Foreign

Foreign

Jul 8, 1853

July 8, 1853, commodore Mathew Perry led a small fleet of american warships into edo Bay, in Japan.

Foreign

Mar 5, 1867

In 1867, the united States claimed the uninhabited midway islands.

Foreign

Mar 4, 1870

In the 1870s, the United States, Germany, and Brittain signed treaties with the Samoan King giving them access to the islands.

Foreign

May 1, 1898

On May 1, 1898, the U.S. Navy under commodore George Dewey destroy the spanish fleet in Manila Bay.

Foreign

Mar 4, 1899

in 1899, the islands were divided between Germany and United States.

Battleship

Mar 16, 1907

In 1906,16 U.S. battleships launched a World Tour.

Foreign

Mar 5, 1913

By 1913, American investment on the island had guardrupled from prewar levels to $220 million.

Domestic

Mar 6, 1919

In 1919 Worldwar 1 economic diffculties labor unrest the Red Score, nativtism and racsim troubles.

domestic

Mar 5, 1920

In 1920s the other nations represented at the armament confrence accpept in princple.

domestic

Mar 5, 1931

In 1931, construction began on a massive puplic work project building boulder ( later renamed Hoover)

domestic

Mar 5, 1933

In 1933, some 13 million Americans- nearly one fourth of the workforce were unemployed.

domestic

Mar 5, 1936

In 1936, FDR won aa second termas president with a landside victory. He viewed this victory as a mandate a grant of authority to extend the new peal further.

domestic

Mar 5, 1938

In 1938, the CIOformed an independent federation- The CIO grew quickly, accepting Aferican American workers.

Explosions

Mar 4, 1976

In 1976, navy researches who studied the incidents again concluded that heat from a fire in a coal bin exploded a nearby supply of ammunition.