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US issues 1st Lincoln penny
Value 1 cent (.01 US dollars)
Mass 2.5g (current composition). Bronze cents from 1909 to 1982 are 3.11g; wartime steel cents, depending on when in 1943 they were struck, are 2.69g or 2.75 g
Diameter 19.05 mm (0.750 in)
Edge Plain
Composition 1909–1942, 1944–1982: 95% copper, remainder tin or zinc
1943: zinc-plated steel
1982–present: copper-plated zinc (97.5% Zn, 2.5% Cu)
Years of minting 1909–present
Mint marks D, S. Under date on obverse. No mint marks used from 1965 to 1967, or in any year at -
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Addie Joss 2nd no-hitter, beats Chicago, 1-0
Adrian "Addie" Joss, nicknamed "The Human Hairpin," was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched for the Cleveland Bronchos, later known as the Naps, between 1902 and 1910. Wikipedia
Born: April 12, 1880, Woodland, Dodge County, Wisconsin, WI
Died: April 14, 1911, Toledo, OH
Weight: 185 lbs
Played on: Cleveland Indians
Education: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Inducted: 1978 -
Great Britain and Japan renew their alliance of 1902 for another four years
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Titanic Sank
Coordinates: (41.726931° N and -49.948253° W) For decades after the disaster, there was little doubt about what sank the Titanic. When the "unsinkable" ship, the largest, most luxurious ocean liner of its time, crashed into an iceberg on its maiden voyage in 1912, it took more than 1,500 of its 2,200 passengers to the bottom. (Wikapedia) -
Post office begins parcel post deliveries
The establishment of parcel post in 1913 had a tremendously stimulating effect on the national economy; it opened a world of opportunities for both farmers and merchants alike. Even more conveniently, the goods were mailed directly to their homes. In addition, farmers were able to ship eggs and other produce directly to the consumer, saving both time and money. -
1st scheduled airline flight, St Petersburg-Tampa
On January 1, 1914 the SPT Airboat Line became the world's first scheduled winged airline service. That same day, Antony H. Jannus piloted the airline's Benoist Type XIV on its maiden flight between St. Petersburg and Tampa. Due to widespread media coverage by the St. Petersburg Times, there were reportedly over 3,000 spectators at a parade accompanied by an Italian band at the departure point. An auction was then conducted for the first round-trip ticket. It was won with
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Earthquake in Avezzano Italy kills 29,800
time: 6:52 UTC [1]
Magnitude: 7.0 [1]
Epicenter: 42°N 13.7°ECoordinates: 42°N 13.7°E [1]
Areas affected: Italy
Max. intensity: (Extreme)
Casualties: 32,610 -
2nd Rose Bowl
Washington State University beats Brown University 14-0 1916 Tournament East-West football game
2nd Rose Bowl Game
Brown Bruins Washington State Cougars
(5–3–1) (6–0)
0 14
Head coach:
Eddie N. Robinson Head coach:
William Henry Dietz
1 2 3 4 Total
Brown 0 0 0 0 0
Washington State 0 0 7 7 14
Date January 1, 1916
Season 1915
Stadium Tournament Park
Location Pasadena, California
MVP Carl Dietz, Washington State
Favorite Brown by 2 to 1
Attendance 10,000 (estimated) -
US pays Denmark $25 million for Virgin Islands (or 3/21)
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Finland & USSR adopt New Style (Gregorian) calendar
The calendar was a refinement to the Julian calendar[4] amounting to a 0.002% correction in the length of the year. The motivation for the reform was to bring the date for the celebration of Easter to the time of the year in which it was celebrated when it was introduced by the early Church. Because the celebration of Easter was tied to the spring equinox, the Roman Catholic Church considered the steady drift in the date of Easter caused by the year being slightly too long to be undesirable. -
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