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June 12 – Lucretia Peabody Hale, journalist and author (born 1820) [4] July 14 – John H. Gear, U.S. Senator from Iowa from 1895 to 1900 (born 1825) August 2 – John Mason Loomis, lumber tycoon, Union militia colonel in the American Civil War and philanthropist (born 1825) August 5 – Luke Pryor, U.S. Senator from Alabama in 1880 (born 1820)
Teddy Roosevelt, the Bull Moose, led American progressives in the early 20th century. 1906 – San Francisco earthquake; 1907 – Oklahoma becomes a state; 1907 – Gentlemen's Agreement; 1907 – Coal mine explodes in Monongah, West Virginia, killing at least 361. Worst industrial accident in American history. 1908 – Ford Model T appears on ...
A Fierce Discontent: The Rise and Fall of the Progressive Movement in America, 1870–1920 (2003) Mowry, George. The Era of Theodore Roosevelt and the Birth of Modern America, 1900–1912. survey by leading scholar; Pease, Otis, ed. The Progressive Years: The Spirit and Achievement of American Reform (1962), primary documents
The 1900s (pronounced "nineteen-hundreds") was a decade that began on January 1, 1900, and ended on December 31, 1909. The Edwardian era (1901–1910) covers a similar span of time. The term "nineteen-hundreds" is sometimes also used to mean the entire century from January 1, 1900, to December 31, 1999 (the years beginning with "19").
February 15 – Lew Wallace, Union general in the American Civil War and politician (born 1827) February 20 – Jeremiah W. Farnham, merchant captain (born c. 1828) February 27 – George S. Boutwell, U.S. Senator from Massachusetts from 1851 to 1853 (born 1818) March 1 – Edward O. Wolcott, U.S. Senator from Colorado from 1889 to 1901 (born 1848)
1900 Fly swatter. A fly swatter is a hand-held device for swatting and killing flies and other insects. The first modern fly-destruction device was invented in 1900 by Robert R. Montgomery, an entrepreneur based in Decatur, Illinois. [75] On January 9, 1900, Montgomery was issued U.S. patent #640,790 for the "Fly-Killer". [76] 1900 Thumbtack
Knud Andersen (footballer, born 1900) Alberto Anderson; Eddie Anderson (American football coach) George Andersen; Ida Lou Anderson; Karl Anderson (hurdler) Margaret Anderson (indexer) Otto Anderson; Pink Anderson; Robert Anderson (rugby union) Carl Andersson (footballer, born 1900) Rogi André; Tom Andrews (Australian politician) Giannis ...
Topsy, elephant (born 1875) January 28 – John B. Allen, U.S. Senator from Washington from 1889 to 1893 (born 1845) February 11 – Rachel Crane Mather, educator (born 1823) February 26 – Richard Jordan Gatling, inventor (born 1818) March 11 – Lou Graham, wealthy business woman and madame from Germany (born 1857 in Germany)