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Events relating to america
The Great Valparaiso Earthquake damages much of central Chile and is felt from Peru to Buenos Aires
Frank Lloyd Wright builds a Unity Temple for the Unitarians in Oak Park, now a suburb of Chicago
6-year-old Fred Astaire and his sister Adele give their first professional performance, in the pier theatre in Keyport, New Jersey
Roald Amundsen and his crew are the first to achieve the Northwest Passage, in a journey lasting three years in a 70-ft fishing boat
President Roosevelt wins a Nobel Peace Prize for his mediation between Russia and Japan
Reginald Fessenden transmits on Christmas Eve, from Brant Rock, Massachusetts, the world's first radio broadcast
US inventor Lee De Forest patents the Audion, a sensitive vacuum-tube radio receiver
President Roosevelt sends marines to protect US property during political unrest in Honduras
US philosopher William James publishes Pragmatism: a New Name for Old Ways of Thinking
Collapse of trust companies causes panic and financial crisis in USA
Harry Lauder has a hit in the USA with his recording of I Love a Lassie
US cartoonist Bud Fisher creates Mutt and Jeff for the San Francisco Chronicle, in the world's first daily comic strip
A midwest region, including what remains of the reserved Indian Territory, is included in Oklahoma when it joins the Union as the 46th state
President Roosevelt sends a fleet of warships on a goodwill tour of the world that also demonstrates US power
Jack London's novel Iron Heel foresees a future repressive capitalist regime in the USA
Jack Norworth and Albert von Tilzer write Take Me Out to the Ball Game, which becomes one of the most popular songs in the USA
The FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) is set up in Washington
Ezra Pound's first book of poems, A Lume Spento, is published in Italy
The Polyscope Film Company releases the first horror movie, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, filmed from a popular stage production
Augusto Leguía begins a long spell as the strong man of Peruvian politics
Jack Norworth and Nora Bayes write "Shine on, Harvest Moon" for The Follies of 1908
Coffee replaces sugar as Brazil's main crop, accounting for more than 50% of exports in 1908
Lucy Maud Montgomery's first novel, Anne of Green Gables, brings her instant fame and fortune
George McJunkin, near Folsom in New Mexico, sees the bones of an extinct giant bison, partially exposed after a flash flood, with an ancient spear point embedded in the skeleton
The first Model T Ford rolls off the production line at the Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit
