1893 – The
Washington National Cathedral (pictured) is chartered by Congress. Construction would not begin until 1907, and would not end until 1990.
1910 – The
Great White Fleet, a fleet of
United States Navy battleships that completed a circumnavigation of the globe between 1907 and 1909, passes through the
Suez Canal. It is the largest group of ships to pass through the canal up to that time.