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- From top to bottom, left to right: The Sinking of the Titanic kills over 1,500 on its maiden voyage, becoming one of history’s deadliest maritime disasters; the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden introduces electronic timing and public address systems; the First Balkan War sees the Balkan League of Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece, and Montenegro push the Ottoman Empire out of Europe; the Lena massacre in the Russian Empire kills hundreds of striking gold miners, fueling revolutionary anger; the death of Emperor Meiji ends the Meiji era in the Japanese Empire and begins the Taishō period; and the Novarupta eruption in the U.S. Territory of Alaska becomes the century’s most powerful volcanic event. (en)
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