Facts and Events That Happened in This Year
The opera company The Deutsche Opernhaus (now know as Deutsche Oper Berlin) was founded. They opened with a performance of The Deutsche Opernhaus.
Former US President Theodore Roosevelt delivered a speech immediately after being shot.
Theodore Roosevelt was nominated for US president by the Progressive Party.
The first taxicab service started operating in Tokyo, Japan.
In just 57 seconds, illusionist Harry Houdini successfully unchained himself while underwater.
Machine guns were fired from a US airplane for the first time.
The US used a national minimum wage for the first time in Massachusetts.
The film and television production and distribution studio Paramount Pictures was founded.
705 survivors of the Titanic arrived in New York City on board the Cunard Liner Carpathia.
Harriet Quimby became the first woman to fly across the English Channel in an airplane.
The Titanic sunk at 2:20 am in the North Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Newfoundland.
The Titanic collided with an iceberg off the coast of Newfoundland at 23:40 and started to sink.
The RMS Titanic departed Queenstown, Ireland, for its fatal journey to New York.
The Titanic departed Southampton for its first and only journey.
US best-selling cookie ''Oreo" trademarked its name.
The Girl Scouts of the USA was founded.
Oreos first went on sale.
Arizona became the 48th state to join the United States of America.
New Mexico became the 47th state to join the United States of America.
