1904 On March 14, the U.S. Supreme Court rules against the Northern Securities Trust in the first major anti-trust case brought before the high court.Timeline State: District of ColumbiaTimeline Country: United StatesTimeline Subjects: lawEra: 1901-2000 Read more about 1904
1902 New York City journalists Lincoln Steffens and Ida Tarbell publish muckraking articles and books.Timeline State: New YorkTimeline Country: United StatesTimeline Subjects: literatureEra: 1901-2000 Read more about 1902
1901 On November 18, the Hay-Paunceforte Treaty with Great Britain gives the United States the exclusive right to build the Panama Canal.Timeline State: N.A.Timeline Country: United StatesTimeline Subjects: territorial expansionEra: 1901-2000 Read more about 1901
1910 On November 8, male voters in Washington State approve woman suffrage.Timeline State: WashingtonTimeline Country: United StatesTimeline Subjects: women's rightsEra: 1901-2000 Read more about 1910
1907 On November 16, Oklahoma becomes the forty-sixth state.Timeline State: OklahomaTimeline Country: United StatesTimeline Subjects: statehoodEra: 1901-2000 Read more about 1907
1906 The Meat Inspection Act becomes law on June 30.Timeline State: District of ColumbiaTimeline Country: United StatesTimeline Subjects: lawEra: 1901-2000 Read more about 1906
1904 On October 27, the first section of the New York City Subway System is opened. It runs from City Hall in lower Manhattan to145th Street in Harlem.Timeline State: New YorkTimeline Country: United StatesTimeline Subjects: science & technologyEra: 1901-2000 Read more about 1904
1904 On May 4, the U.S. government takes over construction of the Panama Canal from a French firm. On January 7, 1914, the first ship uses the Canal.Timeline State: N.A.Timeline Country: United StatesTimeline Subjects: territorial expansionEra: 1901-2000 Read more about 1904
1903 On December 17, the Wright Brothers fly the first airplane off the coast of North Carolina.Timeline State: North CarolinaTimeline Country: United StatesTimeline Subjects: science & technologyEra: 1901-2000 Read more about 1903
1901 President William McKinley is assassinated. He is shot on September 6 and dies on September 14. Later that day Vice President Theodore Roosevelt (New York) becomes the twenty-sixth President.Timeline State: District of ColumbiaTimeline Country: United StatesTimeline Subjects: violence & terrorismEra: 1901-2000 Read more about 1901
