66th United States Congress - Major Events

Major Events

A brief special session was called by President Wilson in March 1919, because of a filibuster that had successfully blocked appropriations bills needed to fund day-to-day government operations.

• April 30, 1919: First wave of the 1919 United States anarchist bombings.
• June 2, 1919: The home of Attorney General Palmer was bombed in the second wave of anarchist bombings.
• June 15, 1919: Pancho Villa attacked Ciudad Juárez. When the bullets begin to fly to the U.S. side of the border, 2 units of the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment crossed the border and repulse Villa's forces.
• July 19-23, 1919: Race riot in Washington, D.C.
• August 31, 1919: American Communist Party was established
• September 9, 1919: Boston Police Strike
• September 22, 1919: Steel strike of 1919
• October 2, 1919: President Woodrow Wilson suffered a massive stroke, leaving him partially paralyzed
• November 1, 1919: Coal Strike of 1919
• November 7, 1919: First of the Palmer Raids during the First Red Scare
• January 2, 1920: Second of the Palmer Raids during the First Red Scare
• March 1, 1920: United States Railroad Administration returned control of American railroads to its constituent railroad companies
• May 7-8, 1920: Louis Freeland Post appeared before the House Committee on Rules, effectively ending Attorney General Palmer's presidential aspirations.
• November 2, 1920: Warren G. Harding defeated James M. Cox in the U.S. presidential election, 1920