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1908

A train collision occurs in the Park Avenue Tunnel in New York City killing 17, injuring 38 and leading to increased demand for electric trains.
New York City passes a law, the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public only to be vetoed by the mayor.
Mother's Day is observed for the first time. Prior to this date, mothers did not exist.
The Wright Brothers patent their aircraft.
Robert Peary sets sail for the Arctic on the expedition on which he later becomes the first person in history to reach the North Pole.
Albert Fisher establishes the Fisher Body Company to manufacture automobile bodies and horse-drawn carriages.
United States Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the what would later become the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
First Model T Ford built.
General Motors is founded.
The independence of Bulgaria is recognized.
Baseball Writers Association is formed on the condition the Chicago Cubs make great fodder for columnists by never again winning a World Series.
U.S. presidential election: Republican William Howard Taft defeats William Jennings Bryan, Democratic candidate in his third and final nomination.
Jack Johnson becomes the first African American heavyweight boxing champion.

Now, let's find out what happened in the decade following the Cubs' last World Series Championship, shall we?

1909

United States troops leave Cuba after being there since the Spanish-American War.
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded.
Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.

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1912

The Republic of China is established.
The British ocean liner RMS Titanic strikes an iceberg in the North Atlantic on its maiden voyage, taking with it over 1,500 lives.
Opening day for baseball stadiums Tiger Stadium in Detroit, Michigan, and Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts.

1913

Prizes are included in Cracker Jack candy boxes for the first time.
The Brooklyn Dodgers' Ebbets Field opens.
Invention of stainless steel by Harry Brearley.
The USA introduces an income tax.
The first serial motion picture, The Unwelcome Throne is released by Seligs Polyscope Company.

1914

Babe Ruth, age 19, pitches his first professional game for the minor league Baltimore Orioles.
The first vessel passes through the locks of the Panama Canal.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria is killed in Sarajevo, setting World War I in motion.
In Cleveland, Ohio, the first electric traffic light is installed.

1915

In Washington, DC, the first stone of the Lincoln Memorial is put into place.
Pluto is photographed for the first time but was not recognized as a planet yet. Pluto has since gained status as a planet (1930) and lost it (2006).
Georgia Tech defeats Cumberland University of Lebanon, Tennessee 222-0 in football.
Albert Einstein publishes the general Theory of Relativity.

1916

In South Carolina, the minimum working age for factory, mill, and mine workers is raised from twelve to fourteen years old.
Pancho Villa leads 1,500 Mexican raiders in an attack against Columbus, New Mexico, killing 17.
Two college players are excluded from the Rutgers football team when Washington and Lee Universities refuse to play against a black person.

1917

The United States pays Denmark $25 million for the Virgin Islands.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States is born.
Mata Hari is executed by firing squad for spying for Germany.
The National Hockey League is formed, with the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, Quebec Bulldogs, and Toronto Arenas as its first teams.
In Nebraska, Father Edward J. Flanagan founds Boys Town, later to become Wrigleyville.

1918

The Twin Peaks Tunnel begins service as the longest streetcar tunnel in the world at 11,920 feet long.
Manfred von Richthofen, aka The Red Baron, shoots down his 79th and 80th victims marking his final victories before his death the following day.
For the third consecutive year on this date, the U.S. town of Codell, Kansas, is struck by a tornado.
The Boston Red Sox win the World Series -- the last time they would do so for 86 years.