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Date |
Event(s) |
| 1 | 1901 | - 14 Sep 1901—4 Mar 1909: 26th US President
Theodore Roosevelt served as the 26th President of the USA
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| 2 | 1907 | - 16 Nov 1907: Oklahoma becomes 46th state
Oklahoma admitted to the Union
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| 3 | 1909 | - 4 Mar 1909—4 Mar 1913: 27th US President
William Howard Taft served as the 27th President of the USA
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| 4 | 1912 | - 6 Jan 1912: New Mexico becomes 47th state
New Mexico admitted to the Union
- 14 Feb 1912: Arizona becomes 48th state
Arizona admitted to the Union
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| 5 | 1913 | - 4 Mar 1913—4 Mar 1921: 28th US President
Woodrow Wilson served as 28th President of the USA
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| 6 | 1920 | - 1920: US Women Granted Right to Vote
Women given the right to vote under the Nineteenth Amendment
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| 7 | 1921 | - 4 Mar 1921—2 Aug 1923: 29th US President
Warren G Harding served as the 29th President of the USA
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| 8 | 1923 | - 2 Aug 1923—4 Mar 1929: 30th US President
Calvin Coolidge served as the 20th President of the USA
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| 9 | 1924 | - 1924: US Congress gives indigenous people right to citizenship
US Congress gives indigenous people right to citizenship
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| 10 | 1929 | - 4 Mar 1929—4 Mar 1933: 31st US President
Herbert Hoover served as the 31st President of the USA
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| 11 | 1933 | - 4 Mar 1933—12 Apr 1945: 32nd US President
Franklin D Roosevelt served as the 32nd President of the USA
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| 12 | 1941 | - 1941: Attack on Pearl Harbor
Japanese warplanes attack US fleet at Pearl Harbour in Hawaii, leading to US joining World War II against the Axis powers
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| 13 | 1945 | - 1945: US Drops Atomic Bombs on Japan
US drops two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Japan surrenders
- 12 Apr 1945—20 Jan 1953: 33rd US President
Harry S Truman served as the 33rd President of the USA
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| 14 | 1953 | - 20 Jan 1953—20 Jan 1961: 34th US President
Dwight D Eisenhower served as the 34th President of the USA
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| 15 | 1959 | - 3 Jan 1959: Alaska becomes 49th state
Alaska admitted to the Union
- 21 Aug 1959: Hawaii becomes 50th state
Hawaii admitted to the Union
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| 16 | 1961 | - 1961: Bay of Pigs Invasion
Bay of Pigs invasion: an unsuccessful attempt to invade Cuba by Cuban exiles, organised and financed by Washington
- 20 Jan 1961—22 Nov 1963: 35th US President
John F Kennedy served as the 35th President of the USA
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| 17 | 1963 | - 1963: John F Kennedy Assassinated
President John F Kennedy assassinated
- 22 Nov 1963—20 Jan 1969: 36th US President
Lyndon B Johnson served as the 36th President of the USA
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| 18 | 1968 | - 1968: Martin Luke King Assassinated
Black civil rights leader Martin Luther King assassinated
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| 19 | 1969 | - 1969: First Moon Walk
US astronaut Neil Armstrong becomes the first person to walk on the Moon
- 20 Jan 1969—9 Aug 1974: 37th US President
Richard Nixon served as the 37th President of the USA
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| 20 | 1974 | - 9 Aug 1974—20 Jan 1977: 38th US President
Gerald Ford served as the 38th President of the USA
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| 21 | 1977 | - 20 Jan 1977—20 Jan 1981: 39th US President
Jimmy Carter served as the 39th President of the USA
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