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Making the manufacture, sale, and transportation of liquor illegal and beginning Prohibition in the United States.
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The first national assembly of the League of Nations held in Paris.
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US Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles for 2nd time
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Alice Arsenault was last see 12-5-1919 and her body was discovered in her home under a pile of ahses in her basement on May 12
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1st Radio Broadcast
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Woman were granted the right to vote.
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Virginia Rappe a young starlet who was raped and killed by Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle. He killed her with his weight
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Albert Fish abducted and killed Grace Budd
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Five members of the North Side Gang plus gang collaborators Reinhardt H.Schwimmer and John May were lined up against the rear inside wall of garage and shot
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Clyde Tombaugh a American astronamer discovers the planet Pluto at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona
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The Star-Spangled Banner writen by Francis Scott Key, is approved by President Hoover and the Congress as the national anthem
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The 21st amendment to the U.S Constitution was passed ending prohibition
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The Social security act is passed by congress as part of the new deal programs and it is signed into law by FDR
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The Historic Sites act was signed into law by FDR making it a national policy to preserve historical sites
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The Hoover Dam is dedicated by president Rosevelt
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In New Jersey, the German airship Hindenburg bursts into flames while mooring. The fire consumes the largest airship in the world within one minute, causing the death of thirty-six people.
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National Minimum Wage is signed into law within the federal legislation known as the Fair Labor Standards Act. It established a minimum wage of $0.25 at the time, as well as time and one half for overtime and the prohibition of most employment for minors.
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The radio broadcast of Orson Welles story the War of the World caused nation wide scare
