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October 3, 2023 – McCarthy becomes the first Speaker of the United States House of Representatives to be removed from office. October 25, 2023 – Mike Johnson elected Speaker. October 2023–January 2024 – Over 115 attacks occur on U.S. military bases in Iraq and Syria.
e. The history of the United States from 1789 to 1815 was marked by the nascent years of the American Republic under the new U.S. Constitution . George Washington was elected the first president in 1789. On his own initiative, Washington created three departments, State (led by Thomas Jefferson ), Treasury (led by Alexander Hamilton ), and War ...
March 5 – President Zachary Taylor and Vice President Millard Fillmore are sworn into office. May 3 – The Mississippi River levee at Sauvé's Crevasse breaks, flooding much of New Orleans, Louisiana. May 10 – Astor Place Riot occurs in Manhattan. June 6 – Fort Worth, Texas is founded.
1970 – Singer Janis Joplin dies of a drug overdose at the age of 27. 1970 – The Environmental Protection Agency is created. 1970 – The Occupational Safety and Health Act, or OSHA, is signed into law. 1971 – Singer Jim Morrison dies of a drug overdose at the age of 27. 1971 – President Richard Nixon ends the United States Gold standard ...
1882 hand-colored map depicting the western half of the continental United States. This timeline of the American Old West is a chronologically ordered list of events significant to the development of the American West as a region of the continental United States. The term "American Old West" refers to a vast geographical area and lengthy time ...
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).
1920 – 19th Amendment, grants women the right to vote. 1920 – The Great Steel Strike ends. 1920 – Sacco and Vanzetti arrested. 1920 – First radio broadcasts, by KDKA in Pittsburgh and WWJ in Detroit. 1920 – Volstead Act. 1920 – Esch–Cummins Act. 1920 – Economy collapses. The Depression of 1920–21 begins.
