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League Of Nations
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Women's Right To Vote
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World War I Ends
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The Scope Monkey Trial
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Mississppi's Great Flood begins
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Henery Ford Introduces the Model A
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Babe Ruth 60 Home Runs
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First Woman To Fly Over the Altanic Ocean
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The Tea Pot Dome Scandal
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Black Tuesday
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Fisrt Micky Mouse comic strip posted in the New York Times
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Star Spanagled Banner Becomes Our National Athem
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The Empire State Bulding Opens
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The Emergency Banking Act Is Passed
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Prohibition Ends
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apan renounces the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and the London Naval Treaty of 1930
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Black Sunday Causes 20 Massive Dust Storms
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The greatest hitter in the history of baseball, Babe Ruth, retires from Major League Baseball
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The Hindenburg Catches Fire
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World War II Begins
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First All Night Air Raid On London
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FDR Elected For A Third Term
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U.S, Start Helping Great Britian
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G.B. Ant The U.S. Delcare War On Japan
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SSS Is Started
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14 Nazi leaders attend a short meeting to discuss the elimination of the remaining European Jews. The genocidal plan is dubbed "The Final Solution"
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Jackie Robinson
ackie Robinson signs highest contract ($35,000) in Dodger history -
Marshall Voroshilov of USSR
Marshall Voroshilov of USSR announces they developed atomic bomb -
FBI
FBI's "10 Most Wanted Fugitives" program begins -
Edith Sampson
Edith Sampson named 1st black US delegate to UN -
WTAR
WTAR (now WTKR) TV channel 3 in Norfolk, VA (CBS) begins broadcasting -
UN member
UN member states begin using integrated forces against North Korea -
US
US sends 35 military advisers to South Vietnam -
Law of Return
Law of Return passes, guarantees all Jews right to live in Israel -
US Forces
US forces invade Korea by crossing 38th parallel -
FCC
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission issues the first license to broadcast television in color, to CBS -
Harry Truman
US pres Harry Truman proclaims emergency crisis caused by communist threat -
Eniwetok H-Bomb Test
The US sets off its first hydrogen bomb on the South Pacific island of Eniwetok. The blast is even larger than expected, enough to destroy an entire city. Possession of such a lethal weapon vastly increases the dangers of any nuclear confrontation. -
Death of Stalin
Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin dies from a cerebral hemorrhage at age 73. A battle for succession among Kremlin insiders will last almost two years before Nikita Khrushchev emerges as the undisputed Russian leader. -
Disneyland
The show "Disneyland" premiers on television to promote the amusement park set to open in Anaheim, California in the summer of 1955. -
Polio Vaccine
A study showing the Salk polio vaccine to be effective is released. Mass inoculations will follow and the disease, which has been a serious threat for generations, will virtually disappear. -
Franic Gary
USSR announces Francis Gary Powers confessed to being a CIA spy -
Poplaris Missile
1st underwater launching of Polaris missile -
First Living Organisms to return from space
USSR recovered 2 dogs; 1st living organisms to return from space -
UN Created
International Development Association (UN agency) comes into existence -
JFK Wins Presidency
Democratic candidate John F. Kennedy is elected president of the United States. His margin of victory over Republican candidate Richard M. Nixon is just over 100,000 votes. Kennedy wins 300 Electoral College votes to Nixon’s 219. -
Kennedy Inaugural
John F. Kennedy is inaugurated president of the United States. In a memorable address he urges Americans to “ask not what your country can do you—ask what you can do for your country.” -
Peace Corps
President John F. Kennedy issues an executive order establishing the Peace Corps. The Corps aims to disseminate good will and practical knowledge by enlisting volunteers, most under age 30, to two-year terms of service. -
Vitetnam Conflict
The first sign of a looming Vietnam conflict emerges when President Kennedy admits that the military advisors already in Vietnam would engage the enemy if fired upon. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crises begins. In response to the Soviet Union building offensive missiles in Cuba, President John F. Kennedy orders a naval and air blockade of military equipment to the island. An agreement is eventually reached with Soviet Premier Khrushchev on the removal of the missiles, ending the potential conflict after thirty-eight days, in what many think was the closest the Cold War came to breaking into armed conflict. -
Kennedy Assassination
President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas. Vice President Lyndon Baines Johnson is sworn in as president the same day. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
President Lyndon Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The act outlaws discrimination in public facilities, such as parks, and in public accommodations, such as hotels and restaurants, and it prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, or gender -
Creation of Medicare and Medicaid
President Lyndon Johnson signs the bill creating Medicare, a national health insurance program for the elderly. Companion legislation creates Medicaid, providing health care for people on welfare. Later, Medicaid will be broadened into a more comprehensive program financing health care for low-income persons. -
United States warplanes begin their bombing raids of Hanoi and Haiphong
United States warplanes begin their bombing raids of Hanoi and Haiphong, North Vietnam. By December of this year, the United States had 385,300 troops stationed in South Vietnam with sixty thousand additional troops offshore and thirty-three thousand in Thailand. -
Edward Brooke
The first black United States Senator in eighty-five years, Edward Brooke, is elected to Congress. Brooke was the Republican candidate from Massachusetts and former Attorney General of that state. -
Ford's Theatre is Reopened to the Public
Ford's Theatre, the site of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln in 1865 in Washington, D.C., reopens to the public. It had been restored to its original appearance and use as a theatre, now comprising the Ford's Theatre National Historic Site. -
Chicago 7
Five members of the Chicago 7 are convicted of crossing state lines to incite riots during the 1968 Democratic Presidential Convention in Chicago. -
First Earth Day Celebration
The first Earth Day celebration is held with millions of Americans participating in anti-pollution demonstrations. These demonstrations included school children walking to school instead of riding the bus. -
Constitutional Amendment
The Senate approves a Constitutional Amendment, the 26th, that would lower the voting age from 21 to 18. House approval came on March 23. It was ratified by the states by June 30 and received certification by President Richard M. Nixon on July 5. -
Walt Disney World Opens
Walt Disney World opens in Orlando, Florida, expanding the Disney empire to the east coast of the United States. -
The Journey for Peace
The journey for peace trip of the U.S. President to Peking, China begins. The eight day journey by Richard M. Nixon and meetings with Mao Zedong, unprecedented at the time, began the process for normalization of relations with China. -
largest attacks by North Vietnam troops
The largest attacks by North Vietnam troops across the demilitarized zone in four years prompts bombing raids to begin again by United States forces against Hanoi and Haiphong on April 15, ending a four year cessation of those raids. -
Watergate Scandal Begins
The Watergate crisis begins when four men are arrested for breaking into the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate office building in Washington, D.C. on the same day that Okinawa is returned from U.S. control back to Japan. -
Energy Crisis
The Arab Oil Embargo: Oil imports from Arab oil-producing nations are banned to the United States after the start of the Arab-Israeli war, creating the 1973 energy crisis. They would not resume until March 18, 1974. -
President Richard M. Nixon
The first of three articles of impeachment against President Richard M. Nixon is recommended in a 27-11 vote of the House Judiciary Committee, charging that Nixon had been part of a criminal conspiracy to obstruct justice in the Watergate affair. -
Communist forces complete their takeover of South Vietnam
Communist forces complete their takeover of South Vietnam, forcing the evacuation from Saigon of civilians from the United States and the unconditional surrender of South Vietnam. -
Viking 1 space successfully lands on Mars
The Viking 1 space probe successfully lands on Mars. It would be followed by a second unmanned Viking II on the Utopia Plains on September 3. The first color photos of the surface of Mars are taken on these flights. -
Microsoft Begins
Microsoft becomes a registered trademark, one year after its name for microcomputer software is first mentioned by Bill Gates to Paul Allen in a letter. -
New York City blackout
The New York City blackout results in massive looting and disorderly conduct during its twenty-five hour duration. -
Energy Department
The cabinet level Energy Department is created by Jimmy Carter. -
Stop the Spread of Nuclear Weapons
Fifteen nations, including the United States and the Soviet Union, sign a nuclear-proliferation pact, slowing the spread of nuclear weapons around the world.
