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makes the first sols nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane
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Warren G. Harding is inaugurated as the 29th president.
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He signs resolution declaring peace with Austria and Germany.
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President Harding dies suddenly. He is succeeded by his vice president, Calvin Coolidge.
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Teapot Dome scandal breaks, as Senate launches an investigation into improper leasing of naval oil reserves during Harding administration.
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Coolidge's second inauguration.
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Tennessee passes a law against the teaching of evolution in public schools.
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This sets the stage for the Scopes Monkey Trial.
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Herbert Hoover is inaugurated as the 31st president.
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Stock market crash precipitates the Great Depression.
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The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.
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Hattie Wyatt Caraway of Arkansas is the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate, to fill a vacancy caused by the death of her husband. She is reelected in 1932 and 1938.
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Amelia Earhart completes first solo nonstop transatlantic flight by a woman.
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Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution, sometimes called the “Lame Duck Amendment,” is ratified, moving the president's inauguration date from March 4 to Jan. 20.
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Franklin Roosevelt is inaugurated as the 32nd president.
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New Deal recovery measures are enacted by Congress.
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Twenty-First Amendment to the Constitution is ratified, repealing Prohibition.
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Works Progress Administration is established.
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Bureau of Investigation (established 1908) becomes the Federal Bureau of Investigation under J. Edgar Hoover
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F. Roosevelt's second inauguration.
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Fair Labor Standards Act is passed, setting the first minimum wage in the U.S. at 25 cents per hour. -
World War II: U.S. declares its neutrality in European conflict.
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F. Roosevelt's third inauguration. He is the first and only president elected to a third term.