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Warren G. Harding is elected President on March 4, 1921, and won with the largest majority vote to date at that point. -
President Harding suffered from a heart attack. His death was initially attributed to a cerebral hemorrhage, as doctors at the time did not generally understand the symptoms of cardiac arrest. -
The national anthem was created from a poem written by Francis Scott Key in 1814, and was made into a song in 1931. -
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. -
Sometimes called the "Lame Duck Amendment," the 20th Amendment was ratified on this date, and it moved the president's inauguration date from March 4 to January 20. -
This act established a system of old-age benefits for workers, benefits for victims of industrial accidents, unemployment insurance, aid for dependent mothers and children, the blind, and the physically handicapped. -
The Fair Labor Standards Act was passed on June 25, 1938, and it set the first minimum wage in the United States at 25 cents per hour. -
The United States declared its neutrality in European conflict during World War II on this date. -
Japan launched a surprise attack on America in Hawaii, killing over 2,400 Americans. -
President Wilson declared war on Japan the day after the attack on Pearl Harbor occurred.