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| 1 |
1884 |
Most railroads in Florida are passed into the hands of a single company owned and operated by a single management, under the name of The Florida Railway and Navigation Company. It has more that 500 miles of main track in operation and about 300 miles of track under construction. The longest route was the "Western Division" which ran from Tallahassee to Jacksonville - 209 miles. |
| 2 |
1885 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen. |
| 6 |
1889 |
The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards |
| 12 |
1895 |
Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance. |
| 14 |
1897 |
First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph |
| 17 |
1900 |
The cause of yellow fever is discovered. It is proven that the fever is spread by mosquitoes. This rallies an effort to provide better mosquito control. |
| 17 |
1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
| 18 |
1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
| 19 |
1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
| 20 |
1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
| 21 |
1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
| 23 |
1906 |
An attempt to drain the Everglades and convert it to farmland begins. |
| 23 |
1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
| 23 |
1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
| 23 |
1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
| 25 |
1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
| 26 |
1909 |
The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe |
| 26 |
1909 |
The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP) |
| 27 |
1910 |
Boy Scout and Girl Scout Organizations are introduced in America and the concept of a "week end" meaning time off from regular work begins to take root. The British Empire covers 1/5th of the world land area. |
| 29 |
1912 |
The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. |
| 30 |
1913 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures |
| 30 |
1913 |
Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant |
| 31 |
1914 |
The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed |
| 31 |
1914 |
World War I - Following the crisis touched off by the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria in Sarajevo, Germany declared war on Russia and additional countries joined the war within several days. |
| 34 |
1917 |
NEWS HEADLINES: In June, the United States enters World War I on the side of the allies. The Russian Revolution ends the reign of the czars and thrusts Russia into communism. |
| 34 |
1917 |
Seminole Indians become a Florida tourist attraction. |
| 34 |
1917 |
Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes. |
| 36 |
1919 |
The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I. |
| 36 |
1919 |
NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty. |
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