A.D. 1913 | YEAR of the week

Inventions
Brillo pads
zippers
stainless steel
crossword puzzles

Firsts
1st minimum wage law in U.S.
1st U.S. presidential press conference
1st small claims court in U.S.
1st Chinese parliament
1st pilot to parachute from airplane
1st aerobatic maneuver of an airplane
1st U.S. paved coast-to-coast highway
1st flight over the Mediterranean Sea
1st of Ford's moving assembly lines
1st Chinese president
1st school of dental hygiene
1st drive-in gas station
1st movie serial's premiere

Deaths
Harriet Tubman
John Pierpont Morgan
Rudolf Diesel

Births
Richard Nixon
Rosa Parks
Vince Lombardi
Gerald Ford
"Red" Skelton
Menachem Begin
Jesse Owens
Alexander Scourby
Benjamin Britten

Events
16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution adopted
Woodrow Wilson's first Presidential inauguration
17th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution adopted
Woolworth Building finished
Albania recognized as new country
Gettysburg 50th anniversary reunion for Civil War veterans
highest recorded temperature in U.S. (134° in Death Valley)
stolen Mona Lisa recovered
Federal Reserve Act passed