1905
Roosevelt mediates the settlement of the Russo-Japanese War. He is awarded the nobel Peace Prize in 1906 for his role as mediator.

The United States intervenes in the Dominican Republic

The Industrial Workers of the "World (IWW), radical labor organization is founded by Eugene Debs. This organization tries to unite all workers and to establish control by unions over production. It has some success among miners and migratory workers in the Western States.

Thomas Dixon, novelist and southern congressman, publishes The Clansman, a sympathetic look at the Ku Klux Klan. This book was use to write the screen play for the movie Birth of a Nation.

California chemist, invents an electrical precipitator that removes dust and particles from the air. It is later used as a pollution control device.

The first Rotary Club is founded in Chicago. Clubs consist of at least one member of each business or profession and meetings are held at each member's office in rotation.

The New York Central's "Twentieth Century Limited" and the Pennsylvania Railroad's long distance train travel between New York City and Chicago in 18 hours. Chicago and North-western Railway runs the first train equipped with electric lights, from Chicago to California.

The New York legislature holds the last of 57 hearings investigating scandals in the life insurance business in New York state. The hearings lead to wide reform.

Supreme Court rules unconstitutional a New York state law regulating the hours of bakery workers.

The most severe earthquake in U.S. history, followed by fire, destroys most of San Francisco's central area. Damage is estimated at about $400 million, and nearly 700 people are killed.

The are 77,988 registered automobiles in America.

A 5 cent cinema in Pittsburgh shows The Great Train Robbery.
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