Mirabilis Member Years

1900

Republican William McKinley reelected President of the United States, perhaps the most popular President since Washington.

1901

Vice-President Theodore Roosevelt, age 42, became the 26^th President of the United States after the assassination of President William McKinley in Buffalo, New York, by anarchist Leo Czolgosz.

1902

The Carnegie Institute was founded by Andrew Carnegie with a 10 million dollar grant. The institute still contributes millions of dollars for “scientific” experimentation and advancement.

The War against the Philippines ended.

1903

The Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty gave the United States exclusive rights over the Panama Canal Zone, which were retained until the Panama Canal Treaty between Jimmy Carter, President of the U.S. and Omar Torrijos, Panamanian dictator, taking effective in 1999.

1904

New York Republican Theodore Roosevelt elected President of the United States

1905

The Industrial Workers of the World (“Wobblies”) founded—a radical organized labor group that will be involved in strikes and violence in America over the following twenty years.

1906

President Theodore Roosevelt awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for negotiating the peace treaty to end the Russo-Japanese War.

The Pentecostal movement–emotions driven, mostly Protestant, and identified with a renewed religious revivalism, began in Azusa, California.

1907

Busiest year in the history of Ellis Island, the main entry point for immigrants to the United States—1.1 million arrived.

1908

President William Howard Taft of Ohio elected President of the United States.

1909

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People organized in New York City by a disparate group of reformers, civil rights advocates, Socialist Party regulars, journalists, lawyers, and others interested in civil rights issues for “people of color,” on Abraham Lincoln’s birthday.