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Theodore Roosevelt's flight was risky, flier says

October 12, 1910

Witness watches helplessly as fire victims leap to their death

By W. G. Shepherd, United Press -- March 25, 1911

Supreme Court decision breaking up Standard Oil

May 16, 1911

Harroun, in Marmon car, wins inaugural Indy 500

United Press -- May 31, 1911

Louvre robbed of art treasure

United Press -- August 21, 1911

China's child emperor, empress flee

January 02, 1912

China's emperor gets out

United Press -- February 12, 1912

President signs Arizona proclamation

United Press -- February 14, 1912

Sinking of the Titanic

April 16, 1912

Olympics end tonight with Americans winners

United Press -- July 15, 1912

Letter from E.W. Scripps to Roy Howard

September 27, 1912

Teddy's wound too serious to probe; surgeons fear blood poison

October 15, 1912

Famous picture reported found

United Press -- December 12, 1913

Federal Reserve bill becomes law Tuesday evening

United Press -- December 23, 1913

10,000 storm Ford factory seeking work

January 06, 1914

Lincoln Memorial starts work

United Press -- February 13, 1914

World War over Servia threatened

June 26, 1914

Assassination -- Tragedy of the Hapsburgs

June 29, 1914

Expeditionary force located in Belgium

United Press -- August 24, 1914

Chief of Admiralty Churchill gives war views to United Press

By WILLIAM G. SHEPHERD -- August 29, 1914

Cardinal Chiesa chosen as new pope

United Press -- September 03, 1914

England, France and Russia stand or fall together

Ed L. Keen -- September 06, 1914

Frederick Wilhelm exclusive interview with United Press

By KARL H. VON WIEGAND, United Press Staff Correspondent -- November 20, 1914

Italy in state of terror over earthquake shock

Allan Rohe -- January 14, 1915

Germans driving against Ypres

United Press -- April 24, 1915

Babe Ruth gets first Major League home run

Hal Sheridan -- May 07, 1915

Bulletin -- Lusitania torpedoed and sunk off Irish coast

May 07, 1915

Mrs. Edith Galt becomes wife of President Wilson

United Press -- December 18, 1915

Allies evacuate Gallipoli intact

United Press -- January 09, 1916

Six killed by infernal machine at San Francisco parade

United Press -- July 22, 1916

I.W.W.'s in a massacre

United Press -- November 06, 1916

Britannic victim of torpedo or mine in the Aegean Sea

United Press -- November 22, 1916

French victory at Verdun

By HENRY WOOD, United Press Staff Correspondent -- December 18, 1916

Rasputin reported dead

United Press -- January 02, 1917

Title to Danish Indies

United Press -- January 17, 1917

Wilson again is given the reins

United Press -- March 05, 1917

America at war, president signs war resolution

April 06, 1917

First detachment of Pershing's men reach zone of war

United Press -- June 27, 1917

Greece in the war

International News Service -- July 02, 1917

Negroes parade as race riot protest

United Press -- July 28, 1917

Milwaukee police station wrecked by a time bomb

United Press -- November 25, 1917

Munitions ship blown up near Halifax

United Press -- December 06, 1917

Government to operate railroads

United Press -- December 26, 1917

Wilson's 14 points for peace

January 08, 1918

President Wilson announces stricter food rations

United Press -- January 27, 1918

Transport Tuscania sunk with U.S. soldiers

United Press -- February 07, 1918

Moscow To Be New Capital Of Bolsheviki

By JOSEPH STEPHEN -- March 11, 1918

American flyers down pair

United Press -- April 14, 1918

Germany's 'Red Baron' dies

William Philip Simms -- April 21, 1918

Aerial postal service begins

United Press -- May 15, 1918

U-boat sinks tug, barges off Cape Cod

United Press -- July 22, 1918

Assassin wounds Nikolai Lenine, Russian premier

United Press -- August 31, 1918

Damascus is taken by Allenby

United Press -- October 02, 1918

Americans aim to gain control of Grand Pre road

J.W.T. Mason -- October 08, 1918

Terms to Turks are given out

John Degandt -- October 31, 1918

Abdication means end of war party says Washington

Robert J. Bender -- November 09, 1918

Wilson sails for peace conference

United Press -- December 04, 1918

Theodore Roosevelt died suddenly at his home today in Oyster Bay

United Press -- January 06, 1919

Molasses casks cause explosion

United Press -- January 15, 1919

The peace conference in session

United Press -- January 18, 1919

'Anti-Mask League to fight flu ruling at San Francisco

United Press -- January 21, 1919

Zapata is killed

United Press -- April 11, 1919

Stowaway is found on dirigible after six hours on way

United Press -- July 07, 1919

Call militia brigade to quell Boston riots

United Press -- September 10, 1919

Reds win championship; White Sox fight to the end

Henry L. Farrell -- October 10, 1919

Nancy Astor is first woman elected

United Press -- November 28, 1919

Events

Armenian Genocide

Chinese Republic

Early Business, Labor

Empress Of Ireland

Flight Horizons Expand

WWI: Peace Negotiations

Lusitania Sinking

Mexican Revolution

Pioneers Of Flight

Polar Exploration

Postwar Germany

Roosevelt, Taft

Russian Revolution

T. Roosevelt, J.P. Morgan Shot

Sinking of Titanic

Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

Battle of Verdun

Women's Suffrage

Pre-WWI Military Buildup

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20 years after death, Princess Diana inspires outreach by sons

20 years after death, Princess Diana inspires outreach by sons

Twenty years ago, the world mourned the sudden death of Princess Diana, a humanitarian, the one-time wife of the future king of Britain and mother of another.

25 years ago: Misery, desperation in wake of Hurricane Andrew

25 years ago: Misery, desperation in wake of Hurricane Andrew

In the early hours of Aug. 24, 1992, Hurricane Andrew made landfall in Florida, packing winds up to 175 mph that would destroy tens of thousands of homes.

How the draft has evolved in the 100 years since Selective Service Act

How the draft has evolved in the 100 years since Selective Service Act

One-hundred years ago, on May 18, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson signed the Selective Service Act, the nation's first conscription law since the Civil War.

15 years later: Remembering the events of 9/11

15 years later: Remembering the events of 9/11

Some 3,000 people died as a result of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. On the 15th anniversary, many are taking a retrospective look at the events of the day.

Containment still an issue 30 years after Chernobyl disaster

Containment still an issue 30 years after Chernobyl disaster

Long-term projects to tame the continuing threat of radiation are underway at the site of the ruined Chernobyl nuclear reactor 30 years after disaster.

First Aero Squadron: 100 years since first U.S. air combat mission

First Aero Squadron: 100 years since first U.S. air combat mission

The 100th anniversary of the first U.S. military air-combat operation comes Saturday, which was deployed in 1916 to hunt down a fugitive Mexican revolutionary.

First person: John Lennon's Jesus comments 50 years ago sparked blaze

First person: John Lennon's Jesus comments 50 years ago sparked blaze

Fifty years ago today, John Lennon said the Beatles were more popular than Jesus, and he wasn't bothered when it touched a nerve in the U.S. five months later.

Challenger disaster: World reacts in sorrow

Challenger disaster: World reacts in sorrow

On Jan. 28, 1986, Space Shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds into its flight, killing all seven crew members, including teacher Christa McAuliffe.

Challenger disaster at 30: Did the tragedy change NASA for the better?

Challenger disaster at 30: Did the tragedy change NASA for the better?

No space flight fatalities were more dramatic than the seven that happened on Jan. 28, 1986, when the Space Shuttle Challenger broke up in mid-flight.

Yitzhak Rabin's legacy 20 years later: A pliable history

Yitzhak Rabin's legacy 20 years later: A pliable history

Yitzhak Rabin, prime minister of Israel and "warrior of peace," died by an assassin's bullet 20 years ago. His legacy, in which peace between Israelis and Palestinians was allegedly imminent and then lost, is a pliable one.

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