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===Dated Events=== | ===Dated Events=== | ||
− | *''' | + | *'''{{timereal}}''':''' '''[[January 12]].''' The U.S. House of Representatives votes down a proposal to give women the right to vote. |
− | *''' | + | *'''{{timereal}}''':''' '''[[January 19]].''' German zeppelins bomb Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn in Great Britain. |
− | *''' | + | *'''{{timereal}}''':''' '''[[January 28]].''' The U.S. Coast Guard is founded. |
− | *''' | + | *'''{{timereal}}''':''' '''[[March 3]].''' NACA, a forerunner to NASA, is founded. |
− | *''' | + | *'''{{timereal}}''':''' '''[[March 19]].''' Pluto, not yet recognized as the solar system's ninth planet, is photographed for the first time. |
− | *''' | + | *'''{{timereal}}''':''' '''[[April 22]].''' At the Second Battle of Ypres, German troops first use poison gas. |
− | *''' | + | *'''{{timereal}}''':''' '''[[April 24]].''' Turkey initiates the Armenian Genocide with an attack on the Van region. |
− | *''' | + | *'''{{timereal}}''':''' '''[[May 7]].''' A German U-boat sinks the RMS ''Lusitania''. |
− | *''' | + | *'''{{timereal}}''':''' '''[[May 23]].''' Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary. |
− | *''' | + | *'''{{timereal}}''':''' '''[[September 6]].''' The British Army tests the first prototype tank. |
− | *''' | + | *'''{{timereal}}''':''' '''[[November 25]].''' Albert Einstein formulates the General Theory of Relativity. |
===Undated Events=== | ===Undated Events=== | ||
− | *'''[[:Category:Chronology: | + | *'''[[:Category:Chronology:GURPS Infinite Worlds|GURPS Infinite Worlds]]:''' ''The history of [[Ariane]] diverges from [[Homeline]]'s history when a mutant strain of flu arises. This strain will eventually kill 99.9% of Ariane's population.'' (''GURPS Infinite Worlds'') |
− | + | *'''{{timereal}}''':''' Mary Mallon, alias "Typhoid Mary," is quarantined for the rest of her life after she infects 25 people- for whom she cooked food- with typhoid fever. | |
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==New Fictional Works== | ==New Fictional Works== | ||
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[[Category:20th Century]] | [[Category:20th Century]] | ||
[[Category:1910s]] | [[Category:1910s]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Chronology:Reality]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Chronology:GURPS Infinite Worlds]] |
Latest revision as of 22:09, 1 March 2007
Contents |
Events
Dated Events
- Real World: January 12. The U.S. House of Representatives votes down a proposal to give women the right to vote.
- Real World: January 19. German zeppelins bomb Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn in Great Britain.
- Real World: January 28. The U.S. Coast Guard is founded.
- Real World: March 3. NACA, a forerunner to NASA, is founded.
- Real World: March 19. Pluto, not yet recognized as the solar system's ninth planet, is photographed for the first time.
- Real World: April 22. At the Second Battle of Ypres, German troops first use poison gas.
- Real World: April 24. Turkey initiates the Armenian Genocide with an attack on the Van region.
- Real World: May 7. A German U-boat sinks the RMS Lusitania.
- Real World: May 23. Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary.
- Real World: September 6. The British Army tests the first prototype tank.
- Real World: November 25. Albert Einstein formulates the General Theory of Relativity.
Undated Events
- GURPS Infinite Worlds: The history of Ariane diverges from Homeline's history when a mutant strain of flu arises. This strain will eventually kill 99.9% of Ariane's population. (GURPS Infinite Worlds)
- Real World: Mary Mallon, alias "Typhoid Mary," is quarantined for the rest of her life after she infects 25 people- for whom she cooked food- with typhoid fever.
New Fictional Works
Notable Books
The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka.
Notable Films
The Vampires (serial) begins.
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