10. Battle of Inchon
In mid-September 1950, the army of the UN Command, led by American General Douglas MacArthur, attacked North Korea at the Battle of Inchon…
9. Battle of Baltimore
In September of 1814, the Battle of Baltimore was fought between the United States and the British…
8. Margaret Chase Smith
Margaret Chase Smith of Maine was the first woman to be elected a US Representative and later a US Senator…
7. Bonanza
In 1959, the television show Bonanza first aired. The show ran for 14 seasons and there were a total of 431 episodes produced…
6. Lookout Air Raids
In 1942, the State of Oregon was attacked by a single floatplane from the Imperial Japanese Navy…
5. Pledge of Allegiance
The first version of the Pledge of Allegiance, the Bellamy pledge, was first published in 1892…
4. Miss America Pageant
In 1921, the first Miss America Pageant was awarded to Margaret Gorman beginning an American tradition…
3. Louisa Ann Swain
On September 6, 1870, Louisa Ann Swain of Wyoming most likely became the first woman to vote in a US general election…
2. Big Stick Ideology
President Theodore Roosevelt was a well-known proponent of the “big stick ideology,” which impacted foreign policy during his presidency…
1. Powder Alarm
After the Boston Tea Party, the Intolerable Acts motivated things like the Powder Alarm…