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1913
 
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Unionists in Ulster aim to raise a Volunteer Force of 100,000 men, and begin drilling with dummy wooden rifles      
1913
 
   
A new and spectacular Grand Central Station opens in New York, designed by Charles Reed and Alan Stern      
1913
 
     
Cecil B. de Mille, Jesse Lasky and Sam Goldwyn join forces to form a film production company        
1913
 
   
The Armory Show (officially the International Exhibition of Modern Art) is a sensation in New York      
1913
 
    
In O Pioneers Willa Cather finds her major theme, life on the frontier       
1913
 
    
Walter Sickert paints Ennui, depicting a difficult or dreary moment in a marriage       
1913
 
    
The Vickers Fighting Biplane No 1 is unveiled in London at the Olympia Aero Show as the world's first purpose-built fighter plane       
1913
 
   
The US navy begins transmitting by radio a regular time signal, much used by the nation's watchmakers and menders.      
1913
 
    
In Pollyanna Eleanor Porter introduces an immensely successful character, the irrepressibly optimistic orphan Pollyanna Whittier       
1913
 
    
Dinizulu's son Solomon follows his father as king or chief of the Zulu people, and direct descendants of Shaka's brother Mwande continue to inherit until today