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1906
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As of the start of 1906, the Gregorian calendar was 13 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923. January 16–April 7 – Algeciras Conference to resolve the First Moroccan Crisis between France and Germany, january 22 – The SS Valencia strikes a reef off Vancouver Island, Canada, killing over 100 in the ensuing disaster. January 31 – Ecuador–Colombia earthquake and associated tsunami, february 10 – HMS Dreadnought is launched and sparks the naval race between Britain and Germany. February 11 – Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer Nos denouncing the 1905 French law on the Separation of the Churches, february 11 – Two British £1-per-head tax collectors are killed near Richmond, Natal, sparking the Bambatha Rebellion. March 10 – Courrières mine disaster, an explosion in a mine in France kills 1,060. March 18 – In France, Romanian inventor Traian Vuia becomes the first person to achieve an unassisted takeoff in a powered monoplane. April 7 – Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples, april 14 – The Azusa Street Revival, the primary catalyst for the revival of Pentecostalism this century, opens in Los Angeles. April 18 – San Francisco earthquake on the San Andreas Fault destroys much of San Francisco, California, USA, killing at least 3,000, with 225, 000–300,000 left homeless, and $350 million in damages. April 23 – In Tsarist Russia, the Fundamental Laws are announced at the first state Duma, may – Jack Londons novel White Fang begins serialization in the American magazine Outing. May 29 – Karl Staaff steps down as Prime Minister of Sweden over the issue of expanded voting rights and he is replaced by the right-wing naval officer and public official, Arvid Lindman. June 7 – Cunard liner RMS Lusitania is launched in Glasgow as the worlds largest ship, July 1 – Sporting Lisbon, a well known football club in Portugal, founded. July 6 – The Second Geneva Convention meets, July 12 – Alfred Dreyfus is exonerated. He is reinstalled in the French Army on July 21, thus ending the Dreyfus affair, august 4 – The first Imperial German Navy submarine, U-1, is launched. August 16 – A magnitude 8.2 earthquake in Valparaíso, august 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, is manufactured. August 23 – Unable to control a rebellion Cuban President Tomás Estrada Palma requests United States intervention, the subsequent provisional occupation administration lasts until 1909. September 11 – Mahatma Gandhi coins the term Satyagraha to characterize the Non-Violence movement in South Africa, september 18 – A typhoon and tsunami kill an estimated 10,000 in Hong Kong. September 30 – The first Gordon Bennett Cup in ballooning is held, the winning team, piloting the balloon United States, lands in Fylingdales, Yorkshire, England. October 1 – The Grand Duchy of Finland becomes the first nation to include the right of women to stand as candidates when it adopts universal suffrage, october 6 – The Majlis of Iran convenes for the first time
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United States
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Forty-eight of the fifty states and the federal district are contiguous and located in North America between Canada and Mexico. The state of Alaska is in the northwest corner of North America, bordered by Canada to the east, the state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The U. S. territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean, the geography, climate and wildlife of the country are extremely diverse. At 3.8 million square miles and with over 324 million people, the United States is the worlds third- or fourth-largest country by area, third-largest by land area. It is one of the worlds most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, paleo-Indians migrated from Asia to the North American mainland at least 15,000 years ago. European colonization began in the 16th century, the United States emerged from 13 British colonies along the East Coast. Numerous disputes between Great Britain and the following the Seven Years War led to the American Revolution. On July 4,1776, during the course of the American Revolutionary War, the war ended in 1783 with recognition of the independence of the United States by Great Britain, representing the first successful war of independence against a European power. The current constitution was adopted in 1788, after the Articles of Confederation, the first ten amendments, collectively named the Bill of Rights, were ratified in 1791 and designed to guarantee many fundamental civil liberties. During the second half of the 19th century, the American Civil War led to the end of slavery in the country. By the end of century, the United States extended into the Pacific Ocean. The Spanish–American War and World War I confirmed the status as a global military power. The end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 left the United States as the sole superpower. The U. S. is a member of the United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Organization of American States. The United States is a developed country, with the worlds largest economy by nominal GDP. It ranks highly in several measures of performance, including average wage, human development, per capita GDP. While the U. S. economy is considered post-industrial, characterized by the dominance of services and knowledge economy, the United States is a prominent political and cultural force internationally, and a leader in scientific research and technological innovations. In 1507, the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller produced a map on which he named the lands of the Western Hemisphere America after the Italian explorer and cartographer Amerigo Vespucci
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1904 in the United States
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Events from the year 1904 in the United States.37 mph. January 16 – The first large-scale bodybuilding competition in America takes place at Madison Square Garden in New York City, February 7 – The Great Baltimore Fire in Baltimore, Maryland destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours. February 23 – For $10 million, the United States gains control of the Panama Canal Zone, April 8 – Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after The New York Times. April 30 – The Louisiana Purchase Exposition Worlds Fair opens in St. Louis, may 4 – U. S. Army engineers begin work on The Panama Canal. May 5 – Pitching against the Philadelphia Athletics, Cy Young of the Boston Americans throws the first perfect game in the era of baseball. May 30 – Alpha Gamma Delta womens fraternity is founded at Syracuse University in Syracuse, june 15 – A fire aboard the steamboat General Slocum in New York Citys East River kills 1,021. July 1 – The third Modern Olympic Games opens in St. Louis, Missouri, july 23 – In St. Louis, Missouri, the ice cream cone is invented during the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. October 1 – Phi Delta Epsilon, the medical fraternity, is founded by Aaron Brown. October 17 – Amadeo Giannini founds the Bank of Italy in San Francisco, october 19 – Polytechnic University of the Philippines is founded as Manila Business School through the superintendence of the American C. A. October 27 – The first underground line of the New York City Subway opens, november 8 – U. S. presidential election,1904, Republican incumbent Theodore Roosevelt defeats Democrat Alton B. December 10 – The Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity is founded at the College of Charleston in South Carolina, december 30 – The East Boston Tunnel opens. December 31 – In New York City, the first New Years Eve celebration is held in Times Square, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints President Joseph F. Smith issues a Second Manifesto against polygamy. Stuyvesant High School is founded in New York City, the Daytona Educational and Industrial Training School for Negro Girls, now Bethune-Cookman University, is founded. Senator from Idaho from 1945 to 1951 April 20 – Bob Bartlett, senator from Alaska from 1959 to 1968 May 17 – John J. Williams, U. S. Senator from Georgia from 1873 to 1880 and from 1891 to 1897 January 20 – Maria Louisa Bustill, schoolteacher, mother of Paul Robeson February 15 – Mark Hanna, U. S. Shoup, U. S. Senator from Idaho from 1890 to 1901 List of American films of 1904 Domestic Chronology, Statistician and Economist, San Francisco, Louis P. McCarty,1905, media related to 1904 in the United States at Wikimedia Commons
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1905 in the United States
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Events from the year 1905 in the United States. President, Theodore Roosevelt Vice President, vacant, Charles W. March 10 – In Cleveland, Ohio, March 17 – Franklin D. Roosevelt marries his fifth cousin Eleanor Roosevelt, President Roosevelt, the brides uncle, gives her away. March 20 – Grover Shoe Factory disaster, A boiler explosion, building collapse and fire in Brockton, April 6 – Lochner v. New York, The Supreme Court of the United States invalidates New Yorks 8-hour-day law. April 6–July 19 – The 1905 Chicago Teamsters strike,21 people die and 416 are injured in the violence, merriam leads the Saurian Expedition, a paleontological research mission in northern Nevada. May 10 – The 1905 Snyder, Oklahoma tornado destroys much of Snyder, Oklahoma, may 15 – Las Vegas, Nevada is founded when 110 acres, in what later becomes downtown, are auctioned off. June 1–October 14 – The Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition is held in Portland, Oregon, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Lewis and Clark expedition. June 24 – The founding convention of the Industrial Workers of the World, A radical workers union, du Bois and William Monroe Trotter establish the Niagara Movement, a precursor to the National Association to the Advancement of Colored People. July 29 – U. S. Secretary of War William Howard Taft has talks with Prime Minister of Japan Katsura Taro, notes from these conversations are later found in 1924 and cause a controversy as it appears to contain U. S. recognition of Japans claims in Korea. September 5 – Russo-Japanese War – Treaty of Portsmouth, In New Hampshire, Russia cedes the island of Sakhalin and port and rail rights in Manchuria to Japan. September 11 –19 die and 48 are seriously injured when the Ninth Avenue Elevated train derails in Manhattan, october 5 – The Wright Brothers third aeroplane stays in the air for 39 minutes with Wilbur piloting. This is the first aeroplane flight lasting over half an hour, december 30 – A bomb kills Frank Steunenberg, ex-governor of Idaho, the case leads to a trial against leaders of the Western Federation of Miners. Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer are banned from the Brooklyn Public Library for setting a bad example, the Institute of Musical Art, now known as the Juilliard School, is founded in New York City. Progressive Era Lochner era Black Patch Tobacco Wars April 9 – J. William Fulbright, Senator from Minnesota from 1940 to 1942 and 1943 to 1949 January 19 – Benjamin F. Rice, United States Senator from Arkansas from 1868 till 1873. February 27 – George S. Boutwell, United States Senator from Massachusetts from 1851 till 1853, March 1 – Edward O. Wolcott, United States Senator from Colorado from 1889 till 1901. March 6 – John Henninger Reagan, United States Senator from Texas, Acting Confederate States Secretary of the Treasury, bate, 23rd Governor of Tennessee from 1883 till 1887 and United States Senator from Tennessee from 1887 till 1905. March 18 – Joseph Roswell Hawley, United States Senator from Connecticut from 1881 till 1905, April 21 – Orville H. Platt, United States Senator from Connecticut from 1879 till 1905. July 1 – John Hay, author, biographer, 37th United States Secretary of State List of American films of 1905 Media related to 1905 in the United States at Wikimedia Commons
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1907 in the United States
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Events from the year 1907 in the United States. January 23 – Charles Curtis from Kansas becomes the first Native American U. S. Senator, february 12 – The steamship Larchmont collides with the Harry Hamilton in Long Island Sound,183 lives are lost. February 26 – President Theodore Roosevelt appoints Col. George Washington Goethals as chief engineer of the Panama Canal, march 9 – Reclamation Service within the Department of the Interior. April – The April 1907 issue of Good Housekeeping Magazine displays the cover price One Dollar a Year, April 7 – Hersheypark opens in Hershey, Pennsylvania. April 15 – Triangle, is founded at Pennsylvania State University, April 17 – April 17 goes down as the busiest day of immigration in the history Ellis Island. 1907 is the busiest year ever seen at Ellis Island, with 1.1 million immigrants arriving there, April 18 – The USS Kansas, a Connecticut-class battleship, is commissioned. July 21 – The SS Columbia sinks after colliding with the lumber schooner San Pedro off Shelter Cove, California, august 1 – Aeronautical Division established within the U. S. Army Signal Corps. August 15 – Ordination in Constantinople of Fr, raphael Morgan, first African-American Orthodox priest, Priest-Apostolic to America and the West Indies. August 17 – Pike Place Market in Seattle, Washington officially opens for business, august 28 – UPS is founded by James E. September 7 – The new passenger liner RMS Lusitania makes its maiden voyage from Liverpool, september 29 – A foundation stone is laid for the Washington National Cathedral, construction would not be fully completed until 1990. October 1 – Office of the Superintendent of Prisons and Prisoners established within Department of Justice, october 22 – Panic of 1907, A bank run forces New Yorks Knickerbocker Trust Company to suspend operations. October 24 – A major American financial crisis is averted when J. P. Morgan, E. H. November 3 – President Roosevelt approves the takeover of the Tennessee Coal, Iron, november 7 – Delta Sigma Pi is founded at the School of Commerce, Accounts and Finance of New York University in New York City. November 16 Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory become Oklahoma, which is admitted as the 46th U. S. state, passenger liner RMS Mauretania, the worlds largest and fastest at this date, sets out on her maiden voyage from Liverpool to New York. November 28 – Johnny Hayes wins the inaugural Yonkers Marathon, December 6 – Monongah Mining Disaster, A coal mine explosion kills 362 workers in Monongah, West Virginia. December 16 – The Great White Fleet departs Hampton Roads, Virginia on a 14-month circumnavigation of the globe, December 19 – An explosion in a coal mine in Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania kills 239. December 31 – The first electric ball drops in Times Square, the Lockport Powerhouse is built in Illinois. Progressive Era Lochner era Black Patch Tobacco Wars Great White Fleet voyage January 2 – Gordon L. Allott, January 19 – Paul Fannin, United States Senator from Arizona from 1959 till 1965
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1908 in the United States
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Events from the year 1908 in the United States. President, Theodore Roosevelt Vice President, Charles W. Gustav Mahler makes US conducting debut at the Metropolitan Opera, Georgia introduces a law prohibiting alcohol. January 13 – A fire at the Rhoads Opera House in Boyertown, Pennsylvania, the tragedy is a catalyst for stricter fire safety laws nationwide. January 15 – The Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority is established, january 21 – New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only for it to be vetoed by the mayor. February 12 The first around-the-world car race, begins in New York City, division of Militia Affairs with the War Department. February 18 – Japanese immigration to the U. S. A. is restricted under the Gentlemens Agreement of 1907, february 25 – The Bible Institute of Los Angeles is founded. February 27 – A 46th star is added to the United States flag representing the state of Oklahoma, march 4 – The Collinwood School Fire, near Cleveland, Ohio, U. S. A. kills 174. March 26 – The US Thomas Flyer car sails for Alaska at the head of a race from New York to Paris. April 8 – Harvard University votes to establish the Harvard Business School, April 19 – The Garfield Park Conservatory in Chicago, designed by Jens Jensen, opens to the public for the first time. April 24 – The seventh deadliest tornado in U. S. history strikes the towns of Amite, Louisiana, Pine, Louisiana and Purvis, Mississippi, killing 143 and injuring 770. May 10 – Mothers Day is observed for the first time, at Andrews Methodist Church in Grafton, June 20 – The Georgia Tech Alumni Association is chartered in Atlanta, Georgia. July 22 – The automobile manufacturing company Fisher Body is founded, july 26 – Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner. August 14 – Springfield Race Riot of 1908 in Springfield, Illinois, august 31 – A charter is granted for Wayland Literary and Technical Institute in Plainview, Texas. September 16 – William C. Durant founds the company which eventually becomes General Motors, september 17 – At Ft. Myer, Virginia, U. S. A. Thomas Selfridge becomes the first person to die in an airplane crash, the pilot, Orville Wright, is severely injured in the crash but recovers. September 27 – Henry Ford produces his first Model T automobile, october 1 – The launch price for the Ford Model T is set as $850. October 13 – The Church of the Nazarene is organized officially at Pilot Point and this is the official birthday of the denomination. October 14 – The Chicago Cubs win the 1908 World Series defeating the Detroit Tigers in Game 5 and they would not win again until November 2016, which stands as the longest championship drought in sports history
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Flag of the United States
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The flag of the United States, often referred to as the American flag, is the national flag of the United States. S. Nicknames for the flag include The Stars and Stripes, Old Glory, the current design of the U. S. flag is its 27th, the design of the flag has been modified officially 26 times since 1777. The 48-star flag was in effect for 47 years until the 49-star version became official on July 4,1959, the 50-star flag was ordered by the then president Eisenhower on August 21,1959, and was adopted in July 1960. It is the version of the U. S. flag and has been in use for over 56 years. At the time of the Declaration of Independence in July 1776, the flag contemporaneously known as the Continental Colors has historically been referred to as the first national flag. The name Grand Union was first applied to the Continental Colors by George Preble in his 1872 history of the American flag, the flag closely resembles the British East India Company flag of the era, and Sir Charles Fawcett argued in 1937 that the company flag inspired the design. Both flags could have been constructed by adding white stripes to a British Red Ensign. However, an East India Company flag could have nine to 13 stripes. In any case, both the stripes and the stars have precedents in classical heraldry, Flag Day is now observed on June 14 of each year. While scholars still argue about this, tradition holds that the new flag was first hoisted in June 1777 by the Continental Army at the Middlebrook encampment. The first official U. S. flag flown during battle was on August 3,1777, Massachusetts reinforcements brought news of the adoption by Congress of the official flag to Fort Schuyler. A voucher is extant that Capt. Swartwout of Dutchess County was paid by Congress for his coat for the flag, the 1777 resolution was most probably meant to define a naval ensign. In the late 18th century, the notion of a flag did not yet exist. The flag resolution appears between other resolutions from the Marine Committee, on May 10,1779, Secretary of the Board of War Richard Peters expressed concern it is not yet settled what is the Standard of the United States. However, the term, Standard, referred to a standard for the Army of the United States. Each regiment was to carry the standard in addition to its regimental standard. The national standard was not a reference to the national or naval flag, the appearance was up to the maker of the flag. Some flag makers arranged the stars into one big star, in a circle or in rows, one arrangement features 13 five-pointed stars arranged in a circle, with the stars arranged pointing outwards from the circle, the so-called Betsy Ross flag
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Timeline of United States history
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This is a timeline of United States history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political and economic events in the United States and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of the United States, some dates before September 14,1752, when the British government adopted the Gregorian calendar, may be given in the Old Style
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Federal government of the United States
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The Federal Government of the United States is the national government of the United States, a republic in North America, composed of 50 states, one district, Washington, D. C. and several territories. The federal government is composed of three branches, legislative, executive, and judicial, whose powers are vested by the U. S. Constitution in the Congress, the President, and the courts, including the Supreme Court. The powers and duties of these branches are defined by acts of Congress. The full name of the republic is United States of America, no other name appears in the Constitution, and this is the name that appears on money, in treaties, and in legal cases to which it is a party. The terms Government of the United States of America or United States Government are often used in documents to represent the federal government as distinct from the states collectively. In casual conversation or writing, the term Federal Government is often used, the terms Federal and National in government agency or program names generally indicate affiliation with the federal government. Because the seat of government is in Washington, D. C, Washington is commonly used as a metonym for the federal government. The outline of the government of the United States is laid out in the Constitution, the government was formed in 1789, making the United States one of the worlds first, if not the first, modern national constitutional republics. The United States government is based on the principles of federalism and republicanism, some make the case for expansive federal powers while others argue for a more limited role for the central government in relation to individuals, the states or other recognized entities. For example, while the legislative has the power to create law, the President nominates judges to the nations highest judiciary authority, but those nominees must be approved by Congress. The Supreme Court, in its turn, has the power to invalidate as unconstitutional any law passed by the Congress and these and other examples are examined in more detail in the text below. The United States Congress is the branch of the federal government. It is bicameral, comprising the House of Representatives and the Senate, the House currently consists of 435 voting members, each of whom represents a congressional district. The number of each state has in the House is based on each states population as determined in the most recent United States Census. All 435 representatives serve a two-year term, each state receives a minimum of one representative in the House. There is no limit on the number of terms a representative may serve, in addition to the 435 voting members, there are six non-voting members, consisting of five delegates and one resident commissioner. In contrast, the Senate is made up of two senators from each state, regardless of population, there are currently 100 senators, who each serve six-year terms
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