New Mexico became America's 47th state; Arizona the 48th.
The Girl Scouts of the United States of America was chartered.
The Cadillac division of General Motors introduced the battery-powered ignition with the "electrical
car starter."
In a three-way presidential race, former president and Progressive Party candidate Theodore
Roosevelt's Square Deal Campaign overshadowed President Taft's re-election bid, giving a
landslide victory to Democrat Woodrow Wilson.
1,500 perished when the Titanic struck an iceberg and sank during its maiden voyage.
Native American Jim Thorpe became the known as the world's best athlete at the Olympics in
Stockholm, but was stripped of all his honors when it was discovered he played professional
baseball in 1909.
