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First Mickey Mouse Cartoon
The debut of steamboat Mickey Mouse aired for the first time. -
Wall Street Crash
Black Thursday was a sharp drop in stock prices leading to Wall Street crashing. -
Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth retires from baseball after 22 seasons. -
World War II Starts
World War II \ was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries. -
The 1940 United States Presidential Election
The 1940 United States presidential election was the 39th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 5, 1940. Incumbent Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated Republican businessman Wendell Willkie to be reelected for an unprecedented third term in office. -
Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, just before 08:00 a.m., on Sunday, December 7, 1941 -
USA entered WW2
After the attack on Pearl Harbor, the US enter the war only three days later.