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According to The Library Coin and Currency, in 1908 Congress passed a law requiring that all gold and silver coins minted beginning in 1909 must include “In God We Trust.” -
According to the NAACP, 1909 a small group of activists organized and founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP- They waged a long struggle to eliminate racial discrimination and segregation from American life.)
- The NAACP undertook its first major legal case in 1910 by defending Pink Franklin, a black South Carolina sharecropper accused of murder. -
According to History.com, World War I, also known as the Great War, began in 1914 after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. His murder catapulted into a war across Europe that lasted until 1918. During the conflict, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire (The Central Powers) fought against Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Romania, Canada, Japan and the United States (the Allied Powers). -
By June 1918, there were 98 suffrage organizations in Texas alone! After years of struggle, a bill permitting women to vote passed in both the Texas House and Senate. Governor William P. Hobby signed it into law on March 26, 1918. On June 28, 1919, Texas became the first state to approve the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, winning women the right to vote in national elections. -
A massive stock market crash that signaled the beginning of the Great Depression. At the time, the crash was considered to be a cause of the Great Depression, but it is now considered to be just a symptom. -
World War II, also called Second World War, conflict that involved virtually every part of the world during the years 1939–45. The principal belligerents were the Axis powers—Germany, Italy, and Japan—and the Allies—France, Great Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union, and, to a lesser extent, China. Results from 20Yr. disputes left unsettled by WWI. Resulting in 40-50,000,000 deaths make it the bloodiest conflict and the LARGEST WAR in history. -
According to the United Nations Charter, on 24 October 1945, the United Nations officially began. Its aim was to prevent war and co-ordinate humanitarian efforts to reduce poverty, uphold international law and protect the environment. -
According to the JFK Library, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas and the vice president Lyndon B. Johnson succeeded to the office, becoming the 36th US president. -
According to NASA, Neil Armstrong became the first human to step on the moon. He and Aldrin walked around for three hours. They did experiments. They picked up bits of moon dirt and rocks, also placed a U.S. flag on the moon prior to their safe return on July 24, 1969 -
According to the White House, In 1966, Bush was elected to Congress from Texas's 7th district in Harris County. From there he moved on to serve as ambassador to the United Nations, director of the Central Intelligence Agency, and vice-president of the United States under Ronald Reagan. ** Bush was swarm into the presidency in 1989.