A tropical cyclone hurricane hit Galveston in Texas.
333 US marines invaded Haiti, beginning a 19-year occupation.
A German U-Boat sinks the RMS Lusitania.
The SF F-4 submersible boat sank and killed 21 people near Hawaii.
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.
Establishment of Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
President Woodrow Wilson issued a Proclamation of Neutrality.
The United States of America declared neutrality at the beginning of World War I.
Frugal parents mailed their four-year-old child 73 miles from their home to the child's grandparents.
US President Woodrow Wilson announced the country would never fight another country for territory again.
Death Valley, U.S experiences the highest temperature ever recorded on Earth.
The Woolworth Building in New York City was officially opened, making it the world's largest building at the time.
The United States Department of Labor was formed.
The 16th Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified.
The 'Armory Show' opens in New York.
Oregon became the first US state to pass a minimum wage law.
Grand Central Terminal opened in New York City.
Former US President Theodore Roosevelt delivered a speech immediately after being shot.
Theodore Roosevelt was nominated for US president by the Progressive Party.
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.
705 survivors of the Titanic arrived in New York City on board the Cunard Liner Carpathia.
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.
Calbraith Rodgers completed the first crossing of the US by airplane in 84 days.
American archeologist Hiram Bingham III rediscovered Machu Picchu, Peru.
IBM was founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York.
Theodore Roosevelt became the first US President to fly in an airplane.
Father's Day was celebrated for the first time in the US.
The Lakeview Gusher causes the largest accidental oil spill in history.
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.
The first installment of concrete was poured into the Panama Canal.
Glenn Curtis sold the first airplane in the US for just $5,000.
Americans reached the North Pole.
William Howard Taft takes the oath of office, becoming the twenty-seventh President of the United States.
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is founded in the U.S.
The Marianna Coal Mine in Pennsylvania exploded and killed 154 men.
The Bank of Italy opened in San Francisco, California, and would later become Bank of America.
The famous Great White Fleet left San Francisco to continue its around-the-world journey.
Mother's Day was officially celebrated for the first time in Grafton, West Virginia.
New York City passed a law prohibiting women from smoking in public places.
