Years in the United States
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18th century
- 1770s: 17761776 in the United StatesEvents from the year 1776 in the United States. This year is celebrated in the United States as the official beginning of its nationhood, with the Declaration of Independence issued on July 4.-January:* January 10 – Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense....
17771777 in the United States-January–March:* January 2 – American Revolution – Second Battle of Trenton: George Washington's army fights the Second Battle of Trenton, New Jersey....
17781778 in the United States-January–March:* January 18 – The third Pacific expedition of Capt. James Cook, with ships HMS Resolution and HMS Discovery, first view O'ahu then Kaua'i in the Hawaiian Islands, which he names the Sandwich Islands....
17791779 in the United States-January–March:* January 22 – American Revolutionary War: Claudius Smith is hanged at Goshen, Orange County, New York for supposed acts of terrorism upon the people of the surrounding communities.... - 1780s: 17801780 in the United States-January–March:* January 16 – American Revolutionary War – Battle of Cape St. Vincent: British Admiral Sir George Rodney defeats a Spanish fleet.* February 3 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Young's House...
17811781 in the United States-January–March:* January 2 – Virginia passes a law ceding its western land claims, paving the way for Maryland to ratify the Articles of Confederation....
17821782 in the United States-January–March:* January 7 – The first American commercial bank opens.* January 15 – Superintendent of Finance Robert Morris goes before the U.S...
17831783 in the United States-January–March:* February 3 – American Revolutionary War: Britain awards the United States independence.* February 4 – American Revolutionary War: Great Britain formally declares that it will cease hostilities with the United States of America....
17841784 in the United States-Events:* January 14 – The US Congress ratifies the Treaty of Paris with Great Britain to end the American Revolutionary War.* September 22 – Russia establishes a colony at Kodiak, Alaska....
17851785 in the United States-Incumbents:* Sixth Confederation Congress , Seventh Confederation Congress...
17861786 in the United States-January–March:* January 3 – The Treaty of Hopewell is signed between the United States of America and the Choctaw Nation.* January 10 – The Treaty of Hopewell is signed between the United States of America and the Chickasaw Nation.-April–June:...
17871787 in the United States-Incumbents:*Second Continental Congress*Governor of Delaware - Thomas Collins*Governor of New Jersey - William Livingston*Governor of Pennsylvania - Benjamin Franklin-January–March:...
17881788 in the United States-Incumbents:*Second Continental Congress*Governor of Connecticut - Samuel Huntington*Governor of Delaware - Thomas Collins*Governor of Georgia - George Mathews then George Handley*Governor of Maryland - William Smallwood then John Eager Howard...
17891789 in the United States-Incumbents:*Second Continental Congress*President - George Washington*Vice President - John Adams*United States Secretary - John Jay*United States House of Representatives - President - Frederick Muhlenberg*Governor of Connecticut - Samuel Huntington... - 1790s: 17901790 in the United States-January–March:* January 9 – U.S. President George Washington gives the first State of the Union Address.* February 1 – In New York City the Supreme Court of the United States convenes for the first time....
17911791 in the United States-Events:* March 4 – Vermont is admitted as the 14th U.S. state.* March 9 – Pierre Charles L'Enfant arrives in Georgetown and begins designing the federal capital city....
17921792 in the United States-January–March:* February 20 – The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by President George Washington....
17931793 in the United States-January–March:* January 9 – Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first to fly in a gas balloon in the United States.* February 12 – The Fugitive Slave Act is passed by Congress as the first federal law dealing with runaway slaves under the U.S...
17941794 in the United States-Events:* February 11 – The first session of the United States Senate is open to the public.* March 14 – Eli Whitney is granted a patent for the cotton gin....
17951795 in the United States-Events:* January 14 – The University of North Carolina opens to students, becoming the first state university in the United States....
17961796 in the United States-Events:* June 1 – Tennessee is admitted as the 16th U.S. state.* July 11 – The United States takes possession of Detroit from Great Britain under the terms of the Jay Treaty....
17971797 in the United States-Events:* January 3 – The Treaty of Tripoli is signed at Algiers ....
17981798 in the United States-Events:* February 15 – Federalist Congressman Roger Griswold of Connecticut attacks Vermont Representative Matthew Lyon with a walking stick in the chambers of the United States House of Representatives....
17991799 in the United States-Events:* January 30 – Congress passes the Logan Act, forbidding unauthorized citizens from negotiating with foreign governments, in response to George Logan's unofficial attempt to negotiate peace between the U.S...
19th century
- 1800s: 18001800 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: John Adams * Vice President: Thomas Jefferson * Chief Justice: Oliver Ellsworth* Speaker of the House of Representatives: Theodore Sedgwick * Congress: 6th...
18011801 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: John Adams , Thomas Jefferson * Vice President: Thomas Jefferson , Aaron Burr...
18021802 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Thomas Jefferson * Vice President: Aaron Burr * Chief Justice: John Marshall* Speaker of the House of Representatives: Nathaniel Macon * Congress: 7th-Events:...
18031803 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Thomas Jefferson * Vice President: Aaron Burr * Chief Justice: John Marshall* Speaker of the House of Representatives: Nathaniel Macon...
18041804 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Thomas Jefferson * Vice President: Aaron Burr * Chief Justice: John Marshall* Speaker of the House of Representatives: Nathaniel Macon * Congress: 8th...
18051805 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Thomas Jefferson * Vice President: Aaron Burr , George Clinton * Chief Justice: John Marshall...
18061806 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Thomas Jefferson * Vice President: George Clinton * Chief Justice: John Marshall* Speaker of the House of Representatives: Nathaniel Macon * Congress: 9th-Events:...
18071807 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Thomas Jefferson * Vice President: George Clinton * Chief Justice: John Marshall...
18081808 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Thomas Jefferson * Vice President: George Clinton * Chief Justice: John Marshall* Speaker of the House of Representatives: Joseph Bradley Varnum * Congress: 10th...
18091809 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Thomas Jefferson , James Madison * Vice President: George Clinton * Chief Justice: John Marshall... - 1810s: 18101810 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: James Madison * Vice President: George Clinton * Chief Justice: John Marshall* Speaker of the House of Representatives: Joseph Bradley Varnum * Congress: 11th...
18111811 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: James Madison * Vice President: George Clinton * Chief Justice: John Marshall...
18121812 in the United StatesEvents from the year 1812 in the United States. After years of increasing tensions, the United States declares war on the British Empire starting the War of 1812.-Incumbents:* President: James Madison...
18131813 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: James Madison * Vice President: vacant , Elbridge Gerry * Chief Justice: John Marshall...
18141814 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: James Madison * Vice President: Elbridge Gerry , vacant * Chief Justice: John Marshall...
18151815 in the United StatesEvents from the year 1815 in the United States. As news slowly spread of the Treaty of Ghent ending the War of 1812, battles between American and British forces continued in the early months of the year.-Incumbents:...
18161816 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: James Madison * Vice President: vacant* Chief Justice: John Marshall* Speaker of the House of Representatives: Henry Clay * Congress: 14th-Events:...
18171817 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: James Madison , James Monroe * Vice President: vacant , Daniel D...
18181818 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: James Monroe * Vice President: Daniel D. Tompkins * Chief Justice: John Marshall* Speaker of the House of Representatives: Henry Clay * Congress: 15th-Events:...
18191819 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: James Monroe * Vice President: Daniel D. Tompkins * Chief Justice: John Marshall* Speaker of the House of Representatives: Henry Clay... - 1820s: 18201820 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: James Monroe * Vice President: Daniel D. Tompkins * Chief Justice: John Marshall* Speaker of the House of Representatives: Henry Clay , John W...
18211821 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: James Monroe * Vice President: Daniel D. Tompkins * Chief Justice: John Marshall* Speaker of the House of Representatives: John W...
18221822 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: James Monroe * Vice President: Daniel D. Tompkins * Chief Justice: John Marshall* Speaker of the House of Representatives: Philip Pendleton Barbour * Congress: 17th...
18231823 in the United StatesEvents from the year 1823 in the United States.-Incumbents:* President: James Monroe * Vice President: Daniel D. Tompkins * Chief Justice: John Marshall...
18241824 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: James Monroe * Vice President: Daniel D. Tompkins * Chief Justice: John Marshall* Speaker of the House of Representatives: Henry Clay * Congress: 18th-Events:...
18251825 in the United StatesEvents from the year 1825 in the United States.-Incumbents:* President: James Monroe , John Quincy Adams...
18261826 in the United StatesEvents from the year 1826 in the United States.-Incumbents:* President: John Quincy Adams * Vice President: John C. Calhoun * Chief Justice: John Marshall...
18271827 in the United StatesEvents from the year 1827 in the United States.-Incumbents:* President: John Quincy Adams * Vice President: John C. Calhoun * Chief Justice: John Marshall...
18281828 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: John Quincy Adams * Vice President: John C. Calhoun * Chief Justice: John Marshall* Speaker of the House of Representatives: Andrew Stevenson...
18291829 in the United StatesEvents from the year 1829 in the United States.-Incumbents:* President: John Quincy Adams , Andrew Jackson * Vice President: John C... - 1830s: 18301830 in the United StatesEvents from the year 1830 in the United States.-Incumbents:* President: Andrew Jackson * Vice President: John C. Calhoun * Chief Justice: John Marshall...
18311831 in the United StatesEvents from the year 1831 in the United States.-Incumbents:* President: Andrew Jackson * Vice President: John C. Calhoun * Chief Justice: John Marshall...
18321832 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Andrew Jackson * Vice President: John C. Calhoun , vacant * Chief Justice: John Marshall...
18331833 in the United StatesEvents from the year 1833 in the United States.-Incumbents:* President: Andrew Jackson * Vice President: vacant , Martin Van Buren * Chief Justice: John Marshall...
18341834 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Andrew Jackson * Vice President: Martin Van Buren * Chief Justice: John Marshall* Speaker of the House of Representatives: Andrew Stevenson , John Bell...
18351835 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Andrew Jackson * Vice President: Martin Van Buren * Chief Justice: John Marshall* Speaker of the House of Representatives: John Bell , James K...
18361836 in the United StatesEvents from the year 1836 in the United States. Exceptionally, this page covers not only the history of the United States of America, but also that of the Republic of Texas in 1836.-Incumbents:* President: Andrew Jackson...
18371837 in the United StatesEvents from the year 1837 in the United States.-Incumbents:* President: Andrew Jackson , Martin Van Buren...
18381838 in the United StatesEvents from the year 1838 in the United States.-Incumbents:* President: Martin Van Buren * Vice President: Richard Mentor Johnson * Chief Justice: Roger B. Taney* Speaker of the House of Representatives: James K...
18391839 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Martin Van Buren * Vice President: Richard Mentor Johnson * Chief Justice: Roger B. Taney* Speaker of the House of Representatives: James K... - 1840s: 18401840 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Martin Van Buren * Vice President: Richard Mentor Johnson * Chief Justice: Roger B. Taney* Speaker of the House of Representatives: Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter * Congress: 26th-Events:...
18411841 in the United States-Incumbents:* President:** until March 4: Martin Van Buren ** March 4–April 4: William Henry Harrison ** starting April 4: John Tyler * Vice President:** until March 4: Richard Mentor Johnson...
18421842 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: John Tyler * Vice President: vacant* Chief Justice: Roger B. Taney* Speaker of the House of Representatives: John White * Congress: 27th-Events:* March – Commonwealth v...
18431843 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: John Tyler * Vice President: vacant* Chief Justice: Roger B. Taney* Speaker of the House of Representatives: John White , John Winston Jones...
18441844 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: John Tyler * Vice President: vacant* Chief Justice: Roger B. Taney* Speaker of the House of Representatives: John Winston Jones * Congress: 28th-Events:...
18451845 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: John Tyler , James K. Polk * Vice President: vacant , George M. Dallas * Chief Justice: Roger B...
18461846 in the United StatesEvents from the year 1846 in the United States. In this year, the United States declares war on Mexico, starting the Mexican–American War.-Incumbents:* President: James K. Polk * Vice President: George M. Dallas...
18471847 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: James K. Polk * Vice President: George M. Dallas * Chief Justice: Roger B. Taney* Speaker of the House of Representatives: John Wesley Davis , Robert Charles Winthrop * Congress: 29th , 30th -January–March:* January 4 – Samuel Colt...
18481848 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: James K. Polk * Vice President: George M. Dallas * Chief Justice: Roger B. Taney* Speaker of the House of Representatives: Robert Charles Winthrop * Congress: 30th-January–March:...
18491849 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: James K. Polk , Zachary Taylor * Vice President: George M. Dallas , Millard Fillmore * Chief Justice: Roger B... - 1850s: 18501850 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Zachary Taylor , Millard Fillmore * Vice President: Millard Fillmore , vacant * Chief Justice: Roger B...
18511851 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Millard Fillmore * Vice President: vacant* Chief Justice: Roger B. Taney* Speaker of the House of Representatives: Howell Cobb , Linn Boyd...
18521852 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Millard Fillmore * Vice President: vacant* Chief Justice: Roger B. Taney* Speaker of the House of Representatives: Linn Boyd * Congress: 32nd-Events:...
18531853 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Millard Fillmore , Franklin Pierce * Vice President:** until March 4: vacant** March 4–April 18: William R. King ** starting April 18: vacant...
18541854 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Franklin Pierce * Vice President: vacant* Chief Justice: Roger B. Taney* Speaker of the House of Representatives: Linn Boyd * Congress: 33rd-Events:...
18551855 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Franklin Pierce * Vice President: vacant* Chief Justice: Roger B. Taney* Speaker of the House of Representatives: Linn Boyd * Congress: 33rd , 34th -Events:...
18561856 in the United States1856 in the United States included some significant events that pushed the nation closer towards civil war.-Incumbents:* President: Franklin Pierce * Vice President: vacant* Chief Justice: Roger B. Taney...
18571857 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Franklin Pierce , James Buchanan * Vice President: vacant , John C. Breckinridge * Chief Justice: Roger B. Taney...
18581858 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: James Buchanan * Vice President: John C. Breckinridge * Chief Justice: Roger B. Taney* Speaker of the House of Representatives: James Lawrence Orr * Congress: 35th-Events:...
18591859 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: James Buchanan * Vice President: John C. Breckinridge * Chief Justice: Roger B. Taney* Speaker of the House of Representatives: James Lawrence Orr... - 1860s: 18601860 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: James Buchanan * Vice President: John C. Breckinridge * Chief Justice: Roger B. Taney* Speaker of the House of Representatives: William Pennington * Congress: 36th-Events:-January–March:...
18611861 in the United StatesEvents from the year 1861 in the United States. This year marked the beginning of the American Civil War.-Incumbents:* President: James Buchanan , Abraham Lincoln...
18621862 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Abraham Lincoln * Vice President: Hannibal Hamlin * Chief Justice: Roger B. Taney* Speaker of the House of Representatives: Galusha A...
18631863 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Abraham Lincoln * Vice President: Hannibal Hamlin * Chief Justice: Roger B. Taney* Speaker of the House of Representatives: Galusha A...
18641864 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Abraham Lincoln * Vice President: Hannibal Hamlin * Chief Justice: Roger B. Taney , Salmon P. Chase...
18651865 in the United StatesEvents from the year 1865 in the United States. The American Civil War ends with the surrender of the Confederate States, beginning the Reconstruction era of U.S...
18661866 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Andrew Johnson * Vice President: vacant* Chief Justice: Salmon P. Chase* Speaker of the House of Representatives: Schuyler Colfax * Congress: 39th-January–March:...
18671867 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Andrew Johnson * Vice President: vacant* Chief Justice: Salmon P. Chase* Speaker of the House of Representatives: Schuyler Colfax * Congress: 39th , 40th...
18681868 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Andrew Johnson * Vice President: vacant* Chief Justice: Salmon P. Chase* Speaker of the House of Representatives: Schuyler Colfax * Congress: 40th-January–March:...
18691869 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Andrew Johnson , Ulysses S. Grant * Vice President: vacant , Schuyler Colfax * Chief Justice: Salmon P... - 1870s: 18701870 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Ulysses S. Grant * Vice President: Schuyler Colfax * Chief Justice: Salmon P. Chase* Speaker of the House of Representatives: James G. Blaine * Congress: 41st-January–March:...
18711871 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Ulysses S. Grant * Vice President: Schuyler Colfax * Chief Justice: Salmon P. Chase* Speaker of the House of Representatives: James G. Blaine * Congress: 41st , 42nd...
18721872 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Ulysses S. Grant * Vice President: Schuyler Colfax * Chief Justice: Salmon P. Chase* Speaker of the House of Representatives: James G...
18731873 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Ulysses S. Grant * Vice President: Schuyler Colfax , Henry Wilson * Chief Justice: Salmon P. Chase* Speaker of the House of Representatives: James G...
18741874 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Ulysses S. Grant * Vice President: Henry Wilson * Chief Justice: Morrison Waite* Speaker of the House of Representatives: James G...
18751875 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Ulysses S. Grant * Vice President: Henry Wilson , vacant * Chief Justice: Morrison Waite...
18761876 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Ulysses S. Grant * Vice President: vacant* Chief Justice: Morrison Waite* Speaker of the House of Representatives: Michael C. Kerr , Samuel J...
18771877 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Ulysses S. Grant , Rutherford B. Hayes * Vice President: vacant , William A. Wheeler * Chief Justice: Morrison Waite...
18781878 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Rutherford B. Hayes * Vice President: William A. Wheeler * Chief Justice: Morrison Waite* Speaker of the House of Representatives: Samuel J...
18791879 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Rutherford B. Hayes * Vice President: William A. Wheeler * Chief Justice: Morrison Waite* Speaker of the House of Representatives: Samuel J... - 1880s: 18801880 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Rutherford B. Hayes * Vice President: William A. Wheeler * Chief Justice: Morrison Waite* Speaker of the House of Representatives: Samuel J...
18811881 in the United States-Incumbents:* President:** until March 4: Rutherford B. Hayes ** March 4–September 19: James A. Garfield ** starting September 19: Chester A. Arthur * Vice President:** until March 4: William A. Wheeler...
18821882 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Chester A. Arthur * Vice President: vacant* Chief Justice: Morrison Waite* Speaker of the House of Representatives: J. Warren Keifer * Congress: 47th-January–March:* January 2 – John D...
18831883 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Chester A. Arthur * Vice President: vacant* Chief Justice: Morrison Waite* Speaker of the House of Representatives: J. Warren Keifer , John G...
18841884 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Chester A. Arthur * Vice President: vacant* Chief Justice: Morrison Waite* Speaker of the House of Representatives: John G. Carlisle * Congress: 48th-Events:...
18851885 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Chester A. Arthur , Grover Cleveland * Vice President:** until March 4: vacant** March 4–November 25: Thomas A. Hendricks ** starting November 25: vacant...
18861886 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Grover Cleveland * Vice President: vacant* Chief Justice: Morrison Waite* Speaker of the House of Representatives: John G...
18871887 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Grover Cleveland * Vice President: vacant* Chief Justice: Morrison Waite* Speaker of the House of Representatives: John G...
18881888 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Grover Cleveland * Vice President: vacant* Chief Justice: Morrison Waite , Melville Fuller * Speaker of the House of Representatives: John G...
18891889 in the United StatesEvents from the year 1889 in the United States. Four states—North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Washington—are added to the nation this year, more than any other year excluding the Thirteen Colonies.-Incumbents:... - 1890s: 18901890 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Benjamin Harrison * Vice President: Levi P. Morton * Chief Justice: Melville Fuller* Speaker of the House of Representatives: Thomas Brackett Reed * Congress: 51sth-January–June:...
18911891 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Benjamin Harrison * Vice President: Levi P. Morton * Chief Justice: Melville Fuller* Speaker of the House of Representatives: Thomas Brackett Reed , Charles Frederick Crisp * Congress: 51st , 52nd -Events:* January 20 – Jim Hogg becomes the...
18921892 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Benjamin Harrison * Vice President: Levi P. Morton * Chief Justice: Melville Fuller* Speaker of the House of Representatives: Charles Frederick Crisp * Congress: 52nd-January–March:...
18931893 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Benjamin Harrison , Grover Cleveland * Vice President: Levi P. Morton , Adlai E...
18941894 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Grover Cleveland * Vice President: Adlai E. Stevenson I * Chief Justice: Melville Fuller* Speaker of the House of Representatives: Charles Frederick Crisp * Congress: 53rd-Events:...
18951895 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Grover Cleveland * Vice President: Adlai E. Stevenson I * Chief Justice: Melville Fuller* Speaker of the House of Representatives: Charles Frederick Crisp , Thomas Brackett Reed * Congress: 53rd , 54th -Events:*February 9 – Mintonette, later...
18961896 in the United StatesEvents from the year 1896 in the United States.-Incumbents:* President: Grover Cleveland * Vice President: Adlai E. Stevenson I * Chief Justice: Melville Fuller...
18971897 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Grover Cleveland , William McKinley * Vice President: Adlai E. Stevenson I , Garret Hobart...
18981898 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: William McKinley * Vice President: Garret Hobart * Chief Justice: Melville Fuller* Speaker of the House of Representatives: Thomas Brackett Reed * Congress: 55th-January–March:...
18991899 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: William McKinley * Vice President: Garret Hobart , vacant * Chief Justice: Melville Fuller...
20th century
- 1900s: 19001900 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: William McKinley * Vice President: vacant* Chief Justice: Melville Fuller* Speaker of the House of Representatives: David B. Henderson * Congress: 56th-January–March:...
19011901 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: William McKinley , Theodore Roosevelt * Vice President: vacant , Theodore Roosevelt , vacant...
19021902 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Theodore Roosevelt * Vice President: vacant* Chief Justice: Melville Fuller* Speaker of the House of Representatives: David B...
19031903 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Theodore Roosevelt * Vice President: vacant* Chief Justice: Melville Fuller* Speaker of the House of Representatives: David B...
19041904 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Theodore Roosevelt * Vice President: vacant* Chief Justice: Melville Fuller* Speaker of the House of Representatives: Joseph Gurney Cannon * Congress: 58th-January–March:...
19051905 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Theodore Roosevelt * Vice President: vacant , Charles W. Fairbanks * Chief Justice: Melville Fuller* Speaker of the House of Representatives: Joseph Gurney Cannon...
19061906 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Theodore Roosevelt * Vice President: Charles W. Fairbanks * Chief Justice: Melville Fuller* Speaker of the House of Representatives: Joseph Gurney Cannon * Congress: 59th-January–March:...
19071907 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Theodore Roosevelt * Vice President: Charles W. Fairbanks * Chief Justice: Melville Fuller* Speaker of the House of Representatives: Joseph Gurney Cannon...
19081908 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Theodore Roosevelt * Vice President: Charles W. Fairbanks * Chief Justice: Melville Fuller* Speaker of the House of Representatives: Joseph Gurney Cannon * Congress: 60th...
19091909 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Theodore Roosevelt , William Howard Taft * Vice President: Charles W. Fairbanks , James S... - 1910s: 19101910 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: William Howard Taft * Vice President: James S. Sherman * Chief Justice: Melville Fuller , Edward Douglass White...
19111911 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: William Howard Taft * Vice President: James S. Sherman * Chief Justice: Edward Douglass White* Speaker of the House of Representatives: Joseph Gurney Cannon , Champ Clark * Congress: 61st , 62nd -January–March:* January 5 - The Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity is...
19121912 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: William Howard Taft * Vice President: James S. Sherman , vacant * Chief Justice: Edward Douglass White* Speaker of the House of Representatives: Champ Clark...
19131913 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: William Howard Taft , Woodrow Wilson * Vice President: vacant , Thomas R...
19141914 in the United States-January–March:* January 5 – The Ford Motor Company announces an eight-hour workday and a minimum wage of $5 for a day's labor.* January 9 – The Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc...
19151915 in the United States-January–March:* January – While working as a cook at New York's Sloan Hospital under an assumed name, Typhoid Mary infects 25 people, and is placed in quarantine for life....
19161916 in the United States-January:* January 24 – In Browning, Montana, the temperature drops from +6.7°C to −48.8°C in one day, the greatest change ever on record for a 24-hour period.* January 24 – Brushaber v...
19171917 in the United States-January–March:* January 1 – The University of Oregon defeats the University of Pennsylvania 14–0 in college football's 3rd Annual Rose Bowl.* January 11 – German saboteurs set off the Kingsland Explosion at Kingsland, New Jersey , one of the events leading to U.S...
19181918 in the United States-January–March:* January 8 – Woodrow Wilson delivers his Fourteen Points speech.* March 4 – A soldier at Camp Fuston, Kansas falls sick with the first confirmed case of the Spanish flu.* March 19 – The U.S...
19191919 in the United States-January: * January 1 – Edsel Ford succeeds his father as head of the Ford Motor Company.*January 6 – Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States, dies in his sleep at the age of 60.... - 1920s: 19201920 in the United States-January:* January 2 – The second of the Palmer Raids takes place with another 4,000 suspected communists and anarchists arrested and held without trial. These raids take place in several U.S. cities....
19211921 in the United States-Incumbents:*President - Woodrow Wilson until March 4, Warren G. Harding*Vice President - Thomas R. Marshall until March 4, Calvin Coolidge-January–March:...
19221922 in the United States-January–March:* February 1 – American actor William Desmond Taylor is murdered.* February 6 – Five Power Naval Disarmament Treaty signed between United States, Britain, Japan, France, and Italy* February 8 – President of the United States Warren G...
19231923 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Warren G. Harding until August 2, Calvin Coolidge * Vice President: Calvin Coolidge until August 2, vacant * Chief Justice: William Howard Taft * 68th United States Congress -Events:...
19241924 in the United States-January–March:* February 7 – Death penalty: The first state execution using gas in the United States takes place in Nevada.* February 12 – Rhapsody in Blue, by George Gershwin, is first performed in New York City at Aeolian Hall....
19251925 in the United States-Incumbents:*President - Calvin Coolidge*Vice President - vacant until March 4, Charles G. Dawes-January–March:*January 5 – Nellie Tayloe Ross becomes Governor of Wyoming, the first female governor in the United States....
19261926 in the United States-January–March:* February 1 – Land on Broadway and Wall Street in New York City is sold at a record $7 per sq inch.* March 16 – Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fuel rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.-April–June:...
19271927 in the United States-January–March:* January 7 – The first transatlantic telephone call is made from New York City to London.* February 23 – The U.S. Federal Radio Commission begins to regulate the use of radio frequencies.* March 11 – In New York City, the Roxy Theater is opened by Samuel Roxy Rothafel.*...
19281928 in the United States-January:* January 12 – U.S. murderer Ruth Snyder is executed at Ossining.-February:* February 25 – Charles Jenkins Laboratories of Washington, D.C. becomes the first holder of a television license from the Federal Radio Commission.-March:...
19291929 in the United StatesEvents from the year 1929 in the United States.-Incumbents:*President - Calvin Coolidge until March 4, Herbert Hoover*Vice President - Charles G... - 1930s: 19301930 in the United States-January–March:* January 6 – The first diesel engine automobile trip is completed .* January 6 – The first literary character licensing agreement is signed by A. A. Milne, granting Stephen Slesinger U.S...
19311931 in the United States-January–March:* January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics.* January 6 – Thomas Edison submits his last patent application....
19321932 in the United States-January–March:* January 1 – The United States Post Office Department issues a set of 12 stamps commemorating the 200th anniversary of George Washington's birth.* January 12 – Hattie W...
19331933 in the United States-Incumbents:*President - Herbert Hoover until March 4, Franklin D. Roosevelt*Vice President - Charles Curtis until March 4, John N. Garner-January–March:* January 5 – Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge begins in San Francisco Bay....
19341934 in the United States-January:* January 24 – Albert Einstein visits the White House.* January 26 – The Apollo Theater opens in Harlem, New York City.-February:* February 22 – Frank Capra's It Happened One Night , starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert, is released. It becomes a smash hit and the first...
19351935 in the United States-January–March:* January 3 – The trial of Bruno Richard Hauptmann, accused of the kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh, Jr., begins in Flemington, New Jersey....
19361936 in the United States-January–March:* January 15 – The first American building to be completely covered in glass is completed in Toledo, Ohio, for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company....
19371937 in the United States-January–March:* January 11 – The first issue of LOOK Magazine goes on sale in the United States.* January 12 – Adventurer and filmmaker Martin Johnson, of Martin and Osa Johnson fame, is killed along with four others in the crash of Western Air Express Flight 7 in mountainous terrain...
19381938 in the United States-January–March:* January 3 – The March of Dimes is established by Franklin D. Roosevelt.* January 16 – Two landmark live recordings are produced this day: the very first of Mahler's Ninth by the Vienna Philharmonic under Bruno Walter in the face of dire circumstance; and Benny Goodman...
19391939 in the United States-January:* January 1 – The Hewlett-Packard Company is founded.* January 1 – Texas A&M University wins its only football national championship.* January 5 – Amelia Earhart is officially declared dead after her 1937 disappearance.-February:... - 1940s: 19401940 in the United States-January–March:* February 7 – RKO release Walt Disney's second full-length animated film, Pinocchio.* February 20 – Tom and Jerry make their debut in Puss Gets the Boot.* February 27 – Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discover carbon-14....
19411941 in the United StatesEvents from the year 1941 in the United States. At the end of this year, the United States officially enters World War II by declaring war on the Empire of Japan following the attack on Pearl Harbor.-Incumbents:*President - Franklin D. Roosevelt...
19421942 in the United States-January:* January 1 – WWII: The United States and Philippines troops fight the Battle of Bataan.* January 10 – WWII: The last German air-raid on Liverpool destroys the home of William Patrick Hitler, Adolf Hitler's nephew...
19431943 in the United States-January:* January 4 – Culbert Olson, 29th Governor of California, is succeeded by Earl Warren.* January 11 – The United States and United Kingdom give up territorial rights in China.* January 14 – The Casablanca Conference, where Franklin D...
19441944 in the United States-January:* January 20 – The U.S. Army 36th Infantry Division, in Italy, attempts to cross the Rapido River.* January 22 – World War II – Operation Shingle: The Allies begin the assault on Anzio, Italy. The U.S...
19451945 in the United StatesEvents from the year 1945 in the United States. World War II ends this year following the surrender of Germany in May and Japan in September.-Incumbents:*President - Franklin D. Roosevelt until April 12, Harry S. Truman...
19461946 in the United States-Events:-January–March:* January 6 – A revised and streamlined revival of Kern and Hammerstein's Show Boat opens on Broadway at the Ziegfeld Theatre.* January 25 – The United Mine Workers rejoins the American Federation of Labor....
19471947 in the United States-January–March:* January 3 – Proceedings of the U.S. Congress are televised for the first time.* January 15 – Elizabeth Short, an aspiring actress nicknamed the "Black Dahlia", is found brutally murdered in a vacant lot in Los Angeles...
19481948 in the United States-January:* January 1 – The latest New Jersey State Constitution goes into effect.* January 29 – Plane crash at Los Gatos Creek, California kills 4 US citizens and 28 deportees, commemorated in a song by Woody Guthrie.-February:...
19491949 in the United States-Incumbents:*President - Harry S. Truman*Vice President - vacant until January 20, Alben W. Barkley-January–March:* January 2 – Luis Muñoz Marín becomes the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico.... - 1950s: 19501950 in the United States-January–March:* January 5 – U.S. Senator Estes Kefauver introduces a resolution calling for an investigation of organized crime in the U.S.* January 12 – Cold War: U.S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson delivers his 'Perimeter Speech', outlining the boundary of U.S...
19511951 in the United States-January–March:* January 10 – The new United Nations headquarters officially opens in New York City.* January 17 – Korean War: Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul....
19521952 in the United States-January:* January 14 – The Today Show premieres on NBC, becoming one of the longest-running television series in America.-February:* February 2 – A tropical storm forms just north of Cuba moving northeast. The storm makes landfall in southern Florida the next day...
19531953 in the United States-Incumbents:*President - Harry S. Truman until January 20, Dwight Eisenhower*Vice President - Alben W. Barkley until January 20, Richard Nixon-January–March:* January 7 – President Harry S...
19541954 in the United States-Events:-January:* January 14 – Marilyn Monroe marries baseball player Joe DiMaggio.* January 20 – The U.S.-based National Negro Network is established with 40 charter member radio stations....
19551955 in the United States-January–March:* January 7 – Marian Anderson is the first African American singer to perform at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City.* January 22 – The Pentagon announces a plan to develop ICBMs armed with nuclear weapons.* January 28 – The United States Congress authorizes...
19561956 in the United States-January–March:* January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. missionaries are killed by the Huaorani of Ecuador shortly after making contact with them.* January 22 – Redondo Junction train wreck in Los Angeles kills 30 people...
19571957 in the United States-January:* January 2 – The San Francisco and Los Angeles stock exchanges merge to form the Pacific Coast Stock Exchange.* January 6 – Elvis Presley appears on The Ed Sullivan Show for the 3rd and final time. He is only shown from the waist up, even during the gospel segment, singing...
19581958 in the United States-January–March:* January 8 – 14-year-old Bobby Fischer wins the United States Chess Championship.* January 18 – Armed Lumbee Indians confront a handful of Klansmen in Maxton, North Carolina....
19591959 in the United StatesEvents from the year 1959 in the United States. With the admittance of Alaska and Hawaii, this is the last year in which states are added to the union.-January–March:... - 1960s: 19601960 in the United States-January:* January 2 – U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy announces his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination.* January 19 – The Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan is signed in Washington, DC....
19611961 in the United States-Incumbents:*President - Dwight Eisenhower until January 20, John F. Kennedy*Vice President - Richard Nixon until January 20, Lyndon B. Johnson-January–March:...
19621962 in the United States-January:* January 1 – The United States Navy SEALs are activated. SEAL Team One is commissioned in the Pacific Fleet and SEAL Team Two in the Atlantic Fleet.* January 2 – NAACP Executive Secretary Roy Wilkins praises U.S. President John F...
19631963 in the United States-Incumbents:*President - John F. Kennedy until November 22, Lyndon B. Johnson*Vice President - Lyndon B. Johnson until November 22, vacant-January:* January 14 – George C. Wallace becomes governor of Alabama...
19641964 in the United States-January:* January 3 – U.S. Senator Barry Goldwater announces that he will seek the Republican nomination for President.* January 7 – A British firm, the Leyland Motor Corp., announces the sale of 450 buses to the Cuban government, challenging the United States blockade of Cuba.*...
19651965 in the United States-Incumbents:*President - Lyndon B. Johnson*Vice President - vacant until January 20, Hubert Humphrey-January:* January 1 – The ship S.S. Catala is driven onto the beach in Ocean Shores, Washington, stranding her....
19661966 in the United StatesThis is a list of notable events that took place in 1966 in the United States.-January:* January 2 – A strike of public transportation workers in New York City begins ....
19671967 in the United States-January:*January 4 – The Doors' self-titled debut album is released.*January 6 – Vietnam War: USMC and ARVN troops launch Operation Deckhouse Five in the Mekong River Delta.*January 8 – Vietnam War: Operation Cedar Falls starts....
19681968 in the United StatesEvents from the year 1968 in the United States. The year 1968 in the United States is commonly associated with unrest and the Counterculture of the 1960s.-January:* January 14 – The Green Bay Packers win Super Bowl II....
19691969 in the United States-Incumbents:*President - Lyndon B. Johnson until January 20, Richard Nixon*Vice President - Hubert Humphrey until January 20, Spiro Agnew-Events:-January:* January 1 – Ohio State defeats USC in the Rose Bowl to win the national title for the 1968 season.... - 1970s: 19701970 in the United States-January:* January 5 – The first episode of All My Children is broadcast on the ABC television network.* January 11 – Super Bowl IV: The Kansas City Chiefs beat the heavily favored Minnesota Vikings 23–7....
19711971 in the United States-January:* January 2 – A ban on radio and television cigarette advertisements goes into effect in the United States.* January 12 – The landmark television sitcom All In The Family, starring Carroll O'Connor as Archie Bunker, debuts on CBS....
19721972 in the United States-January:* January 2 – Pierre Hotel Robbery: Six men rob the safety deposit boxes of The Pierre Hotel in New York City of at least $4 million.* January 5 – U.S...
19731973 in the United States-January:* January 1 – CBS sells the New York Yankees for $10 million to a 12-person syndicate led by George Steinbrenner .* January 14 – Elvis Presley's concert in Hawaii...
19741974 in the United States-Incumbents:*President - Richard Nixon until August 9, Gerald Ford*Vice President - Gerald Ford until August 9, then vacant until December 19, Nelson Rockefeller-January:* January 4 – Citing executive privilege, U.S...
19751975 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Gerald Ford * Vice President: Nelson Rockefeller * Chief Justice: Warren Earl Burger * 94th United States Congress -January:...
19761976 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Gerald Ford * Vice President: Nelson Rockefeller * Chief Justice: Warren Earl Burger * 94th United States Congress -January:...
1977 19781978 in the United States-January:* January 1 – The Copyright Act of 1976 takes effect, making sweeping changes to United States copyright law.* January 6 – The Holy Crown of Hungary is returned to Hungary from the United States, where it was held since World War II.* January 14–15 – The body of...
19791979 in the United States-January:* January 1 – The United States and the People's Republic of China establish full diplomatic relations.* January 4 – The State of Ohio agrees to pay $675,000 to families of the dead and injured in the Kent State shootings.... - 1980s: 1980 19811981 in the United States-Incumbents:*President - Jimmy Carter until January 20, Ronald Reagan*Vice President - Walter Mondale until January 20, George H W Bush-January:...
19821982 in the United States-January:* January 8 – AT&T agrees to divest itself into 22 subdivisions.* January 11–17 – A brutal cold snap sends temperatures to all-time record lows in dozens of cities throughout the Midwestern United States....
19831983 in the United States-January:* January 1 – The New Jersey Transit Police Department is created in the state of New Jersey.* January 2 – The musical Annie is performed for the last time after 2,377 shows at the Alvin Theatre on Broadway, New York City....
19841984 in the United States-January:*January 1 – US Bell System is broken up.*January 3 – U.S. President Ronald Reagan meets with Navy Lieutenant Robert Goodman and the Reverend Jesse Jackson at the White House, following Lieutenant Goodman's release from Syrian captivity....
19851985 in the United States-January:* January 20 – U.S. President Ronald Reagan is privately sworn in for a second term in office .* January 20 – Super Bowl XIX: The San Francisco 49ers defeat the Miami Dolphins 38–16 at Stanford Stadium in Palo Alto, California.* January 28 – In Hollywood, California, the...
19861986 in the United States-January:* January 12 – STS-61-C: Space Shuttle Columbia is launched with the first Hispanic-American astronaut, Dr. Franklin Chang-Diaz.* January 20 – The first federal Martin Luther King, Jr...
19871987 in the United States-January:* January 3 – Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.* January 4 – 1987 Maryland train collision: An Amtrak train en route from Washington, D.C. to Boston, Massachusetts collides with Conrail engines at Chase, Maryland, killing...
19881988 in the United States-January:* January 1 – The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is established, creating the largest Lutheran denomination in the United States....
19891989 in the United States-Incumbents:*President - Ronald Reagan until January 20, George H W Bush*Vice President - George H W Bush until January 20, Dan Quayle-January:* January 4 – Second Gulf of Sidra incident: Two Libyan MiG-23 "Floggers" are engaged and shot down by 2 US Navy F-14 Tomcats.* January 17 –... - 1990s: 19901990 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: George H. W. Bush * Vice President: Dan Quayle * Chief Justice: William Rehnquist* Speaker of the House of Representatives: Tom Foley * Senate Majority Leader: George J. Mitchell...
19911991 in the United StatesEvents from the year 1991 in the United States. The Cold War ends as the USSR dissolves by the end of the year.-Incumbents:* President: George H. W. Bush * Vice President: Dan Quayle * Chief Justice: William Rehnquist...
1992 19931993 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: George H. W. Bush , Bill Clinton * Vice President: Dan Quayle , Al Gore * Chief Justice: William Rehnquist...
19941994 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Bill Clinton * Vice President: Al Gore * Chief Justice: William Rehnquist* Speaker of the House of Representatives: Tom Foley * Senate Majority Leader: George J...
19951995 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Bill Clinton * Vice President: Al Gore * Chief Justice: William Rehnquist* Speaker of the House of Representatives: Tom Foley , Newt Gingrich...
19961996 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Bill Clinton * Vice President: Al Gore * Chief Justice: William Rehnquist* Speaker of the House of Representatives: Newt Gingrich...
19971997 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Bill Clinton * Vice President: Al Gore * Chief Justice: William Rehnquist* Speaker of the House of Representatives: Newt Gingrich * Senate Majority Leader: Trent Lott...
19981998 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Bill Clinton * Vice President: Al Gore * Chief Justice: William Rehnquist* Speaker of the House of Representatives: Newt Gingrich * Senate Majority Leader: Trent Lott * Congress: 105th...
19991999 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Bill Clinton * Vice President: Al Gore * Chief Justice: William Rehnquist* Speaker of the House of Representatives: Newt Gingrich , Dennis Hastert...
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- 2000s: 20002000 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Bill Clinton * Vice President: Al Gore * Chief Justice: William Rehnquist* Speaker of the House of Representatives: Dennis Hastert * Senate Majority Leader: Trent Lott * Congress: 106th...
20012001 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Bill Clinton , George W. Bush * Vice President: Al Gore , Dick Cheney * Chief Justice: William Rehnquist...
20022002 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: George W. Bush * Vice President: Dick Cheney * Chief Justice: William Rehnquist* Speaker of the House of Representatives: Dennis Hastert * Senate Majority Leader: Tom Daschle...
20032003 in the United StatesEvents from the year 2003 in the United States.-Incumbents:* President: George W. Bush * Vice President: Dick Cheney * Chief Justice: William Rehnquist* Speaker of the House of Representatives: Dennis Hastert...
20042004 in the United StatesEvents from the year 2004 in the United States.-Incumbents:* President: George W. Bush * Vice President: Dick Cheney * Chief Justice: William Rehnquist* Speaker of the House of Representatives: Dennis Hastert...
20052005 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: George W. Bush * Vice President: Dick Cheney * Chief Justice: William Rehnquist , John Roberts * Speaker of the House of Representatives: Dennis Hastert...
20062006 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: George W. Bush * Vice President: Dick Cheney * Chief Justice: John Roberts* Speaker of the House of Representatives: Dennis Hastert * Senate Majority Leader: Bill Frist * Congress: 109th...
20072007 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: George W. Bush * Vice President: Dick Cheney * Chief Justice: John Roberts* Speaker of the House of Representatives: Dennis Hastert , Nancy Pelosi...
20082008 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: George W. Bush * Vice President: Dick Cheney * Chief Justice: John Roberts* Speaker of the House of Representatives: Nancy Pelosi * Senate Majority Leader: Harry Reid * Congress: 110th...
20092009 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: George W. Bush , Barack Obama * Vice President: Dick Cheney , Joe Biden * Chief Justice: John Roberts... - 2010s: 20102010 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Barack Obama * Vice President: Joe Biden * Chief Justice: John Roberts* Speaker of the House of Representatives: Nancy Pelosi * Senate Majority Leader: Harry Reid * Congress: 111th...
20112011 in the United States- Incumbents :* President: Barack Obama * Vice President: Joe Biden * Chief Justice: John Roberts* Speaker of the House of Representatives: Nancy Pelosi until January 3, John Boehner since January 5...