Year | Month | Day | Event |
1539 |
May |
30 |
Hernando De Soto Lands At Tampa Bay |
1608 |
Sep |
10 |
Jamestown, Virginia Elects John Smith As Council President |
1614 |
Apr |
05 |
Pocahontas Marries John Rolfe In Virginia |
1620 |
Sep |
16 |
English Mayflower Sets Sail |
1620 |
Nov |
09 |
Pilgrims Land At Cape Cod Massachusetss |
1634 |
Mar |
25 |
The First Settlers Arrive In Maryland |
1642 |
Mar |
01 |
Gorgeana, Massachusetts First U.S. Incorporated City |
1653 |
Feb |
02 |
New Amsterdam Is Incorporated |
1679 |
Sep |
18 |
New Hampshire Becomes A County |
1772 |
Jun |
09 |
Britch Schooner Gaspee Burned Near Rhode Island |
1774 |
Sep |
01 |
Colonists Revolt In The Powder Alarm |
1775 |
Apr |
20 |
Boston Siege Followed Lexington And Concord Battles |
1775 |
May |
17 |
Continental Congress Bans Trade With Quebec |
1775 |
Jul |
05 |
The Olive Branch Peition Is Adopted |
1775 |
Jul |
08 |
Colonies Sign Olive Branch Petition |
1775 |
Nov |
10 |
USMC Tun Tavern Philadelphia Samuel Nicholas Founded |
1776 |
May |
19 |
Continentals Surrender At Battle Of The Cedars |
1776 |
Jun |
12 |
Adoption Of Virginia Declaration Of Rights |
1776 |
Sep |
09 |
Continental Congress Names New Union United States |
1776 |
Nov |
16 |
Unite Provinces Recognize Independence |
1777 |
Jun |
14 |
The Stars And Strips Is Our Flag |
1777 |
Sep |
27 |
Lancaster, Pennsylvania Capital For One Day |
1777 |
Dec |
17 |
France Recognizes U.S. Independence |
1778 |
Jun |
18 |
American Revolution: British Abandon Philadelphia |
1778 |
Sep |
19 |
Continental Congress Passes First Federal Budget |
1779 |
Jun |
24 |
Great Siege Of Gibraltar Begins |
1779 |
Sep |
16 |
Franco American Siege Of Savannah Begins |
1782 |
Jan |
07 |
1st American Commercial Bank Opens |
1782 |
Jul |
01 |
American Privateers Attack Lunenburg, Nova Scotia |
1783 |
Nov |
03 |
Disbanded American Army |
1787 |
Sep |
17 |
US Constitution Signed In Philadelphia |
1787 |
Dec |
18 |
New Jersey: 3rd State To Ratify Constitution |
1788 |
Jul |
26 |
New York Becomes 11th State United States |
1789 |
Sep |
22 |
Office Of US Postmaster General Established |
1789 |
Sep |
29 |
First Ever U.S. Congress Adjourns |
1789 |
Nov |
06 |
First Catholic Bishop Of Us Appointed |
1789 |
Nov |
21 |
North Carolina Admitted As 12th US State |
1790 |
Mar |
01 |
The First United States Census Is Authorized |
1790 |
Jul |
16 |
Residence Act Establishes United States Capital |
1790 |
Aug |
02 |
The First United States Census Is Conducted |
1790 |
Aug |
04 |
Act Creates Coast Guard Forerunner |
1791 |
Mar |
04 |
Vermont Admitted As 14th State |
1791 |
Nov |
15 |
Georgetown (1st US Catholic College) Opens |
1791 |
Dec |
15 |
Virginia GA Ratifies Bill Of Rights |
1794 |
Feb |
11 |
US Senate Session Opens To Public |
1795 |
Feb |
07 |
11th Amendment Ratified |
1795 |
Aug |
03 |
Treaty Of Greenville Is Signed |
1796 |
Apr |
13 |
First Elephant In US Arrives From India |
1796 |
Jul |
11 |
Jay Treaty Gives US Detroit |
1801 |
Jan |
31 |
John Marshall Made US Chief Justice |
1801 |
Feb |
04 |
John Marshall Takes U.S. Chief Justice Oath |
1801 |
May |
10 |
Tripoli Pirates Declare War On U.S |
1803 |
Mar |
01 |
Ohio Is Admitted As The 17th U.S. State |
1803 |
Dec |
20 |
Louisiana Purchase Completed In New Orleans |
1804 |
May |
13 |
Yusuf Karamanli Of Tripoli To Retake Derna |
1804 |
Jul |
12 |
Alexander Hamilton Dies After Duel |
1805 |
Jan |
11 |
The Michigan Territory Is Created |
1805 |
Apr |
26 |
US O'Bannon Captures Derne In First Barbary War |
1805 |
Jun |
11 |
Fire Consumes Part Of Detroit |
1807 |
May |
22 |
Aaron Burr Is Indicted For Treason |
1810 |
Oct |
27 |
United States Annexes Florida, Spanish Colony |
1812 |
Feb |
11 |
Massachusetts Governor ""Gerrymanders"" For First Time |
1812 |
Apr |
04 |
President Madison Enacts U.K. Embargo |
1812 |
Apr |
30 |
Louisiana Becomes 18th State |
1812 |
Jul |
12 |
The U.S. Invades Windsor, Ontario |
1813 |
Oct |
05 |
Tecumseh Killed As Americans Win Battle Of Thames |
1816 |
Apr |
10 |
Federal Government Approves Second Bank |
1816 |
Dec |
11 |
Indiana Becomes The 19th U.S. State |
1817 |
Dec |
10 |
Mississippi Becomes The 20th U.S. State |
1818 |
Apr |
16 |
Congress Ratifies The Rush-Bagot Treaty |
1818 |
Dec |
03 |
Illinois Becomes The 21st U.S. State |
1819 |
Feb |
17 |
U.S. House Passes Missouri Compromise |
1819 |
Dec |
14 |
Alabama Becomes The 22nd U.S. State |
1820 |
Mar |
15 |
Maine Becomes The 23rd U.S. State |
1821 |
Aug |
10 |
Missouri Becomes 24th US State |
1822 |
Mar |
30 |
US Florida Territory Created |
1822 |
Nov |
09 |
USS Aligator And Pirates Act Off Cuba |
1825 |
Oct |
26 |
Erie Canal: Passage From Albany To Lake Erie |
1829 |
Jul |
23 |
William Austin Burt Patents Typographer |
1833 |
Jun |
06 |
Jackson Becomes First President To Ride Train |
1834 |
Jul |
07 |
Abolitionists Begin Four Nights Of Rioting |
1835 |
Dec |
28 |
Osceola, Seminoles Begin Fight Against U.S |
1836 |
Jun |
15 |
Arkansas Is Admitted As The 25th U.S. State |
1838 |
Jan |
26 |
Tennessee Enacts Prohibition Law |
1838 |
Jul |
04 |
The Iowa Territory Is Organized |
1841 |
Apr |
06 |
U.S. President John Tyler Sworn In |
1845 |
Mar |
03 |
Florida Is Admitted As The 27th U.S. State |
1846 |
Jan |
05 |
Voting By U.S. House Of Representatives |
1846 |
May |
13 |
United States Declares Mexican-American War |
1846 |
Dec |
28 |
Iowa Is Admitted As The 29th U.S. State |
1847 |
Sep |
12 |
Beginning Of Mexican–American War |
1848 |
Feb |
02 |
Treaty Of Guadalupe Hidalgo Ends War |
1848 |
May |
29 |
Wisconsin Is Admitted As The 30th U.S. State |
1848 |
Aug |
22 |
The United States Annexes New Mexico |
1849 |
Sep |
17 |
Harriet Tubman Escapes From Slavery |
1850 |
Jan |
29 |
Compromise Of 1850 Introduced To Congress By Clay |
1850 |
Apr |
04 |
Los Angeles Is Incorporated As A City |
1850 |
Oct |
23 |
First Women's Rights Convention In Worcester, Massachusetts |
1852 |
Aug |
21 |
Tlingit Indians Destroy Fort Selkirk |
1853 |
Dec |
30 |
U.S. Buys Gadsden Land From Mexico |
1855 |
Jul |
01 |
Quinalt And Quileute Cede Land To US |
1858 |
May |
11 |
Minnesota Is Admitted As The 32nd U.S. State |
1859 |
Feb |
14 |
Oregon Becomes The 33rd State |
1860 |
Jun |
23 |
Government Printing Office Established By American Congress |
1861 |
Jan |
11 |
Alabama Secedes From The United States |
1861 |
Jan |
29 |
Kansas Is Admitted As The 34th U.S. State |
1861 |
Apr |
27 |
Habeas Corpus Suspended By American President Lincoln |
1861 |
Aug |
29 |
United States Captures Forts At Hatteras Inlet |
1862 |
Sep |
15 |
Confederate Forces Capture Harpers Ferry, VA |
1863 |
Jan |
09 |
Battle Of Fort Hindman Fought |
1863 |
Feb |
24 |
Arizona Organizes As A United States Territory |
1863 |
Jul |
07 |
United States Begins Military Draft |
1864 |
Mar |
15 |
Civil War: Navy Arrives In Louisiana |
1864 |
Oct |
31 |
Nevada Becomes The 36th U.S. State |
1865 |
Feb |
01 |
President Lincoln Signs 13th Amendment |
1865 |
Apr |
14 |
Seward And Family The Victims Of A Home Invasion |
1866 |
May |
05 |
Memorial Day First Celebrated In New York |
1867 |
Mar |
02 |
U.S. Congress Passes First Reconstruction Act |
1867 |
Dec |
28 |
The Midway Atoll Is Annexed |
1868 |
Jul |
25 |
Wyoming Becomes A United States Territory |
1870 |
Jul |
01 |
Formation Of U.S. Department Of Justice |
1871 |
Apr |
20 |
The Civil Rights Act Of 1871 Becomes Law |
1874 |
Feb |
16 |
Silver Dollar Becomes Legal US Tender |
1874 |
Mar |
18 |
Hawaii Grants Exclusive Trade Rights |
1876 |
Aug |
01 |
Colorado Is Admitted As The 38th U.S. State |
1877 |
Aug |
09 |
Indians Clash With United States |
1881 |
Jul |
14 |
Billy The Kid Killed Near Fort Sumner |
1883 |
Feb |
23 |
Alabama First State To Enact Anti-trust Laws |
1884 |
May |
01 |
Eight-hour Workday Proclamation In U.S |
1887 |
Nov |
09 |
U.S. Receives Rights To Pearl Harbor |
1888 |
Oct |
09 |
Washington Monument Officially Opens |
1888 |
Dec |
09 |
Herman Hollerith Device At US War Dept |
1889 |
Oct |
06 |
Edison Shows His First Motion Picture |
1889 |
Nov |
08 |
Montana Admitted As 41st State |
1890 |
Jul |
03 |
Idaho Is Admitted As The 43rd U.S. State |
1890 |
Jul |
10 |
Wyoming Is Admitted As The 44th U.S. State |
1890 |
Sep |
25 |
U.S. Congress Established Sequoia National Park |
1890 |
Oct |
11 |
D.C.: Daughters Of American Revolution Founded |
1892 |
Jun |
07 |
Benjamin Harrison First Attended A Baseball Game |
1892 |
Sep |
08 |
Pledge Of Allegiance Is First Recited |
1894 |
Jun |
28 |
Labor Day Becomes An Official US Holiday |
1896 |
Jan |
04 |
Utah Is Admitted As The 45th U.S. State |
1897 |
May |
14 |
Philadelphia: Stars And Stripes Forever First Performed |
1898 |
Apr |
25 |
Spanish-American War: U.S. Declares War |
1898 |
Jun |
10 |
U.S. Marines Arrive In Cuba |
1898 |
Jun |
17 |
Navy Hospital Corps Established In US |
1898 |
Jun |
21 |
The United States Captures Guam From Spain |
1898 |
Jul |
07 |
President McKinley Signs Newlands Resolution, Annexing Hawaii |
1898 |
Oct |
18 |
U.S. Takes Possession Of Puerto Rico |
1899 |
Feb |
04 |
Battle Of Manila Begins |
1899 |
Sep |
13 |
Henry Bliss: First US Automobile Fatality |
1900 |
Jun |
14 |
Hawaii Becomes A United States Territory |
1901 |
Apr |
25 |
NY First To Require Automobile Plates |
1901 |
Aug |
06 |
Contiguous Kiowa Reservation Dissolves In Oklahoma |
1901 |
Oct |
12 |
President Roosevelt Names The White House |
1901 |
Nov |
27 |
U.S. Army War College Established |
1902 |
Apr |
02 |
1st Full-Time ""Electric Theatre"" Opens In L.A |
1902 |
Aug |
22 |
Roosevelt Rides In Automobile |
1903 |
Mar |
14 |
President Roosevelt Established Pelican Island Wildlife Refuge |
1907 |
May |
27 |
Plague Breaks Out In San Francisco, California |
1909 |
Apr |
09 |
Payne-Aldrich Act Passed |
1912 |
Feb |
14 |
Arizona Admitted As 48th U.S. State |
1912 |
Mar |
12 |
Founding Of Girl Scouts Of USA |
1912 |
Oct |
03 |
Nicaraguan Rebels Are Defeated By U.S. Forces |
1913 |
Jul |
10 |
Highest U.S. Temp In Death Valley, CA, 134 °F |
1914 |
Sep |
26 |
US FTC Established |
1914 |
Nov |
16 |
The US Federal Reserve Bank Is Open |
1914 |
Nov |
28 |
Stock Exchange Re-opens After July's War Closing |
1915 |
Jan |
12 |
US House Of Representatives Rejects Womens Voting Rights |
1916 |
Aug |
25 |
U.S. National Park Service Created |
1916 |
Aug |
29 |
U.S. Passes The Philippine Autonomy Act |
1917 |
Dec |
07 |
WWI: U.S. Declares War On Austria-Hungary |
1918 |
Jan |
09 |
Battle Of Bear Valley Ends Indian Wars |
1918 |
Mar |
19 |
U.S. Time Zones, Daylight Savings Established |
1919 |
Feb |
17 |
Ukraine Asks US For Fighting Help |
1919 |
Jun |
02 |
Simultaneous Anarchist Explosions In 8 Us Cities |
1919 |
Sep |
11 |
U.S. Marines Invade Honduras |
1919 |
Sep |
16 |
The American Legion Is Incorporated |
1919 |
Sep |
28 |
Race Riots Erupt In Omaha, Nebraska |
1920 |
Aug |
26 |
19th Amendment Allows Women To Vote |
1922 |
Feb |
08 |
Harding Installs First White House Radio Set |
1922 |
May |
10 |
The United States Annexes The Kingman Reef |
1924 |
Jun |
26 |
American Forces Leave The Dominican Republic |
1928 |
Sep |
27 |
Republic Of China Recognized By U.S |
1933 |
Oct |
17 |
Einstein Fless Germany For U.S |
1933 |
Nov |
17 |
United States Recognizes Soviet Union |
1934 |
Feb |
02 |
Export-Import Bank Of The U.S. Incorporated |
1936 |
Aug |
14 |
Hanging Is Last Public Execution In United States |
1940 |
Apr |
07 |
Booker Washington Is Depicted On Stamp |
1941 |
May |
27 |
US Proclaims An 'unlimited National Emergency' |
1941 |
Sep |
04 |
WWII: German Sub Attacks USS Greer |
1941 |
Oct |
31 |
Mount Rushmore Is Completed |
1941 |
Dec |
01 |
Emperor Hirohito, Japan, War Against USA |
1941 |
Dec |
13 |
In WWII Hungary And Romania Fight Against United States |
1941 |
Dec |
23 |
Japanese Army Occupies Wake Island |
1941 |
Dec |
25 |
Admiral Nimitz Takes Command At Pearl Harbor |
1942 |
Jan |
26 |
WWII: US Forces Arrive In Ireland |
1942 |
Apr |
03 |
Japan Attacks US And Philippines Attack Bataan Peninsula |
1942 |
May |
06 |
WW2 American Forces Surrend To Japanese At Corregidor |
1942 |
May |
15 |
WAAC Created In United States |
1942 |
Jun |
05 |
U.S. Declares War On Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania |
1942 |
Nov |
08 |
US And UK Land In French North Africa |
1943 |
Mar |
02 |
Americans And Australians Sink Japanese Ships |
1943 |
Oct |
24 |
India Declares War |
1943 |
Nov |
23 |
WWII: Tarawa And Makin Fall To US |
1944 |
Jan |
30 |
Americans Arrive On The Marshall Islands |
1944 |
Jan |
31 |
American Forces Land On Kwajalein Atoll |
1944 |
Jun |
19 |
First Day Of Battle Of Philippine Sea, WWII |
1944 |
Sep |
19 |
Hürtgen Forest Battle: US Vs. Nazis Begins |
1945 |
Jan |
01 |
30 SS Prisoners Massacred At Chenogne |
1945 |
Jan |
09 |
World War II: US Invades Luzon, Philippines |
1945 |
Jan |
25 |
Battle Of The Bulge Ends In WWII |
1945 |
Mar |
26 |
Iwo Jima Officially Secured By Americans |
1945 |
Apr |
01 |
Iceberg: American Troops Land On Okinawa |
1945 |
Apr |
09 |
US Atomic Engergy Commission Is Formed |
1946 |
Jan |
22 |
Central Intelligence Group Preceded Central Intelligence Agency |
1946 |
Jul |
07 |
Mother Francesca Cabrini Becomes First Canonized American |
1946 |
Aug |
03 |
Indiana: Santa Claus Land Opens |
1947 |
Sep |
18 |
US Air Force Is Its Own Branch |
1947 |
Oct |
20 |
First Diplomacy Between U.S. And Pakistan |
1948 |
Apr |
03 |
President Truman Signs Marshall Plan For Foreign Aid |
1948 |
May |
23 |
Wasson, US Gonsul-General Assassinated In Jerusalem |
1950 |
Jan |
31 |
Truman Announces Development Of Hydrogen Bomb |
1950 |
Jun |
27 |
U.S. To Send Troops To Korea |
1950 |
Jul |
05 |
American, NK Forces In Battle Of Osan |
1950 |
Nov |
19 |
Eisenhower Becomes Commander Of NATO-Europe |
1950 |
Dec |
17 |
F-86 Sabre Has Its First Mission |
1951 |
Feb |
27 |
22nd Ammendment Limits Presidents To Two Terms |
1952 |
Mar |
20 |
The U.S. Senate Ratifies Peace Treaty |
1952 |
May |
03 |
Colonels Land Plane At North Pole |
1952 |
Sep |
19 |
Charlie Chaplin Is Banned From The US |
1953 |
Jan |
19 |
Lucy Gives Birth And American Tunes In |
1953 |
Feb |
11 |
President Eisenhower Refuses Clemency Appeal For Rosenberg's |
1953 |
May |
25 |
The U.S. Conducts Nuclear Artillery Test |
1954 |
Feb |
10 |
U.S. President Eisenhower Warns Against Vietnam Intervention |
1954 |
Feb |
18 |
Los Angeles: First Church Of Scientology Established |
1954 |
May |
17 |
Supreme Court Unanimous On Brown Decision |
1954 |
Dec |
02 |
Mutual Defense Treaty Signed In Washington |
1955 |
Aug |
19 |
Hurricane Diane Flooding Kills 200 |
1957 |
Oct |
01 |
First Appearance Of In God We Trust |
1958 |
Jan |
31 |
Explorer 1 Was Launched Into Orbit |
1958 |
Oct |
07 |
U.S Space Project Renamed To Mercury |
1959 |
Jan |
03 |
Alaska Is Admitted As The 49th U.S. State |
1959 |
Sep |
18 |
Vanguard 3 Is Launched Into Orbit |
1960 |
Apr |
25 |
USS Triton Traverses Globe While Submerged |
1960 |
Jul |
11 |
Harper Lee's Novel Is Published In The US |
1961 |
Jan |
03 |
U.S. Ends Diplomatic Ties With Cuba |
1961 |
Mar |
01 |
U.S. President Kennedy Establishes Peace Corps |
1962 |
Feb |
07 |
U.S. Bans Cuba Trade |
1962 |
Sep |
24 |
Mississippi University Forced To Admit James Meredith |
1962 |
Dec |
09 |
Arizona: Petrified Forest National Park Established |
1965 |
Jan |
04 |
Proclamation Of 'Great Society' By U.S. President |
1965 |
Mar |
08 |
First Combat Forces Committed To Vietnam |
1965 |
Apr |
11 |
256 Dead In Midwestern Tornado Outbreak |
1966 |
Mar |
16 |
Gemini 8 In First Space Docking |
1966 |
Jun |
30 |
Feminist Organization ""NOW"" Is Founded |
1967 |
Feb |
10 |
US Ratifies 25th Constitutional Ammendment |
1967 |
Apr |
01 |
The U.S. Department Of Transportation Begins |
1967 |
Aug |
30 |
Marshal First African American Justice |
1967 |
Dec |
04 |
US, South Vietnamese Versus Viet Cong, Mekong |
1969 |
Apr |
05 |
Anti Vietnam War Demonstrations Across U.S |
1969 |
Dec |
17 |
USAF Closes UFO Studies |
1970 |
Dec |
02 |
The EPA Begins Operations In The USA |
1971 |
Feb |
20 |
US Emergency Broadcast System Accidentally Activated |
1971 |
Jun |
17 |
President Nixon Declares War On Drugs |
1972 |
Mar |
22 |
Congress Sends ERA Out For Ratification |
1972 |
Apr |
10 |
B-52 Bombers Begin Bombing North Vietnam |
1972 |
May |
15 |
Okinawa Reverts To Japanese Control From U.S |
1972 |
Aug |
03 |
The United States Ratifies The Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty |
1972 |
Aug |
11 |
Last US Ground Unit Leaves Vietnam |
1973 |
May |
29 |
Los Angeles Elects The First Black Mayor, Tom Bradley |
1973 |
Dec |
28 |
US Passes Endangered Species Act |
1974 |
Feb |
22 |
Nixon Survives Assasination Attempt By Byck |
1974 |
Mar |
18 |
OPEC Oil Embargo Ends |
1974 |
Jun |
27 |
President Nixon Visits The Soviet Union |
1976 |
Jul |
10 |
Mercenaries Executed In Angola Following Luanda Trial |
1977 |
May |
31 |
The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System Completed |
1977 |
Aug |
04 |
Carter Creates Department Of Energy |
1977 |
Sep |
05 |
Voyager 1 Is Launched |
1979 |
Jun |
18 |
SALT II Signed By U.S |
1979 |
Jul |
11 |
Skylab Explodes Over The Indian Ocean |
1979 |
Aug |
21 |
Godunov Defects To US |
1979 |
Oct |
06 |
Pope John Paul To Visit White House |
1983 |
Dec |
31 |
ATT Bell System Broken U. S |
1984 |
Nov |
02 |
Barfield First Woman Executed Since 1962 |
1986 |
Jun |
04 |
Rollard Sells American Secrets To Israel |
1987 |
May |
05 |
Congressional Hearings In Iran-Contra Affair |
1989 |
Jul |
17 |
First Flight Of B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber |
1990 |
Mar |
27 |
U.S. Begins Broadcasting TV Marti |
1993 |
Mar |
12 |
Janet Reno Is First Female Attorney General |
1994 |
Oct |
01 |
Palau Gains Independence From U.N. Trusteeship |
1996 |
Feb |
01 |
US Passes Communications Decency Act |
1996 |
Oct |
02 |
Clinton Signs Electronic Freedom Of Information Act Amendments |
2001 |
Oct |
07 |
US Invasion Of Afghanistan Begins |
2001 |
Dec |
27 |
China Granted Trade With U.S |
2002 |
Jan |
08 |
Bush Signs No Child Left Behind Act |
2002 |
Jun |
13 |
US Withdraws From Missile Treaty |
2002 |
Oct |
02 |
The Beltway Sniper Attacked Again |
2003 |
Aug |
14 |
Blackout Across US Northeast And Canada |
2003 |
Sep |
12 |
Fallujah: US Forces Kill 8 Iraqi Officers |
2005 |
Dec |
15 |
Martin F-22 Raptor Active In USAF |
2006 |
Feb |
16 |
Last MASH Decommissioned By Army |
2006 |
Apr |
02 |
Over 60 Tornadoes Break In US |
2013 |
Jan |
02 |
Obama Signs Taxpayer Relief Act |
2014 |
Dec |
17 |
U.S., Cuba Re-establish Diplomatic Relations |
2015 |
Jan |
26 |
A Giant Snow Storm Hits Northeast |