Anonymous ID: 6f1531 Nov. 11, 2022, 7:53 a.m. No.17753853   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>3858 >>3863 >>3868 >>3871 >>3876 >>3952 >>3977

Historical Events for the Year 1913

3rd February » The Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, authorizing the Federal government of the United States named Federal government to impose and collect an income tax.

5th February » Hellenic Air Force Greek military aviators, Michael Moutoussis and Aristeidis Moraitinis (aviator) Aristeidis Moraitinis perform the first Naval Aviation naval air mission in history, with a Farman MF.7 hydroplane.

9th February » A group of meteors Meteor procession of February 9, 1913 called is visible across much of the eastern seaboard of North and South America, leading astronomers to conclude the source had been a small, short-lived natural satellite of the Earth.

4th March » The United States Department of Labor is formed

20th March » Sung Chiao-jen, a founder of the Kuomintang named Chinese Nationalist Party, is wounded in an assassination attempt and dies 2 days later.

8th April » The 17th Amendment to the United States Constitution, requiring direct election of United States Senate e.g Senators, becomes law.

25th June » American Civil War veterans begin arriving at the Great Reunion of 1913.

4th July » President of the United States called President Woodrow Wilson addresses American Civil War veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913.

10th October » President of the United States known as President Woodrow Wilson triggers the explosion of the Gamboa Dike thus ending construction on the Panama Canal.

7th November » The first day of the Great Lakes Storm of 1913, a massive blizzard that ultimately killed 250 and caused over $5 million (about $118,098,000 in 2013 dollars) damage. Winds reach hurricane force on this date.

1st December » The Ford Motor Company introduces the first moving assembly line.

14th December » ship Japanese battleship Haruna 2, the fourth and last sclass- Kongō battlecruiser 0 ship, launches, eventually becoming one of the Empire of Japan Japanese workhorses during World War I and World War II.

23rd December » The Federal Reserve Act is signed into law by President of the United States named President Woodrow Wilson, creating the Federal Reserve System.24th December » The Italian Hall disaster ("1913 Massacre") in Calumet, Michigan, results in the death of 73 Christmas party goers held by striking mine workers, including 59 children.

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