Aug 10 2nd Balkan War ends, Treaty of Bucharest, Bulgaria loses

Oct 03 Federal Income Tax signed into law (at 1%)

Oct 10 Gamboa Dam in Panama blown up; Atlantic & Pacific waters mix completing the Panama Canal

Oct 17 Serbs invade Albania.

Jul 13 First Commonewealth of Australian banknotes are circulated.

Jul 03 Common tern banded in Maine; found dead in 1919 in Africa (1st bird confirmed to have crossed the Atlantic

Jul 28 US wins its first Davis Cup since 1902, beating England, 3-2

Jul 19 Billboard publishes earliest known "Last Week's 10 Best Sellers among Popular Songs" Malinda's Wedding Day is #1

Jul 14 The birth of Gerald Ford, Former (38th) American President

Jul 15 The birth of Hammomd Innes, English novelist

Jul 10 134ø F (57ø C), Greenland Ranch, Calif (US record)

Jul 30 Conclusion of the 2nd Balkan War

Mar 04 First US law regulating the shooting of migratory birds passed

Mar 24 Netherlands soccer team's first victory over England

Mar 10 Death of Harriet Tubman, Underground Railroad conductor who rescued more than 300 of her people from slavery.

Mar 25 Great Dayton Flood

Mar 01 State law requiring bonding of officers &state employees, North Dakota

Mar 03 Ida B Wells-Barnett demonstrates for female suffrage in Washington DC

Mar 26 Dayton OH almost destroyed when Scioto, Miami, &Muskingum River reach flood stage simultaneously

Mar 21 Flood in Ohio, kills 400

Mar 04 Department of Commerce & Labor split into separate departments

Mar 01 Federal income tax takes effect (16th amendment)

Mar 12 Foundation stone of the Australian capitol in Canberra laid

Mar 15 First Presidential press conference (Woodrow Wilson)

Mar 07 British House of Commons rejects woman's right to vote

Mar 08 Internal Revenue Service begins to levy &collect income taxes

Mar 12 Canberra becomes the capital of Australia when the foundation stone of the Federal Parliament building is laid.

Mar 15 Cleveland establishes first small claims court

Mar 14 John D Rockefeller gives $100 million to Rockefeller Foundation

Mar 13 Kansas legislature approves censorship of motion pictures

Mar 04 Gabriel Fauré's opera "Pénélope", premieres in Monte Carlo

Mar 26 Bulgaria captures Adrianople, ending the first Balkan War

Mar 04 New York Yankees are first to train outside US (Bermuda)

Mar 04 Woodrow Wilson inaugurated as 28th President

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