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Nationalist Socialist Party Forms
A totalitarian movement that had been led by Adolf Hitler. Often called Naziism. The party would soon be Hitler's helpers in the genocide of the Jewish and others. -
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Boston Molasses Disaster
Occured at the Purity Distilling Company, where a large molasses storage tank bust, resulting in a wave of molasses rushing through the streets at an estimated 35 mph. The incident ended up drowning 21 people and injuring 150. -
Treaty of Versaille is Signed
The treaty that ended World War I. Signed on June 28, 1919, the treaty stated that Germany was the only country responsible for starting World War I. This treaty also stated that Germany would have to pay for all the damages done to other countries. Due to this treaty, Germany lost lost 16.7% of its farmland, 12.5% of its livestock, and 10% of its factories; also reducing Germany's trading, and eliminating its military. -
Black Sox Scandal
The World Series of 1919 spawned a scandal that lead to eight men being banned from the sport and having the nickname “Black Sox” attached to them. -
The Volstead Act Was Enabled
Named after Congressman, Andrew J. Volstead who chaired the Senate Judiciary Committee and whose job it was to sponsor the legislation. The Volstead Act stated that "no person shall manufacture, sell, barter, transport, import, export, deliver, furnish or possess any intoxicating liquor except as authorized by this act." The act was meant to enact to provide for the 18th amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which established National Prohibition for alcoholic beverages. -
The Great Steel Strike Collapses
The Great Steel Strike of 1919, which occured on September 22, 1919 collapse on this date. After having over 300,000 people not working and striking against the Steel factories,On this date, it was announced that "all steelworkers are now at liberty to return to work pending preparations for the next big organization movement." -
18th Amendment Goes Into Effect
The 18th amendment, also known as the National Prohibition Act of 1920, which banned the selling, manufacturing, transporting, importing, and exporting of alcohol went into effect on this day. While alcohol was not banned, the selling and manufacturing of it was. -
Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are Arrested
Two Italian men, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are arrested after being charged with robbery and murder. Although at first, they were not put under suspicion both men had been carrying guns with them at the time of their arrest. On May 5, 1920, Sacco and Vanzetti fell into a police trap in set for the Braintree crime that they had been found at earlier. -
19th Amendment is Ratified
Gave women the right to vote. After several decades of struggling and fighting for their equal rights, on August 18, 1920 Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby certified the ratification, changing the face of the American electorate forever. -
First Commercial Radio Broadcast Aired
The first radio broadcast station, KDKA, was first broadcasted on this date. -
Capper-Volstead Act
Also known as the Cooperative Marketing Act, exempted farmers' marketing cooperatives from antitrust prosecution. As a consequence of agricultural of the Great Depression, organizations intensified their political activism and managed to get a farm bloc, which consisted of 25 senators and 100 representatives established in Congress. -
Time Magazine is published.
Time Magazine is published for the first time on March 2, 1923. -
President Warren G. Harding Dies
Harding dies of pneumonia and thrombosis in San Francisco, California. His death may have been sped up by a broken heart caused by the disloyalty of designing friends. -
Hitler Jailed After a Failed Coup
On November 8, 1923, ten years before Hitler came to power, he stormed into a beer hall, attempting to take over Germany by force. His plan did not succeed, however, because he was arrested three days later on November 11, 1923. -
The Adjusted Compensation Act is Passed
The Adjusted Compensation Act of 1924, which gave every former soldier a paid-up insurance policy due in twenty years- adding about $3.5 billion to the total cost of the war, was passed on this date. -
Leopold and Loeb Murder a Neighbor Out of Boredom
Two wealthy Chicago teenagers, Nathan Leopold and Leopold kidnap a 14- year old neighbor and distant cousin of Loeb from his house, bludgeon him with a chisel and dumb his body in a distant culvert. -
The Immigration Act of 1924 is Enacted
The act that limited the anual number of immigrants in every country from 3% to 2%. This act replaced the Emergency Quota Act of 1921. -
Dawes Plan
I do not know the day. This plan attempted to take Weimer Germany out of hyperinflamation and to return it's economy to some form of stabilityThis also gave Germany financial aid to by the U.S. for assisting in recstructuring of the reparation payments after the WWI loans. -
The Great Gatsby is Published
The novel, written by American author, F. Scott Fitzgerald, was published on this date. The novel is considered to be number two on the Modern Library's lists of the 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century. -
Wreck of the USS Shenandoah
The first rigid airship to be designed and built by the United States Navy, Shenandoah wrecked after passing through an area of thunderstorms and turbulence over Ohio in the morning. Shenandoah's commanding officer, Commander Zachary Lansdowne, and 13 other officers and men were killed. -
Howard Baker is Born
is a former Senate Majority Leader, Republican U.S. Senator from Tennessee, White House Chief of Staff, and a former United States Ambassador to Japan. He was known in the U.S. as the "Great Conciliator" and regarded as one of the most successful senators in terms of brokering compromises, enacting legislation, and maintaining civility. -
Miles Davis is Born
Considered one of the most influential musicians in the 20th century, Miles Dewey Davis III was at the forefront of almost every major development in jazz from World War II to the 1990s, playing various early bebop records and recording one of the first cool jazz records. -
Marilyn Monroe is Born
Born Norma Jeane Mortenson on June 1, 1926 in Los Angeles, California, to Gladys Baker, Monroe was an american actress, singer, who had become a major sex symbol, starring in a number of successful movies during the 1950s and early 1960s. -
Nassau Hurricane of 1926
Described by the U.S. Weather Bureau in Miami as "probably the most destructive hurricane ever to strike the United States," the hurricane hit Fort Lauderdale, Dania, Hollywood, Hallandale and Miami, with a death toll of around 325 to 800. No other storm in history has done so much property damage. -
Charles A. Lindbergh Courageously Pilots Solo Over the Atlantic
"Flyin' Fool," Charles A. Lindbergh electrified the world when he became the first person to fly solo over the atlantic in 1927. Piloting in the Spirit of St. Louis from New York to Paris in a grueling of thirty-three hours and thirty-nine minutes, seeking $25,000 as a reward. -
The Jazz Singer Starts a New Era of Jazz Radio
Starring the white preformer, Al Jolson in blackface. The Jazz Singer was the first feature-length "talkie" to hit the big screen. -
Penicillin Discovered
I do not know the date. Bacteriologist, Alexander Fleming found that mold had contaminated one of his experiments. The mold had turned out to be an antibacterial agent and could kill many harmful bacteria. He then named it, Penicillin. -
Kellog-Briand Pact is Signed
Also known as the Pact of Paris, the pact renounced agressive war, prohibiting the use of war as an "instrument of national policy" except in matters in self-defense. It was signed by the United States, France, the United Kingdom, Japan, Germany and Italy. -
St. Valentine's Day Massacre
In the morning, seven men of a rival gang were gunned down in cold blood in a garage in Chicago. The massacre was orchestrated by American gangster, Al Capone, shocking the nation by its brutality and making Al Capone a national celebrity. -
Herbert Hoover Takes Presidential Oath
On this date, Herbert Hoover takes the presidential oath. -
"Black Tuesday"
On October 29, 1929, when 16,410,030 shares of stock were sold in a save-who-may scramble, partially triggered by the British, Wall Street became a "wailing wall as gloom and doom, while suicides increased alarmingly. -
The Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act is Passed
Starting out in the House, it was a fairly reasonable active measure, designed to assist farmers. After high-pressed lobbyists pushed it through the Senate, it acquired about a thousand different amendments, making it the highest protective tariff in the nation's peacetime history. Average nonfree goods were raised from 38.5% , to nearly 60% -
United States Department of Veterans Affair is Formed
Provides patient care and federal benefits to veterans and their dependents. -
"Star Spangled Banner" Becomes National Anthem
President Herbert Hoover signs a congressional act making "The Star-Spangled Banner" the official national anthem of the United States. -
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC) is Established
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC) was an independent agency of the United States that is allowed to lend $2 billion to banks, insurance companies, buildings and loan associations, agricultural credit organizations and railroads. The RFC also had a division that gave the state loans for emergency relief needs. -
The Ford Hunger March
On this date, thousands of unemployed workers marched on the Ford Motor Company. Led by communist organizers, the people marched from Detroit to the River Rough Plant, signs reading "We Want Bread Not Crumbs," "Tax the Rich, Feed the Poor," "Free the Scottsboro Boys," and "Stop Jim Crow." While marching, they were stopped at the Dearborn line and told to disperse. -
The Norris-La Guardia Anit-Injunction Act is Passed
The act outlawed "yellow dog," or antiunion contracts and forbade the federal courts to issue injunctions to restrain strikes, boycotts, and peaceful picketing. The Norris-La Guardia Anti-Injunction Act was part of of changes in labor relations. The act ended up being the most favorable legislation to date for a U.S. labor movement that had always tried to fight for its existence. -
Scientists Split the Atom
Two physicists, Englishman Sir John Douglas Cockcroft and Irishman Ernest Walton developed the first nuclear particle accelerator, the Cockcroft-Walton generator. With this generator, they were able to successfully being the first to split the atom. -
The Bonus Army Invades Washington D.C.
After some "bonus Army" members are resisted being moved from their camps, violence breaks out, which ends up killing two veterans. Hoover ordered his federal troops, under the command of General Douglas McArthur, to assist the D.C. police in clearing the veterans. -
Amelia Earhart Becomes First Woman to Fly Non-Stop Across the U.S.
On this day, Amelia Earhart takes off in her Lockhead Vega, flying from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey in a grueling 19 hour flight, becoming the first woman to fly non-stop across the United States. -
Adolf Hitler is Appointed Chancellor of Germany
On January 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed as the chancellor of Germany by President Paul Von Hindenburg. This appointment made it able to keep the Nazi Party in "check," however it would make Germany and the entire European continent have disastrous results. -
Franklin Delano Roosevelt is Inaugurated
On this date, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt is Inaugurated. In his inauguration speech, he talks about the "New Deal" an expansion of the federal government as an instrument of employment opportunity and welfare--and told Americans that "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself." -
The First Nazi Concentration Camp is Established
Dachau, the first Nazi concentration camp was built three weeks after Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany. Although, at first, the camp was supposed to hold political prisoners of the Third Reich, Dachau soon grew to hold a diverse population of people targeted by the Nazis. -
FDR Launches the New Deal
I do not know the date. The New Deal was a plan to help fix the problems with the United States economy. The New Deal started programs that gave unemployed people jobs. As part of these projects, people began built many public buildings and roads, and also helped raise the price of farmers' crops and the animals they sold. The New Deal also did many more things. -
Prohibition Ends
The 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is ratified, repealing the 18th Amendment and bringing an end to the era of national prohibition of alcohol in America. -
Bonnie and Clyde are Killed by Police
Famed fugitives Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker are killed in a police ambush near Sailes, Louisiana. Known for robbery, murders, and loving the fame they got, going as far as posing with their arsenals, the pair fell into what would be the end of their life. -
John Dillinger Shot and Killed By Police Outside of Movie Theater
American gangster, John Dillinger is shot and killed outside of the Biograph Theater, after evading police in four states for almost a year. Dillinger was alleged with homicide, which was not likely his doing. Dillinger's gang robbed two dozen banks and four police stations, escaping from jail twice. -
National Labor Relations Act of 1935 is Enacted
This law created a powerful new National Labor Relations Board for administrative purposes and resserted the right of labor to engage in self-organization and to bargain collectively through representatives of its own choice. Under the National Labor Relation Board, unskilled workers had begun to organize themselves into effective unions. -
The Scopes Monkey Trial
A high school teacher, John Scopes was accused of violating Tennesee's Butler Act, which made it unlawful to teach human evolution in a state funded school. Scopes was found guilty and fined $100, but was eventually overturned on a technicality. -
The Hindenburg Disaster
The German passenger airship, LZ 129 Hindenburg caught fire on this day, while attempting to dock with its mooring mast at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station. The airship was destroyed, and of the 97 on board, 35 were killed. -
The Golden Gate Bridge Opens
San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge, a stunning technological and artistic achievement, opens to the public after five years of construction. On its opening day, some 200,000 bridge walkers marveled at the 4,200 long suspension bridge, which spans the Golden Gate Straight at the entrance of the San Francisco Bay. -
The Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact is Signed
The Pact that guaranteed that the Soviet Union and Germany would not attack each other was signed on this day. Germany protected itself from having a two-front war in the soon-to-begin World War II, and the Soviet Union was rewarded with land, including some parts of Poland and the Baltic States. The pact was broken, however, when Germany attacked the Soviet Union less than two years after it had been signed.
