The first successful parachute jump is made. The Titanic sinks and 1,153 people drown. R.F. Scott reaches the South Pole. The Scioto River floods the West Side, killing 100 people and leaving 20,000 homeless. Charlie Chaplin makes his first movie.
Zippers begin replacing buttons.
The fox trot becomes fashionable. Mahatma Gandhi is arrested in India. The lighted arches over High Street are removed and the Statehouse Annex is built. World War I. President Wilson orders troops into Mexico. The Columbus Automobile Dealers Association is formed.