Woodrow Wilson was born on 28 December 1856 in Staunton. The 28th President of the United States, Wilson was a political scientist who became president of Princeton University and then governor of New Jersey before winning the White House. His first term brought major progressive reforms, including the Federal Reserve Act, the Federal Trade Commission and new antitrust legislation. He kept the country neutral in the First World War until 1917, then led it into the conflict and proposed the Fourteen Points as a basis for peace. He played a central part in founding the League of Nations and received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1919, but the Senate refused to ratify the Treaty of Versailles. A stroke weakened him in 1919, and his record is also criticized for the segregation of federal workplaces.
Before and after
- August 1856Discovery of Neanderthal 1
- 23 August 1856Earthquake in Oshima, Japan
- from 19 October 1856 to 12 January 1964Sultanate of Zanzibar
- 18 December 1856Birth of Joseph John Thomson
- 28 December 1856Birth of Woodrow Wilson
- from 1857 to 1947Indian independence movement
- 1857Rise of Symbolism
- 1857Founding of Kuala Lumpur
- 1857Publication of Madame Bovary
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The era
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