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Fats Waller, African American jazz pianist and entertainer (died 1943) [45] June 2 – Johnny Weissmuller, swimmer and actor (Tarzan) (died 1984) [46] June 3 – Charles R. Drew, African American physician, pioneer in blood transfusion (died 1950) [47] June 24 – Phil Harris, bandleader and comic actor (died 1995)"Benny Show's Phil Harris Dies ...
Teddy Roosevelt, the Bull Moose, led American progressives in the early 20th century. 1906 – San Francisco earthquake; 1907 – Oklahoma becomes a state; 1907 – Gentlemen's Agreement; 1907 – Coal mine explodes in Monongah, West Virginia, killing at least 361. Worst industrial accident in American history. 1908 – Ford Model T appears on ...
Midwestern U.S. floods and tornado outbreak of June 2021: Midwestern United States: 2021 Winter storm: 29 $2 billion February 15–20, 2021 North American winter storm: Western United States, Southern Plains, Deep South, Northeastern United States, Atlantic Canada, British Isles, Iceland, Faroe Islands: 2021 Winter storm: 276 ≥ $196.5 billion ...
March 27 – Plumas National Forest is established. April 6 – Lochner v. New York: The Supreme Court of the United States invalidates New York's 8-hour-day law. April 6–July 19 – The 1905 Chicago Teamsters' strike; 21 people die and 416 are injured in the violence. [2]
The National Republican Editorial association endorsed Theodore Roosevelt in the 1904 United States presidential election. Meeting with the association's delegates in Washington, D.C., Roosevelt said, "In the proper sense of the term, no man is more essentially a public servant than the editor—the man who in the public press not merely gives ...
The name of the agency changes to the Forest Service. 1905–1945 National forest management focuses on protecting lands against overgrazing, controlling and combating fire, protecting fish and game, and providing public recreation. 1910 The Great Fire of 1910
Event 1909: November 1: U.S. President William Howard Taft issues a proclamation creating Gran Quivira National Monument. [8] [7] March 2: U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt issues an executive order creating Zuni National Forest. [9] 1908: July 2: U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt issues executive orders creating Alamo National Forest and Pecos ...
In the United States, national forest is a classification of protected and managed federal lands that are largely forest and woodland areas. They are owned collectively by the American people through the federal government and managed by the United States Forest Service , a division of the United States Department of Agriculture .