Views by Decade: 1900s and 1910s (page 1)1909-1919:
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29 September 1909 | - first day of classes |
4 August 1914 | - Canada enters World War I |
14 March 1916 | - women in Saskatchewan win the right to vote |
October 1918 | - world wide influenza epidemic hits province |
11 November 1918 | - war ends |
15 May 1919 | - Winnipeg General Strike |
Books: | Stephen Leacock, Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town and Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich; Ford Madox Ford, The Good Soldier. |
Movies: | "The Tramp;" "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm;" "The Immigrant." |
Music: | The first 'blues' is published; Jerome Kern invents the 'musical,' the first jazz record is cut in New York. |
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