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In 1913: In Search of the World Before the Great War, Charles Emmerson offers a close look at the year before the war broke out. With the looming 100th anniversary of World War I, a spate of...
April 24 – The Woolworth Building opens in New York City. Designed by Cass Gilbert, it is the tallest building in the world at this date and for more than a decade after. April 26 – Mary Phagan is raped and strangled on the premises of the National Pencil Factory in Atlanta.
26 de mar. de 2013 · In 1913, exactly a century ago, the United States was a flourishing, economically advanced countr y. Its real output per capita was the world’s highest. It produced a great abundance of agricultural products and was a leading exporter of cotton, wheat, and many other farm products.
For most African Americans in 1913, however, life was hard, plain hard, with few gains to savor from the fifty years of freedom. So it is important that we include the blues song "Times Is Getting' Harder" as we begin the period of 1907 to 1917, tumultuous years of "race war," the U.S. entry into the Great War, and the Great Migration north. 10 pages.
27 de may. de 2013 · '1913': Leads A Tour Of The World A Century Ago. May 27, 20134:43 AM ET. Heard on Morning Edition. 7-Minute Listen. Playlist. When World War I broke out in 1914, it unleashed unimaginable carnage...
3 de jul. de 2012 · Highlights. Events. Birthdays. Deaths. Weddings. Events 1 - 200 of 237. Jan 1 US Post office begins parcel post deliveries. Jan 2 Australia releases its first national stamp - a kangaroo on a map of Australia. Gandhi Leaves Tolstoy Farm. Jan 2 Mahatma Gandhi leaves the Tolstoy Farm in Transvaal, South Africa.
June 19 – The Parliament of South Africa passes the Natives Land Act, limiting land ownership for blacks to black territories. June 13 – The predecessor of the Aldi store chain opens in Essen, Germany. June 24 – Joseph Cook becomes the 6th Prime Minister of Australia. June 29 – The Second Balkan War begins.
