Fantastic 1910’sBy: Madison Presnell

1910First Black Boxer

Jack Johnson was born in Galveston, TexasBorn on March 31st 1878First black boxer to win a championshipBoxing years: 1897-1928Fought 114 fights, won 8045 of the 80 were knockoutsWent to jail for taking his soon to be Caucasian wife across the border. (Picture in right corner) Died in Raleigh, North Carolina on June 10th 1946

1911Indianapolis 500

Ray Harroun was born on January 12th 1879Won the first Indianapolis 500 on May 30th 1911 Won 14,000 dollars for winning the 500Was asked to build a race car in 1910Average speed in the race was 75 mph(miles per hour)Died on January 19th 1968 in Anderson, Indiana

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1912Sinking Of Titanic

Set sail on April 10th 1912Hit an iceberg at 2:20 amTotal of 1,522 passengersFirst class: 329 survived:109Second class:285 survived:119Third class:710 survived:174Crew:899 survived:214Titanic happened 100 years ago

1913First Crossword

It was called “word-cross”Became crossword due to a typoMade on December 31st 1913Creator is Arthur WayneArthur was born in Liverpool, EnglandBorn on June 22nd 1871

What the cross word use to look like

What it looks like now

1914Sinking Of Empress Of Ireland

Two years after TitanicFog played a main roll About 1,477 passengers died out of 1,500 peopleCollided with the Norwegian Freight ShipHappened in the spring of 1914

1915Alice Paul Women's Suffrage

Born in Moorestown, New JerseyBorn on January 11th 1885Alice went to college in 1905Graduated from New York City and England1906-1909 she became a political locativeArrested and imprisoned 3 timesSpent most of her life fighting for women’s rights Alice died on July 9th 1977 in Moorestown, New Jersey

1916Rasputin Murdered

Born in Siberia Born on January 22nd 1869Siberian mystic healerTook a lot to kill himShoot, poisoned and drownedDied on December 30th 1916

1917Earthquakes

On September 12th 1917 at 3:25 am, there was a mild earthquakeOn September 24th 1917 at 1:21am, there was another mild earthquakeOn October 2nd 1917 three earthquake shocks were felt at 11:40 amOn October 26th 1917 at 1:20 am mild rocking was felt.Many houses collapsed Rockslides blocked rivers

1918Execution Of Tsar Nicholas II &

FamilyKept as prisonersExecution happened on July 17th 1918Died from multiple shootingsNo one knew this execution happened until 1990

1919Franklin Roosevelt’s Wife Founds

Out About AffairGot married in New York City Married on March 17th

Had 6 children but Franklin Jr. died as an infant1 girl 4 boysFranklin had an affair with their secretary LucyEleanor never knew about the affair until she found love letters from LucyEleanor wanted a divorce but Franklin didn’t want to hurt their family and it would be bad publicityAffair continued until Franklin died on May 7th 1945

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