The Rural Electrification Administration
On May 11, 1935, President Franklin Roosevelt signed legislation establishing the Rural Electrification Administration (REA).
On May 11, 1935, President Franklin Roosevelt signed legislation establishing the Rural Electrification Administration (REA).
The first king of the Kingdom Hawaii, King Kamehameha I, is believed to have died on May 8, 1819.
On May 6, 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 7034, establishing the Works Progress Administration.
On May 1, 1929, the Kansas-Nebraska stamps were officially placed on sale.
On April 30, 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt announced a new series of US Savings Bonds and bought the first one himself the following day.
On April 22, 1889, the first land rush into the Unassigned Lands of Oklahoma kicked off at high noon.
On April 21, 1836, Texan soldiers led a swift attack on an unsuspecting Mexican force at the Battle of San Jacinto.
On April 19, 1782, John Adams secured recognition from the Dutch Republic of the United States as an independent government. This marked the start of one of America’s longest unbroken peaceful relationships with another nation.
On April 17, 1900, chiefs on the island of Tutuila signed the Treaty of Cession of Tutuila, transferring control of American Samoa to the United States.