14 events with tag "United States"
1907
ID: 1172
1.25 million typhoid cases in United States (1907-1911)
ID: 1172
1917
ID: 1256
United States creates Chemical Warfare Service, spurring American chemical industry development
ID: 1256
1920
ID: 1286
American Prohibition begins; Haganah formed in Palestine
ID: 1286
1920
ID: 1295
250,000 US children die annually from poverty
ID: 1295
1930
ID: 1378
Frankfurt School relocates to United States as members (mostly Jews) flee Hitler's Final Solution
ID: 1378
1930
ID: 1383
Schacht conducts extensive speaking tour in United States promoting German reparations reduction (1930-1931)
ID: 1383
1936
ID: 1446
30,250 Catholic priests in United States (20,836 diocesan, 9,414 religious orders)
ID: 1446
1941
ID: 1508
The first large-scale penicillin production begins in Britain and the United States
ID: 1508
1943
ID: 1535
Synthetic rubber (styrene-butadiene) begins large-scale commercial production in United States
ID: 1535
1965
ID: 1815
US chemical abortions begin (estimated 756 million by 2019)
ID: 1815
1967
ID: 1840
Peak 1967: 59,892 Catholic priests total in United States
ID: 1840
1972
ID: 1902
DDT is banned in the United States due to environmental concerns
ID: 1902
1973
ID: 1908
US surgical abortions begin (over 62 million by 2019)
ID: 1908
1976
ID: 1944
The Toxic Substances Control Act is passed in the United States
ID: 1944