-
Teapot Dome Scandal
breaks, as Senate launches an investigation into improper leasing of naval oil reserves during Hardings administration -
Tennessee passes a law
against the teaching of evolution in public
schools -
Charles Lindbergh
makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St.Louis -
The Star-Spangled Banner
is adopted as the national anthem -
Hattie Wyatt Caraway
of Arkansas is the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate -
Amelia Earhart
completes first solo nonstop transatlantic flight by a woman -
Social Security Act
is passed -
Fair Labor Standards Act
is passed, setting the first minimum wage in the U.S. at 25 cents per hour -
World War 2
started and was between the United States and Allied countries against Germany and there allied countries -
Pearl Harbor
attack was on United States soil between the United States and Japan