LIFE 1913
Historical Highlights from 1913 :
- Suffragettes demonstrate in London and Washington, D.C.
- Bill creating U.S. Federal Reserve System becomes law.
- First crossword puzzle appears in the New York World.
- Henry Ford develops the first moving assembly line.
- Igor Stravinsky’s ballet The Rite of Spring, is premiered in Paris, resulting in a riot.
- The modern zipper is invented.
- The British freighter Alum Chine, carrying 343 tons of dynamite, explodes in Baltimore harbor.
- The Woolworth Building opens in New York City. It is the tallest building in the world at this date.
- The US Revenue Act of 1913 re-imposes federal income tax and lowers basic tariff rates from 40% to 25%.
- R. J. Reynolds introduces Camel, the first packaged cigarette.
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