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Timeline of the 20th Century

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1902

  • Boer War Ends
  • Mount Pelée Erupts
  • The Teddy Bear Is Introduced
  • U.S. Passes the Chinese Exclusion Act

1903

1904

  • First Popular American Film
  • Ground Broken on Panama Canal
  • New York City Subway Opens
  • Russo-Japanese War Begins
  • Trans-Siberian Railway Completed

1905

1906

1907

1908

1909

  • Japan's Prince Ito is Assassinated
  • NAACP Is Founded
  • Plastic Is Invented
  • Robert Peary Becomes the First to Reach the North Pole

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