louis thomas johnson

Birth

Mr. Johnson passes away due to Septicemia

WW1 Draft Registration

Louis Johnson marries Ruby Fraser

President McKinley was assasinated

Pure Food and Drug Act passed - Laws passed preventing the sale, manufacturing, or transportation of misbranded food, medicine, drugs, or liquor

Meat Inspection Act passed - Laws and regulation preventing the sale or distribution of adulterated meat or meat related products

The 16th Amendment was ratified, allowing for the federal government to impose an income tax

Rural credits Act passed, allowing financial aid to be provided to farmers in need of it

Congress establishes time zones

Daylight Savings Time begins, rearranging the time to allow the daylight in the afternoon to last longer and shorten it in the mornings

WW1 ends with an armistice, ending the fighting between the axis powers and the allies

Treaty of Versailles signed signalling an end to WW1

The 19th amendment is ratified giving women the right to vote.

The infamous stock market crash occurs, sending the country's economy into the Great Depression

Orson Welles reads War of the Worlds with no context sending the country in to a nationwide scare

The terrorist attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese leads to the United States entering WW2

The United States declares neutrality in WW2

Louis Johnson received his WW2 draft card

"Old Man's Draft" for WW2 begins for men between the ages 45-64

The GI bill of rights was signed into action providing benefits to WW2 veterans

Executive Order 9981 is signed by Harry Truman ending segregation in the United States Military

The 24th amendment is signed, making it illegal enforce a tax on voting

The first public burning of military draft cards in protest of the Vietnam War

Amelia T. Johnson, Louis' mother, passed away