(Tuesday, December 23, 1913) — The Federal Reserve Act, an Act of Congress that created and set up the Federal Reserve System, the central banking system of the United States of America, and granted it the legal authority to issue Federal Reserve Notes (now commonly known as the U.S. Dollar) and Federal Reserve Bank Notes as legal tender, was signed into law today by President Woodrow Wilson.
Video: 'Arthur Wynne and the Crossword - Hidden Genius'
(Sunday, December 21, 1913) — What’s regarded as the first newspaper crossword puzzle was published today in the New York World. Created by journalist Arthur Wynne, it was billed as a “Word-Cross Puzzle.”
Image: 'The Polo Grounds during a 1913 World Series game'
(Saturday, October 11, 1913) — The Philadelphia Athletics won the 1913 World Series today, beating the New York Giants 3-1 at the Polo Grounds (IV) in upper Manhattan, New York, in the fifth and deciding game. It was the third of nine World Series victories for the Athletics (1910-1989).
Video: 'Experience Panama - Seven Wonders Of The World - Episode 5: The Panama Canal, by BBC' (Oct. 10, 1913, at 47:11)
(Friday, October 10, 1913, 2 p.m. local time) — The Panama Canal was effectively completed today as President Woodrow Wilson sent a signal from the White House by telegraph, setting off explosives that destroyed a section of the Gamboa dike.
Video: 'Bob McGrath sings Joyce Kilmer's "Trees"'
(Friday, August 1, 1913) — The Joyce Kilmer poem “Trees” was first published today in Poetry: A Magazine of Verse.
(Tuesday, July 15, 1913) — Augustus Bacon, a Democrat from Georgia, became the first person elected to the U.S. Senate today under the terms of the recently ratified 17th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, providing for popular election of senators.
Video: 'Why is Death Valley so Hot?'
(Thursday, July 10, 1913) — The highest recorded shade temperature was measured today at Furnace Creek in Death Valley, California, at 134 degrees Fahrenheit (56.7 degrees Celsius). During the heat wave that peaked with that record, five consecutive days reached 129 °F (54 °C) or above.
Video: 'GETTYSBURG Reunion'
(Thursday, July 3, 1913) — During a 50th anniversary reunion at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Civil War veterans today re-enacted Pickett’s Charge, which ended with embraces and handshakes between the former enemies.
Video: 'The Great War episode 1 Exposion' (June 4, 1913, at 18:43)
(Wednesday, June 4, 1913) — British suffragist Emily Davison was struck and mortally injured today after moving into the path of a horse owned by King George V during the running of the Epsom Derby. Jockey Herbert Jones was thrown off and injured. Anmer recovered and completed the race on its own, but Davison, whose exact motives remain unclear, died at a hospital four days later.
Video: 'Igor Stravinsky The Rite of Spring (Gergiev/ Tolmachev)'
(Thursday, May 29, 1913) — The ballet “Le Sacre du printemps” (The Rite of Spring), with music by Igor Stravinsky and choreography by Vaslav Nijinsky, had its chaotic world premiere today at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris.
