America officially began to withdraw from the World Health Organization.
The United States suspended travel from Europe due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The United States had its first official COVID-19 related death.
The leaders of North Korea and the USA met for the first time ever.
President Donald Trump banned citizens of seven countries from entering the US.
A category five blizzard occurred in the Mid-Atlantic and North East US, which covered the area in 3 feet of snow.
The Second Iraq War began after an airstrike took place in the country by combined US and British forces.
The United States and Russia signed the Moscow Treaty, agreeing to limit their nuclear arsenals.
The United States announced its recognition of Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania's independence as individual countries after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
The United States of America founded Space Command (SPACECOM), the first of its kind in the US Armed Forces.
US hostages were released in Iran after 444 days.
Animal fossils found in North Carolina became the oldest known in the US.
Vice President Gerald Ford was sworn in as the 38th President of the United States after Richard Nixon handed in his resignation.
Richard Nixon announced his resignation from being President of the United States of America.
An announcement was made to say that all cigarette packages in the US must display health warnings.
The United States Postal Service introduced ZIP codes for US mail.
The Space Race began between the two Cold War rivals, the USA and the USSR.
The US tested the TX-17 thermonuclear bomb for the first time in Bikini Atoll of the Marshall Islands.
The United States Supreme Court ruled that restaurants in Washington, DC, could not refuse to serve Black patrons.
The United States conducted its first and only nuclear artillery test at the Nevada Test Site.
