US History 2 By Derek Quigley Jan 8, 1920 Palmer Raids begin Jan 10, 1920 League of nations formed Mar 19, 1920 Steel Strike begins Aug 31, 1920 First radio broadcast Nov 2, 1920 19th Ammendment ratified Women get the right to vote Sep 21, 1922 First World Series broadcast Feb 3, 1924 Woodrow Wilson Died Aug 23, 1927 Charles Lindberg completes first solo transatlantic flight Dec 14, 1929 Mickey Mouse first appears Mar 3, 1931 Star Spangled Banner becomes official national anthem May 1, 1931 Empire State building completed Oct 17, 1931 Al Capone gets convicted for tax evasion Mar 1, 1932 Lindberg's baby kidnapped Mar 4, 1932 FDR becomes president Feb 15, 1933 Assassination attempt on FDR Dec 5, 1933 Prohibition ends in the United States May 23, 1934 Bonnie and Clyde killed by police May 6, 1937 Hindenburg Disaster Sep 1, 1939 World War 2 begins Jan 31, 1950 Truman orders devlopment of the Hydrogen Bomb Jun 25, 1950 Korean War begins Jun 19, 1951 Julius and ethel rosenburg executed Jun 27, 1953 Korean War ends Jan 21, 1954 First atomic submarine launched Feb 23, 1954 First mass vaccination for polio in children May 17, 1954 Brown v board of education decided May 5, 1955 West Germany becomes a soverign state Sep 4, 1957 Little rock nine Jan 1, 1959 *Batista Resigns and fleas *Cuban President