German scientist Alfred Wegener presents his theory of continental drift.
New Mexico became the 47th state to join the United States of America.
Republic of China is founded.
Mongolian Independence.
Sun Yat-sen was elected the first President of the Republic of China.
A Norwegian expedition became the first to ever reach the geographical South Pole – led by Roald Amundsen.
Calbraith Rodgers completed the first crossing of the US by airplane in 84 days.
The age of bombing by airplane begins.
London's last horse-drawn omnibus trip went from London Bridge Station to Moorgate.
The Wuchang Uprising broke out.
Italy declared war on the Ottoman Empire.
Leonardo da Vinci's famous Mona Lisa painting was stolen from the Louvre, Paris, by Vincenzo Perugia.
American archeologist Hiram Bingham III rediscovered Machu Picchu, Peru.
The royal coronation of King George V and Queen Mary took place in the UK.
IBM was founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York.
Neon lighting was first demonstrated at the Paris Motor Show by Georges Claude.
Johan Alfred Ander, the last executed in Sweden.
Theodore Roosevelt became the first US President to fly in an airplane.
Father's Day was celebrated for the first time in the US.
On the passing of his father, Edward VII, George V became the King of Great Britain, Ireland, and all its overseas territories.
The Royal Canadian Navy was established.
Frenchman Henri Fabre flew the world's first seaplane in Martinique, France.
The Lakeview Gusher causes the largest accidental oil spill in history.
Raymonde de Laroche becomes the first woman with a pilot's license.
An Irish cook in New York, US, infected 53 people with typhoid.
The Boy Scouts of America is founded.
Manhattan Bridge opens for traffic.
The Cherry Mine disaster in Illinois killed 259 miners in a coal mine fire.
French aviator Eugène Lefebvre tragically died in an airplane crash, making this day the first-ever aviation fatality.
The first installment of concrete was poured into the Panama Canal.
Glenn Curtis sold the first airplane in the US for just $5,000.
The Giro d'Italia cycle race is held for the first time.
Sixty-six Jewish families founded the City of Tel Aviv.
Americans reached the North Pole.
William Howard Taft takes the oath of office, becoming the twenty-seventh President of the United States.
A color motion picture is shown to the general public for the first time.
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is founded in the U.S.
The Chinese child Emperor Pu Yi ascended the Chinese throne at the age of two.
The Marianna Coal Mine in Pennsylvania exploded and killed 154 men.
Margaret Symons became the first woman to speak in British Parliament.
Austria‑Hungary annexes Bosnia‑Herzegovina.
The Bank of Italy opened in San Francisco, California, and would later become Bank of America.
Wright Brothers Publicly Show Off Their Flying Machine For the First Time.
The famous Great White Fleet left San Francisco to continue its around-the-world journey.
The Morse code distress signal 'SOS,' originating from Germany, became the world's official message for help.
An unidentified object thought to be a meteoroid or comet smashed into a remote forest in Siberia and destroyed 21,528 square feet of land.
Engineers make the first major oil find in the Middle East.
Mother's Day was officially celebrated for the first time in Grafton, West Virginia.
A Dutch scientist named Heike Kamerlingh Onnes announced he was able to create solid helium.
King Carlos I of Portugal and his heir were assassinated in Lisbon.
