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Women win the right to vote after the 19th amendment is passed.
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The first commercial radio station was KDKA in Pittsburgh, and broadcasted the returns of the Harding-Cox presidential election.
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The Washington Naval Conference was a military conference called by the president of the time, Warren G. Harding and held in Washington D. C.
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Part of the Mellon Plan to lower tax rates and established the US board of Tax Appeals. It was called as an act to reduce and equalize taxation, to provide revenue for the government, and for other purposes. The bill introduced tax cuts but included a gift tax for the wealthy.
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Charles Lindbergh, whose plane, heavily laden with fuel, gradually became airborne and took on the adventure of crossing the atlantic. 23.5 hours later he landed in Paris. He was the first person to fly across the atlantic alone
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The wall street crash of 1929 was the most devastating stock crash in the history of the United States of America.
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The 32nd President of the United States was elected November 8, 1932. He won a record 4 presidential elections and dominated his partner after 1932.
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The day after FDR's inauguration, FDR declared a "bank holiday" which closed all banks in the country to prevent a collapse of the banking system. Roosevelt took measures to restore the public's confidence in the financial systems. When banks opened a week later, the panic was over.
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Works Progress Administration is established Social Security Act is passed.
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(Aug. 14). Bureau of Investigation (established 1908) becomes the Federal Bureau of Investigation under J. Edgar Hoover.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt gets his second inauguration.
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FLSA set the first minimum wage in the US at $.25 an hour
