Tens of thousands of Ku Klux Klan members took part in an organised march through Washington D.C.
15th June 1859: The Pig War begins between the USA and Britain
15th June 2020
The Revenue Act of 1861 was signed into law by Abraham Lincoln, imposing U.S. federal income tax for the first time.
President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the neutrality of the United States in the First World War.
The Clay Street Hill Railroad was successfully tested, becoming San Francisco’s first operational cable car.
The world’s first transcontinental telephone line was successfully voice tested between New York and San Francisco.
Bonus Marchers in Washington D.C. were forcibly removed by the U.S. Army under General Douglas MacArthur.
President Harry S. Truman issued Executive Order 9981 that abolished racial segregation in the U.S. military.
Wartime gasoline rationing began in seventeen states.
On the 20th July 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin successfully landed the Eagle, the Lunar Module of Apollo 11, on the surface of the moon.
Riots broke out in the in the predominantly African-American community of Hough in Cleveland, Ohio.
9th August 1974: Richard Nixon resigns as President of the USA
9th August 2020
7th August 1964: Gulf of Tonkin Resolution passed by US Congress
7th August 2020
6th August 1945: The USA drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima
6th August 2020
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2019
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018