, giving the government the power to impose and collect taxes on income

Feb 22 Lowell High School, San Francisco opens (on it's first campus)

Feb 02 New York football Giants sign Jim Thorpe

Feb 19 Prizes are prize inserted into a Cracker Jack box

Apr 30 Neujmin & Belyavskij discover asteroids #752 Sulamitis & #753 Tiflis

Apr 28 G Neujmin discovers asteroid #751 Faina

Apr 26 Panama-Pacific International Exposition opens in SF

Apr 29 The modern form of the zip fastener is patented

Apr 09 17th amendment, requiring direct election of senators, ratified

Apr 03 British suffragette Emily Pankhurst sentenced to 3 years in jail

Apr 08 17th amendment, requiring direct election of senators, ratified

Apr 28 J Palisa discovers asteroid #750 Oskar

Apr 29 Gideon Sundback of Hoboken patents all-purpose zipper

Apr 05 S Belyavskij and G Neujmin discovers asteroid #749 Malzovia

Apr 11 The birth of Oleg Cassini, French fashion designer

Nov 02 The birth of Burt Lancaster, American actor

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