1. Fantastic 1910’s By: Madison Presnell

2. 1910 First Black Boxer Jack Johnson was born in Galveston, Texas Born on March 31 st 1878 First black boxer to win a championship Boxing years: 1897-1928 Fought 114 fights, won 80 45 of the 80 were knockouts Went to jail for taking his soon to be Caucasian wife across the border. (Picture in right corner) Died in Raleigh, North Carolina on June 10 th 1946

3. 1911 Indianapolis 500 Ray Harroun was born on January 12 th 1879 Won the first Indianapolis 500 on May 30 th 1911 Won 14,000 dollars for winning the 500 Was asked to build a race car in 1910 Average speed in the race was 75 mph(miles per hour) Died on January 19 th 1968 in Anderson, Indiana <---- Today <---- Then

4. 1912 Sinking Of Titanic Set sail on April 10 th 1912 Hit an iceberg at 2:20 am Total of 1,522 passengers First class: 329 survived:109 Second class:285 survived:119 Third class:710 survived:174 Crew:899 survived:214 Titanic happened 100 years ago

5. 1913 First Crossword It was called “word-cross” Became crossword due to a typo Made on December 31 st 1913 Creator is Arthur Wayne Arthur was born in Liverpool, England Born on June 22 nd 1871 What the cross word use to look like  What it looks like now 

6. 1914 Sinking Of Empress Of Ireland Two years after Titanic Fog played a main roll About 1,477 passengers died out of 1,500 people Collided with the Norwegian Freight Ship Happened in the spring of 1914

7. 1915 Alice Paul Women's Suffrage Born in Moorestown, New Jersey Born on January 11 th 1885 Alice went to college in 1905 Graduated from New York City and England 1906-1909 she became a political locative Arrested and imprisoned 3 times Spent most of her life fighting for women’s rights Alice died on July 9 th 1977 in Moorestown, New Jersey

8. 1916 Rasputin Murdered Born in Siberia Born on January 22 nd 1869 Siberian mystic healer Took a lot to kill him Shoot, poisoned and drowned Died on December 30 th 1916

9. 1917 Earthquakes On September 12 th 1917 at 3:25 am, there was a mild earthquake On September 24 th 1917 at 1:21am, there was another mild earthquake On October 2 nd 1917 three earthquake shocks were felt at 11:40 am On October 26 th 1917 at 1:20 am mild rocking was felt. Many houses collapsed Rockslides blocked rivers

10. 1918 Execution Of Tsar Nicholas II & Family Kept as prisoners Execution happened on July 17 th 1918 Died from multiple shootings No one knew this execution happened until 1990

11. 1919 Franklin Roosevelt’s Wife Founds Out About Affair Got married in New York City Married on March 17 th Had 6 children but Franklin Jr. died as an infant 1 girl 4 boys Franklin had an affair with their secretary Lucy Eleanor never knew about the affair until she found love letters from Lucy Eleanor wanted a divorce but Franklin didn’t want to hurt their family and it would be bad publicity Affair continued until Franklin died on May 7 th 1945

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