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Thomas Jefferson becomes the 3rd president of the United States on March 4, 1801. First Barbary War, 1801–1805. The Territory Northwest of the River Ohio is admitted to the Union as the State of Ohio (the 17th state) on March 1, 1803. The United States takes possession of the Louisiana Purchase, December 20, 1803.
Agencies were enforced. 2001 — American Airlines Flight 587 crashes in Queens, New York, killing 265. 2002 — The Department of Homeland Security is created in the wake of the September 11 attacks. 2002 — The United States withdraws from Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
The history of the lands that became the United States began with the arrival of the first people in the Americas around 15,000 BC. Numerous indigenous cultures formed. After European colonization of North America began in the late 15th century, wars and epidemics decimated indigenous societies. Starting in 1585, the British Empire colonized ...
Will keep it until 1946. 1930 - Hawley-Smoot Tariff. 1930 - Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto. 1930 - Sinclair Lewis is the first American to win Nobel Prize for Literature. 1931 – Empire State Building opens in New York. 1931 – Japanese invasion of Manchuria, start of World War II in the Pacific.
January 21, 2020 – The first patient in the United States is diagnosed with coronavirus. January 26, 2020 – Kobe Bryant, along with his daughter, Gianna, and 7 others, perish in a helicopter crash. February 5, 2020 – The majority of the United States Senate votes to acquit President Trump of charges related to the Trump-Ukraine scandal.
January 20, 1969 – Nixon becomes the 37th president, Agnew becomes the 39th vice president. 1969 – "Vietnamization" begins. 1969 – Author Maya Angelou publishes I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings. 1969 – Stonewall riots in New York City marks the start of the modern gay rights movement in the U.S.
The history of calendars covers practices with ancient roots as people created and used various methods to keep track of days and larger divisions of time. Calendars commonly serve both cultural and practical purposes and are often connected to astronomy and agriculture . Archeologists have reconstructed methods of timekeeping that go back to ...
1910 – Mann Act. 1911 – Supreme Court breaks up Standard Oil. 1911 – Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire. 1911 – First Indianapolis 500 is staged; Ray Harroun is the first winner. 1912 – RMS Titanic sank. 1912 – New Mexico and Arizona become states. 1912 – Girl Scouts of the USA was started by Juliette Gordon Low.