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Palmer Raids
Series of raids by the U.S. Department of Justice to capture, arrest, and deport suspected radicals at the climax of post WWI. -
The Jazz Singer by Al Jolson
First "talking" film premieres, marking the end of the silent film era. -
Stock Market Crash
Stock Market lost $14 billion, sending the economy into a depression that lasted over 10 years. -
Amelia Earhart
First Woman to fly alone across the Atlantic Ocean. -
Jesse Owens
First African American track athlete to win 4 gold metals at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin Germany -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Surprise attack by the Japanese Navy Air Service against the United States naval base in Hawaii -
Marshall Plan
American initiative to aid Western Europe, in which the United States gave over $13 billion in economic support to help rebuild the area after WWII -
Segregation Ruled Illegal in the U.S.
Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896 ruled the belief of "separate but equal" until 1954 when segregation was seen as unfair and ruled illegal. -
Emmett Till Murdered
Emmett Till was an African American teen who was accused of hitting on and older white woman while visiting his uncle in Mississippi and was lynched days later at the age of 14. -
Rosa Parks Boycott
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat in the colored section of the bus to a white man when the white section was full. -
Bay of Pigs invasion
The Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba was ordered by President Eisenhower to help the Cubans to overthrow Fidel Castro. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Law signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson outlawing the requirement of potential voters to take a literacy test in order to qualify and the provision of federal registration of voters in areas with less that 50% of all voters registered. -
Equal Rights Amendment
Senate passed the ERA to the United States constitution , which bans discrimination based on sex. -
SALT II Treaty
U.S. President Jimmy Carter and General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev of the Soviet Union sign the SALT II Treaty in Vienna. The treaty limits the total of both nation's nuclear forces and eases tensions between them. The treaty was withdrawn in 1980 by the U.S. because of the Soviet Union invasion on Afghanistan. -
John Lennon Assassinated
John Lennon was in the well known band "The Beatles". On this day he was sadly assassinated by a previous fan, Mark David Chapman in New York City -
First Launch of Space Shuttle
A new era in space began on this day when space shuttle Columbia, or STS-1, soared into orbit from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. -
1988 Presidential Election
George H.W. Bush wins 426-111 against Michael Dukakis -
NAFTA Put Into Effect
NAFTA was an agreement signed by Canada, Mexico, and the United States creating a trilateral trade in North America. -
Columbine School Shooting
2 teens went on a shooting spree at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, killing 13 people and wounding more than 20 people. -
Twin Towers Terrorist Attack
The September 11 attacks were a series of coordinated terrorist attacks by an Islamic terrorist group on the World Trade Center in New York, killing 2,996 people.
