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The march was one of the largest political rallies for human rights in United States history. [6] Walter Reuther, president of the United Auto Workers, was the most integral and highest-ranking white organizer of the march. [10] [11] The march is credited with helping to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
August 9 – The abolitionist Free Soil Party is founded by former president, Martin Van Buren in Buffalo, New York. August 14 – Oregon Territory is established. August 19 – California Gold Rush: The New York Herald breaks the news to the East Coast of the United States that there is a gold rush in California (although the rush started in ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 30 November 2024. "American history" redirects here. For the history of the continents, see History of the Americas. Further information: Economic history of the United States Current territories of the United States after the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands was given independence in 1994 This ...
August 31 – The Young Plan, which sets the total World War I reparations owed by Germany at US$26,350,000,000 to be paid over a period of 58½ years, is finalized. September 3 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) peaks at 381.17, a height it will not reach again until November 1954.
1920 – The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing women's suffrage. 1938 – The Thousand Islands Bridge, connecting New York State, United States, with Ontario, Canada, over the St. Lawrence River, is dedicated by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
A People's History of the United States; Cyclopaedia of Political Science, Political Economy, and the Political History of the United States; Land of Promise: An Economic History of the United States; The History of the United States of America 1801–1817; Oxford History of the United States; The Penguin History of the United States of America ...
The Watergate scandal refers to the burglary and illegal wiretapping of the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee, in the Watergate complex by members of President Richard Nixon's re-election campaign, and the subsequent cover-up of the break-in resulting in Nixon's resignation on August 9, 1974, as well as other abuses of power by the Nixon White House that were discovered during ...
The following is a timeline of major events leading up to and immediately following the United States presidential election of 2008. The election was the 56th quadrennial United States presidential election. It was held on November 4, 2008, but its significant events and background date back to about 2002.