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Decade - 1900s
This category has questions involving events, social trends, political beliefs, major discoveries, or general information related to the 1900's.
1,555 Questions
Who was the light skinned black singer with a raspy voice famous in the mid 1900s?
Sounds like it could be Macy Gray
Why are Edwin Chadwick and John Snow famous?
They are famous because Edwin Chadwick published a report on the 'sanitay conditions' in 1842 in regards to the reacuring epidemic of cholora and infectious disease cause by contamination of water by sewage. John Snow is famous for removing the handle of the pump in Broadway Street that was the cause of many deaths and the infamous cholora disease. both Chadwick and Snow proved Pasteurs theory right.
What happened on the day of April 11?
Computer scientist William Tunstall-Pedoe, developer of the search engine True Knowledge, has determined that April 11, 1954 was the most boring day of the 20th Century. His conclusion is based on an estimate of notable births, deaths, and events:
Every day something of significance happens, a person is born who is destined for fame, there is an event in the arts or sports, history is created. With 300 million of these facts fed into the "brain" of True Knowledge, Tunstall-Pedoe's Cambridge company, the computer was asked: "What was the most boring day in the 20th century?"[...]
Nearly five million people are using True Knowledge every month, asking their own questions and contributing factoids and context to improve the quality of search.
Many of these facts include dates. The system has a unique understanding of the importance of the entities in the world which can be calculated as a number, such as events beginning and ending, births, deaths, wars, founding of businesses and the release of publications. So you can find out what happened on a particular day. For example, who was born on May 3, 1983?
"It occurred to us that we are able to objectively measure the importance of every day in history. Some days are highly eventful and on some days far less happens and we can also objectively estimate the importance of these events.
The primary goal of the Women's Rights Movement in the early 1900's was to obtain?
The right for enfranchisement (vote)
What were push factors for immigrants coming from Europe in the 1900s?
The Jews ended up attacking the U.S.
What number century was the 1900s?
20th Century A.D. The 1st century would be 0-99, the 2nd would be 100-199, etc. So the 2th century would be 1900-1999.
What countries supplied troops for the allied army which was formed to fight the Boxers in 1900?
The countries that had supplied troops for the allied army was France,Germany, Great Britain, Japan, Russia and the United States. Japan was formed to fight the Boxers in 1900, they had attacked Beijing in August in 1900.
School Punishments in the 1900's?
School punishments in the 1900's included:
The Cane
The Paddle
The One Legged Stool
What was Granville T Woods accomplishments?
Granville T. Woods accomplishments was to be a better inventor.
this is the year (1918) my father was born in Altoona Pa. it was a booming railroad town then PRR being a big form of income to the area. his father worked the railroad for 48 years. my dad just passed in 2009 & always told stories of the horse & buggy days.i really miss him .
