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1927
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January 1 – The Cristero War erupts in Mexico when Catholic rebels attack the government, which had placed heavy restrictions on the Catholic Church. January 7 – The first transatlantic telephone call is made via radio from New York City to London, january 7 – The Harlem Globetrotters play their first ever road game in Hinckley, Illinois. January 9 – A military rebellion is crushed in Lisbon, Portugal, january 15 – Teddy Wakelam gives the first sports commentary on BBC Radio. January 19 – Great Britain sends troops to China to protect foreign nationals from spreading anti-foreign riots in Central China, january 24 – U. S. marines invade Nicaragua by orders of President Calvin Coolidge, intervening in the Nicaraguan Civil War and remaining in the country until 1933. January 30 – Right-wing veterans and the Republikanischer Schutzbund clash in Schattendorf, Austria, february – Werner Heisenberg formulates his famous uncertainty principle while employed as a lecturer at Niels Bohrs Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of Copenhagen. February 12 – The first British troops land in Shanghai, february 14 – An earthquake in Yugoslavia kills 100. February 19 A general strike in Shanghai protests the presence of British troops, in the United States, the silent romantic comedy film It starring Clara Bow, is released, popularising the concept of the It girl. February 23 – The U. S. Federal Radio Commission begins to regulate the use of radio frequencies, March 4 – A diamond rush in South Africa includes trained athletes that have been hired by major companies to stake claims. March 7 – The 7.0 Mw Kita Tango earthquake kills at least 2,925 in the Toyooka and Mineyama areas, western Honshu, March 10 – Albania mobilizes in case of an attack by Yugoslavia. March 11 In New York City, the Roxy Theatre is opened by Samuel Roxy Rothafel, the first armored car robbery is committed by the Flatheads Gang near Pittsburgh. March 13 – Fritz Langs culturally influential film Metropolis premieres in Germany. S, Navy and the British Royal Navy fire shells and shot to disperse the crowds. April 1 – The U. S. Bureau of Prohibition is founded, April 5 – In Britain, the Trade Disputes and Trade Unions Act 1927 forbids strikes of support. April 7 – Bell Telephone Co. transmits an image of Herbert Hoover, April 12 The Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927 renames the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland as the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The change acknowledges that the Irish Free State is no part of the Kingdom. Kuomintang troops kill a number of communist-supporting workers in Shanghai, the incident is called the April 12 Incident, or the Shanghai Massacre. The 1st United Front between the Nationalists and Communist ends, and the Civil War lasting until 1949 begins, April 14 – The first Volvo automobile rolled off the production line in Gothenburg, Sweden. April 18 – The Kuomintang set up a government in Nanking, April 21 – A banking crisis hits Japan. April 22–May 5 – The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 strikes 700,000 people in the greatest natural disaster in American history through that time, April 27 The Carabineros de Chile are created
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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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1925 in the United States
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Events from the year 1925 in the United States. President, Calvin Coolidge Vice President, vacant, Charles G. Dawes Chief Justice, William Howard Taft Speaker of the House of Representatives, Frederick H. January 27 – February 1 – The 1925 serum run to Nome relays diphtheria antitoxin by dog sled across the U. S. territory of Alaska, February 21 – First issue of The New Yorker magazine is published by Harold Ross. March 4 – Calvin Coolidge becomes the first President of the United States to have his inauguration broadcast on radio, march 15 – The Phi Lambda Chi fraternity is founded on the campus of Arkansas State Teachers College in Conway, Arkansas. March 18 – The Tri-State Tornado rampages through Missouri, Illinois and it hits the towns of Murphysboro, Illinois, Gorham, Illinois, Ellington, Missouri, and Griffin, Indiana. The storms damage path was indicated at 378 km, march 21 – Tennessee Governor Austin Peay signs the Butler Act, prohibiting the teaching of evolution in the states public schools. March 31 – Radio station WOWO in Ft. Wayne, Indiana begins broadcasting, april 1 – Frank Heath and his horse Gypsy Queen leave Washington, D. C. to begin a two-year journey to visit all 48 states. April 10 – F. Scott Fitzgerald publishes The Great Gatsby, may 5 – Scopes Trial, Dayton, Tennessee, biology teacher John Scopes is arrested for teaching Charles Darwins Theory of Evolution. June 6 – The Chrysler Corporation is founded by Walter Percy Chrysler, June 13 – Charles Francis Jenkins achieves the first synchronized transmission of pictures and sound, using 48 lines, and a mechanical system. A 10-minute film of a windmill in motion is sent across 5 miles from Anacostia to Washington. The images are viewed by representatives of the National Bureau of Standards, the U. S. Navy, the Commerce Department, Jenkins calls this the first public demonstration of radiovision. July 21 – Scopes Trial, In Dayton, Tennessee, high school biology teacher John T. Scopes is found guilty of teaching evolution in class, August 14 – The original Hetch Hetchy Moccasin Powerhouse is completed and goes on line. September 3 – The U. S. Navy dirigible Shenandoah breaks up in a line over Ohio en route to Scottfield. October 2 made color TV November 28 – The weekly country music radio program Grand Ole Opry is first broadcast on WSM radio in Nashville, Tennessee, december 16 – Alpha Phi Omega, a national service fraternity, is founded at Lafayette College. New York City becomes the largest city in the world, taking the lead from London, the motel concept originates with the Motel Inn of San Luis Obispo, California, originally called the Milestone Mo-Tel, constructed by Arthur Heineman. The National Football League adds 5 teams, the New York Giants, Detroit Panthers, Providence Steam Roller, a new Canton Bulldogs team, Calvin Coolidge signs into law the act establishing a U. S. Senator from North Carolina from 1975 to 1981 October 7 – Mildred Earp, baseball player October 11 – Elmore Leonard, novelist October 13 – Lenny Bruce, comic October 16 – Daniel J. Evans, U. S. S. Senator from Idaho from 1890 to 1891 June 1 – Thomas R. Marshall, 28th Vice President of the United States from 1913 to 1921 August 7 – George Gray, U. S
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1926 in the United States
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Events from the year 1926 in the Monroeville, Alabama President, Calvin Coolidge Vice President, Charles G. March 16 – Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fuel rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts. April 12 – By a vote of 45–41, the United States Senate unseats Iowa Senator Smith W. Brookhart and seats Daniel F. Steck, april 30 – African-American pilot Bessie Coleman is killed after falling 2,000 feet from an airplane. May 10 – Planes piloted by Major Harold Geiger and Horace Meek Hickam, students at the Air Corps Tactical School, collide in mid-air at Langley Field, may 18 – Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears while visiting a Venice, California beach. May12 – The United States Congress passes the Air Commerce Act, licensing pilots, june 19 – DeFord Bailey is the first African-American to perform on Nashvilles Grand Ole Opry. July 12 – A lightning strike destroys an ammunition depot in Dover, july 26 – The National Bar Association incorporates in the United States. August 6 – In New York City, the Warner Brothers Vitaphone system premieres with the movie Don Juan starring John Barrymore, august 18 – A weather map is televised for the first time, sent from NAA Arlington to the Weather Bureau Office in Washington, D. C. September 11 – Aloha Tower is officially dedicated at Honolulu Harbor in the Territory of Hawaii, september 16 – Philip Dunning and George Abbotts play Broadway premieres in New York City. September 18 – Great Miami Hurricane, A strong hurricane devastates Miami, Florida, leaving over 100 dead, september 20 – Twelve cars full of gangsters open fire at the Hawthorne Inn, Al Capones Chicago headquarters. Only one of Capones men is wounded, november 10 – In San Francisco, California, a necrophiliac serial killer named Earle Nelson kills and then rapes his 9th victim, a boardinghouse landlady named Mrs. William Edmonds. November 11 – The plan for a United States Numbered Highway System is approved by the American Association of State Highway Officials, november 15 – The NBC radio network opens with 24 stations. November 27 – In Williamsburg, Virginia, the restoration of Colonial Williamsburg begins, december 23 – Conservative Nicaraguan President Adolfo Díaz requests U. S. military assistance in the Nicaraguan civil war. Marines immediately set up neutral zones in Puerto Cabezas and at the mouth of the Rio Grande to protect American and foreign lives, American microbiologist Selman Waksman publishes Enzymes. The Pike School in Andover, Massachusetts, is founded, lochner era U. S. Cummins, United States Senator from Iowa from 1908 till 1926. List of American films of 1926 Media related to 1926 in the United States at Wikimedia Commons
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1928 in the United States
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6th Pan-American Conference opens in Havana. Calvin Coolidge becomes the last sitting U. S. President until 2016 to visit Cuba, february 8 – British inventor John Logie Baird broadcasts a transatlantic television signal from London to Hartsdale, New York. February 25 – Charles Jenkins Laboratories of Washington, D. C. becomes the first holder of a license from the Federal Radio Commission. March 12 – In California, the St. Francis Dam north of Los Angeles fails, march 21 – Charles Lindbergh is presented the Medal of Honor for his first trans-Atlantic flight. April 10 – Pineapple Primary, The U. S, Republican Party primary elections in Chicago are preceded by assassinations and bombings. May 10 – The first regular schedule of television programming begins in Schenectady, may 15 – The animated short Plane Crazy is released by Disney Studios in Los Angeles, featuring the first appearances of Mickey and Minnie Mouse. June 17 – Aviator Amelia Earhart starts her attempt to become the first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean. June 29 – New York Governor Alfred E. Smith becomes the first Catholic nominated by a political party for U. S. President, at the Democratic National Convention in Houston. June 29 – Outerbridge Crossing and Goethals Bridge in Staten Island, July 6 – The worlds largest hailstone falls in Potter, Nebraska. July 7 – The first machine-sliced and machine-wrapped loaf of bread is sold in Chillicothe, Missouri, July 12 – Mexican aviator Emilio Carranza dies in a solo plane crash in the New Jersey Pine Barrens, while returning from a goodwill flight to New York City. July 25 – The United States recalls its troops from China, august 16 – Murderer Carl Panzram is arrested in Washington, D. C. after killing about 20 people. August 22 – Alfred E. Smith accepts the Democratic presidential nomination, with WGY/W2XB simulcasting the event on radio, September 1 – Richard Byrd leaves New York for the Arctic. September 11 – Kenmores WMAK station starts broadcasting in Buffalo, New York, September 16 – The 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane kills at least 2,500 people in Florida. October 12 – An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Childrens Hospital, october 22 – The Phi Sigma Alpha Fraternity is founded at the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus. November 4 – At Park Central Hotel in Manhattan, Arnold Rothstein, november 6 – U. S. presidential election,1928, Republican Herbert Hoover wins by a wide margin over Democratic Governor of New York Alfred E. Smith. November 17 – The Boston Garden opens in Boston, november 18 – Mickey Mouse appears in Steamboat Willie, the third Mickey Mouse cartoon released, but the first sound film. December 5 – Police disperse a Sicilian gangs meeting in Cleveland, december 21 – The U. S. Congress approves the construction of Boulder Dam, later renamed Hoover Dam. W2XBS, RCAs first television station, is established in New York City, eliot Ness begins to lead the prohibition unit in Chicago
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1929 in the United States
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Events from the year 1929 in the United States. President, Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover Vice President, Charles G. January 9 – The Seeing Eye is established with the mission to train dogs to assist the blind, in Nashville, february 11 – Eugene ONeills Dynamo premieres in New York. February 14 – St. Valentines Day Massacre, Seven gangsters, february 26 – The Grand Teton National Park is established by Congress. March 2 – The longest bridge in the world, the San Francisco Bay Toll-Bridge, March 4 – Herbert Hoover is inaugurated as the 31st President of the United States, succeeding Calvin Coolidge. March 16 – A part-talkie film version of Show Boat, based on Edna Ferbers novel rather than the musical and it is critically panned and not successful at the box office. May 13 – The National Crime Syndicate is founded in Atlantic City, may 16 – The 1st Academy Awards are presented at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood, California, with Wings winning Academy Award for Best Picture. Joseph W. Farnham wins the only ever given for Best Writing. May 17 – Al Capone and his bodyguard are arrested for concealing deadly weapons, may 20 – The Wickersham Commission begins its investigation of alcohol prohibition in the United States. June 16 – Otto E. Funk,62, ends his marathon walk, June 21 – An agreement brokered by U. S. Ambassador Dwight Whitney Morrow ends the Cristero War in Mexico. June 27 – The first public demonstration of television is held, by H. E. Ives. The first images are a bouquet of roses and an American flag, a mechanical system is used to transmit 50-line color television images between New York and Washington, D. C. August 19 – The radio comedy show Amos and Andy makes its debut, starring Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll. August 31 – The Young Plan, which set the total World War I reparations owed by Germany at US$26,350,000,000 to be paid over a period of 58½ years, is finalized. September 3 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average peaks at 381.17, october 11 – JC Penney opens Store #1252 in Milford, Delaware, making it a nationwide company with stores in all 48 states. October 24–October 29 – Wall Street Crash of 1929, Three multi-digit percentage drops wipe out more than $30 billion from the New York Stock Exchange. Fall is convicted of bribery for his role in the Teapot Dome scandal, November 7 – In New York City, the Museum of Modern Art opens to the public. November 15 – The Ambassador Bridge, connecting Detroit, Michigan, to Windsor, Ontario, November 29 – Bernt Balchen, U. S. Admiral Richard Byrd, Captain Ashley McKinley, and Harold June, become the first to fly over the South Pole. Senator from Georgia from 1971 to 19726 March — Moses E. Timeline
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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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