Decade - 1910s

1910-1919

1910

Immigration Into US

, The immigration into the US hits an all-time peak with 8.8 million immigrants over 10 years from 1901-1910.

King Edward VII Dies

, King Edward VII dies after being Britain's King for 9 years. He was often referred to as "Bertie" which was the name the royal family used for him.

First Auto Electric Start

, The First Electric Self Start was installed in a Cadillac By GM. Up until this time, all cars needed to be started by cranking a starting handle which was hard work and caused multiple minor injuries when the car backfired during the starting process.

Sinking of the Titanic

, The Titanic sets sail on her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York. The Titanic had been described as the worlds most luxurious floating hotel which is unsinkable, and was only 5 days out when she hit an iceberg and sank in the Atlantic with the loss of many lives. The Titanic was built in Belfast (between 1909 and 1911) and registered in Liverpool in 1912. Liverpool was the home port, although she never entered it. The White Star Liner left Belfast on April 2nd, 1912 and arrived in Southampton on April 4th. The crew had boarded before dawn on April 10th, and the passengers between 9.30 and 11.30 a.m. She left port at around 2 p.m. and arrived in Queenstown, Ireland before crossing the Atlantic. She struck an iceberg on Sunday, April 14th, and the ship's distress signal gave her position as Latitude 41º 46' N and Longitude 50º 14 W.

Last Emperor of China

, Hsian-T'ung, the last emperor of China, is forced to abdicate following Sun Yat-sen's republican revolution, ending 267 years of Manchu rule in China and 2,000 years of imperial rule.

Olympic Games

, The Summer Olympic Games of the V Olympiad were held in Stockholm, Sweden. These Olympics marked the introduction of Electronic Timing and Photo-Finish Equipment.

First Cross Word Puzzle

, The first crossword puzzle was published and created by Arthur Wynne, a Liverpool journalist. It was first published as a "word-cross" puzzle in the New York World.

First Stainless Steel

, Harry Brearley was researching ways to stop excessive wear in rifle barrels for the British Army when he discovered that by adding Chromium to an Iron Carbon Mix, he ended up with a bright surface finish which became Stainless Steel. Stainless Steel contains about 10% Chromium and 8% nickel.

Start Of World War I

, It was the alliances of 1914 that created the reasons for the Great War, with Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy's Triple Alliance and Franco-Russian and Entente Cordiale being fairly contradictory to the other countries' expanding empires. The Dardanelles situation was ongoing, and the Balkan's Crisis had made the Austria-Hungary redefine its territories' boundaries. It was during Archduke Franz Ferdinand's visit to Sarajevo that the spark was ignited, when both he and his wife were killed by a member of 'Young Bosnia.' Whilst unfounded, the Austrian-Hungarians accused Serbia of complicity in the murders, and demanded the dismemberment of the state. Although there were a number of diplomatic moves and arbitration, Austria-Hungary had declared war on Serbia on July 28th. This had led to the Allied forces mobilization.

The Panama Canal Opens

, The Panama Canal which took 34 years to build from 1880-1914 (and cost over 27,000 workers their lives) provided a connection for shipping from The Atlantic to The Pacific and opened in 1914.

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Charlie Chaplin First Appeared as the Little Tramp

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First Traffic Light

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Marcus Garvey Founds the Universal Negro Improvement Association in Jamaica

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Panama Canal Officially Opened

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World war i Begins

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Germans Use Poison Gas as a Weapon

First Transcontinental Telephone Call

, First U.S. coast-to-coast long-distance telephone call, facilitated by a newly-invented vacuum tube amplifier, was ceremoniously inaugurated by A.G. Bell in New York City and his former assistant Thomas Augustus Watson in San Francisco, California.

Russian Revolution

, The beginning of the Russian Revolution (Often Called The February Revolution) against Czarist Rule. It began in February 1917 following the lack of food in Petrograd and lead to the abdication by Nicholas II in March 1917 and the beginning of the Communist Party rule in Russia. After 300 years of rule by the Romanov Dynasty, Czar Nicholas II is forced to abdicate following declining popularity due to the "Bloody Sunday" massacre when palace guards shot and killed defenseless demonstrators marching on the Winter Palace.

British Royal Family Name Change

, During the first World War as sentiment against Germany by the British People worsened, King George V ordered the British royal family to end using the German-sounding surname, Saxe-Coburg-Gotha and to take on the name Royal House of Windsor.

America enters World War I

, Following intercepting a note from the German Foreign Minister to a Mexican Diplomat promising that if Mexico would join forces in attacking the United States, Germany would ensure Mexico got back territories lost during the American - Mexican War (the Zimmermann Note), plus the sinking of American liner Housatonic by a German U-boat and four more U.S. merchant ships, President Wilson appeared before Congress and called for a declaration of war against Germany. On April 6th the United States formally declared war on Germany and entered into the first World War.

Iraq British Take Control From Turkish Troops

, British troops take control of Baghdad forcing the Turkish troops to evacuate.

Royal Air Force is Founded

, The Royal Air force is founded in England, this is truly an amazing piece of History as the first flight was only made 8 years before by Wilbur and Wright and for countries around the World to set up a separate arms of the Forces shows how important politicians believed the aircraft would become as a part of the military. The aircraft in use in 1918 when the RAF started included the Sopwith Pup, Bristol F2B Fighters, Sopwith Camels and Royal Aircraft Factory SE5's.

Influenza Epidemic

, The first cases of one of the worst influenza epidemic in history were reported at Fort Riley, Kansas. It would eventually kill more than 1/2 million Americans and more than 20 million people worldwide. In the world's worst flu epidemic (Spanish Flu called because the first major outbreak causing multiple deaths was in Spain) in history an estimated 30 million people died worldwide.

First Use Of Aircraft By US In war

, The first use of air combat by the US when Eight Curtiss "Jenny" planes of the First Aero Squadron are used in support for the 7,000 U.S. troops who invaded Mexico to capture Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa.

Lawrence of Arabia

, Arab and British forces commanded by Lawrence of Arabia capture Damascus from Turkish forces

US Airmail Service

, The first flights for the new U.S. airmail service begins between Washington, Philadelphia and New York.

Rotary Dial Telephones Invented

, Rotary Dial Telephones were invented. Before this every call made had to go through an operator but this invention allowed people to dial the number themselves.

Lease Acquired For Guantanamo Bay

, The United States signed a leasing agreement between the US and Cuba, acquiring Guantanamo Bay as a naval station at the southeastern end in Cuba.

Bbkid said: who knows, I sure don't

JoThousand said: About $750 / year.

Well, 1914 is the year when ww1 broke out, so a lot of men went to fight. This meant women needed to do all the men's jobs like

• engineer
• mechanic
• carpenter
• chemist
• teacher
• ships captain
• butcher
• farmer
• shop keeper
• tram runners
• factory workers.