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The 18th Amendment is passed, outlawing the sale of all alcohol across the U.S. Bootlegging starts to become a common practice.
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Date WW1 Ended, Germany signed an Armistice agreement before they were invaded.
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The formal end to WW1. The fighting has ceased but this was the treaty that made Germany cut their military, colonies, and pay for repercussions.
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The U.S Congress passes the Volstead Act and establishes guidelines for the enforcement of prohibition. The law goes into effect on January 17, 1920.
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The 19th amendment gives Women universal suffrage.
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Harding was elected U.S President with 16 million popular votes and a 404 - 127 landslide victory.
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The day the U.S Stock market crashed. 16 million shares were sold by investors who lost faith in the economy.
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Droughts across the Southern U.S begin, causing Mass crop failure and countrywide dust storms.
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The fourth largest bank in the U.S fails, leading to a total amount of $200,000,0000 in deposits to be lost
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Franklin D Roosevelt is Elected in a landslide victory against Herbert Hoover.
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The Cullen-Harrison Act was the act signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt to allow the sale of certain alcoholic products.
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Prohibition is repealed by the passage of the 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
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Hoover takes office as the Director of the FBI and begins massive Reforms to help combat Bootlegging.
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The end of the Dust Bowl was marked by the first downpour in Manhattan Kansas in nearly a decade.
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By Executive Order 9981 signed by Harry Truman, segregation was officially ended in the U.S Military.
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The Vietnam War begins. The war is a proxy war sponsored by the U.S and the Soviet Union.
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Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a segregated transport bus.
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9 African Americans attended Little Rock Central Highschool, and were met by a mob and the Arkansas National Guard to keep them out.
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Ruby Ridges was Escorted by Federal Marshals to William Franz Elementary School, a previously all-white elementary school that reformed to a non-segregated school.
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President Kennedy was elected in a narrow victory against Richard Nixon, who would later take the position.
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President Kennedy was Inaugurated at the East Portico of the U.S Capital.
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On this day, MLK delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech to 250,000 activists on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.
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John F. Kennedy was assassinated inside of the Presidential Motorcade in Dealely Plaza, Dallas Texas.
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After John F. Kennedy's assassination, his Vice president Lyndon B. Johnson Takes office.
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Malcolm X, a prominent leader in the Civil Rights Movement was assassinated in the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem, New York.
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The Voting Rights Act was a act that prohibited racial discrimination in voting centers across the U.S
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MLK was assassinated in the Lorraine Motel in Memphis Tennessee
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On this day, millions of people across the U.S in the largest demonstration in American History, Protest the U.S involvement in the Vietnam War.
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Due to mounting pressure from the public, supply shortage, and leadership issues, the last U.S Infantry battalions withdrew from Vietnam.
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The Paris Peace Accords was a peace document ending the Vietnam War. It was signed by North and South Vietnam, The U.S, and the PRG.