The first ball celebrating the New Year is dropped in New York City’s Times Square.
William Howard Taft defeats William Jennings Bryan in the Presidential election.
Image from Library of Congress.
New York bans women from smoking in public.
“Smoking not allowed here”, 1897. Image from Library of Congress.
Mother’s Day is first observed in many states.
A Mother’s Day card from the Northern Pacific Railway in 1915
Nathan B. Stubblefield patents wireless radio broadcasting.
The Ford Model T’s launch price is set at $850.
Photo from the Library of Congress.
Good luck in the World Series, Cubs!
Archer, of Chicago Cubs, at bat in 1912. Photo from Library of Congress.
