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A category four hurricane rolls across Galveston, Texas, killing over 8,000 people. -
Federal law that strengthened the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) control over railroads, such as rates and practices. -
The United States joins the Allies and enters World War 1 declaring war on Germany. -
Beginning with a stock market crash on "Black Tuesday", the United States economy went downhill into a recession. For a whole decade there were high rates of unemployment, bank failures, and an increase in poverty.
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A severe drought combined with excessive farming and poor land management created dust storms for several years throughout the Great Plains.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the first and only president to be elected a third term. After his fourth term in 1944 and the nation's disagreement of a long-term president, it led to the ratification of the 22nd amendment in 1951. -
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed this law that prohibited discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. -
It was NASA's third moon-landing mission that never reached the moon due to an explosion on board. Apollo 13 crew aborted the mission and returned back to Earth using the lunar module as a life boat. -
Period of major outbreak of violence, looting, and arson in Los Angeles began. This happened in response to the acquittal of 4 white Los Angeles policemen connected with the severe beating of an African American. -
A major school shooting where two students carrying guns and bombs, open fire inside Columbine High School in Colorado, killing 13 and wounding 23 others.