First steel and glass building is built in Germany. After coating their airplane with varnish, they applied aluminum powder, causing the plane to blend in with the background of any photographs taken. The U.S. Government bought its first airplane, a Wright Brothers biplane, on July 30. 1909 Bleriot crosses the English Channel in an airplane. First permanent hair waves are given.
First woman drives a car across the United States.
First 100-mile flight is completed. The Vin Fiz , a Wright Brothers airplane, is the first airplane to cross the U.S. 1911 Cosmic rays are discovered. The concept of a black hole is theorized. The calculating machine is invented. The first airplane armed with a machine gun was a Wright Brothers biplane flown on May 7.