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Warren G. Harding is inaugurated as the 29th president
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President Harding dies suddenly
Succeeded by his vice president, Calvin Coolidge. -
Coolidge's second inauguration
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Tennessee passes a law against the teaching of evolution in public schools.
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Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis
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Herbert Hoover is inaugurated as the 31st president
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Stock market crash precipitates the Great Depression.
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The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem
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Hattie Wyatt Caraway of Arkansas is the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate
Reelected in 1932 and 1938. -
Amelia Earhart completes first solo nonstop transatlantic flight by a woman
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Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution is ratified
Sometimes called the “Lame Duck Amendment,” moved the president's inauguration date from March 4 to Jan. 20 -
Franklin Roosevelt is inaugurated as the 32nd president.
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Twenty-First Amendment to the Constitution is ratified
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Social Security Act is passed
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F. Roosevelt's second inauguration
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Fair Labor Standards Act is passed
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World War II
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F. Roosevelt's third inauguration
He is the first and only president elected to a third term. -
Pearl Harbor
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U.S. declares war on Japan.
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Germany and Italy declare war on the United States; U.S. reciprocates by declaring war on both countries