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1911
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As of the start of 1911, the Gregorian calendar was 13 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923. A highlight was the race for the South Pole, through mid-January – First Industrial Airplane Show held in conjunction with the U. S. International Auto Show at Manhattan’s Grand Central Palace in New York. Charles W. Chappelle, a member of the U. S. Aeronautical Reserve, is the only African-American to invent, january 31911 Kebin earthquake, An earthquake of 7.7 moment magnitude strikes near Almaty in Russian Turkestan, killing 450 or more people. Siege of Sidney Street, Two Latvian anarchists die after a siege against a combined police. Home Secretary, Winston Churchill arrived to oversee events, january 5 – Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity is founded at Indiana University Bloomington. January 18 – Eugene B. Ely lands on the deck of the USS Pennsylvania stationed in San Francisco harbor, january 26 – The United States and Canada announce the successful negotiation of their first reciprocal trade agreement. January 30 – The Cypriot football club Anorthosis Famagusta FC was created, february 5 The Missouri State Capitol building in Jefferson City, Missouri is entirely destroyed by fire after a bolt of lightning strikes the dome. The revolution in Haiti is suppressed after the leader, General Montreuil Guillaume, is captured by government troops, General Millionard is executed two days later. February 11 – The Lincoln Memorial Commission is established to find a site for the proposed Lincoln Memorial. February 13 – HNK Hajduk Split, a Croatian football club is founded, february 17 – The first quasi-official airmail flight occurs when Fred Wiseman carries three letters between Petaluma and Santa Rosa, California. February 18 – The first official air mail flight, second overall, takes place from Allahabad, India to Naini, India, march 8 – International Womens Day is celebrated for the first time in history. March 25 – The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City kills 146, march 29 – The United States Army adopts a new service pistol, the M1911 designed by John Browning. It remains the US service pistol for 74 years, April 3 – Jean Sibelius conducts the première of his Symphony No.4 in Helsinki April 8 – Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovers superconductivity. He presents his findings on April 28, April 13 – Mexican Revolution, Rebels take Agua Prieta on the Sonora–Arizona border, government troops take the town back April 17 when the rebel leader Red López is drunk. April 18 – SS Lusitania, a 5, 557-ton Portuguese passenger liner en route from Mozambique to Lisbon, strikes Bellows Rock just off Cape Point, April 19 – Mexican Revolution, Francisco I. Maderos troops besiege Ciudad Juárez but General Juan J. Navarro refuses his surrender demand, April 22 – A passenger train from Port Alfred to Grahamstown in South Africa derails on the Blaauwkrantz Bridge and plunges into the ravine 200 feet below, killing 31 and seriously injuring 23. April 26 – HŠK Građanski Zagreb, a Croatian Association football club, is founded in Zagreb, April 27 – Huanghuagang Uprising takes place in China. This is an insurrection where rebels take five villages in an attempt to create a base to fight Imperial rule
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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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1909 in the United States
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Events from the year 1909 in the United States. January 28 – United States troops leave Cuba after being there since the Spanish–American War, January 1 to 31 – Torrential rains in California see Helena Mine record 71.54 inches of precipitation for the month, the highest official monthly total in the contiguous US. February 12 – The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is founded, february 22 – The Great White Fleet returns to Hampton Roads, Virginia having circumnavigated the globe. February 24 – The Hudson Motor Car Company is founded, march 4 – William Howard Taft succeeds Theodore Roosevelt as the 27th President of the United States. March 23 – Theodore Roosevelt leaves New York for the Smithsonian-Roosevelt African Expedition, the trip is sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and National Geographic Society. June 1 – The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition opens in Seattle, june 9 – Alice Huyler Ramsey, a 22-year-old housewife and mother from Hackensack, New Jersey, becomes the first woman to drive across the United States. In 59 days, she drove a Maxwell automobile 3,800 miles from Manhattan, New York to San Francisco, june 22 – Construction begins on the Cape Cod Canal, which would separate Cape Cod from mainland Massachusetts. August 2 – The United States Army Signal Corp Division purchases the worlds first military airplane and they buy the Wright Military Flyer from the Wright Brothers. August 8 – The Rosicrucian Fellowship is launched at Seattle, Washington, august 12 – The first event is held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. November 2 – The Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity is founded at Boston University, november 6 – The Union Soldiers and Sailors Monument is dedicated in Baltimore. November 11 – The U. S. Navy founds a navy base in Pearl Harbor, november 13 – Ballinger–Pinchot scandal begins, Colliers Magazine accuses U. S. Secretary of the Interior Richard Ballinger of questionable dealings in Alaskan coal fields. November 18 – Two United States warships are sent to Nicaragua after 500 revolutionaries are executed by order of dictator José Santos Zelaya, December 31 – The Manhattan Bridge opens. The centennial anniversary of Miami University is celebrated, the American Issue Publishing House of the Anti-Saloon League is incorporated. Progressive Era Lochner era Great White Fleet voyage January 1 – Dana Andrews, film actor January 2 – Barry Goldwater, U. S. Senator from California from 1863 to 1869 Charles Vernon Culver, politician April 9 – Francis Marion Crawford, novelist April 21 – David Turpie, senator from Kentucky from 1893 to 1901 December 10 – Red Cloud, Oglala Lakota Chief December 20 – William Harris, U. S
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1910 in the United States
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Events from the year 1910 in the United States. President, William Howard Taft Vice President, James S. February 8 – The Boy Scouts of America youth organization is incorporated by William D. Boyce, February 16–18 – The state of Ohio is crippled by a snowstorm. March 14 – The Lakeview Gusher is vented into the atmosphere, march 19 – In the United States, Republicans reduce the powers of the Speaker of the House of Representatives to influence committee membership. March 30 – The Mississippi Legislature founds The University of Southern Mississippi, april 6 – Wildwood Crest, New Jersey is incorporated as a borough of Cape May County, New Jersey. May 11 – The U. S. Congress establishes Glacier National Park in Montana, may 16 – The U. S. Congress authorizes the creation of the United States Bureau of Mines. June 19 – The first unofficial Fathers Day is observed, july 4 – African-American boxer Jack Johnson defeats white boxer James J. Jeffries in a heavyweight boxing match, sparking race riots across the United States. July 22 – A wireless telegraph sent from the S. S. Montrose results in the identification and later arrest, july 24 – James MacGillivray publishes the first account of Paul Bunyan in the Detroit News. August 20 &21 – The Great Fire of 1910 wildfire burns about 3 million acres in northeast Washington, northern Idaho, october 11 – Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first former president to ride in an airplane. November – John Lomaxs pioneering collection Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads is published by Sturgis, november 4 – Antonio Rodríguez is burned at the stake near Rocksprings, Texas after being arrested two days earlier for the murder of Mrs. Lem Henderson at her ranch. His murder incites race riots in both Texas and Mexico, november 7 – The first air flight for the purpose of delivering commercial freight occurs between Dayton, Ohio and Columbus, Ohio by the Wright Brothers and department store owner Max Moorehouse. The trip is flown by Wright pilot Philip Parmalee, november 17 – Ralph Johnstone, a pilot for the Wright Exhibition Team, dies at Denver, Colorado after his machine breaks apart in mid air in full view of about 5,000 spectators. Johnstone becomes the first American pilot to die in the crash of an airplane in the United States and they later arrive at the Jekyll Island Club to discuss monetary policy and the banking system, an event which some say is the impetus for the creation of the Federal Reserve. December 12 – New York City socialite Dorothy Arnold disappears and her family does not notify the police until 6 weeks later, after their own investigations fail to produce any results. December 19 – Edward Douglass White is sworn in as the 9th Chief Justice of the United States, december 31 – Two of Americas premier pioneer aviators are killed on this day, John Moisant in New Orleans and Wright pilot Arch Hoxsey in Los Angeles. US census shows that 20. 9% of the population classed as Negro are of mixed race, progressive Era Lochner era List of American films of 1910 Media related to 1910 in the United States at Wikimedia Commons
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1912 in the United States
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Events from the year 1912 in the United States. January 11–March 12 –1912 Lawrence textile strike, Immigrant textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts, february 14 – Arizona is admitted as the 48th U. S. state. February 28 – Albert Berry makes the worlds first parachute jump from an airplane, march 12 – The Girl Scouts of the USA are founded. March 27 – Mayor Yukio Ozaki of Tokyo gives 3,000 cherry blossom trees to be planted in Washington, april 10 – The British ocean liner RMS Titanic leaves Southampton, England on her maiden voyage for New York City. April 15 – RMS Titanic sinks at 2,20 am, april 18 – The Cunard liner RMS Carpathia arrives in New York City with Titanics 706 survivors. April 19 – The United States Senate initiates an official inquiry into the Titanic disaster, april 20 Tiger Stadium opens in Detroit. Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox, opens, may 6 – Suffragettes and their supporters parade in New York City. May 18 – The Detroit Tigers go on strike to protest the suspension of Ty Cobb, a replacement team recruited from the coaching staff and local colleges is fielded to avoid a forfeiture to the Philadelphia As in a lopsided loss. May 30 – Joe Dawson wins the second Indianapolis 500-Mile Race after Ralph DePalmas Mercedes breaks down within sight of the finish, June 8 – Carl Laemmle founds Universal Studios June 6–June 8 – Mount Novarupta erupts in Alaska. June 25 – The Democratic National Convention nominates New Jersey Governor Thomas Woodrow Wilson in Baltimore. July 19 – A meteorite with a mass of 190 kg explodes over the town of Holbrook in Navajo County. Republicans form the Progressive Party, also known as the Bull Moose Party, September 25 – The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is founded in New York City. October 14 – While campaigning in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, former President Theodore Roosevelt is shot by saloonkeeper John Schrank, with a fresh flesh wound and the bullet still in him, Roosevelt delivers his scheduled speech. After finishing his speech, he went to the hospital, where it was deduced that if he had not had his speech in his breast pocket when he was shot, he most likely would have died. October 30 – Vice President James S. Sherman dies in office just days prior to the 1912 presidential election. November 5 – U. S. presidential election,1912, Democratic challenger, tafts base is undercut by Progressive Party candidate Theodore Roosevelt, who finishes second, ahead of Taft. The American Little Theatre Movement begins with the founding of the Toy Theatre in Boston, marines intervene in Nicaragua to bolster the conservative government. Sea Scouting begins under the aegis of the Boy Scouts of America, Progressive Era Lochner era January 7 – Charles Addams, cartoonist January 20 – Walter Briggs, Jr. S
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1913 in the United States
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Events from the year 1913 in the United States. President, William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson Vice President, vacant, Thomas R. February 1 – New York Citys Grand Central Terminal, having been rebuilt, reopens as the worlds largest train station. February 3 – The 16th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, authorizing the Federal government to impose, February 17 – The Armory Show opens in New York City. It displays the works of artists who are to some of the most influential painters of the early 20th Century. March 3 – The Woman Suffrage Parade of 1913 takes place in Washington, march 4 Woodrow Wilson succeeds William Howard Taft as the 28th President of the United States. The U. S. Department of Commerce and U. S. Department of Labor are established by splitting the duties of the 10-year-old Department of Commerce and Labor. The Census Bureau, U. S. Bureau of Fisheries and U. S. Coast, the first U. S. law regulating the shooting of migratory birds is passed. March 7 – The British freighter Alum Chine, carrying 343 tons of dynamite, march 13 – Mexican Revolution, Pancho Villa returns to Mexico from his self-imposed exile in the United States. April 5 – The United States Soccer Federation is formed, april 8 – The Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is passed, dictating the direct election of senators. April 24 – The Woolworth Building opens in New York City, designed by Cass Gilbert, it is the tallest building in the world at this date and for more than a decade after. April 26 – Mary Phagan is raped and strangled on the premises of the National Pencil Factory in Atlanta, leo Frank is tried and convicted for the crime. May – The Paul Émile Chabas painting September Morn provokes a charge of indency when displayed in the window of a Chicago art gallery. May 14 – New York Governor William Sulzer approves the charter for the Rockefeller Foundation, June – The first edition of the Christian esoteric magazine Rays from the Rose Cross is published in the United States. June 13 – An International Railway trolley and passengers are buried under the contents of a garbage chute that breaks in Niagara Falls. June 15 – Battle of Bud Bagsak in the Philippines concludes with U. S. troops under General John J. Pershing taking Bug Bagsak from defending Moro rebels, killing at least 500. July 3 – The 50th anniversary commemoration of the Battle of Gettysburg draws thousands of American Civil War veterans and their families to Gettysburg, July 10 – Death Valley, California hits 134 °F which is the highest temperature recorded in the United States. September 8 – The largest commercial building in the world opens in Saint Louis, Missouri. The Railroad Exchange building houses 31 acres under one roof, and its central tenant, September 19 – Francis Ouimet wins the U. S. Open by 5 strokes, becoming the first amateur to ever win the event
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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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Biloxi, Mississippi
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Biloxi, officially the City of Biloxi, is a city in Harrison County, Mississippi. The 2010 United States Census recorded the population as 44,054, along with the adjoining city of Gulfport, Biloxi is a county seat of Harrison County. The city is part of the Gulfport-Biloxi metropolitan area and the Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, pre-Katrina, Biloxi was the third largest city in Mississippi behind Jackson and Gulfport. Post-Katrina, the population of Biloxi decreased, and it became the fifth largest city in the state, being surpassed by Hattiesburg, the beachfront of Biloxi lies directly on the Mississippi Sound, with barrier islands scattered off the coast and into the Gulf of Mexico. Keesler Air Force Base lies within the city and is home to the 81st Training Wing, the name of Biloxi in French was Bilocci, on maps dated circa year 1710/1725 the name was sometimes translated into English as Fort Bilocci. In 1720, the capital of French Louisiana was moved to Biloxi from Mobile. French Louisiana was known in French as La Louisiane in colonial times, at that same time, Louisiana west of the Mississippi, including New Orleans, was ceded to Spain as part of the Treaty of Fontainebleau. British rule persisted from 1763 to 1779, followed by Spanish rule from 1779 to 1810, despite this, the character of Biloxi remained mostly French. In 1811, Biloxi came under United States of America control as part of the Mississippi Territory, Mississippi, and Biloxi with it, were then admitted to the union in 1817. It became a resort, with the advantages of close proximity to New Orleans. Summer homes were built by farmers and commercial figures. Hotels and rental cottages came into existence to serve those who could not afford their own homes, one of Biloxis most known features has been the Biloxi Lighthouse, which was built in Baltimore and then shipped south and completed in May 1848. In the early stages of the Civil War, Ship Island was captured by Union forces, no major battles were fought in the area, and Biloxi did not suffer direct damage from the war. Some local Union sentiment could be discerned following the wars conclusion, in the postbellum period, Biloxi again emerged as a vacation spot. Its popularity as a destination increased with railroad access, in 1881, the first cannery was built in the town, leading to others soon joining the location. Biloxi grew again, and as different ethnic groups came to work in the seafood factories, during World War II, the United States Army Air Forces built Keesler Field, now Keesler Air Force Base, which became a major basic training site and site for aircraft maintenance. The Biloxi economy boomed as a result, again bringing more diverse groups to the area, by 1958, the first Jewish synagogue had been built in the town. Biloxis casino history dates back to a period in the 1940s, open gambling ended during the 1950s
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