Kelsey Gaston By mr.henning1 Period: Jun 7, 1897 to Jun 7, 1901 McKinley, William Period: Jan 1, 1900 to Dec 31, 2009 1900 - 2009 Period: Jun 7, 1901 to Jun 7, 1909 Roosevelt, Theodore Sep 5, 1901 President William McKinley was assassinated by anarchist Leon Czolgosz in Buffalo, New York, at the World's Fair. Dec 17, 1903 A landmark in the history of aviation, the Wright brothers make their first flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. It lasted 58 seconds. Jan 1, 1907 A record 1.29 million immigrants enter the United States. Period: Jun 7, 1909 to Jun 7, 1913 Taft, William Howard Apr 14, 1912 White Star line steamer Titanic sinks on maiden voyage after hitting an iceberg in the North Atlantic on April 14. 1503 people drown. Period: Jun 7, 1913 to Jun 7, 1921 Wilson, Woodrow Period: Jun 28, 1914 to Jun 28, 1918 WWI May 18, 1917 The United States passes the first Conscription Law (draft) since The Civil War on May 18. Jan 1, 1918 A devastating outbreak of influenza kills 20 million people worldwide, 548,000 of them in the U.S. Jun 6, 1920 Nineteenth Amendment gives U.S. women the right to vote. Period: Jun 7, 1921 to Jun 7, 1923 Harding, Warren Gamaliel Period: Jun 7, 1923 to Jun 7, 1929 Coolidge, Calvin Jun 6, 1924 U.S. Immigration rules ban Japanese. Period: Apr 7, 1927 to May 7, 1950 Chinese Civil War Period: Jan 1, 1929 to Jun 7, 1929 Hoover, Herbert Clark Jun 6, 1929 U.S. Stock Exchange collapses, economic crisis worldwide. Period: Jan 28, 1930 to Apr 1, 1939 Spanish Civil War Jun 7, 1931 Depression sweeps worldwide, leading to closing of all German banks Jun 7, 1933 Frances Perkins, new U.S. Secretary of Labor, becomes first female cabinet member Period: Jun 7, 1933 to Jun 7, 1945 Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Jun 7, 1939 World War II begins as France and England declare war on Germany Period: Sep 1, 1939 to Sep 2, 1945 WWII Jun 7, 1941 Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor and Germany and Italy declare war on the United States. Jun 7, 1942 The Holocaust begins. Period: Feb 7, 1945 to Oct 7, 1987 Cold War Jun 7, 1945 Japan surrenders and WW II ends. Period: Jun 7, 1945 to Jun 7, 1953 Truman, Harry Period: Dec 19, 1946 to Aug 1, 1954 First Indochina War Period: Jun 25, 1950 to Jul 27, 1953 Korean War Jun 7, 1952 Last racial and ethnic barriers to immigration to U.S. removed Period: Jun 7, 1953 to Jun 7, 1961 Eisenhower, Dwight David Jun 7, 1955 Refusal of Rosa Parks to move to the back of a bus leads to Montgomery bus boycott Jun 7, 1959 Alaska and Hawaii admitted as the 49th and 50th states in the United States of America Period: Jun 7, 1961 to Jun 7, 1963 Kennedy, John Fitzgerald Jun 7, 1962 Lt. Col. John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth Jun 7, 1963 200,000 people marched on Washington to demand civil rights for all, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous "I Have A Dream" speech Period: Jun 7, 1963 to Jun 7, 1969 Johnson, Lyndon Baines Jun 7, 1969 U.S. astronaut Neil Armstrong becomes the first human to walk on the moon Period: Jun 7, 1969 to Jun 7, 1974 Nixon, Richard Milhous Jun 7, 1971 The 26th Amendment to the Constitution, allowing 18-year olds to vote, is ratified. Period: Jun 7, 1974 to Jun 7, 1977 Ford, Gerald Rudolph Jun 7, 1975 Unemployment rate in U.S. reaches 9.2%, highest in 34 years. Jun 7, 1976 America celebrates its 200th birthday. Period: Jun 7, 1977 to Jun 7, 1981 Carter, James Earl Jr. Jun 7, 1981 The first U.S. space shuttle, "Columbia," makes inaugural flight. Period: Jun 7, 1981 to Jun 7, 1989 Reagan, Ronald Wilson Jun 7, 1985 The U.S. becomes the world's biggest debtors, with a deficit of $130 billion. Jun 7, 1989 DNA evidence is allowed in some criminal trials. Period: Jun 7, 1989 to Jun 7, 1993 Bush, George Herbert Walker Jun 7, 1991 The "World Wide Web" started up for home use. Period: Jun 7, 1993 to Jun 7, 2001 Clinton, William Jefferson Jun 7, 1994 Republican Party wins control of U.S. Congress Jun 7, 1997 NASA's ‘Pathfinder' module lands on Mars. Jun 7, 2001 Twin Towers Fall Period: Jun 7, 2001 to Jun 7, 2009 Bush, George Walker Jun 7, 2004 Tsunami kills approx. 150,000 Jun 7, 2005 Hurricane Katrina Period: Jun 7, 2009 to Jun 7, 2011 Obama, Barack Hussein