 President Calvin Coolidge Timeline
Important Dates, World and National Events During His Lifetime
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| 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 |
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