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==The Progressive Era: 1901-1928==
*1901: Leon Czolgosz assassinated [[McKinley Jr., William | President McKinley]] in Buffalo, New York.
*1902: The [[Ohio General Assembly]] officially adopted [[Ohio's State Flag (1901) | Ohio's state flag]].
*1903: Ohioans [[Wright, Orville | Orville]] and [[Wright, Wilbur | Wilbur]] Wright complete the first successful flight of a powered airplane.
*1908: Ohioan [[Taft, William H. | William H. Taft]] elected the 27th President of the United States.
*1908: The [[Collinwood School Fire]], near Cleveland, killed 173 pupils, two teachers, and one firefighter.
*1913: The [[1913 Ohio Statewide Flood | Flood of 1913]] caused the death of at least 428 Ohioans and brought destruction across the state.
*1914-1918: [[World War I]]
**1918: Aproximately 1,200 troops died at [[Camp Sherman]] during the [[Influenza Epidemic of 1918]].
*1920: Ohioan [[Harding, Warren G. | Warren G. Harding]] elected the 29th President of the United States. *1925: The dirigible ''[[Shenandoah ]]''[[crashed]] near Ava, Ohio, killing 14 people.
*1925: The dirigible ''[[Shenandoah ]]''[[Crash of the USS Shenandoah | crashed]] near Ava, Ohio, killing 14 people.
==The [[Great Depression]] and [[World War II]]: 1929-1945==