Zackery Erb timeline.

Period: Mar 4, 1897 to Sep 14, 1901

William Mckinley
Period: Jan 1, 1900 to Dec 31, 2011

1900 - 2012
Apr 20, 1900

Hurricane ravages Galveston, Tex.; 6,000 – 8,000 dead
Apr 20, 1901

Queen Victoria dies on Jan. 22 after a reign of nearly 64 years
Period: Sep 14, 1901 to Mar 4, 1909

Theodore Roosevelt
Apr 20, 1902

Cuba gains independence from Spain.
Apr 20, 1904

Russo-Japanese War begins. As Russia and Japan fight over Manchuria and Korea.
Apr 20, 1905

NY Giants d. Philadelphia A's (4-1)
Period: Mar 4, 1909 to Mar 4, 1913

William Howard Taft
Apr 20, 1910

Mexican revolution begins;
Apr 20, 1912

New Mexico and Arizona are admitted as states No. 47 and 48
Period: Mar 4, 1913 to Mar 4, 1921

Woodrow Wilson
May 20, 1914

The world's first red and green traffic lights are installed in Cleveland.
Period: Jul 18, 1914 to Nov 18, 1918

WWI
Apr 20, 1916

Margaret Sanger opens the first birth control clinic in the country
Period: Apr 18, 1917 to Apr 18, 1919

Russian Revolution
Jan 16, 1919

The 18th amendment to the Constitution, prohibiting the sale of alcholic beverages anywhere in the U.S., is ratified
Sep 16, 1920

A bomb explodes in the J.P. Morgan bank building in New York City, killing 30 and injuring 200 (Sept. 16)
Period: Mar 4, 1921 to Aug 2, 1923

warren G. Harding
Apr 20, 1922

•Mussolini marches on Rome; forms Fascist government.
Period: Aug 2, 1923 to Mar 4, 1929

Calvin Coolidge
Jun 20, 1924

Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb confess to murdering 14-year-old cousin "in the interest of science." Clarence Darrow is defense lawyer, getting them life imprisonment instead of death sentence.
Apr 20, 1927

•The German economy collapses.
Feb 14, 1929

St. Valentine's Day gangland massacre in Chicago
Period: Mar 4, 1929 to Mar 4, 1933

Herbert Hoover
Jul 20, 1930

•Nazis gain in German elections.
Jan 30, 1933

•Hitler becomes German chancellor (Jan. 30).
Period: Mar 4, 1933 to Apr 12, 1945

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Feb 20, 1934

Dust storms ruin about 100 million acres and damage another 200 million acres of cropland in Kansas, Texas, Colorado, and Oklahoma ("Dust Bowl")
Period: Apr 18, 1936 to Apr 6, 1939

Spanish Civil War
Apr 20, 1937

Japan invades China, conquers most of coastal area.
Period: Apr 18, 1939 to Apr 18, 1945

WWII
Apr 20, 1939

U.S. Department of Agriculture starts first food stamp program in Rochester, N.Y
Apr 20, 1940

•Trotsky is assassinated in Mexico
Jul 20, 1942

Declaration of United Nations is signed in Washington.
Apr 20, 1944

Kentucky Derby Champion-Pensive
Period: Apr 12, 1945 to Jan 20, 1953

Hary S. Truman
Period: Apr 18, 1945 to Apr 18, 1991

Cold War
Period: Dec 18, 1946 to Aug 18, 1954

First Indochina War
Jan 1, 1947

•Britain nationalizes coal mines (Jan. 1).
Period: May 18, 1948 to Mar 18, 1949

Arab Israeli War
Nov 20, 1948

Stanley CupToronto d. Detroit (4-0)
Period: Apr 18, 1950 to Apr 18, 1953

Korean War
Apr 20, 1950

•Communist Chinese forces invade Tibet.
Period: Jan 20, 1953 to Jan 20, 1961

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Apr 20, 1953

•Alleged Communist Charlie Chaplin leaves U.S. for good. Justice Dept. warns him any attempt to reenter the country will be challenged.
Sep 8, 1954

Eight-nation Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty (establishing SEATO) signed at Manila (Sept. 8).
Apr 20, 1956

U.S. tests the first aerial hydrogen bomb over Namu islet, Bikini Atoll with the force of 10 million tons TNT (May 21). Background: nuclear weapons
Feb 20, 1959

St. Lawrence Seaway opens, allowing ocean ships to reach Midwest
May 1, 1960

American U-2 spy plane, piloted by Francis Gary Powers, shot down over Russia (May 1)
Period: Jan 20, 1961 to Nov 22, 1963

John F. Kennedy
Apr 20, 1962

Pat Brown defeats Richard Nixon in the California gubernatorial race.
Period: Nov 22, 1963 to Jan 20, 1969

Lyndon B. Johnson
Apr 20, 1965

World SeriesLA Dodgers d. Minnesota (4-3)
Apr 20, 1966

Sukarno leaves office in Indonesia; Suharto assumes power.
Period: Jan 20, 1969 to Aug 9, 1974

Richard Nixon
Jul 23, 1969

Russian and Chinese troops clash along the Ussuri River.
May 31, 1970

••Earthquake kills more than 50,000 in Peru (May 31)
Jun 29, 1972

US Supreme Court rules that death penalty is unconstitutional (June 29).
Feb 5, 1974

Patricia Hearst, 19-year-old daughter of publisher Randolph Hearst, kidnapped by Symbionese Liberation Army (Feb. 5)
Period: Aug 9, 1974 to Jan 20, 1977

Gerald Ford
Jan 1, 1977

•First woman Episcopal priest ordained (Jan. 1).
Period: Jan 20, 1977 to Jan 20, 1981

Jimmy Carter
Jan 4, 1979

Ohio agrees to pay $675,000 to families of dead and injured in Kent State University shootings (Jan. 4).
Period: Dec 18, 1979 to Feb 18, 1989

Afghanistan War
Period: Jan 20, 1981 to Jan 20, 1989

Ronald Reagan
Apr 20, 1981

Pope John Paul II wounded by gunman (May 14)
Period: Apr 18, 1982 to Jun 18, 1982

Falklands War
Sep 14, 1982

Princess Grace, 52, dies of injuries when car plunges off mountain road; daughter Stephanie, 17, suffers serious injuries (Sept. 14).
Period: Oct 18, 1983 to Dec 15, 1983

Invasion of Grenada
Oct 23, 1983

Terrorist explosion kills 237 US Marines in Beirut (Oct. 23).
Feb 18, 1984

Italy and Vatican agree to end Roman Catholicism as state religion (Feb. 18).
Jan 20, 1985

Ronald Reagan, 73, takes oath for second term as 40th President (Jan. 20).
Period: Jan 20, 1989 to Jan 20, 1993

George H. W. Bush
Period: Aug 18, 1990 to Feb 18, 1991

GUlf War
Apr 16, 1991

US Supreme Court limits death row appeals (April 16).
Feb 21, 1992

US lifts trade sanctions against China (Feb. 21).
Period: Jan 20, 1993 to Jan 20, 2001

Bill Clinton
Jun 5, 1993

Twenty-two UN troops killed in Somalia (June 5).
Sep 3, 1994

••IRA declares cease-fire in Northern Ireland (Aug. 31). Ulster Protestants declare cease-fire (Oct. 13)
Feb 7, 1995

Super BowlSan Francisco d. San Diego (49-26)
May 29, 2000

••Former Indonesian president Suharto under house arrest, charged with corruption and abuse of power (May 29).
Period: Jan 20, 2001 to Jan 20, 2009

George W. Bush
Period: Sep 11, 2001 to Apr 18, 2013

War on Terror
May 6, 2002

U.S. withdraws from International Court treaty (May 6).
Feb 1, 2003

Space shuttle Columbia explodes, killing all 7 astronauts (Feb. 1)
Period: Apr 18, 2003 to Apr 18, 2011

iraq war
Apr 20, 2008

World SeriesPhiladelphia Phillies defeated Tampa Bay Rays, 4 games to 1
Period: Jan 20, 2009 to Jan 20, 2016

Barack Obama
Apr 20, 2011

••Feb. 23: The Obama Administration determines that the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional. The Justice Department will stop defending the law in court. The Defense of Marriage Act is the 1996 law that bars federal recognition of same-sex marriag

William Mckinley

1900 - 2012

Hurricane ravages Galveston, Tex.; 6,000 – 8,000 dead

Queen Victoria dies on Jan. 22 after a reign of nearly 64 years

Theodore Roosevelt

Cuba gains independence from Spain.

Russo-Japanese War begins. As Russia and Japan fight over Manchuria and Korea.

NY Giants d. Philadelphia A's (4-1)

William Howard Taft

Mexican revolution begins;

New Mexico and Arizona are admitted as states No. 47 and 48

Woodrow Wilson

The world's first red and green traffic lights are installed in Cleveland.

WWI

Margaret Sanger opens the first birth control clinic in the country

Russian Revolution

The 18th amendment to the Constitution, prohibiting the sale of alcholic beverages anywhere in the U.S., is ratified

A bomb explodes in the J.P. Morgan bank building in New York City, killing 30 and injuring 200 (Sept. 16)

warren G. Harding

•Mussolini marches on Rome; forms Fascist government.

Calvin Coolidge

Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb confess to murdering 14-year-old cousin "in the interest of science." Clarence Darrow is defense lawyer, getting them life imprisonment instead of death sentence.

•The German economy collapses.

St. Valentine's Day gangland massacre in Chicago

Herbert Hoover

•Nazis gain in German elections.

•Hitler becomes German chancellor (Jan. 30).

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Dust storms ruin about 100 million acres and damage another 200 million acres of cropland in Kansas, Texas, Colorado, and Oklahoma ("Dust Bowl")

Spanish Civil War

Japan invades China, conquers most of coastal area.

WWII

U.S. Department of Agriculture starts first food stamp program in Rochester, N.Y

•Trotsky is assassinated in Mexico

Declaration of United Nations is signed in Washington.

Kentucky Derby Champion-Pensive

Hary S. Truman

Cold War

First Indochina War

•Britain nationalizes coal mines (Jan. 1).

Arab Israeli War

Stanley CupToronto d. Detroit (4-0)

Korean War

•Communist Chinese forces invade Tibet.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

•Alleged Communist Charlie Chaplin leaves U.S. for good. Justice Dept. warns him any attempt to reenter the country will be challenged.

Eight-nation Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty (establishing SEATO) signed at Manila (Sept. 8).

U.S. tests the first aerial hydrogen bomb over Namu islet, Bikini Atoll with the force of 10 million tons TNT (May 21). Background: nuclear weapons

St. Lawrence Seaway opens, allowing ocean ships to reach Midwest

American U-2 spy plane, piloted by Francis Gary Powers, shot down over Russia (May 1)

John F. Kennedy

Pat Brown defeats Richard Nixon in the California gubernatorial race.

Lyndon B. Johnson

World SeriesLA Dodgers d. Minnesota (4-3)

Sukarno leaves office in Indonesia; Suharto assumes power.

Richard Nixon

Russian and Chinese troops clash along the Ussuri River.

••Earthquake kills more than 50,000 in Peru (May 31)

US Supreme Court rules that death penalty is unconstitutional (June 29).

Patricia Hearst, 19-year-old daughter of publisher Randolph Hearst, kidnapped by Symbionese Liberation Army (Feb. 5)

Gerald Ford

•First woman Episcopal priest ordained (Jan. 1).

Jimmy Carter

Ohio agrees to pay $675,000 to families of dead and injured in Kent State University shootings (Jan. 4).

Afghanistan War

Ronald Reagan

Pope John Paul II wounded by gunman (May 14)

Falklands War

Princess Grace, 52, dies of injuries when car plunges off mountain road; daughter Stephanie, 17, suffers serious injuries (Sept. 14).

Invasion of Grenada

Terrorist explosion kills 237 US Marines in Beirut (Oct. 23).

Italy and Vatican agree to end Roman Catholicism as state religion (Feb. 18).

Ronald Reagan, 73, takes oath for second term as 40th President (Jan. 20).

George H. W. Bush

GUlf War

US Supreme Court limits death row appeals (April 16).

US lifts trade sanctions against China (Feb. 21).

Bill Clinton

Twenty-two UN troops killed in Somalia (June 5).

••IRA declares cease-fire in Northern Ireland (Aug. 31). Ulster Protestants declare cease-fire (Oct. 13)