The 1900s: 1900-1919 Pop Song Hits1. I’m a Yankee Doodle Dandy – 1904 (by George M Cohen)2. America the Beautiful – 19103. Danny Boy – 19134. Take Me Out To The Ball Game – 1908 (by Jack Norworth & Albert Von Tilzer )5. Pomp and Circumstance – 1902 (by Elgar)6. The Grand Old Rag (aka… Read More
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1906 Fun Facts, Trivia and HistoryTop Ten Baby Names of 1906Mary, Helen, Margaret, Anna, Ruth, John, William, James, George, RobertUS Life Expectancy (1906) Males: 46.9 years, Females: 50.8 yearsFirsts, Inventions and WondersThe first Victor Victrola phonographic record player was manufactured.Willis Carrier received his US patent (#808,897) for the world’s first air conditioner (“apparatus for treating air,”).The… Read More
“The Man with the Muck-rake”by President Theodore Roosevelt, on April 14, 1906, in Washington, D.C.*Given as President Roosevelt laid the cornerstone of the office of the House of Representatives[1] Over a century ago Washington laid the corner stone of the Capitol in what was then little more than a tract of wooded wilderness here beside… Read More
Helen Keller’s Letter to Samuel L. ClemonsMarch 27, 1906My dear Mr. Clemens:It is a great disappointment to me not to be with you and the other friends who have joined their strength to uplift the blind. The meeting in New York will be the greatest occasion in the movement which has so long engaged my… Read More