President Calvin Coolidge Timeline
Important Dates, World and National Events During His Lifetime |
1872 |
Born July 4th in Plymouth, Vermont |
1905 |
Married Grace Anne Goodhue |
1906 |
Son John was born |
1906 |
Elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives |
1908 |
Son Calvin was born |
1909 |
Elected mayor of Northampton, Massachusetts |
1911 |
Elected to Massachusetts Senate |
1915 |
Elected Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts |
1918 |
Elected Governor of Massachusetts |
1920 |
Became Vice President |
1923 |
Coolidge lights the first national Christmas tree December 24th |
1923 |
Became President of the United States after the death of Warren G. Harding |
1924 |
Elected to serve a full term as President |
1925 |
First diesel locomotive began operating in New York City |
1927 |
Charles Lindbergh made the first non stop flight across the Atlantic from New York City to Paris |
1927 |
First talking motion picture, The Jazz Singer, was produced |
1927 |
Radiotelephony connected New York City and London |
1927 |
August 2nd Coolidge surprised the nation by stating he did not want to run for President in 1928 |
1929 |
U.S. population is 122,000,000 with 48 states in the union |
1929 |
Appointed director to New York Life Insurance Company |
1933 |
Died in Northampton, Massachusetts on January 5th |