Public celebrations were held throughout the country, while President George Washington gave thanks in New York City.
21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow
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Cannons fired as the British departed, acting as a signal for General George Washington to ride into the city with Governor George Clinton.
Anthony and fourteen other women successfully cast their votes despite it being illegal under federal law.
‘Murf the Surf’ and two accomplices committed the biggest jewel heist in New York’s history when they stole priceless gems from the American Museum of Natural History.
38 people died and hundreds more were wounded in the Wall Street bombing in New York.
Henry Hale Bliss, a Manhattan real estate salesman, was helping a female companion name as Miss Lee disembark a southbound 8th Avenue trolley car at West 74th Street and Central Park West in New York City.
President William McKinley was assassinated by an anarchist during a meet-and-greet.
Political activist Abbie Hoffman and a group of protesters threw dollar bills onto the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange.
Alice Huyler Ramsey became the first woman to drive an automobile across a continent when she completed a 59-day road trip from New York to San Francisco.
The world’s first transcontinental telephone line was successfully voice tested between New York and San Francisco.
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