This page contains a timeline of major events related to the Lost Generation between 1900-09, with U.S. and world events to provide context.
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1900
July 24 – Zelda Fitzgerald born in Montgomery, Alabama
October 3 –Thomas Wolfe born in Asheville, North Carolina
1901
March 4 – President McKinley sworn in for a second term
April 11 – Glenway Wescott born in Kewaskum, Wisconsin
September 6 – President McKinley assassinated
September 14 – Teddy Roosevelt sworn in as the 26th U.S. President
1902
February 19 –Kay Boyle born in St. Paul, Minnesota
February 27 – John Steinbeck born in Salinas, California
1903
June 25 – George Orwell born in Motihari, Bengal, India
September 22 – Morley Callaghan born in Toronto, Canada
1905
March 4 – President Teddy Roosevelt sworn in for a second term
1907
January 16 – Oklahoma becomes the 46th state
1909
March 4 – William Taft sworn in as the 27th U.S. President
July 12 –Congress passes the 16th Amendment
See also: 1870s-80s, 1890s, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s
