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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.
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.
t. e. The history of the United States from 2008 to the present began with the collapse of the housing bubble, which led to the Great Recession. The resulting economic downturn and general discontent led Barack Obama to win the presidential election in 2008, becoming the country's first African-American president.
Since the office was established in 1789, 45 men have served in 46 presidencies. The first president, George Washington, won a unanimous vote of the Electoral College. [ 4] Grover Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms and is therefore counted as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, giving rise to the discrepancy between the ...
The Democrats' supermajority in the Senate ended on February 4, 2010, with the election of Scott Brown (R-MA). [41] President Obama unsuccessfully tried to close Guantanamo Bay detention camp for suspected terrorists. [42] Conservative opponents of Obama formed the Tea Party movement in February 2009.
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 ...
Map of military operations since 1950. 1950–1953: Korean War: The United States responded to the North Korean invasion of South Korea by going to its assistance, pursuant to United Nations Security Council resolutions. U.S. forces deployed in Korea exceeded 300,000 during the last year of the active conflict (1953).
1958. The first gay leather bar, the Gold Coast, opened in Chicago in 1958. One, Inc. v. Olesen 355 U.S. 371 (1958) is a landmark United States Supreme Court decision for LGBT rights in the United States. It was the first U.S. Supreme Court ruling to deal with homosexuality and the first to address free speech rights with respect to homosexuality.