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February 12 – At New York City 's Madison Square Garden, the first artificial ice rink in North America opens. February 15 – Women's rights: President Rutherford B. Hayes signs a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court of the United States. February 22 – In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of ...
1900 - Gold Standard Act. 1900 - US helps put down Boxer Rebellion in China. 1901 - William McKinley assassinated. 1901 - Theodore Roosevelt becomes President. 1901 - US Steel founded by John Pierpont Morgan. 1901 - Platt Amendment. 1901 - Hay-Pauncefote Treaty. 1902 - Drago Doctrine. 1902 - First Rose Bowl game played.
1911 – Supreme Court breaks up Standard Oil. 1911 – Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire. 1911 – First Indianapolis 500 is staged; Ray Harroun is the first winner. 1912 – RMS Titanic sank. 1912 – New Mexico and Arizona become states. 1912 – Girl Scouts of the USA was started by Juliette Gordon Low.
Presidency of Harry S. Truman. 1950 – Senator Joseph McCarthy gains power, and McCarthyism (1950–1954) begins. 1950 – McCarran Internal Security Act. 1950 – Korean War begins. 1950 – The comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz, is first published. 1950 – NBC airs Broadway Open House a late-night comedy, variety, talk show through ...
February 20 – A decision by the Supreme Court of the United States states that the power of the federal government is greater than any individual state. March 1. Non-Intercourse Act passed to replace the Embargo Act of 1807. Illinois Territory is effective. March 4 – James Madison is sworn in as the fourth president of the United States ...
November 2 – U.S. presidential election, 1880: James Garfield defeats Winfield S. Hancock. November 4 – The first cash register is patented by James and John Ritty of Dayton, Ohio. November 22 – Vaudeville actress Lillian Russell makes her debut at Tony Pastor 's Theatre in New York City.
July 12 – Origin of Latter Day Saint polygamy: Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, receives a revelation recommending polygamy. August 19 – Edgar Allan Poe 's short story "The Black Cat" is first published, in The Saturday Evening Post. August 23 – Mexican President Antonio López de Santa Anna announces that the ...
