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League of Nations held its first meeting & the Treaty of Versailles was ratified ending the first world war.
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women were given the right to vote with the 19th ammendment granted to the U.S. for women's suffrage.
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The amount of incoming immigrants were established by the United States Congress, allowing legal immigration.
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Congressional resolution is signed by both houses and Pres. Warren G. Harding. declaring peace in World War I hostilities with Germany, Austria, and Hungary.
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Armaments Congress ends. Leads to the Five Power Disarmament Treaty between the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Japan & the U.S.
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Aztec Indian ruins in New Mexico are distinguished as a National Monument by Pres. Warren G. Hardin It is known as Aztec Ruins National Monument.
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President Warren G. Harding dies after being ill on a trip to Alaska.
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The Indians are now citizens by the legislation in the U.S. signed by Pres. Calvin Coolidge.
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The Lava Beds National Monument in California is designated by Pres. Calvin Cooldige. It was the site of a volcanic rock, natural fortress used by the Modoc Indians during the Modoc War.
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First flight to the North Pole & back, by the pilot Floyd Bennet & his navigator Richard Evelyn Byrd. They flew in a 3 engine monoplane.
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China's civil war caused 1,000 marines from the U.S. to land in order to protect the U.S. property.
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The Great Mississippi Flood occured, affecting over 700,000 people.
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The first woman to fly over the Atlantic Ocean is Amelia Earhart.
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U.S. Congress approved the construction of the Boulder later named the Hoover Dam.
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Martin Luther King was born, later the future civil rights leader
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Clyde Tombaugh discovers the planet Pluto
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The London Naval Reduction Treaty is signed into law by the United States, Great Britain, Italy, France, and Japan.
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The Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act is signed by President Herbert Hoover.
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The ruins of the ancient Indian villages by Canyon de Chelly is now a national monument by President Herbert Hoover.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt defeats President Hoover in the presidential election for his first of an unprecedented four terms.
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The New Deal social and economic programs are passed by the United States Congress it's a special 100 day session to address depression economics.
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The United States pulls its troops from Haiti.
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Babe Ruth, retires from Major League Baseball.
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the Homestead Act of 1862, the Homestead National Monument in Nebraska is signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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William Henry Hastie became the first African-American to become a federal judge.
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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 36 people.
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Naval expansion act passed.
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Orson Welles broadcasts his War of the Worlds radio drama, stating that a Martian invasion had begun on earth.
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt asks the U.S. Congress for a defense budget hike.
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The United States declares its neutrality in the European war after Germany invaded Poland, beginning World War II.
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Germany invades USSR
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Germany firebombs London in Battle of Britain
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United States and Britain sign destroyers-for-bases deal
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Isolationist group America First Committee founded & led by Charles Lindbergh
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Japan occupies Indochina
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United States launches Manhattan Project effort to build atomic bomb
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Japan attacks U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawai'i killing nearly 2,400 Americans.
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United States declares war on Japan
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Allies invade Italy
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Frankilin R. reelected president for unprecedented fourth term
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Allies invade Normandy, France,
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University of Chicago students found Congress of Racial Equality
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Battle of the Bulge begins to break down Axis position on Western Front
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American capture Okinawa from Japan
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United States drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima & Japan, killing approximately 110,000, mostly civilians
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the atomic ages begin
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atomic energy commission was established for wars
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communists take over in Hungary
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the berlin blockade was put up & no one was allowed to get in the western part
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soviet union explodes an atomic bomb
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Harry Truman approved of the hydrogen bomb and sends air force and navy to Korea
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Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands sign the Treaty of Paris establishing the European Coal and Steel Community
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Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands sign the European Defence Community Treaty in Paris.
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the korean war ends in peace
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Racial segregation is ruled unconstitutional in public schools by the U.S. Supreme Court
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Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on a public bus in Montgomery, Alabama.
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High Authority confirms the free circulation of steel products imported from third countries within the Community.
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first u.s. satellite orbits the sun
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first domestic jet-airline passenger service is begun by National Airlines between New York City and Miami.
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Alaska & Hawaii become the 49th & 50th state
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First Televised Presidential Debates
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Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho Released
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Peace Corps Founded
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First Person Killed Trying to Cross the Berlin Wall
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JFK Assassinated
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Martin Luther King Jr. Makes His "I Have a Dream" Speech
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Civil Rights Act Passes in U.S.
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Japan's Bullet Train Opens
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Black Panther Party Established
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Mao Zedong Launches the Cultural Revolution
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Three U.S. Astronauts Killed During Simulated Launch
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Six-Day War in the Middle East
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Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated
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Robert F. Kennedy Assassinated
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Senator Edward Kennedy Leaves the Scene of an Accident
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An earthquake kills more than 50,000 people in Peru
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Nixon orders Christmas Bombings to be dropped on N. Vietnam
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Elvis Presley was found dead
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princess diana died in a car accident
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Detroit d. Washington 4-0 won the Stanley Cup
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A 7.4 earthquake hits Turkey and kill smore the 15,600 people and the other thousands homeless
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The abortion pill wins its approval by US
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Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone was released in theaters and made $93 million dollars that opening weekend.
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Florida d. New York won 4-2 for the World Series
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Ike was the ex of tina turner and was a songwriter, muscian, and producer,
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Bo died from heart failure. He was inducted to the Rock'n Roll Hall of Fame in 1987.
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Micheal Jackson died of heart failure. He was one of the greatest music heros of the 20th century.
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A 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit haiti and was the worst in the past 200 years
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Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S. troopers in Pakistan
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Whitney Houston, pop star singer died from "effects of atherosclerotic heart disease and cocaine use"
