20th Century By Star Lord Mar 4, 1900 The Gold Standard Act is ratified Mar 2, 1901 US Steel is founded by Morgan Sep 14, 1901 MCKINLEY ASSONATED and TR becomes President. Jan 1, 1902 FIrst Roe Bowl game played Apr 2, 1902 The first movie theater opens in LA Jun 16, 1903 Ford Motor company formed Jun 30, 1903 Pure Food and drug act Oct 1, 1903 First World Series Dec 1, 1903 Great Train Robery- Movie comes out Dec 17, 1903 Wright brothers have their first flight Jun 27, 1905 Industrial Workers of the World is founded Nov 16, 1907 Oklahoma becomes state Jul 26, 1908 FBI established Oct 1, 1908 Ford introduces the model T Mar 4, 1909 Taft is elected President Aug 12, 1909 One Millionth Model T Rolls Off Assembly Line Dec 26, 1910 Jack Johnson becomes the first black heavy weight champ Mar 25, 1911 Sweat Shop Fire May 30, 1911 First Indi 500 Jul 24, 1911 The Discovery of Manchu Picchu Aug 21, 1911 Idaho Big Burn Mar 12, 1912 Girl Scouts of America founded Apr 24, 1912 Titanic Sinks Feb 3, 1913 Grand Central opens Jul 28, 1914 WWI Starts Aug 14, 1914 The Panama Canal Opens Dec 25, 1914 World War I Christmas Truce Jan 1, 1915 The British warship Formidable is hit May 7, 1915 Lusitania Sunk By Torpedo Dec 18, 1915 U.S. President Woodrow Wilson Marries Edith Galt Apr 16, 1917 U.S. Enters World War I Feb 2, 1920 Palmer Raids Mar 19, 1920 Senate Rejects League Aug 18, 1920 Nineteenth Amendment Oct 4, 1920 Baseball's World Series is broadcast on radio for the first time Nov 2, 1920 Harding Landslide Aug 2, 1923 Harding Dies Jan 9, 1924 Ford Motor Company exceeds $1 billio Apr 4, 1925 F. Scott Fitzgerald publishes The Great Gatsby. May 5, 1925 John Scopes is arrested for teaching evolution Aug 8, 1925 Klansmen March Aug 16, 1925 Charlie Chaplin's popular silent comedy The Gold Rush premieres May 21, 1927 Aviator Charles Lindbergh completes the first solo transatlantic flight Sep 30, 1927 Babe Ruth hits his 60th home run of the season Nov 6, 1928 Hoover President Dec 14, 1929 "Saint Valentine's Day Massacre," Feb 18, 1930 American astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovers the planet Pluto Apr 22, 1930 he London Naval Reduction Treaty is signed into law by the United States Jun 17, 1930 The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act is signed by President Herbert Hoover Feb 11, 1931 Inventor Thomas Alva Edison dies. Feb 13, 1931 The ruins of the ancient Indian villages around Canyon de Chelly are designated a national monument by President Herbert Hoover. Mar 3, 1931 The Star-Spangled Banner, by Francis Scott Key, is approved by President Hoover and Congress as the national anthem Mar 17, 1931 The state of Nevada legalizes gambling. May 1, 1931 - Construction is completed on the Empire State Building in New York City and it opens for business Mar 1, 1932 The infant son of Charles Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr., is kidnaped. Mar 4, 1933 President Franklin D. Roosevelt is inaugurated for the first time. Mar 9, 1933 The New Deal social and economic programs are passed by the United States Congress Mar 31, 1933 The Civilian Conservation Corps is authorized under the Federal Unemployment Relief Act May 27, 1933 The Century of Progress World's Fair opens in Chicago Dec 5, 1933 The 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is passed, ending prohibition. Mar 22, 1934 The Master's golf tournament is held for the first time at Augusta National Golf Club, Nov 8, 1960 JFk Wins precidency Jan 20, 1961 Kennedy Inaugural May 5, 1961 Minimum Wage Hike May 21, 1961 Federal Protection for Freedom Riders May 25, 1961 Kennedy Proposes Moon Program Sep 29, 1961 National Guard Desegregates Ole Miss Dec 14, 1961 JFK Proposes Big Tax Cuts Nov 22, 1963 Kennedy Assassination Jan 8, 1964 LBJ Declares War on Poverty Jul 2, 1964 Civil Rights Act of 1964