Top News Stories from 1913

World Events

• Suffragettes demonstrate in London and Washington, D.C. Background: Woman Suffrage See also: Infoplease.com Celebrates Women's History Month
• London peace treaty partitions most of European Turkey among the victors of first Balkan War.
• In second Balkan war, Bulgaria attacks Serbia and Greece and is defeated after Romania intervenes and Turks recapture Adrianople (June).

U.S. Events

• Garment workers strike in New York and Boston; win pay raises and reduced hours. Background: Labor Unions
• Sixteenth Amendment (income tax) and 17th (popular election of U.S. senators) adopted. Background: Amendments to the Constitution
• Bill creating U.S. Federal Reserve System becomes law.
• Woodrow Wilson becomes 28th U.S. President.
• Armory Show in New York introduces Americans to European modern art as well as the American Ashcan School.

Economics

Sports

World Series

Stanley Cup

Wimbledon

Kentucky Derby Champion

NCAA Football Champions

Entertainment

Events

• Darktown Follies opens in Harlem and helps to make Harlem a black cultural center.
• Billboard magazine publishes a list of the most popular vaudeville songs. It's the predecessor to their trademark charts.
• First crossword puzzle appears in the New York World. See Crossword Puzzle Guide

Science

• Ernest Rutherford and Niels Bohr describe atomic structure.
• Henry Ford develops the first moving assembly line.

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