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Event 1
Calvin Coolidge (Republican) is the current United States President in 1926. He is the 30th US President. -
Event 2
Henry Ford annouces that he is ending production of the Model T Ford. -
Event 3
Henry Ford and the Ford Motor Company produce the last and 15th million Model T Ford (AKA Tin Lizzie) -
Event 4
American aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean landing at Burry Port in Wales. -
Event 5
Herbert Hoover (Republican) becomes the 31st Usnited States President. -
Event 6
United States Government implements a new, small sized paper currency. -
Event 7
"Black Tuesday." The United States Stock Market crashes, triggering the "Great Depression." -
Event 8
Gangster Al Capone is sent to prison in Atlanta, Georgia. -
Event 9
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Democrat) becomes the 32nd United States President. -
Event 10
Alcatraz is officially recognized as a federal prison.