(1901) Ranch operator, Theodore Roosevelt, became president of U. S.
(1911) State flag designated
(1915) Wheat crop largest to date
(1918) Influenza epidemic killed 2,700
(1919) Windstorm killed 8, injured 40; first airplane fatality occurred
(1921) Governor, Attorney General, Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor recalled by voters
(1922) First motor vehicle bridge across Missouri River established at Bismarck
(1929) Severe drought began, lasted nearly eight years
(1930) Severe windstorm damaged 1,847 buildings
(1932) Prohibition agents made biggest raid west of Chicago at Jamestown
(1936) Highest and lowest temperatures recorded, 60 degrees below zero at Parshall and 120 degrees above at Steele; drought devastated crops
(1938) First hard-surfaced highway completed across state
(1941) Red River Valley blizzard killed 90
(1951) Oil discovered near Tioga; voter registration repealed
(1953) Bones of Sitting Bull stolen from grave at Fort Yates, reburied near Mobridge, South Dakota
(1956) Construction began at Grand Forks Air Force Base; Garrison Dam began generating electricity
(1957) Construction began at Minot Air Force Base
(1960) Garrison Dam completed; Lake Sakakawea formed
(1961) Roger Maris of Fargo broke Babe Ruth's home run record
(1963) Uranium recovery began; Minuteman Missiles arrived at Grand Forks and Minot Air Force bases
(1965) North Dakota's first Minuteman Missile installed in underground site
(1966) Worst blizzard in state history occurred
(1968) First recorded earthquake in state recorded near Ashley
(1969) Minot hit by flood; 126 Minot teachers dismissed during strike
(1973) Sales taxes on groceries repealed
(1975) Blizzard killed 12 residents, countless cattle; resulting floods caused $1 billion in damages; North Dakota only state to ratify ERA
(1978) Oil boom began in western part of state; sunflowers became second largest cash crop; 23 counties eligible for disaster assistance due to spring flooding
(1984) Ruth Meiers became first woman Lieutenant Governor
(1985) State's first ethanol plant built at Walhalla; Beryl Levine became first woman Justice of North Dakota Supreme Court
(1987) 10,000 people evacuated homes in Minot due to fire at agricultural chemical warehouse
(1988) Severe drought destroyed acres of wheat
(1997) Red River flooding devastated Grand Forks
2000's
(2008) U.S. Geological Survey released assessment of undiscovered oil resources in Bakken Formation
(2009) Thousands asked to evacuate homes in Fargo due to rising of Red River
(2010) North Dakota had lowest unemployment rate in nation at 4.2%
(2011) Flooding forced thousands to evacuate Minot
