The decade from January 1, 1900, to December 31, 1909, is sometimes referred to as the 1900s, although this term can equally be used for the years 1900–1999. "The aughts", or "naughts" (aught-aught through aught-nine) was one of the more popular contemporary terms for this decade. [edit] Events and trends [edit] Technologies - Widespread application of the internal combustion engine including mass production of the automobile
- Wide popularity of home phonograph
- The Panama Canal is built by the United States
- The Photostat machine begins the modern era of document imaging
- 1900 Thomas Alva Edison invents the nickel-alkaline storage battery
- 1900 The brownie camera is invented, this was the beginning of the Kodak company
- 1901 First electric typewriter is invented by George Canfield Blickensderfer
- 1901 the first radio receiver (successfully received a radio transmission)
- 1902 Willis H. Carrier invented the first indoor air conditioning
- 1902 James Mackenzie invented the lie detector
- 1902 George Claude invented the neon light
- 1903 Mary Anderson invented windshield wipers
- 1903 The Wright Brothers fly at Kitty Hawk, NC.
- 1904 Tea maker invented
- 1904 Benjamin Holt invents the tractor
- 1906 The jukebox is invented by John Gabel
- 1906 Sound radio broadcasting was invented by Reginald Fessenden and Lee de Forest
- 1907 Edison invented the universal electric motor
- 1908 Henry Ford Model T
[1] [edit] Science [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [edit] Literature and art [edit] Modern artists 1900–1910 [edit] Posthumous [edit] War, peace and politics [edit] People [edit] World leaders - Mozzafar-al-Din Shah, 1896–1907
- Mohammad Ali Shah, 1907–1909
- Ahmad Shah Qajar, 1909–1925
[edit] Important personalities [edit] Sports [edit] Boxing [edit] Baseball [edit] Further reading - Hale, Williams Bayard (January 1911). "A Dramatic Decade of History: What The First Ten Years Of The Twentienth Century Witnessed Of International Stir - A Time Prolific In Wars, Revolutions And Revolts, National Tragedy And Intrigue". The World's Work: A History of Our Time XXI: 13855–13868.
- Hutchinson, Woods (January 1911). "The Conquest Of The Great Diseases: The National Death-Rate Reduced 10 PerCent, The Discovery Of The Hook-Worm And The "Typhoid Fly", Meningitis And Syphilis Both Conquered During The Decade, The Passing Of Yellow Fever". The World's Work: A History of Our Time XXI: 13881–13883.
- Keys, C.M. (January 1911). "Ten Years Of Industrial America: Manufacturing Industry Far Outpacing Agriculture". The World's Work: A History of Our Time XXI: 13884–13897.
- Page (editor), Walter Hines (January 1911). "The Astronomical Romance Of A Decade: The Story of Ten Years' Advance In Knowledge Of The Heavens". The World's Work: A History of Our Time XXI: 13877–13880.
- Mahan, Alfred T. (January 1911). "The Battleship Of All-Big-Guns: How The Coming Of The "Dreadnought" Made The World's Navies Partly Obsolete, Germany's Growing Commerce Is Responsible For Changes In Many Navies, The Rise of Three Great Navies In Ten Years". The World's Work: A History of Our Time XXI: 13898–13902.
- Sloss, Robert (January 1911). "The Children Of The Gas-Engine: The Revolution In Speed And In Convenience In Transportation - Automobiles, Motor-Cycles, Motor-Boats, Aeroplanes And Other Queer Craft That Ten Years Have Brought". The World's Work: A History of Our Time XXI: 13869–13877.
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