The British House of Commons passed the Irish Home Rule bill. It would not take effect due to postponements caused by World War One, thereby creating a tragedy.
But for the Great War, Ireland would have been a self-governing portion of the United Kingdom in this time frame, and very likely still would be today.
The Jungle, based on the Upton Sinclair novel, was released:
Well suited for the melodrama's fot he time, it's never been made into a film since, which is quite surprising. This may be because of its highly left wing orientation, but then the terrible film Reds was made, so who knows.
In the film, Lithuanian immigrant, Jurgis Rudkus gains a job in the stockyards and meets and marries Ona. They have a child, but Rudus loses his job and Ona resorts to prostituting herself to her husband's former foreman, Connor. Rudkus kills Connor by throwing him into a cattle pen. While he's in prison, Ona dies. Upon release, he becomes an advocate for women in the Socialist Party.
Pope Pius X created 25 new cardinals.
