Video: 'The Women's Suffrage Procession of 1913'
(Monday, March 3, 1913) — More than 5,000 suffragists marched down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., today, a day before the presidential inauguration of Woodrow Wilson.
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Civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks born in Tuskegee 100 years ago (1913)
Video: 'Rosa Parks - Mini Bio'
(Tuesday, February 4, 1913) — Rosa Parks, a black woman whose 1955 refusal to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama, city bus to a white man touched off the modern civil rights movement in America, was born Rosa Louise McCauley today in Tuskegee, Alabama.
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First Lady Lady Bird Johnson born 100 years ago today (1912)
Video: 'Lady Bird Waltz'
(Thursday, December 22, 1912) — Lady Bird Johnson, the wife of U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson (who served from 1963 to 1969), was born Claudia Alta Taylor today in Karnack, Texas, a town in Harrison County, near the state’s border with Louisiana.
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Piltdown Man, later discovered to be a hoax, announced by Charles Dawson 100 years ago today (1912)
Video: 'Piltdown Man Hoax on Discovery Science'
(Wednesday, December 18, 1912) — The Piltdown Man made its public debut today as fossil collector Charles Dawson reported to the Geological Society of London his discovery of supposedly fragmented early human remains at a gravel pit in Piltdown, East Sussex, England.
More than four decades later, the Piltdown Man was exposed as a hoax.
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Boston Red Sox win World Series title 100 years ago today (1912)
Video: 'Fenway 1912! Author Glenn Stout @ Red Sox, Fenway Park 100 '
(Wednesday, October 16, 1912) — The Boston Red Sox won the 1912 World Series today, beating the New York Giants 3-2 in 10 innings at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts, in the eighth and deciding game. It was the first time the Red Sox won the World Series.
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Second movie inspired by Titanic disaster released 100 years ago today (1912)
Video: 'In Nacht und Eis'
(Saturday, August 17, 1912) — The second movie inspired by the Titanic disaster, a German production titled In Nacht und Eis (In Night and Ice), was released today.
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Alfred A. Cunningham becomes first U.S. Marine pilot 100 years ago today (1912)
Video: '100 Years of Marine Corps Aviation'
(Thursday, August 1, 1912) — The U.S. Marine Corps’ first pilot, 1st Lt. Alfred A. Cunningham, went on his first solo flight today as he took off in a Burgess/Curtis Hydroplane from Marblehead Harbor in Massachusetts.
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‘Queen Elizabeth’ opens in New York City 100 years ago today (1912)
Video: 'Queen Elizabeth'
(Friday, July 12, 1912) — Queen Elizabeth, a short 4-reel French silent film based on the love affair between Elizabeth I of England and the Earl of Essex, opened today in New York City. Continue reading ‘Queen Elizabeth’ opens in New York City 100 years ago today (1912)
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Cyclone reaps awful toll in Regina, Saskatchewan 100 years ago this hour (1912)
Video: 'Regina cyclone of 1912: 100 years later'
(Sunday, June 30, 1912, 4:50 p.m. CST) — Canada’s deadliest tornado on record occurred today as a late-afternoon cyclone struck Regina, the provincial capital of Saskatchewan, killing 28 people and destroying or damaging 500 buildings.
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First film drama based on Titanic disaster released 100 years ago today (1912)
Video: 'Saved from the Titanic' (clip)
(Tuesday, May 14, 1912) — Saved From the Titanic, the first movie inspired by the Titanic disaster, was released today just a month after the British liner sank. Continue reading First film drama based on Titanic disaster released 100 years ago today (1912)
