1906

-An earthquake and fire destroy San Francisco on April 18. 530 died and $350 million worth of damage was done.

-Susan B. Anthony and painter Paul Cezanne died.

-President Theodore Roosevelt designated Devil's Tower, in Crook County, Wyoming, as the nation's first National Monument.

-900 Athletes from 20 countries went to the Olympics in Athens, Greece.The U.S.A. dominated the Track and Field, taking 11 of 21 events.

-Reginald Fessenden invented the wireless telephony, a means for radio waves to carry signals a significant distance.

-The Pure Food and Drug Act forbids the marketing of any food containing "any added poisonous or deterious substance which may render it injurious to health".

-The 1906 Ford Model N, America's most popular car, sold for $500.

-Atlanta, GA experienced a race riot which required 1,000 state troopers to be stationed in the city.

-Britain took the Sinai.

-The Chicago White Sox defeated the Chicago Cubs in the World Series.

1907

-Rudyard Kipling won the Nobel Prize in Literature

-Oklahoma became the 46th state.

-Louis Lumiere invents color photography.

-Katharine Hepburn was born.

-Ben Hur was the year's most popular movie.

-A financial panic and depression begins on March 13.

-The Hague Conference extended the rules of war and international arbitration procedures.

-A young pitcher named Walter Johnson is the sensation of the Idaho league. Clarence Darrow and members of the national press covering the Haywood trial flock to his games.