1900+-+1909+(These+paragraph+topics+are+not+available.)

1. Literature, Philosophy, & Art


 * Art Nouveau - a "viral style" in its time period - flowing, serpentine style with tendrils, beautiful women, etc. - response to industrial revolution

2. Music & Dance


 * 1900 - "Flight of the Bumblebee" completed

3. Fashion & Interior Design


 * Straightline/S-line/Health Corsets - improvements in design, but still very constricting

4. Sports & Leisure Activities


 * 1903 - First World Series - Boston Americans beat Pittsburgh Pirates
 * 1908 - "Take Me out to the Ballgame" written by Jack Norworth - now part of the 7th inning stretch tradition in America's sport, baseball!
 * 1908 - 4th World Series of Baseball - Chicago Cubs won!!!
 * 1908 - Jack Johnson - 1st African American to win heavyweight boxing world title

5. Science & Technology


 * 1901 - Vacuum cleaner invented
 * 1902 - Willis Carrier invented air conditioning
 * 1903 - Crayons invented - 5 cents for 8 colors!
 * 1904 - Patent on ice cream cone

6. Architecture & Transportation


 * 1903 - Wright Brothers developed ailerons, which allow planes to bank/turn like birds in the air
 * 1903 - Wright Brothers make first flight in Kitty Hawk, NC
 * 1904 - First Subway in NYC (not first in US or world, though!)
 * 1904 - Panama Canal was begun by Americans - took 10 years to complete
 * 1906 - Model T invented by Henry Ford
 * 1907 - first successful rotary wing aircraft (helicopter)

7. Cinema, Theater, & Mass Media


 * 1902 - First structure built to view movies (Tally's Electic Theater) built in Los Angeles
 * 1905 - The Nickelodeon opened in Pittsburg, PA - it was the first commercial cinema in the US, and movies were only 5 cents each

8. Regional/National/International Events of Historic Importance
 * 1900 - American Association of Universities established to create uniformity amongst American post-secondary schools
 * 1900 - World Fair held in Paris, accentuating Art Nouveau style
 * 1900 - Galveston, TX hurricane - category 4 storm - more than 6,000 died - most deadly natural disaster in our history
 * 1901 - year first Nobel prizes were awarded, 5 years after the death of Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel who left money for the endowment
 * 1901 - the Commonwealth of Australia formed
 * 1901 - US President McKinley assassinated by an anarchist in Buffalo, NY
 * 1904 - World Fair hosted by St. Louis
 * 1906 - Food & Drug Administration created by one of the oldest consumer protection acts in our country
 * 1906 - San Francisco Earthquake 7.9

A Trip to the Moon (French: Le Voyage dans la lune) - 1902 - 11:49 minutes

[|The Great Train Robbery (c. Thomas Edison/dir. Edwin Porter) - 1903 - 13:30 minutes]

A Corner in Wheat (D. W. Griffith) - 1909 - 14:15 minutes

Overview links: 1900-1909 The Turn of a Century

[|The People History - 1900 to 1909 Important News, Significant Events, Key Technology]

[|America's Best History Timeline - The 1900s]

[|Brief Timeline of American Literature & Events 1900-1909]

The Times of Our Lives in Art and Culture / 1900-1910: Cubism and Jazz Define New Century

History of American Journalism 1900's (journalists, media, famous stories, issues, etc.)

Sewing Patterns & Fashion Images from 1900-1909