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The Homstead Act of 1862
Signed by President Lincoln, encouraged Americans to embrace their Manifest Destiny and create a country that stretch completely from across the U.S. Thousands took up the governments offer of moving into the Fronteir West and accepted the federal land grant at hand. -
The First Transcontiental railroad
Two railroad companies, the Union Pacific Railroad and Central Pacific Railroad, were chosen for the first transcontinental railroad which was 1,907 miles of continuous railroad networking that streched across the western United States connecting the Pacific coast at San Francisco Bay with the existing Eastern U.S. railroads. -
The Pendleton Act
The Pendelton Act created a federal civil service where workers could be hired based on competitive exams instead of political influence. This federal law ensured that government jobs would be awarded on the basis of merit. It swayed away from patronage. -
Congress declares war on Spain
Officially the cause of the Spanish-American War was the sinking of the US battleship Maine in Cuba's Havana Harbor. However, if you look at it the military wanted to investigate what really happened rather than immediately go to war. Now the investigation at that time did say it was an exterior explosion that sunk the Maine, but by that time it was already too late. The major newspapers in the country had already stirred up the flames of war, declaring the Spanish had deliberately sunk the ship -
Congress annexes Hawaii
America’s annexation of Hawaii in 1898 resulted from economic integration and the rise of the United States as a Pacific power. It also extended U.S. territory into the Pacific. For most of the 1800s. -
New York and Brooklyn Merge
The consolidation of Greater New York City occurred with the "merger" of Brooklyn and Manhattan. Before the merger Brooklyn had absorbed Williamsburg, Bushwick, Flatbush, Flatlands, and New Lots among other towns. The merger created a city of 3.4 million people. Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island were consolidated into New York City. -
American Legion forms in Paris
The American Legion was chartered by Congress in 1919 as a patriotic veterans organization. Focusing on service to veterans, servicemembers and communities, the Legion evolved from a group of war-weary veterans of World War I into one of the most influential nonprofit groups in the United States. -
The treaty of Versailles was signed
The treaty of versailles was signed in 1919 to come to a conclusion on what should be done now the war ended -
WW1 ended
World War two was a 4 year long war. The U.S. was fighting against the Germans -
Star Stangled Banner
The Star Bangled Banner was made into the official national athem -
Al Capone Imprisoned
Al Capone was Mobster and was arrested for income tax fraud. He was in Prison for 11 years. -
Dow Jones
The Dow Jones reaches it's lowest average of the depression, 41.22 points -
France Joins the U.N.
The French government officially joined in full partnership in the United Nations, three years after the French Committee on National Liberation agreed to participate in the international organization. -
Turkish Severance of Relations with Japan
The Turkish government broke off diplomatic relations with the empire of Japan. -
Marshall Mission to China
The Truman administration intervened in the Chinese Civil War by dispatching General George Marshall to negotiate a truce between the Nationalist and Communist Chinese. -
Bertrand Russell is Awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1950 was awarded to Bertrand Russell "in recognition of his varied and significant writings in which he champions humanitarian ideals and freedom of thought". -
Dole Launches 5 A Day Program to Encourage Healthy Eating
The “5 A Day for Better Health Program” is a national program to encourage all Americans to eat 5 to 9 servings of fruits and vegetables every day for good health. -
The Palestinian National Authority
The Palestinian National Authority was formed in 1994, pursuant to the Oslo Accords between the "Palestine Liberation Organization" (PLO) and the government of Israel, as a 5-year interim body during which final status negotiations between the two parties were to take place but never did. -
FDA Approves Bayer's Aleve
in 1994 Aleve, an anti-inflammitory drug, was a;llowed to be sold to the public for muscle pain. -
The Tagish Lake meteorite impacts the Earth.
Fragments of the Tagish Lake[1] meteorite landed upon the Earth on January 18, 2000 at 16:43 UT (08:43 local time in Yukon) after a large meteoroid exploded in the upper atmosphere. -
The Twin Towers
In 2001, the World Trade Center was attacked by a hacked plane and both of the towers fell. Many people lost their lives and are remebered to this day. -
Suicide Bombming
43 people die in a suicide bombing in Karachi, Pakistan, where Shia Muslims were observing the Day of Ashura.
