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The evolution of United States standard time zone boundaries from 1919 to 2024 in five-year increments. Plaque in Chicago marking the creation of the four time zones of the continental US in 1883 Colorized 1913 time zone map of the United States, showing boundaries very different from today Map of U.S. time zones during between April 2, 2006, and March 11, 2007.
August 1 – WWII: Operation Tidal Wave – 177 B-24 Liberator bombers from the U.S. Army Air Force bomb oil refineries at Ploieşti, Romania. August 1–2 – Harlem riot of 1943, a race riot. August 3 – WWII: John F. Kennedy 's patrol torpedo boat PT-109 is rammed by a destroyer.
June 27, 1945 208 days Virginia Harry S. Truman – Joseph Grew (1880–1965) Independent – June 28, 1945 July 3, 1945 5 days New Hampshire: 49 James F. Byrnes (1882–1972) Democratic – July 3, 1945 January 21, 1947 1 year, 202 days South Carolina 50 George C. Marshall (1880–1959) Independent – January 21, 1947 January 20, 1949
Presidency Portrait President Party Election Vice President 1: April 30, 1789 – March 4, 1797: George Washington: Unaffiliated: 1788–89: John Adams: 1792
From 1879 to 1882, there had been a boom in railroad construction which came to an end, resulting in a decline in both railroad construction and in related industries, particularly iron and steel. [25] A major economic event during the recession was the Panic of 1884 . 1887–1888 recession. March 1887 – April 1888.
The history of the United States from 1918 through 1945 covers the post-World War I era, the Great Depression, and World War II. After World War I, the U.S. rejected the Treaty of Versailles and did not join the League of Nations. In 1920, the manufacture, sale, import and export of alcohol was prohibited by an amendment to the United States Constitution. Possession of liquor, and drinking it ...
The Congress of Berlin (13 June – 13 July 1878) was a meeting of the leading statesmen of Europe's Great Powers and the Ottoman Empire. In the wake of the Russia's decisive victory in a war with Turkey, 1877–78, the urgent need was to stabilize and reorganize the Balkans, and set up new nations.
