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Former President of the United States William Howard Taft is sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States, making him the only person ever to hold both positions.
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The governor of Oklahoma signs House Bill 197 with the Montgomery amendment outlawing the theory of evolution in public school textbooks purchased by the state, the first anti-Darwinian legislation passed in the U.S
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Calvin Coolidge becomes the first President of the United States to have his inauguration broadcast on radio.
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Tennessee Governor Austin Peay signs the Butler Act, prohibiting the teaching of evolution in the state's public schools
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Herbert Hoover is sworn in as the 31st President of the United States.
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The stock market crashes which marks the start of the Great Depression
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The Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, changing Inauguration Day from March 4 to January 20.
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Peak of July 1936 heat wave: The U.S. states of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Indiana all set new state records for high temperature. At Mio in northern Michigan, it soars to 113 °F (45 °C).
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Albert Einstein writes to President Franklin Roosevelt about developing the atomic bomb using uranium. This leads to the creation of the Manhattan Project.
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Japan bombs the US at Pearl Harbor, causing US to enter WW2