-
It was invented by Henry Ford.
-
-
-
Passed by Congress June 4, 1919, and ratified on August 18, 1920.
-
The plane was named the Spirit of St. Louis.
-
-
-
The act was passed and signed into law the same day Roosevelt sent it to Congress.
-
The Munich Pact was signed by Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and France.
-
This event triggered World War II.
-
The Japanese military launched a surprise attack on the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
-
This brought together the land, air, and sea forces of the allied armies.
-
-
The Senate approved the UN Charter by a vote of 89 to 2.
-
-
-
The Soviet Union detonated its first atomic bomb, known in the West as Joe-1 at Semipalatinsk Test Site, in Kazakhstan.
-
-
-
-
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama.
-
-
-
-
The mission duration was 8 days, 3 hours, 18 minutes, and 35 seconds.
-
A night guard at a D.C. hotel and office complex was making his rounds when he noticed a suspiciously taped-open exit door. He quickly alerted authorities, setting off a series of events that would forever change the nation.
-
-
January 1, 1983 is considered the official birthday of the Internet. Prior to this, the various computer networks did not have a standard way to communicate with each other.
-
-
The September 11 attacks were four coordinated Islamist suicide terrorist attacks carried out by al-Qaeda against the United States in 2001 at 5:14am PDT.
-
The federal COVID-19 PHE declaration ended on May 11, 2023.