-
League of Nations Established
An organization founded as a result of the Paris Peace
Conference. -
19th Amendment Passed
The 19th amendment passed which gave women's rights and most importantly the right to vote -
The Teapot Dome Scandal
An incident of secret leasing of federal oil reserves. -
Warner Brothers Pictures is Incorporated
A broad-based entertainment company is formed into a legal corporation. -
The Scopes Trial
An american legal court case on the debate whether teaching evolution in schools should be allowed. -
Air Commerce Act is Passed
Act passed that provides aid and assistance to the airline industry. -
Black Tuesday
Stock market crash and beginning of great depression. -
21st Amendment Passed
Law that ended prohibition, the banning of alcohol. -
Babe Ruth Retires
The greatest hitter in baseball history retires from Major League Baseball. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor with japanese fighter planes and US declares war. -
D-Day
American, British, and Canadian forces storm the beach in Normandy to fight off the Germans. -
Franklin D. Roosevelt's Death
Franklin D. Roosevelt dies of intracerebral hemorrhage during his fourth term as president. -
Bombing of Hiroshima
President Truman gives the go ahead and launches nuclear missiles and bombs Hiroshima. -
Segregation in Schools is Declared Unconstitutional
Supreme Court rules that segregation in public school is unconstitutional in Brown v. Board of Education. -
Rosa Parks Refuses to Give up Bus Seat
Rosa Parks refuses to give up bus seat to a white man and is arrested. This is would lead to segregation on buses becoming unconstitutional. -
Alaska Becomes a State
A region land left of Canada becomes part of the United States as a state. -
Hawaii Becomes a State
A cluster of islands known as Hawaii becomes part of the United States as a State. -
John F. Kennedy's Assassination
John F. Kennedy assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald. -
Martin Luther King Jr. is Assassinated
Dr. King is shot and killed in Memphis, Tennessee. -
Watergate Scandal
A break in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in which four men were arrested and is suspected that President Nixon was apart of this scandal and Nixon resigns.
