1990 - 1999

Presidents: George H. W. Bush, William J. Clinton

Events: the Cold War ends as USSR dissolves, Los Angeles riots, Waco Texas standoff, government shut down from financial crisis, the Stock Market plummets and recovers.

1950 - 1959

Presidents: Harry S. Truman, Dwight Eisenhower

Events: The Catcher In The Rye is published, Geneva Conference, Rosa Parks incites the Montgomery bus boycott, Disneyland opens, Jonas Salk develops the polio vaccine. 

1980 - 1989

Presidents: Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush

Events: the war on drugs begins, The Simpsons debut, Marshall Islands become independent from the USA, Space Shuttle Challenger destroyed, John Lennon is assassinated, the Nintendo Entertainment System is released to the public.

1920 - 1929

Presidents: Woodrow Wilson, Warren Harding, Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover

Events: First radio broadcasts in Pittsburgh and Detroit, Teapot Dome scandal, the first Grand Ole Opry performance, and Charles Lindbergh makes first trans-Atlantic flight.

1960 - 1969

Presidents: Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon

Events: Peace Corps is founded, Bay of Pigs invasion, Vietnam War begins, John Glenn orbits the Earth, Medicaid and Medicare are enacted. 

1970 - 1979

Presidents: Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter

Events: Chrysler government bailout, Three Mile Island nuclear accident, Harvey Milk is assassinated, Atari 2600 is released, Elvis Presley dies, Microsoft is founded, construction on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System begins. 

1900 - 1999

1940 - 1949

Presidents: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman

Events: NBC television is launched, attack on Pearl Harbor, Casablanca is released, Nationwide labor strikes due to inflation, and the Detroit riots.

1900 - 1909

Presidents: William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, William H. Taft

Events: First Rose Bowl game played, Harley-Davidson Motor Company is founded, first World Series, Susan B. Anthony dies, and a Coal mine explodes in West Virginia.

1930 - 1939

Presidents: Herbert Hoover, Franklin D. Roosevelt

Events: Empire State Building opens in New York, Life magazine publishes first issue, the F.B.I. is established, Alcoholics Anonymous founded, and Germany invades Poland.

1910 - 1919

Presidents: William H. Taft, Woodrow Wilson

Events: First Indianapolis 500, the Titanic sinks, Girl Scouts of America is founded, Henry Ford develops the modern assembly line, and the first woman elected to U.S. congress.