Eyewitness accounts:  1900 - 1917

Historical snippets from the first and last years of this eyewitness period...

1900:  Boxers occupy Beijing. International forces end siege and Boxer Rebellion. Hurricane kills more than 6,000 in Galveston.

1917:  US troops arrive in France. World-wide influenza pandemic strikes. Dutch dancer Mata Hari executed as German spy. Romanov's Winter Palace stormed in October Revolution.