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Galveston hurricane leaves an estimated 6,000-8,000 people dead -
The United States enters WWI when they formally declare war on Germany -
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane the spirit of St. louis -
Japan attacks Pearl harbor causing America to join WWII -
America drops it first Atomic bomb on Japan the U.S would go on to drop another bomb on Nagasaki three days later -
President Truman concerned that the Soviet Union and Communist China encouraged the invasion of South Korea commits troops, air, and ground forces to help defend the republic of Korea -
22nd amendment is ratified and added to the constitution limiting the president to two terms -
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his I have dream speech in front of a crowd of 200,000 during the civil rights movement -
American Troops are deployed to fight in the Vietnam War -
26th amendment is ratified and added to the constitution lowering the voting age from 21 to 18 -
The spaceship the Challenger explodes 73 seconds after liftoff, killing all 7 crew members. -
The U.S leads international coalition in military operation nicknamed "Desert Storm" -
Ex-Army Timothy McVeigh parked a vehicle with a homemade bomb in front of Alfred P. Murrah federal building. resulting in 168 lives lost and was one of the worst homegrown terrorism acts -
Butterfly ballots caused mass confusion on who voted between presidential candidates George Bush and Al Gore.