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Historical U.S.A. Events By Decade
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1900-19091900 Hurricane ravages Galveston, TX killing 8,000 people
1903Orville and Wilbur Wright fly the first heavier than air plane in history at Kitty Hawk, NC
1906San Francisco earthquake and 3 day fire killing 500 people
1917First U.S. troops in France as U.S. declares war on Germany
1920-19291925 Nellie Tayloe Ross elected governor of Wyoming; first woman governor elected in U.S
1927Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs in one season and record holds for 34 years
1929First phase of Great Depression
1930-19391931 Al Capone is arrested for tax evasion and sentenced to 11 years in prison
1931Star Spangled Banner officially becomes National Anthem
1940-19491941 Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor
1945U.S. drops atomic bombs on Japanese cities of Nagasaki and Hiroshima
1947U.S. air force pilot Chuck Yeager is first man to break sound barrier
1954U.S. Supreme Court Brown vs. Board of Education bans racial segregation in public schools
1955Rosa Parks refuses to sit on the back of the bus and Martin Luther King Jr. leads black boycott of Alabama bus system
1960-19691961 Alan B. Shephard Jr. first American to be launched into space
1962John Glenn Jr. first American to orbit the earth
1963President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Texas by accused assassin Lee Harvey Oswald. Jack Ruby shoots and kills Oswald shortly after he is arrested
1964The Beatles appear on The Ed Sullivan Show
1965Malcolm X shot to death at Harlem rally in New York City
1968Martin Luther King Jr. is shot and killed in Memphis. James Earl Ray is the accused murderer.
1969Neil Armstrong first man to walk on the moon
1969Woodstock music festival takes place
1970-19791970 Kent State University massacre occurs where members of National Guard fire on unarmed students killing 4 and injuring many others
1972Nixon is involved in Watergate scandal
1980-19891981 Sandra Day O'Connor named first woman to U.S. Supreme Court
1983Sally K. Ride is first woman in space on board the shuttle Challenger
1986Space shuttle Challenger explodes after takeoff killing all 7 passengers
1989Tanker ship Exxon Valdez ruptures and dumps 11 million gallons of crude oil into Alaska’s Prince William Sound
1990-19991990 Hubble Space telescope launched
1992Rodney King is beaten by Los Angeles police and the crime is video taped by civilian. Riots begin all throughout LA
1994O.J. Simpson arrested in killing of his wife and her boyfriend. Simpson later found innocent.
1995Oklahoma City bombing occurs and Timothy McVeigh arrested
1997Hale Bopp Comet closest to earth it will be to Earth until the year 4397
1998President Clinton is impeached on two charges, perjury and obstruction of justice
1999High School shooting takes place in Columbine, Colorado killing 15 people
2000-20092001 Terrorists fly airplanes into the twin towers in New York City, the Pentagon, and one that was in route for the White House crashes in Pennsylvania
2003War in Iraq begins by the bombing of Baghdad
2005Hurricane Katrina hits the southern United States hitting New Orleans the hardest killing over a thousand people.
2009Barack Obama is selected as President of the United States making him the first ever African American in the oval office
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