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1917–1920 – First Red Scare, marked by a widespread fear of Bolshevism and anarchism; 1918 – President Wilson's Fourteen Points, which assures citizens that the Great War was being fought for a moral cause and postwar peace in Europe; 1918 – Republicans win back Congress in the Midterm elections. 1918 – Armistice agreement ends World ...
The 1920s (pronounced "nineteen-twenties" often shortened to the "' 20s" or the "Twenties") was a decade that began on January 1, 1920, and ended on December 31, 1929. . Primarily known for the economic boom that occurred in the Western World following the end of World War I (1914–1918), the decade is frequently referred to as the "Roaring Twenties" or the "Jazz Age" in America and Western ...
1950 – NBC airs Broadway Open House a late-night comedy, variety, talk show through 1951. Hosted by Morey Amsterdam and Jerry Lester and Dagmar, it serves as the prototype for The Tonight Show; 1950 – Failed assassination attempt by two Puerto Rican nationals on President Harry S. Truman while he was living at Blair House.
1948 – Organization of American States: Alliance of North America and South America; 1948 – Alger Hiss Case; January 20, 1949 – President Truman begins full term, Barkley becomes the 35th vice president; 1949 – North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) formed
1950 Great Appalachian Storm of November 1950: Blizzard Eastern United States: $66,700,000 (1950) 380+ 1911 1911 Eastern North America heat wave: Heat wave Northeastern United States: 372 [17] 1926 1926 Miami hurricane: Tropical cyclone Florida: 372 1944 USS Mount Hood [18] Accident – explosion New Guinea: Ammunition ship explosion. 371+ 1909
1920s: Finance. America's wealth more than doubled in the years between 1920 and '29. Most of this wealth funneled into finance and industry, but enough trickled down to low-level employees to let ...
On October 30, 1950, under the leadership of Pedro Albizu Campos, the pro-independence Puerto Rican Nationalist Party launched a series of armed revolts around the island that were quickly suppressed. 28 people were killed and 49 people were wounded.
1920 Wall Street bombing: terrorism 38 [67] 1946 Knickerbocker Ice Company disaster fire 37 [68] 1741 New York Conspiracy of 1741: mass unrest 34 [69] 1966 New York Harbor tanker collision: maritime 33 [70] 1845 Great New York City Fire of 1845: fire 30 [71] 1712 New York Slave Revolt of 1712: mass unrest 29–36 [j] 1892 Hotel Royal fire: fire ...