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Edward J Leber was born in 1920, in that year, Woodrow Wilson was the 28th president of the United States, Babe Ruth traded to the New York Yankees is made public. Thousands of onlookers watch as the "Human Fly", George Polley climbs New York City's Woolworth Building. He reaches the 30th floor when a policeman arrests him for climbing without a permit.
- Prohibition begins with the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution coming to effect.
- The first commercial radio station begins operations.
- The first domestic radio sets that come to stores in the U.S., radio cost $10.
- Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S.Constitution is ratified, giving women the right to vote.
1927 - Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo, nonstop transatlantic flight in his "The Spirit of St. Louis".
1929 - The Great Depression.
1933 - The 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is ratified
prohibition.
1939 - Start of World War II
1941 - Attack of Pearl Harbor
1945 - End of World War II
1950 - Korean War begins when North Korea forces invade South Korea.
1955 - Start of the Vietnam War.
1961 - Alan Shepard is the first U.S. astronaut to reach space.
1963 - Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his "I Have a Dream" speech during the civil rights march in Washington, DC.
1963 - Assassination of President Kennedy.
1969 - Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, Jr. become the first men to land on the moon.
1974 - Nixon Resignation
1975 - End of Vietnam War
1983 - The fall of the Berlin Wall
1992 - After 30 years Johnny Carson retired as host of NBC's The Tonight Show.
1996 - One of the worst blizzards in American history hits the eastern states dropping 20 inches of snow, has gust winds of 50 mph and snow drifts up to 8 feet.
1998 - John Glenn returns to space. The Space Shuttle Discovery blasts off with 77 year old John Glenn on board, making him the oldest person into space.
1999- Microsoft releases Window 98,(second edition)
2000 - The New York Yankees defeated the New York Mets in game 5 to win their 26th World Series title.
2001 - 9/11
2003 - Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated as it reentered the atmosphere
2009 - Obama becomes the 44th president, Biden becomes the 47th vice president.
2017 - Donald Trump becomes the 45th president.
2020 - The United States was heavily impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, which by the end of the year killed over 300,000 people within the American borders.