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Galveston hurricane
The port city of Galveston in the U.S. state of Texas was struck by a Category 4 hurricane which resulted in the deaths of at least 8,000 people. It is the deadliest natural disaster in the history of the United States and the third costliest hurricane ever to strike the nation. Know more about the type, origin, damage caused, death toll and the effect of the 1900 Galveston hurricane, also known as the Great Galveston Hurricane. -
McKinley's second inauguration
McKinley's second inauguration (March 4). He was shot (Sept. 6) by anarchist Leon Czolgosz in Buffalo, N.Y., and later dies from his wounds (Sept. 14). He was succeeded by his vice president, Theodore Roosevelt. -
Jeannette Rankin of Montana is the first woman elected to u.s house of representatives
U.S. agrees to purchase Danish West Indies for $25 million (treaty signed Aug. 14). Jeannette Rankin of Montana is the first woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives (Nov. 7). -
the roaring twenties
The roaring twenties, was again a booming decade which brought automobile, electricity and more industrial Growth. The happy times came to a sudden stop, when the Stock Market Crash on wall street happend in 1929. -
poverty in Usa
The Stock market crash led to depression and the 1930s was a bad year for People.1930s was a decade of poverty and massive unemployment. -
World War II:
World war the second has started.
President Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin meet at Yalta in the USSR to discuss postwar occupation of Germany (Feb. 4–11). President Roosevelt dies of a stroke -
Pearl Harbor
USA had decided to not get involved in world war the second. However, when Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japanese, the USA had to entered the war on the side of the allies. When the war was over, USA was in intact, because no Battles had yaken Place on there mainland -
1950
This decade was a good one for the USA. It was a decade of Growth in all areas: economic, political and military. The country became one of the world's two superpowers both economically and politically, but they also started a Cold war. -
Korean War, makes president Truman go against korea
Korean War: Cold war conflict between Communist and non-Communist forces on Korean Peninsula. North Korean communists invade South Korea. President Truman, without the approval of Congress, commits American troops to the Battle. -
Puerto Rico becomes a U.S. commonwealth
Puerto Rico becomes a U.S. commonwealth (July 25). First hydrogen bomb is detonated by the U.S. on Eniwetok, -
Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy accuses army officials
Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy accuses army officials, members of the media, and other public figures of being Communists during highly publicized hearings -
Eishower sends federal troops to Central High
President Dwight D Eishower sends federal troops to Central High School in Little Rock, Ark., to enforce integration of black students -
war and change
It was the year of the civil rights movement, the Space race, the Kennedys, the Cold war, the Vietnam was and the hippies. The Vietnam was tramatic experience for Americans. People died from a war they didnt understand. The Vietnam war was the first war People protested against, and the first war America had ever lost. The Hippie movement was also typical of this period -
woodstock
Woodstock had a Three- day concert, the concerts attrached hundreds of People and became a landmark. -
the cuban missile crisis
The USA was a brink of war With the soviets, and the soviet union had placed Nuclear missils on Cuba, hust 90 miles from Us. president Kennedy. -
'I Have a Dream'
“Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., delivers his “I Have a Dream” speech before a crowd of 200,000 during the civil rights march on Washington, DC (Aug. 28). President Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Tex. (Nov. 22). -
State troopers attack peaceful demonstrators
State troopers attack peaceful demonstrators led by Rev. Martin Luther King. Jr, as they try to cross bridge in Selma, Ala. -
Assassination of John F. Kennedy
Assassination of John F. Kennedy, mortal shooting of John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, as he rode in a motorcade in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963.
His accused killer was Lee Harvey Oswald, a former U.S. Marine who had embraced Marxism and defected for a time to the Soviet Union. Oswald never stood trial for murder, because, while being transferred after having been taken into custody, he was shot and killed by Jack Ruby. -
37th president and the first men to land on the moon
Richard Nixon is inaugurated as the 37th president (Jan. 20). Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, Jr., become the first men to land on the Moon (July 20). -
after the vietnam war
After the Vietnam war, enviromental issues became important. Recession in the industry created problems in the midwest. Factories wre shut Down and the factory rusted. The midwest also calles " the steel belt" was now called " the rust belt" -
berlin wall
The country was in a Cold war With the soviet union and supported anti-communist movements around the globe. The Berlin wall was a symbol of the " iron curtain" that separated the deocratic westerns from the communist countries. -
the wall is down
The Berlin wall came Down and the Cold war ended. The year will be rememered as the decade of MTV and pop icons. -
operton desert storm
In the middle east, there was a short war, the aim of this war was to protect Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, witch there were major supplies of oil. -
1999
Senate acquits Clinton of impeachment charges (Feb. 12). NATO wages air campaign against Yugoslavia over killing and deportation of ethnic Albanians in Kosovo (March 24–June 10). School shooting at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo., leaves 14 students (including the 2 shooters) and 1 teacher dead and 23 others wounded (April 20). U.S. and China sign historic trade agreement (Nov. 15). -
Supreme Court rules against a manual recount of ballots in certain Florida counties
No clear winner is declared in the close presidential election contest between Vice President Al Gore and Texas governor George W. Bush (Nov. 7). More than a month after the presidential election, the U.S. Supreme Court rules against a manual recount of ballots in certain Florida counties, which it contends would violate the Constitution's equal protection and due process guarantees -
9/11
Islamic fundamentalist terrorists hijack four U.S. airliners and crash them into the Pentagon and the World Trade Center in New York City. The attack of two planes levels the World Trade Center and the crash of one plane inflicts serious damage to the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, causing nearly 3,000 Deaths. -
NATO invites additional members of the former Soviet bloc
NATO invites additional members of the former Soviet bloc to join its membership. Seven nations are included in the invitation; Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia. -
Nasa tragedy
February 1, 2003 - A tragedy at NASA occurs when the Space Shuttle Columbia explodes upon reentry over Texas. All seven astronauts inside are killed. -
The U.S. returns sovereignty to an interim government in Iraq,
The U.S. returns sovereignty to an interim government in Iraq, but maintains roughly 135,000 troops in the country to fight a growing insurgency (June 28). Four hurricanes devastate Florida and other parts of the southern United States (Aug. and Sept.). -
After more than thirty years in suspense, the identity of Deep Throat is revealed
After more than thirty years in suspense, the identity of Deep Throat. The contact for reporters Woodward and Bernstein in the uncovering of the Watergate scandal, is revealed when W. Mark Felt, the second in command at the FBI at the time, confirms that he was their contact. -
JFK airport
A terror plot to blow up JFK International Airport in New York City is thwarted when four terrorists are arrested and charged with its plan. -
Barack Obama
Barack Obama becomes the first African-American to be elected President, with 52.8% of the vote. In Congress, Democrats retain majorities in both the House and the Senate, with 57 Senators and 178 Representatives (Nov. 4). -
Barack Obama takes the oath of office for president of the united states
Barack Obama takes the oath of office for President of the United States, becoming the first African-American president in the history of the nation. The Democratic Senator from Illinois comes into the office With an message of Change. The city of Washington, D.C. hosts more than one million visitors to the inauguration, covering the National Mall in a way reminiscent of the Civil Rights March of Martin Luther King forty-six years earlier. -
the bailout of the banking industry
April 15, 2009 - After a succession of big government spending projects beginning in the Bush administration and expanded under President Obama.More than one half million citizens concerned with increased deficits due to actions such as the bailout of the banking industry, car industry, potential cap and trade legislation, and other administration projects that project a ten trillion dollar deficit over the next decade take part. -
President Obama announces a surge of 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan
President Obama announces a surge of 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan to stem increased efforts by the Taliban in the country. The surge, which was suggested by military officers, was not popular with the liberal base of the Democratic party which had put the President in power on a pledge to end both Middle Eastern wars. -
the U.S finalizes the health care
The U.S. House of Representatives finalizes the Health Care legislation approved by the Senate, extending health benefits and insurance to most Americans. -
oil rig explodes in the gulf of mexico
A British Petroleum deep water oil rig explodes in the Gulf of Mexico, causing the largest oil spill in the history of the United States, killing eleven workers, and devastating the environment. It also severely damaged the fishing and tourism industries of gulf states. -
attacks on the World Trade Center
May 2, 2011 - Osama Bin Laden, mastermind of the 9/11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and other locations and leader of the terrorist group, Al-Queda, is killed after ten years of pursuit by United States and coalition forces during a raid by U.S. Navy Seals on his hideout location in Pakistan. -
the end of the NASA shuttle space program
July 21, 2011 - The final shuttle flight lands at the Kennedy Space Center, signifying the end of the NASA shuttle space program. The program, which began in 1981 and included 135 missions, was completed when the Shuttle Atlantis flew its final mission to the International Space Station. -
Obama order the last combat troops to leave the country
The war in Iraq is declared over when President Obama orders the last combat troops to leave the country. -
terrorist attack on counsulate
September 11, 2012 - Terrorist attack on a consulate in the Libyan city of Benghazi kills four Americans, including Ambassador John C. Stevens, showing the continued fight against Islamic extremism had not abated after the Arab Spring uprisings in the Middle East and deposing of dictators such as Muammar Gaddafi. -
Hurricane Sandy
Hurricane Sandy, taking an unusual track up the East Coast and coming to landfall on the New Jersey coast near Atlantic City and Long Island coasts of New York creates significant damage to coastal towns as well as the boroughs of Manhattan and Staten Island, to the estimated cost of $65.6 billion. -
Obama wins electroal votes
November 6, 2012 - President Barack Obama wins a significant victory, 332 electoral votes to 206, for his second term in office against Republican challenger and businessman Mitt Romney. -
citizens file taxes
The Internal Revenue Service is accused of targeting conservative groups for additional scrutiny in tax status matters.This breach of protocol from a government agency where all U.S. citizens file taxes has caused concern from both Republican, -
Lincoln memorial
One hundred thousand visitors throng to the Lincoln Memorial and the National Mall in Washington, D.C. for the 50th anniversary commemoration ceremony of Martin Luther King's “I Have a Dream" speech. Speakers at the anniversary include two former presidents; Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, and current President Barack Obama, the first African American to hold the office. -
First case of Ebola is certified in the United States
September 30, 2014 - First case of Ebola is certified in the United States, an outcome of travel from the country of Liberia and West Africa where the virus has spread to 22,000 people and killed 9,000. -
black lives matter movement
After the death of Freddie Gray, a black man, in police custody. This incident, coupled with others at the end of 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri, and more in 2015, would lead to the creation of the Black Lives Matter movement and discussion of police brutality in poor, minority, and violent neighborhoods and the appropriate response of police when confronted with danger and issues on how to secure the public good. -
diplomatic relations
Full diplomatic relations are reestablished between the United States and Cuba for the first time in fifty-four years. -
islamic terror, lead to murders in California
December 2, 2015 - Islamic Terrorist inspired act in San Bernadino, and leads to fourteen dead People in California and follows a brutal attack against citizens in Paris in November. . -
Terrorist attack in Orlando
Terrorist attack in Orlando, Florida, with fifty killed and fifty-three wounded, continues ISIS and Radical Islamic terrorist inspired attacks throughout the world, including major attacks in Ankara, Instanbul, Brussels, and Nice. -
Donald Trump wins election
November 28, 2016 - Donald Trump, the flamboyount billionaire businessman from New York with no political or military experience, wins a surprising election over Democratic challenger and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the first woman to run for the highest office from a major party -
Thirty-five Russian diplomats expelled from Washington
Thirty-five Russian diplomats expelled from Washington by President Obama after national security report that Russia had been behind a hacking scandal to influence the national presidential election.