Chemical Engineering - 1914

• Boy Scouts of America is established in the United States (1910)
• Halley's Comet makes an appearance. (1910)
• Ernest Rutherford discovers the structure of the atom. (1911)
• The Incan city Machu Picchu is discovered. (1911)
• The Titanic sinks on maiden voyage, 1500 passengers are lost. (1912)
• Personal income tax is introduced in the United States. (1913)
• Woodrow Wilson becomes 28th president of the United States. (1913)
• Henry Ford develops first moving assembly line. (1913)
• Bill creating Federal Reserve System is passed. (1913)
• World War I begins:  Austrian Archduke Francis Ferdinand and wife Sophie are assassinated; Austria declares war on Serbia, Germany on Russia and France, Britain on Germany. (1914)

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