Portal:United States/Anniversaries
United States anniversaries
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- 1877 – Chief Crazy Horse of the Oglala Sioux surrenders to United States troops in Nebraska.
- 1882 – Congress pass the Chinese Exclusion Act, which barred Chinese from immigrating to the United States.
- 1935 – Executive Order 7034 creates the New Deal era Works Progress Administration.
- 1937 – The German zeppelin Hindenburg (pictured) catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.
- 1940 – John Steinbeck is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Grapes of Wrath.
- 1981 – A jury of architects and sculptors unanimously selects Maya Ying Lin's design for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial from 1,421 other entries.
Usage
These United States "Anniversaries for <date>" (e.g., May 6) subpages are displayed using {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}.
- The layout design for these subpages is at Portal:United States/Anniversaries/Layout.
- Add a new anniversary to the applicable day of the month shown below.
United States anniversaries by month
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Single page version (long)
Nominations
Feel free to add undisplayed United States-related anniversaries from these resources.
- Daily U.S. portal "Anniversaries" pages, such as Portal:United States/Anniversaries/May/May 6.
- Daily U.S. portal "On this day" pages, such as Portal:United States/On this day/May 6.
- Yearly "...in the United States" articles, such as 2024 in the United States.
- Day of the month articles, such as May 6.
- Month of the year articles, such as May 2024.
- Year articles, such as 2024.
United States-related anniversaries should be included in at least one of the calendar-based articles listed above before they are included here. Possible sources for developing additional calendar-based anniversary items are listed below.