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World Events

population by decade

Nobel Peace Prize:
Henri La Fontaine (Belgium)

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Suffragettes demonstrate in London and Washington, D.C. Background: Woman Suffrage See also: Infoplease.com Celebrates Women's History Month
London peace treaty partitions most of European Turkey among the victors of first Balkan War.
In second Balkan war, Bulgaria attacks Serbia and Greece and is defeated after Romania intervenes and Turks recapture Adrianople (June).

President: Woodrow Wilson
Vice President: Thomas R. Marshall
Population: 97,225,000

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Garment workers strike in New York and Boston; win pay raises and reduced hours. Background: Labor Unions
Sixteenth Amendment (income tax) and 17th (popular election of U.S. senators) adopted. Background: Amendments to the Constitution
Bill creating U.S. Federal Reserve System becomes law.
Woodrow Wilson becomes 28th U.S. President.
Armory Show in New York introduces Americans to European modern art as well as the American Ashcan School.

Federal spending:   $0.72 billion
Consumer Price Index:   9.9
Unemployment:   4.3%
Cost of a first-class stamp:   $0.02

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Philadelphia A's d. NY Giants (4-1)

Quebec Bulldogs

Women: Dorothea Chambers d. R. McNair (6-0 6-4)
Men: Tony Wilding d. M. McLoughlin (8-6 6-3 10-8)

Donerail

Harvard (9-0-0)

Nobel Prize for Literature: Rabindranath Tagore (India)

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Darktown Follies opens in Harlem and helps to make Harlem a black cultural center.
Billboard magazine publishes a list of the most popular vaudeville songs. It's the predecessor to their trademark charts.
First crossword puzzle appears in the New York World. See Crossword Puzzle Guide

Chemistry: Alfred Werner (Switzerland), for linking up atoms within the molecule

Physics: Heike Kamerlingh-Onnes (Netherlands), for work leading to production of liquid helium

Physiology or Medicine: Charles Richet (France), for work on anaphylaxy