1900–1919 Popular Music: Ragtime, Broadway Songs, Patriotic Music, Irish Ballads, Early Blues, Tin Pan Alley, and Songs Before Radio Took OverPopular music from 1900 to 1919 lived in a different world than the hit songs that came later. Before commercial radio became part of everyday American life in the 1920s, most people heard songs through […]
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1911 Trivia, Fun Facts, and Pop Culture HistoryQuick Facts from 1911World-Changing Event: The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City on March 25, 1911, killed 146 workers — mostly young immigrant women — and became the defining catalyst for American labor law, workplace safety regulations, and the modern labor movementOther World-Changing Event: Roald Amundsen
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