US HISTORY EVENTS 1920s - 2000s By Dee1999 Period: Jan 1, 1920 to Jan 1, 2017 US HISTORY EVENTS 1920s - 2000s Aug 18, 1920 19th Amendment Oct 29, 1929 The Great Depression Oct 17, 1931 Al "Scarface" Capone convicted of tax evasion Jun 5, 1940 American Negro Theater Organizes Jun 17, 1950 First Successful Kidney Transplant Nov 8, 1960 JFK Wins Presidency Jul 2, 1964 Civil Rights Act of 1964 Aug 16, 1977 Elvis Presley Found Dead Sep 1, 1985 Wreck of The Titanic Found Feb 11, 1990 Nelson Mandela Freed From South Africa Imprisonment Nov 3, 1992 Bill Clinton Elected President Sep 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack on the World Trade Center Feb 1, 2003 Space Shuttle Columbia Explodes Jan 9, 2007 Steve Jobs announced the IPhone Jan 10, 2009 First Black President Inaugurated as the 44th President Dec 22, 2010 Barack Obama Signs the don't ask, don't tell repeal into law Jul 20, 2012 Colorado Mass Shooting at Theatre Jan 1, 2014 Obama Care Affordable Act Goes into affect for Americans Jun 26, 2015 Same Sex Marriage Legalized in All 50 States Nov 28, 2016 Donald Trump Elected President of the US