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President Mckinley is shot by Leon Czolgosz in Buffalo, NY on 09/06/1901 and dies on 09/14/1901 and is succeeded by Vice President Theodore Roosevelt. -
On September 06,1901 President Mckinley was shot but Leon Czolgosz in Buffalo,NY at the Pan American Exposition and died on September 14,1901 from the wounds. He is succeeded by his Vice President Theodore Roosevelt who becomes the 26th President of the United States.
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At the request of President Roosevelt the Federal Bureau of Investigations was established. -
On April 8th, 1913 the 17th Amendment was officially ratified to the US Constitution. The amendment allows US Senators to be directly elected by voters rather than be chosen by State Legislators. -
On April 6,1914 the US enters WW1 by declaring war on Germany and Austria-Hungary and lasted 3 years but was officially ended on November 11,1918. -
Worldwide influenza epidemic strikes, by 1920, nearly 20 million are dead. In the US 675,000 died. -
Passed by Congress June 4, 1919, and ratified on August 18, 1920, the 19th amendment granted women the right to vote. -
On May 21, 1927, Charles A. Lindbergh completed the first solo, nonstop transatlantic flight in history, flying his Spirit of St. Louis from Long Island, New York, to Paris, France. -
Black Tuesday also known as the Wall Street Crash of 1929 began the Great Depression. -
Japan attacks Hawaii, Guam, and the Philippines (12/7/1941). U.S. declares war on Japan (12/8/1941). Germany and Italy declare war on the United States and the US reciprocates by declaring war on both countries (12/11/1941). The way ends on (09/2/1945). -
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance of 32 member states – 30 European and two North American. It was founded April 4, 1949 and it's purpose is to guarantee the freedom and security of its members through political and military means. -
Puerto Rico becomes a U.S. commonwealth on July 25,1952. -
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483, was a landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court which ruled that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional, even if the segregated schools are otherwise equal in quality. -
President Kennedy denounces Soviet Union for secretly installing missile bases on Cuba and initiates a naval blockade of the island (Oct. 22–Nov. 20). -
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a landmark civil rights and labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, and national origin. -
Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113, was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that the Constitution of the United States generally protected a right to have an abortion. -
President Clinton was impeached for lying under oath and obstruction of justice.