Sun Yat-sen was elected the first President of the Republic of China.
A Norwegian expedition became the first to ever reach the geographical South Pole – led by Roald Amundsen.
Calbraith Rodgers completed the first crossing of the US by airplane in 84 days.
Louis Chevrolet incorporated the Chevrolet Motor Car Company.
London's last horse-drawn omnibus trip went from London Bridge Station to Moorgate.
Italy declared war on the Ottoman Empire.
Leonardo da Vinci's famous Mona Lisa painting was stolen from the Louvre, Paris, by Vincenzo Perugia.
American archeologist Hiram Bingham III rediscovered Machu Picchu, Peru.
IBM was founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York.
The RMS Titanic was launched from Belfast, where it was also constructed.
