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Thomas Edison made a short movie about McKinley's execution based on the description of an eyewitness.
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Guglielmo Marconi sends the world's first across the ocean radio transmissions,
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The so-called unsinkable ship the Titanic sinks, kikking hundreds of people.
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The 16th Ammendment which gave Congress the power to collect taxes without a census was passed.
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The 17th Amendment is ratified giving citizens the right to vote for senate.
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Franz Ferdinand, archduke of Austria-Hungary assasinated, starting war.
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The 19th Ammendment was passed giving women the right to vote,
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The first radio broadcast was the results of the 1920 election by the KDKA radio station.
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Vice President Calvin Coolidge takes over office after President Warren Harding dies of a heart attack.
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On this date "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald was published.
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Charles Lindbergh finished his flight from Long Island to Paris on this date.
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The New York Stock Exchange Crashes starting the Great Depression.
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The construction for the Empire State Building in NYC. The construction took over a year to complete.
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Amelia Earhart became the first woman to take fligh in her attempt to fly around the world. She went missing in July of the same year.
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The Hindenburg caught on fire and crashed while trying to land in Manchester, New Jersey. A total of 36 people died.
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FDR made history in 1939 by becoming the first president to be on TV.
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The Jeep was created as a highly mobile military vehichle during WWII. It is sometimes credited as winning the war for the Allies.
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FDR called this the day that would live in infamy over a radio broadcast. The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor which sparked the US to enter WWII.
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Vice Predident Harry Truman takes over after FDR passes away during his term.
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Jackie Robinson becomes a Brooklyn Dofger, making him the first black player in mlb history.
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Truman overtakes Dewey in one of the biggest political upsets. It was so widely predicted that Truman would lose the newspapers already printed papers saying that Dewey won.
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The first Peanuts Comic Strip was published, but it excluded the beloved "Snoopy."
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The first TV broadcast with color picture was on CBS, Not many people were able to veiw it since they had black and white TVs. It was a variety show that featured many future hosts of their own shows.
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Disneyland opens up for some specially invited guests. It opened up in a large plot of land in Anaheim, Calafornia.
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Fidel Castro takes the helm of Cuba as dictator and would keep that position of over 50 years when he gave power to his younger brother.
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The United States space program NASA founded by President Eisenhower in response to the Russians landing Sputnik.
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The Presidential Debate between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon was the first presidential debate to be aired on national TV.
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Construction of the Berlin Wall was completed, splitting the capital of Germany into an East and West section.
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Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring was published with a pro environmental message about how pesticides affect the environment.
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Martin Luther King Jr delivers his famous "I Have a Dream" Speech during the March on Washington.
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One of the most well known and successful bands in history came over to the US from England. Later that year many other British bands crossed the Atlantic in what was known as the British Invasion.
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Several burgalers were arrested at Watergate building in Washington DC trying to steal secret documents and wiretap phones. They were believed to be a part of Nixon's presidential campaign.
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The United States completely pulled out of the highly unpopular Veitnam War.
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President Richard Nixon resigned from office. He was about to be the first president to complete the impeachment process but instead went out on his own terms. His Vice President Gerald Ford takes office.
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The VCR is invented, revolutionizing the way people watch movies and TV programs at home.
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The nuclear reactor just outside of Middletown, Pa. partially melted down. It was the most serious nuclear accident in U.S. history.
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The wildly popular arcade game was released in Japan and in the U.S. shortly thereafter.
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A failed attempt to assassinate President Ronald Reagan
