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George Drumm writes the concert march "Hail, America" in New York City. The calendar year is the coolest averaged over the contiguous United States in mean temperature (average of 50.06 °F or 10.03 °C against a long-term average of 51.86 °F or 11.03 °C) [ 12 ] and minimum temperature (37.62 °F or 3.12 °C against a long-term average of 39. ...
On Dec. 30, 1917, 107 years ago today, much of the eastern two-thirds of the nation was in the grips of a record-smashing cold outbreak. This outbreak didn't merely top records for a specific ...
1917 – U.S. Virgin Islands purchased from Denmark; 1917 – Temperance movement leads to prohibition laws in 29 states; 1917–1919 – Silent Sentinels hold a vigil outside the White House gates in favor of women's suffrage, a nearly two–and–a–half year demonstration organized by Alice Paul and the National Woman's Party
The history of the United States from 1917 to 1945 was marked by World War I, the interwar period, the Great Depression, and World War II. The United States tried and failed to broker a peace settlement for World War I , then entered the war after Germany launched a submarine campaign against U.S. merchant ships that were supplying Germany's ...
Mourners gather near the site where Daunte Wright was killed, April 11, 2021. On April 11, 2021, at 1:48 p.m., 20-year-old Daunte Wright was shot and killed during a traffic stop by Kim Potter, an officer with the police department of Brooklyn Center, a suburb of Minneapolis. His girlfriend, a passenger in his car, was also injured.
2020s in United States history is a narrative summary of major historical events and issues in the United States from January 1, 2020, through December 31, 2029. The first part is divided chronologically by Congressional sessions and the second part highlights major issues that span several years or even the entire decade.
2020 27,000 2020 Bath shipbuilders strike; 2020 Michigan graduate students strike; 2020 University of Illinois Hospital strikes; 2020 Santa Cruz graduate students' strike; 2020 New Orleans sanitation strike; 2020–2021 Alabama aluminum plant strike; 2021 80,700 2021 Washington state carpenters strike; 2021 John Deere strike; 2021 Columbia ...
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