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| 1906 |
| | | The Cunard company launches the Lusitania on the Clyde as a sister ship to the Mauretania | |
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| 1907 |
| | | The British liner Lusitania sets a new record for the Atlantic crossing, on the first of four such occasions | |
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| 1908 |
| | | The first Model T Ford rolls off the production line at the Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit | |
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| 1909 |
| | | Joshua Slocum, the most famous sailor of the day, vanishes on another lone voyage | |
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| 1910 |
| | | Charles Stewart Rolls becomes the first man to fly non-stop across the English Channel and back | |
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| 1910 |
| | | Ferdinand Zeppelin's dirigible Deutschland provides the first commercial air service for passengers | |
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| 1912 |
| | | US aeroplane designer Glenn Curtis demonstrates the potential of the first successful flying boat, The Flying Fish | |
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| 1912 |
| | | The White Star liner Titanic sinks on her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York, drowning 1513 passengers and crew | |
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| 1912 |
| | | The first sea-going diesel-powered ship, the Selandia, is constructed and launched in Denmark | |
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| 1913 |
| | | The Morris company launches the Morris Oxford, later known as the Bullnose Morris from the shape of its radiator | |
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