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 1906 - 1910 (4 years)
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| 1 | 1613 |
- 21 Feb 1613—15 Mar 1917: The Romanov Dynasty, the last imperial dynasty to rule Russia, begins when 16 year old Mikhail Romanov is elected as Czar.Russiapedia Hillwood
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| 2 | 1901 |
- 22 Jan 1901—6 May 1910: Edward VII. Ruler of England 1901-1910. House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha: Eldest son of Victoria, married Alexandra, Princess of Denmark.HistoricUK
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| 3 | 1906 |
- 18 Apr 1906: San Franciscans are shaken out of bed by the Great San Francisco Earthquake. The city is further destroyed by an uncontrolled inferno the rages for four days and nights.USGS USNA
- 21 Apr 1906: The Canada-Alaska border is established.GoogleBooks USNA
- 24 Sep 1906: President Roosevelt establishes the first National Monument, Devils Tower in Wyoming.NPS NPF
- 3 Nov 1906: The distress signal S.O.S. becomes the worldwide standard at the 2nd International Radiotelegraphic Convention.SIMag GA&C
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| 4 | 1907 |
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| 5 | 1908 |
- 30 Jun 1908: A large meteorite, presumed to be about 120 feet across, enters the atmosphere above Siberia and explodes, destroying about 80 million trees and lighting up the sky. NASA EarthSky
- 26 Jul 1908: The Federal Bureau of Investigation is founded.FBI USNA
- 3 Aug 1908: The first nearly complete skeleton of a Neanderthal is found.LS PNAS
- 16 Sep 1908: General Motors is founded by William "Billy" Durant.AH Forbes
- 6 Oct 1908: Henry S. Winzeler founds the Ohio Art Company, makers of the Etch-A-Sketch.GoogleNews
- 29 Dec 1908: A patent is granted for a 4-wheel automobile braking system.365DoM BH
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| 6 | 1909 |
- 16 Jan 1909: Ernest Shackleton's expedition finds the magnetic South Pole.W I R E D EarthSky
- 5 Feb 1909: The first synthetic plastic, Bakelite, is announced to the world by its inventor, Leo Baekeland, during a presentation to the American Chemical Society in New York City.PN NYTimes
- 12 Feb 1909: The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People,or NAACP, is founded.NAACP LoC
- 7 Apr 1909: Americans Robert Peary and Matthew Henson become the first non-native men to reach the North Pole.USNA Bowdoin
- 19 Aug 1909: The first automobile race is held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.IMS FSS
- 30 Aug 1909: Charles Walcott of the Smithsonian Institute discovers the Burgess Shales, one of the world's richest fossil troves.ESCONI tCE
- 3 Nov 1909: William Howard Taft is elected 27th president of the United States of America, 1909 - 1913.USEA
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| 7 | 1910 |
- 13 Jan 1910: The first public radio broadcast takes place with a live performance at New York's Metropolitan Opera House. SIMag WQXR
- 8 Feb 1910: The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated.LoC BSA
- 28 Mar 1910: Engineer Henri Fabre takes off in the Canard, the first airplane to lift off from water under its own power.SI W I R E D
- 6 May 1910—20 Jan 1936: George V. Ruler of England 1910-1936. House of Windsor (name adopted Jul 17, 1917): 2nd son of Edward VII, married Princess Mary of Teck. Accession, Jan 20, abdication, Dec 10.HistoricUK
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