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Radio
Reginald A Fessenden was the fist person to send audio by means of electromagnetic wave. This invention brought us a means of communicating that was close to instantaneous and much faster than mail. Six years after his first audio sent he made the first public radio broadcast on christmas eve 1906. -
Roosevelt enters office
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Air conditioner
Willis Carrier changed the way dangerously hot summer days could be enjoyed. -
Teddy Bear
Around this time a large toy company had began to produce a stuffed bear toy. The name however came from Morris Michtom and his wife Rose that had made a fabric bear in honor of President Roosevelt. They named the bear "Teddy's Bear". -
Panama Canal Construction
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Albert Einstein- Theory of Relativity
In this time Albert Einstein discovered his famous equation. -
Tractor
Benjamin Holt invented a caterpillar tractor that ran on metal-belted tracks to prevent sinking in the mud or dirt. -
Airplane
The Wright brothers patented their invention on the date. This was a fuel powered fixed wing aircraft. A means of transportation that was not a horse and buggy. Interesting the think that we had a plane before we had a car become popular and available. -
Stock Market drop
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Model T Ford
The first real motorized transportation that became affordable for families.
