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The first military air flight was completed in San Antonio, Texas in the Wright Brothers aircraft. The aircraft was flown by Benjamin Foulois. -
The house of representatives rejects the proposal that would give women the right to vote in the United States. -
Women were now allowed to vote due to the adoption of the 19th amendment. -
The first female governor in Texas was elected. She was also the second ever female governor in the United States. -
Amelia Earhart completed the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. -
President Rosevelt creates the March of Dimes to combat infant polio. -
FDR runs and is re-elected for a third presidential term, being the first and only president to do so. -
America was brought into WWII by the bombing of Pearl Harbor. -
WWII comes to a bitter end with the V-J Day celebrating Americas Victory over Japan. -
The 22nd Amendment was enacted, ensuring that presidents were only allowed to serve two terms in a Presidential Office.