Public Domain/Library of Congress May 3rd and 4th, 1905 This was quite the unusual storm considering it was in the late spring time. It started as rain and then turned into three to four feet of snow. This storm was known as "The Great Equalizer." January and February 1949 Photo by NO...
Library of Congress // Wikimedia Commons 1919: The National Prohibition Act U.S. legislation in 1919 passed the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution to prohibit the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages. The National Prohibition Act was ratified Jan. 16 and originally vetoe...
Library of Congress // Wikimedia Commons 1926: Nervous Nellie, Protestant ethic Other notable words: Cotton candy, down payment, driver's license, meals-on-wheels, pig in a blanket, sugar daddy In his 1926 book, "The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism," Max Weber examined the ...
Library of Congress 1924: Indian Citizenship Act Citizenship for Native Americans before the 1924 Indian Citizenship Act was hard to come by. Before the Civil War, only those with one-half or less Native American blood were offered citizenship. Most Native American women who had married U.S. ...
Arnold T. Palmer / Library of Congress // Wikimedia Commons 1939: Snoods Knitted or crocheted hairnets have kept women's hair out of their faces since time immemorial. In the 1940s, however,snoods soared in popularity—primarily thanks to something that happened in 1939. That year, Vivien ...
Library of Congress 1931: Japan violates League of Nations - Army strength: 140,516 people - Navy strength: 93,307 people - Marine Corps strength: 16,782 people - Air Force strength: Not yet formed - Total strength: 252,605 people
Public Domain 1920: National Defense Act amended - Army strength: 204,292 people- Navy strength: 121,845 people- Marine Corps strength: 17,165 people- Air Force strength: Not yet formed- Total strength: 343,302 people- Percent of population enlisted: 0.32% Congress in 1920 passed an amendmen...
In 2004, the United States Library of Congress entered it into the National Film Registry for being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.” Alamy Stock Photo That sure is a measly amount of money for such an influential fi...
Library of Congress // Wikimedia Commons 1929: The numbers game Before 1929, numbers on the back of baseball jerseys weren't necessarily in vogue. The New York Yankees began a new trend, though, announcing at the beginning of the year that they would permanently sew digits on all of their...
Photo: Library of Congress Life Wikimedia Commons Public domain Born: 11-07-1943 Birthplace: Canada, Fort Macleod Also ranks #24 on The 200+ Best Female Singers Of The '80s To Now, Ranked Also ranks #25 on The Greatest Living Rock Songwriters Also ranks #25 on The 100+ Best Female Roc...