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1922
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As of the start of 1922, the Gregorian calendar was 13 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923. January – The year begins with the British Empire at its largest extent, covering a quarter of the world, january 7 – Dáil Éireann, the parliament of the Irish Republic, ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by 64–57 votes. January 8 – The Social Democratic Youth League of Norway is founded, january 9 – Julieta founded the Chilean communist party. January 10 – Arthur Griffith is elected President of Dáil Éireann, january 11 – The first successful insulin treatment of diabetes is made, by Frederick Banting in Toronto. January 12 – The British government releases the remaining Irish prisoners captured in the War of Independence, january 13 – The flu epidemic has claimed 804 victims in Britain. January 15 – Michael Collins becomes Chairman of the Irish Provisional Government, january 24 – Christian K. Nelson patents the Eskimo Pie. January 26 – Italian forces occupy Misrata in Libya, january 28 – Knickerbocker Storm, Snowfall from the biggest-ever recorded snowstorm in Washington, D. C. causes the roof of the Knickerbocker Theatre to collapse, killing 98. January 29 – The union of Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, january 30 – Radio KZKZ-AM, the second radio station in the Philippines, begins broadcasting. February – Ring Magazine is first published, february 1 – Irish American film director William Desmond Taylor is found murdered at his home in Los Angeles, the case is never solved. February 2 – Ulysses, by James Joyce, is published in Paris on his 40th birthday by Sylvia Beach, february 5 – DeWitt and Lila Wallace publish the first issue of Readers Digest. February 6 Pope Pius XI succeeds Pope Benedict XV, to become the 259th pope, five Power Naval Disarmament Treaty signed between the United States, United Kingdom, Japan, France and Italy. Japan returns some of its control over the Shandong Peninsula to China, february 8 President of the United States Warren G. Harding introduces the first radio in the White House. In the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, the Cheka becomes the Gosudarstvennoye Politicheskoye Upravlenie, february 14 Finnish Minister of the Interior Heikki Ritavuori is assassinated by Ernst Tandefelt. Baragoola, last of the Binngarra class Manly ferries, is launched at Balmain, february 15 – Inaugural session of the Permanent Court of International Justice. February 25 – French serial killer Henri Désiré Landru is beheaded by the guillotine, february 26 – A challenge to the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, allowing women the right to vote, is rebuffed by the Supreme Court of the United States. March 2 An ice mass breaks the Oder Dam in Breslau, the British Civil Aviation Authority is established. March 4 – The movie Nosferatu is released, March 10 – Mohandas Gandhi is arrested in Bombay for sedition. March 10-14 – The Rand Revolt or Rebellion, a strike by white South African mine workers begins on 28 December 1921, March 15 – Egypt having gained self-government from the United Kingdom, Fuad I becomes King of Egypt
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United States
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Forty-eight of the fifty states and the federal district are contiguous and located in North America between Canada and Mexico. The state of Alaska is in the northwest corner of North America, bordered by Canada to the east, the state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The U. S. territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean, the geography, climate and wildlife of the country are extremely diverse. At 3.8 million square miles and with over 324 million people, the United States is the worlds third- or fourth-largest country by area, third-largest by land area. It is one of the worlds most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, paleo-Indians migrated from Asia to the North American mainland at least 15,000 years ago. European colonization began in the 16th century, the United States emerged from 13 British colonies along the East Coast. Numerous disputes between Great Britain and the following the Seven Years War led to the American Revolution. On July 4,1776, during the course of the American Revolutionary War, the war ended in 1783 with recognition of the independence of the United States by Great Britain, representing the first successful war of independence against a European power. The current constitution was adopted in 1788, after the Articles of Confederation, the first ten amendments, collectively named the Bill of Rights, were ratified in 1791 and designed to guarantee many fundamental civil liberties. During the second half of the 19th century, the American Civil War led to the end of slavery in the country. By the end of century, the United States extended into the Pacific Ocean. The Spanish–American War and World War I confirmed the status as a global military power. The end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 left the United States as the sole superpower. The U. S. is a member of the United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Organization of American States. The United States is a developed country, with the worlds largest economy by nominal GDP. It ranks highly in several measures of performance, including average wage, human development, per capita GDP. While the U. S. economy is considered post-industrial, characterized by the dominance of services and knowledge economy, the United States is a prominent political and cultural force internationally, and a leader in scientific research and technological innovations. In 1507, the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller produced a map on which he named the lands of the Western Hemisphere America after the Italian explorer and cartographer Amerigo Vespucci
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1920 in the United States
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Events from the year 1920 in the United States. President, Woodrow Wilson Vice President, Thomas R. Marshall Chief Justice, Edward Douglass White Speaker of the House of Representatives and these raids take place in several U. S. cities. January 6 – Babe Ruths December 26 trade to the New York Yankees is made public, January 9 – Thousands of onlookers watch as The Human Fly George Polley, climbs the New York Woolworth Building. He reached the 30th floor when a policeman arrested him for climbing without a permit January 13 – The New York Times ridicules the American rocket scientist Robert H. Goddard. The newspaper printed a correction to this editorial on July 17,1969, January 16 Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated, is founded on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D. C. Prohibition in the United States begins with the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution coming into effect, January 19 – The United States Senate votes against joining the League of Nations. January 30 – The oldest surviving pro wrestling match on film happens, february 14 – The League of Women Voters is founded in Chicago. March 10 – The Baylor Business Mens Club changes its name to the Baylor University Chamber of Commerce and it has operated under this name since the change. March 19 – United States Congress refuses to ratify Treaty of Versailles, march 28 – The 1920 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak hits the Great Lakes region and Deep South states. May 2 – The first game of the Negro National League baseball is played in Indianapolis, post Office rules that children may not be sent via parcel post. July 29 – The United States Bureau of Reclamation begins construction of the Link River Dam as part of the Klamath Reclamation Project, august 20 – The first commercial radio station in the United States, 8MK, begins operations in Detroit, Michigan. August 26 – 19th Amendment to US Constitution is passed, guaranteeing womens suffrage, september 29 – First domestic radio sets come to stores in USA – Westinghouse radio costs $10. Senator Warren G. Harding defeats Democratic Governor of Ohio James M. Cox in the U. S. presidential election, in the United States, KDKA of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania starts broadcasting as a commercial radio station. The first broadcast was the results of the presidential election, December 25 – Foundation of the Rosicrucian Fellowships Spiritual Healing Temple The Ecclesia at Mount Ecclesia, Oceanside, California
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1921 in the United States
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Events from the year 1921 in the United States. January 2 – The first religious radio broadcast is heard over station, january 21 – The full-length silent comedy-drama film The Kid, written, produced, directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin, with Jackie Coogan, is released. March 4 – Warren G. Harding is inaugurated as the 29th President of the United States, April 20 – Ferenc Molnárs play Liliom is first produced on Broadway in English. May 19 – The Emergency Quota Act passes the U. S. Congress, may 31 – Tulsa Race Riot, The official death toll is 39, but recent investigations suggest the actual toll may be much higher. July 2 – U. S. President Warren Harding signs a joint congressional resolution declaring an end to Americas state of war with Germany, Austria and Hungary. July 11 – Former President of the United States William Howard Taft is sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States, July 14 – A Massachusetts jury finds Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti guilty of first degree murder following a widely publicized trial. July 26 – U. S. President Warren G. Harding receives Princess Fatima of Afghanistan, august – The United States formally ends World War I, declaring a peace with Germany. August 5 – The first radio baseball game is broadcast, Harold Arlin announces the Pirates-Phillies game from Forbes Field over Westinghouse KDKA, august 11 – Franklin D. Roosevelts paralytic illness strikes while he is vacationing on Campobello Island, he is diagnosed with polio. August 25–September 2 – An uprising of striking miners in West Virginia leads to the Battle of Blair Mountain. September 7 – In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant is held, September 8 – Sixteen-year-old Margaret Gorman wins the Atlantic City Pageants Golden Mermaid trophy, pageant officials later dub her the first Miss America. September 13 – White Castle hamburger restaurant opens in Wichita, Kansas, October 8 – The first Sweetest Day is staged in Cleveland, Ohio. November 11 – During an Armistice Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, december 13 – In the Four Power Treaty on Insular Possessions, Japan, the United States, United Kingdom, and France agree to recognize the status quo in the Pacific. The DeYoung Museum opens in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, centre Colleges football team, led by quarterback Bo McMillin, defeats Harvard University 6–0 to snap Harvards five-year winning streak. For decades afterward, this is called footballs upset of the century, Jewish immigration to Palestine grows rapidly. Before this, Jews preferred the USA, but the USA drastically limited immigration from Eastern Europe, the Tau Epsilon Chi Jewish high school sorority is founded in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Senator from Texas from 1971 to 1993 February 17 – Duane Gish, biochemist and academic March 27 – Tom Bevill, representative from Alabama from 1967 to 1997 March 31 – Peggy Rea, television actress April 21 – John R. S. Michael Rogers, general July 18 – John Glenn, first U. S. astronaut to orbit Earth, senator from Ohio from 1974 to 1999 July 22 – William V. Roth, Jr. U. S. S. Senator from Kentucky from 1907 to 1913 March 29 Levi Ankeny, senator from Louisiana from 1891 to 1894 May 26 – Donald Evans, poet, publisher, music critic and journalist June 12 – Murphy J. Foster, U. S
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1923 in the United States
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Events from the year 1923 in the United States. March 1 – The USS Connecticut is decommissioned, March 2 – The first issue of Time magazine is published. S. April 18 – The first Yankee Stadium opens its doors in the Bronx, may 9 – Southeastern Michigan receives a record 6 inches of snow after temperatures plummeted from 62 °F to 34 °F degrees between 1 and 6 pm on the previous day. May 27 – The Ku Klux Klan defies a law requiring publication of its members, July 13 – The Hollywood Sign is inaugurated in California. August 2 – Vice President Calvin Coolidge becomes the 30th President of the United States, september 8 – Honda Point Disaster, Seven U. S. Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast. September 17 – A major fire in Berkeley, California erupts, consuming some 640 structures, september 18–26 – Newspaper printers strike in New York City. October 16 – Roy and Walt Disney found The Walt Disney Company, december 10 – Sigma Alpha Kappa is founded at Loyola University New Orleans. The Moderation League of New York becomes part of the movement for the repeal of Prohibition in the U. S. Soledad C, chacón is elected Secretary of State of New Mexico, all subsequent holders of this office through 2011 will also be women. The American Law Institute is established, rainbow trout introduced into the upper Firehole River in Yellowstone National Park. Senator from South Dakota from 1981 to 1987 Chuck Yeager, pilot February 28 Jean Carson, actress Charles Durning, actor March 9 – James L. Buckley, judge and U. S. S. Secretary of State, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize July 14 – Robert Zildjian, musical instrument manufacturer July 22 Bob Dole, U. S. Griffin, U. S. Senator from Michigan from 1966 to 1979 November 8 – Jack Kilby, electrical engineer, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics November 9 – James Schuyler, poet November 18 – Ted Stevens, U. S. Senator from Alaska from 1968 to 2009 November 18 – Alan Shepard, astronaut November 23 – Daniel Brewster, april 28 – Knute Nelson, Norway-born Governor of Minnesota from 1893 till 1895 and United States Senator from Minnesota from 1895 till 1923. August 2 – Warren G. Harding, 29th President of the United States from 1921 till 1923, list of American films of 1923 Media related to 1923 in the United States at Wikimedia Commons
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1924 in the United States
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Events from the year 1924 in the United States. February 12 – Rhapsody in Blue, by George Gershwin, is first performed in New York City at Aeolian Hall, february 14 – IBM is founded in New York State. February 16–February 26 – Dock strikes break out in various U. S. harbors, february 22 – Calvin Coolidge becomes the first President of the United States to deliver a radio broadcast from the White House. March 8 – The Castle Gate mine disaster kills 172 coal miners in Utah, april 16 – American media company Metro Goldwyn Mayer is founded in Los Angeles, California. May 3 – The Aleph Zadik Aleph, the oldest Jewish youth fraternity, is founded in Omaha, may 10 – J. Edgar Hoover is appointed head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. May 21 – University of Chicago students Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, june 2 – U. S. President Calvin Coolidge signs the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 into law, granting citizenship to all Native Americans born within the territorial limits of the United States. June 12 – Rondout Heist, Six men of the Egans Rats gang rob a train in Rondout, Illinois. June 23 – American airman Russell L. Maughan flies from New York to San Francisco in 21 hours and 48 minutes on a flight in a Curtiss pursuit. September 9 – The Hanapepe Massacre occurs on Kauai, Hawaii, october 10 – The Alpha Delta Gamma Fraternity is founded at the Lake Shore Campus of Loyola University, Chicago. November 4 Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming is elected as the first woman governor in the United States, U. S. presidential election,1924, Republican Calvin Coolidge defeats Democrat John W. Davis and Progressive U. S. La Follette Sr. November 19 – In Los Angeles, California, famous silent film director Thomas H. Ince dies, reportedly of a heart attack, November 27 – In New York City the first Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade is held. December 1 – George Gershwins Lady Be Good and Fascinating Rhythm premiere in New York City, alice Vanderbilt Morris, a wealthy heiress, founds the International Auxiliary Language Association in New York City U. S. bootleggers begin to use Thompson submachine guns. The Earth Inductor Compass is invented in New York City, lochner era U. S. occupation of Haiti Prohibition Roaring Twenties List of American films of 1924 Media related to 1924 in the United States at Wikimedia Commons
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Flag of the United States
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The flag of the United States, often referred to as the American flag, is the national flag of the United States. S. Nicknames for the flag include The Stars and Stripes, Old Glory, the current design of the U. S. flag is its 27th, the design of the flag has been modified officially 26 times since 1777. The 48-star flag was in effect for 47 years until the 49-star version became official on July 4,1959, the 50-star flag was ordered by the then president Eisenhower on August 21,1959, and was adopted in July 1960. It is the version of the U. S. flag and has been in use for over 56 years. At the time of the Declaration of Independence in July 1776, the flag contemporaneously known as the Continental Colors has historically been referred to as the first national flag. The name Grand Union was first applied to the Continental Colors by George Preble in his 1872 history of the American flag, the flag closely resembles the British East India Company flag of the era, and Sir Charles Fawcett argued in 1937 that the company flag inspired the design. Both flags could have been constructed by adding white stripes to a British Red Ensign. However, an East India Company flag could have nine to 13 stripes. In any case, both the stripes and the stars have precedents in classical heraldry, Flag Day is now observed on June 14 of each year. While scholars still argue about this, tradition holds that the new flag was first hoisted in June 1777 by the Continental Army at the Middlebrook encampment. The first official U. S. flag flown during battle was on August 3,1777, Massachusetts reinforcements brought news of the adoption by Congress of the official flag to Fort Schuyler. A voucher is extant that Capt. Swartwout of Dutchess County was paid by Congress for his coat for the flag, the 1777 resolution was most probably meant to define a naval ensign. In the late 18th century, the notion of a flag did not yet exist. The flag resolution appears between other resolutions from the Marine Committee, on May 10,1779, Secretary of the Board of War Richard Peters expressed concern it is not yet settled what is the Standard of the United States. However, the term, Standard, referred to a standard for the Army of the United States. Each regiment was to carry the standard in addition to its regimental standard. The national standard was not a reference to the national or naval flag, the appearance was up to the maker of the flag. Some flag makers arranged the stars into one big star, in a circle or in rows, one arrangement features 13 five-pointed stars arranged in a circle, with the stars arranged pointing outwards from the circle, the so-called Betsy Ross flag
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Timeline of United States history
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This is a timeline of United States history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political and economic events in the United States and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of the United States, some dates before September 14,1752, when the British government adopted the Gregorian calendar, may be given in the Old Style
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Federal government of the United States
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The Federal Government of the United States is the national government of the United States, a republic in North America, composed of 50 states, one district, Washington, D. C. and several territories. The federal government is composed of three branches, legislative, executive, and judicial, whose powers are vested by the U. S. Constitution in the Congress, the President, and the courts, including the Supreme Court. The powers and duties of these branches are defined by acts of Congress. The full name of the republic is United States of America, no other name appears in the Constitution, and this is the name that appears on money, in treaties, and in legal cases to which it is a party. The terms Government of the United States of America or United States Government are often used in documents to represent the federal government as distinct from the states collectively. In casual conversation or writing, the term Federal Government is often used, the terms Federal and National in government agency or program names generally indicate affiliation with the federal government. Because the seat of government is in Washington, D. C, Washington is commonly used as a metonym for the federal government. The outline of the government of the United States is laid out in the Constitution, the government was formed in 1789, making the United States one of the worlds first, if not the first, modern national constitutional republics. The United States government is based on the principles of federalism and republicanism, some make the case for expansive federal powers while others argue for a more limited role for the central government in relation to individuals, the states or other recognized entities. For example, while the legislative has the power to create law, the President nominates judges to the nations highest judiciary authority, but those nominees must be approved by Congress. The Supreme Court, in its turn, has the power to invalidate as unconstitutional any law passed by the Congress and these and other examples are examined in more detail in the text below. The United States Congress is the branch of the federal government. It is bicameral, comprising the House of Representatives and the Senate, the House currently consists of 435 voting members, each of whom represents a congressional district. The number of each state has in the House is based on each states population as determined in the most recent United States Census. All 435 representatives serve a two-year term, each state receives a minimum of one representative in the House. There is no limit on the number of terms a representative may serve, in addition to the 435 voting members, there are six non-voting members, consisting of five delegates and one resident commissioner. In contrast, the Senate is made up of two senators from each state, regardless of population, there are currently 100 senators, who each serve six-year terms
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