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1973–1974 — The United States is affected by the Arab Oil Embargo; gasoline prices skyrocket as supplies of gasoline and heating oil are in short supply. In response, daylight saving time is started in January (nearly four months earlier than usual), and the national speed limit is lowered to 55 mph.
Timeline of pre–United States history; Timeline of the history of the United States (1760–1789) Timeline of the history of the United States (1790–1819) Timeline of the history of the United States (1820–1859) Timeline of the history of the United States (1860–1899) Timeline of the history of the United States (1900–1929)
Establishes the direct election of United States senators by popular vote. May 13, 1912 April 8, 1913 330 days 18th: Prohibits the manufacturing or sale of alcohol within the United States. (Repealed on December 5, 1933 by the 21st Amendment.) December 18, 1917 January 16, 1919 1 year, 29 days 19th: Grants women the right to vote. June 4, 1919
The draft Constitution receives the unanimous approval of the state delegations. [26] Howard Chandler Christy's 1940 Scene at the Signing of the Constitution of the United States September 17 • Constitution signed and convention adjourns The approved Constitution is signed by thirty-nine delegates from twelve states (all but Rhode Island).
July 5 – Right to vote: The Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution is formally certified by President Richard Nixon, lowering the voting age from 21 to 18. July 19 – The South Tower of the World Trade Center is topped out at 1,362 feet (415 m), making it the second tallest building in the world.
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Timeline of women in religion in the United States; Timeline of women in science in the United States; Timeline of women in war in the United States, pre-1945; Timeline of women in warfare in Colonial America; Timeline of women in warfare and the military in the United States, 2011–present; Timeline of women in warfare in the United States ...