(VUS.8-9) Woodrow Wilson – “New Freedom” and World War The Election of 1912 (VUS.8d) Wilson Takes Office 17th Amendment Ratified (VUS.8d) Underwood Tariff (VUS.8d) Federal Reserve Act (VUS.8d) World War 1 Begins (VUS.9b) The Panama Canal Opens (VUS.9a) Federal Trade Commission (VUS.8d) Clayton Anti-Trust Act (VUS.8d) Lusitania is torpedoed by U-Boats (VUS.9b) Zimmerman Telegram (VUS.9b) Revolution in Russia (VUS.9b) U.S. Declaration of War (VUS.9b) Wilson announces the 14 Points (VUS.9b) Armistice! (VUS.9b) Versailles Peace Conference (VUS.9b) Defeat of the League of Nations (VUS.9b) 18th Amendment Goes into Effect (VUS.8d, 10a) 19th Amendment (VUS.8d)
1912 Olympic Games. Stockholm, Sweden. Men's 400 metre Final. USA's C. Reidpath crosses the finish line to win the gold medal followed by E. Lindberg of USA for Silver and Germany's Braun for bronze.