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Warren Harding is inaugurated as the 29th president.
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President Harding dies and is succeeded by vice president, Calvin Coolidge. Coolidge the becomes the 30th U.S. President.
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Tennessee passes a law against the teaching of evolution in public schools, remaining enforced for 40 years.
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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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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. This was to fill a vacancy caused by the death of her husband.
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Amelia Earhart completes first solo nonstop transatlantic flight by a woman.
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World War II begins due to an unprovoked attack on Poland started by Germany. This war caused some of the most destructive conflict in history.
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