Facts and Events That Happened in This Year
Women voted in a general election for the first time in New Zealand.
Colorado became the second US state to give women the right to vote.
A gasoline-powered car was tested in Springfield, Massachusetts, for the first time in the US.
Women's right to vote in New Zealand was given Royal Assent.
Beatrix Potter wrote her first story of Peter Rabbit in the form of a letter for Noel Moore.
33-year-old Katharine Lee Bates wrote the famous song 'America the Beautiful.'
Stock markets crashed in New York because of a public panic, which was traced back to wheat crop failure in Argentina.
Henri Desgrange made the world's first world record for a bicycle, reaching a speed of 21.95 miles per hour.
Thomas Edison completed the world's first movie studio in West Orange, New Jersey.
Center left-wing Independent Labour Party was formed in Britain with Keir Hardie as the leader.
