Facts and Events That Happened in This Year
The last Australian troops were evacuated from Gallipoli during World War I.
The Empire of China was established by statesman Yuan Shikai, who declared himself Emperor.
More than 25,000 people marched down New York's 5th Avenue supporting women's suffrage.
The first radio message to go across the Atlantic Ocean was sent from Virginia to Paris.
Sir Cecil Herbert Edward Chubb became the last private owner of Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England.
A tropical cyclone hurricane hit Galveston in Texas.
333 US marines invaded Haiti, beginning a 19-year occupation.
The Treaty of London was signed by Italy, Britain, France, and Russia.
The German army used chlorine gas for the first time.
The SF F-4 submersible boat sank and killed 21 people near Hawaii.
American baseball catcher Wilbert Robinson tried to claim a record by catching a ball dropped from a plane 525 feet above him.
The US National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics was founded as an emergency measure during WWI.
The United States Coast Guard was formed by an act passed by the US Congress.
Russians defeated Ottoman forces during WWI.
Avezzano earthquake claimed 30,000 lives in Italy.
