| | | | | | | | | . | | <em>Titanic</em> Sinks | 1912-04-15 | | Believed to be unsinkable due to its use of the day's most advanced technology, the <em>Titanic</em> sinks on its maiden voyage after colliding with an iceberg on the night of April 14. Since there were not enough lifeboats for the number of passengers, 1,517 people died in the accident, and the ship <a href="http://www.titanic-online.com/">continues to fascinate</a> the public imagination. | http://www.geocities.com/capecanaveral/hangar/7574/titanic.jpg | Science/Technology | BC | . | | The Armory Show | 1913-02-17 | 1913-03-15 | From February 17 to March 15, 1913, the <a href="http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MUSEUM/Armory/armoryshow.html">International Exhibition of Modern Art</a> runs at New York City's 69th Regiment Armory, displaying artists such as Kandinsky, Monet, Van Gogh, Cezanne, Brancusi, Matisse, Picasso, Munch, and Seurat. One of the most written-about paintings at the exhibition is Duchamp's <em>Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2</em>, and it and the rest of the Exhibition have a tremendous impact on American artists. | http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MUSEUM/Armory/galleryI/i_85_241.b.jpg | Arts | BC | . | | Inauguration of Barack Obama | 2009-01-20 | | The campaign of the nation's 44th president, Barack Obama, is marked by intense use of grassroots marketing and social media including <a href="http://www.myspace.com/barackobama">MySpace</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/barackobama">Twitter</a>, and countless Facebook groups. | http://www.whitehouse.gov/assets/photos/obama_portrait_146px.jpg | Politics | BC | . | | First Mickey Mouse Cartoon | 1928-05-15 | | <em>Plane Crazy</em> is an animated short film created by Walt Disney in Los Angeles, featuring for the first time ever <a
href="http://www.disneyshorts.org/years/1928/planecrazy.html"> Mickey and Minnie Mouse.</a> In this six-minute cartoon, Mickey Mouse tries to emulate his hero, Charles Lindbergh, and woo Minnie with his own homemade airplane. | http://z.hubpages.com/u/332233_f260.jpg | Arts | DS | . | | Amelia Earhart’s First Flight Across the Atlantic | 1928-06-17 | | After Charles Lindbergh’s successful solo flight across the Atlantic in 1927, Amelia Earhart accompanied pilot William Stultz on his own transatlantic journey as, in her words, “just baggage – like a sac of potatoes. Although <a
href="http://www.ameliaearhart.com/">this flight</a> propelled her to celebrity status, Earhart is most remembered for her own solo transatlantic crossing in 1932 and for her fascinating, unresolved disappearance during her 1937 circumnavigation of the globe. | http://www.boeing.com/companyoffices/aboutus/wonder_of_flight/images/Amelia-Earhart_250.jpg | Science/Technology | DS | . | | The Discovery of Penicillin | 1928-09-18 | | Scottish Scientist Alexander Fleming displayed that Pencillium notatum, if grown appropriately, produced an antibiotic substance, which he latter named <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penicillin#Discovery">Penicillin.</a>The development and mass production of Penicillin for medical purposes did not occur until the late 1930s and is credited to Nobel Laureate Howard Walter Florey. | http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1945/fleming.jpg | Science/Technology | DS | . | | “The World’s Greatest Invention” - Sliced Bread | 1928-08-07 | | <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Frederick_Rohwedder">Otto Frederick Rohwedder</a> from Iowa invented the revolutionary automatic commercial bread slicer. <a
href="http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/us.shtml">Rohwedder’s machine,</a> which took him over a decade to complete, evenly sliced and wrapped a loaf of bread; never again did people have to labor to make a sandwich or struggle to cut even pieces of toast. | http://inventorspot.com/files/images/slicedbread1.img_assist_custom.jpg | Science/Technology | DS | . | | Patent and distribution of Aspirin | 1899-03-06 | | The Bayer Company patents and distributes Aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid) to physicians. <a href="http://www.wonderdrug.com/">Aspirin</a> soon becomes the number one pain-killing drug worldwide due to its anti-inflammatory, antipyretic (fever reducing), and analgesic (relief of minor aches and pains) results. | http://z.about.com/d/inventors/1/0/9/Q/bayer_aspirin_2.jpg | Science/Technology | ANP | . | | End of the Spanish-American War | 1899-02-06 | | The United States Senate ratifies the 1899 Treaty of Paris by a vote of 52 - 27 that officially ends the <a href="http://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/
">Spanish-American War</a>. The United States gains land and control of the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico. | http://cache.eb.com/eb/image?id=91533&rendTypeId=4 | Military | ANP | . | | Kate Chopin, <em>The Awakening</em> | 1899-04-22 | | Herbert S. Stone & Company in Chicago publishes Kate Chopin's short novel, <a href="http://www.katechopin.org/the-awakening.shtml
"><em>The Awakening</em></a>, that is widely considered as a proto-feminist precursor to American Modernism. | http://docsouth.unc.edu/southlit/chopinawake/chopintp.gif
| Literature | ANP | . | | Ernest Hemingway | 1899-07-21 | | Nobel Prize-winning American novelist, short story writer, and journalist, <a href="http://www.timelesshemingway.com/
">Ernest Hemingway</a> is born. Hemingway publishes what are now considered classics of American literature such as <em>The Sun Also Rises</em> (1926), <em>A Farewell to Arms</em> (1929), <em>For Whom the Bell Tolls</em> (1940), and his Pulitzer Prize-winning <em>Old Man and The Sea</em> (1952). | http://www.florida-arts.org/programs/halloffame/images/hemingway.jpg | Biography | ANP | . | | Construction of Golden Gate Bridge | 1933-01-05 | | The construction of the Golden Gate bridge begins <www.inetours.com/Pages/SFNbrhds/Golden_Gate_Bridge.html> and emphasizes the beginning of large architectural ambitions in the United states. | http://prakass.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/golden-gate-bridge-picture.jpg | Science/Technology | KLB | . | | Hitler Appointed Chancellor | 1933-01-29 | | President Paul von Hindenburg appointed Adolf Hitler to the Chancellor of Germany <www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/riseofhitler/index.htm> | http://www.shoaheducation.com/hitlerparade2.png | Biography | KLB | . | | First Minimum Wage Law | 1933-12-07 | | FDR enacts the first minimum wage law as a part of the New Deal <http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/timeline/depwwii/newdeal/newdeal.html> and establishes a standard of life that every American deserves. | http://www.newdeal75.org/images/fdr31.jpg | Politics | KLB | . | | Dust Bowl Begins in South Dakota | 1933-11-11 | | The Dust Bowl begins in South Dakota signaling the beginning of agricultural hardship for the next several years <http://www.usd.edu/anth/epa/dust.html> and would spread to the rest of the mid-west. | http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/Dust_Bowl_-_Dallas,_South_Dakota_1936.jpg | Biography | KLB | . | | Operation Starvation | 1945-03-27 | | The Allies attempt to starve Japan by blocking all imports and docks. <http://www.stormingmedia.us/05/0560/a056024.html> | http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/content/images/2007_0417.JPG | Military | KLB | . | | Hitler Commits Suicide | 1945-04-30 | | Hitler and Eva Braun commit suicide together after one day of marriage. <http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/holocaust/h-death.htm> | http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/Stars_&_Stripes_&_Hitler_Dead2.jpg | Biography | KLB | . | | Manhattan Project | 1945-07-16 | | The Manhattan Project begins where scientists were put to work to create the atom bomb. <http://www.atomicmuseum.com/Tour/manhattanproject.cfm> | http://mesikammen.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/nuclear-bomb-badger350.jpg | Military | KLB | . | | Founding of United Nations | 1945-10-24 | | The United Nations <http://www.un.org/aboutun/history.htm> was founded to become one of the first successful group of nations to agree to at least sit down with each other, after the failure of the League of Nations. | http://www.svusd.org/hp_images/3308/un.gif | Politics | KLB | . | | W.E.B. DuBois, <em>The Souls of Black Folk</em> | 1903 | | W.E.B. DuBois published <em>The Souls of Black Folk</em>, a series of essays which would predicate the struggles of African Americans for the whole of the twentieth century. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Souls_of_Black_Folk>
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| | | | | | | | | . | | First flight by Orville Wright at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina | 1903-12-17 | | Orville Wright launched the world's first successful airplane in a controlled, powered & sustained heavier-than-air human flight that radically changed notions of the relationship between space and time both in America and across the world. <http://www.wright-house.com/wright-brothers/wrights/1903.html>
| http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media/38/4738-004-CD0B7763.jpg | Science/Technology | KRA | . | | Panama proclaims independence from Colombia | 1903-11-03 | | With the help of the United States, Panama declared independence from Colombia. This established the U.S. as a nation with political power that extended beyond its borders and solidified new trade opportunities through the use of the Panama Canal. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Panama> | http://www.onisushi.com/works/CCT370/A2/Panama%201903%20Comic.jpg
| Politics | KRA | . | | Debut of the first black & white film, <em>The Great Train Robbery</em> | 1903 | | The first feature-length black and white film, <em>The Great Train Robbery</em>, established a whole new division of the entertainment industry and addressed the American demand for leisure activities that increased as technologies became more and more advanced. <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0000439/>
| http://doggerelface.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/4657great_train_robbery_still-500.jpg | Arts | KRA | . | | First female governor | 1925-01-05 | | Nellie Tayloe Ross becomes the first female governor in the United States of America. This bolsters the women's movement. <http://www.nellietayloeross.com/> | http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic-art/510096/52379/Nellie-Tayloe-Ross | Politics | AT | . | | "The New Yorker" | 1925-02-21 | | The first publication of the magazine, "The New Yorker" is released. It is still widely read and referred to today. <http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/412609/The-New-Yorker> | http://archives.newyorker.com/?i=1925-02-21#folio=009 | Literature | AT | . | | <em>The Great Gatsby</em> | 1925-04-10 | | F. Scott Fitzgerald publishes his novel, <em>The Great Gatsby</em>. It is not his most renowned, however aptly describes the degradation of American morale. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Gatsby>
| http://www.cwru.edu/artsci/engl/VSALM/mod/markel/Links.htm | Literature | AT | . | | First KKK march | 1925-08-08 | | The Ku Klux Klan has their first national march in Washington D.C. with over 200,00 participants. <http://www.ferris.edu/jimcrow/question/oct04/> | http://malaysiapolitictoday.wordpress.com/2008/12/20/if-rais-thinks-its-fair-to-throw-shoes-at-a-foreign-dignatory-especially-one-who-has-been-properly-elected-what-this-effectively-means-is-since-malaysian-leaders-are-chosen-from-a-defective-electi/ | Politics | AT | . | | Triple Alliance formed | 1882-05-20 | | <a href="http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/triplealliance.htm"> The Triple Alliance</a>, consisting of Italy, Germany, and Austria-Hungary, would later enter World War I pitted against the Triple Entente, which consisted of the UK, France, and Russia. | http://www.historywiz.com/images/worldwarI/triplealliance.gif | Politics | BB | . | | Franklin Delano Roosevelt is born | 1882-01-30 | | <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/franklindroosevelt/">Franklin Roosevelt</a> was the thirty-second president of the United States and is often credited with ending the Great Depression and founding the League of nations, the organization that would essentially become the United Nations. | http://b-29s-over-korea.com/God_Bless_America/images/FDR-and-Fala-Wikipedia.jpg | Biography | BB | . | | A.A. Milne is born | 1882-01-18 | | Despite the fact that <a href="http://www.just-pooh.com/milne.html">Milne</a> is an English author, his work plays a role in many American children's lives. His characters are the subject of and inspiration for Disney cartoons, storybooks, plays, and many populars toys. | http://www.newyorkology.com/archives/images/poohbear.jpg | Biography | BB | . | | Jesse James shot | 1882-04-03 | | <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_James">James</a>, the most famous member of the James-Younger Gang, was an American legend of the Wild West. His gang performed numerous bank robberies, and James was often revered as a modern-day Robin Hood. | http://www.pasoroblesfilmfestival.com/images/Jesse_James.jpg | Biography | BB | . | | The Stock Market Crashes | 1929-10-24 | 1929-10-29 | In 1929, it appeared that the stock market was booming. However, on October 24th (now known as "Black Thursday") and October 29th (now known as "Black Tuesday"), the market dropped by a dramatic amount, resulting in a selling <a href= "http://eh.net/encyclopedia/article/Bierman.crash">panic</a>, and sending the country spiraling into the Great Depression. | http://www.stockpickssystem.com/images/graphic_crash_of_1929.gif | Economics | SVF | . | | St. Valentine's Day Massacre | 1929-02-14 | | Seven members of the 'Bugs" Moran gang are found <a href= "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Valentine's_Day_Massacre">murdered</a> execution-style in a warehouse on the North side of Chicago. Although this is typical of Prohibition-era gang violence, and Al Capone is suspected to be responsible, no one is ever charged with the killings. | http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/photo/2008-05/38382398.jpg | Politics | SVF | . | | MoMA Opens to the Public | 1929-11-07 | | Founded primarily by Abby Rockefeller and two of her friends, New York City's <a href= "http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Museum_of_Modern_Art#encyclopedia">Museum of Modern Art</a> opens as America's leading museum dedicated solely to modern art and is the first museum in Manhattan to display European Modernist artwork. | http://www.metapedia.com/wiki/images/Old_moma.jpg | Arts | SVF | . | | Herbert Hoover Inaugurated | 1929-03-04 | | <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Hoover">Herbert Hoover</a> is inaugurated as the nation's 31st president. He will only serve one term, most likely due to his inability to end the Great Depression. | http://por-img.cimcontent.net/api/assets/bin-200902/97811ec89327283183bb5baa4a7d1153.jpg | Politics | SVF | . | | Pearl Harbor Raid | 1941-12-07 | | The <a href="http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-pac/pearlhbr/pearlhbr.htm"> Pearl Harbor Raid </a> by the Japanese killed over 2,300 Americans and destroyed many American battleships and aircrafts. | http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/8444/zcopylg7.jpg | Military | DW | . | | Mount Rushmore Memorial Completed | 1941-10-31 | | Located near Keystone, South Dakato, <a href="http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/students/Ahmann/rushmore.html"> the Mount Rushmore Memorial </a> was completed in 1941 and it is a representation of the first 150 years of the U.S. history. | http://ro3011.k12.sd.us/Misc/mt%20rushmore2.jpg | Arts | DW | . | | Thanksgiving Day | 1941-11-26 | | President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the bill that officially established the fourth Thursday in November as <a href="http://www.pilgrimhall.org/ThanxProc1940.htm"> U.S. Thanksgiving Day </a>. | http://www.lifehack.org/wp-content/files/2007/11/20071121-first-thanksgiving.png | Politics | DW | . | | Puerto Rico born citizens | 1941-01-13 | | After 1941, <a href="http://www.usconstitution.net/consttop_citi.html"> those born in Puerto Rico </a> are considered natural-born citizens of the United States and have the right to run for presidency. | http://www.theonion.com/content/files/images/Sidebox-Puerto-Rico-C.jpg | Politics | DW | . | | Lincoln's Assassination | 1865-04-14 | | Only a week after the end of the Civil War, <a href="http://home.att.net/~rjnorton/Lincoln75.html">President Abraham Lincoln</a> is shot at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. by John Wilkes Booth. | http://www.topicsites.com/abraham-lincoln/Abraham-Lincoln-Shooting.jpg | Politics | MT |
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| | | | | | | | | . | | Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse | 1865-04-08 | | General Ulysses S. Grant meets with General Robert E. Lee at the <a href="http://americancivilwar.com/appo.html">Appomattox courthouse</a> where Lee signs the terms of surrender that effectivley ends the civil war. | http://cache.eb.com/eb/image?id=5763&rendTypeId=4 | Military | MT | . | | Birth of Warren G. Harding | 1865-11-02 | | <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/WarrenHarding/">Warren G. Harding</a> ran on a platform of isolationism, nativism, and a rejection of the reform era; he is known as one of the worst Presidents in United States history. | http://rushthecourt.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/warren-g-harding.jpg | Politics | MT | . | | The Thirteenth Amendment | 1865-12-18 | | <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution">The Thirteenth Amendment</a> embodied the spirt of Lincoln's Emancipation Proclomation, and officially banned slavery in the United States. | http://www.historicaldocuments.com/13thAmendment.gif | Politics | MT | . | | First Pair of Brief Underwear Sold | 1935-01-19 | | Briefs, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Briefs">as in boxers of briefs,</a> were first sold in Chicago, IL by Coopers, Inc. This sale effectively revolutionized the world of undergarments and created a new question to ask celebrities. | http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_to_dITiFe90/SWzV6SubwBI/AAAAAAAACNo/AsQChA-NcME/s400/boxers-or-briefs.jpg | Science/Technology | ADC | . | | Works Progress Administration | 1935-04-08 | 1943 | This act was passed as a part of the New Deal in order to facilitate the creation of jobs especially in the fields of art and literature. The WPA fostered many works that emphasized a <a href="http://xroads.virginia.edu/~UG99/vizzuso/WPAproject.html>“national culture”</a> and wished to illustrate Americans in their current conditions. | http://www.creativepro.com/files/story_images/20050905_fg14.jpg | Politics | ADC | . | | Dedication of Hoover Dam | 1935-09-30 | | This dam<a href="http://www.bcmha.org/history.html#damname"> (originally named Boulder Dam)</a> was proposed to control flooding and to provide water to farms in Southern California. It was the largest federal project of its time and employed over 20,000 men during the Great Depression. | http://www.visitlasvegas.com/images/features/experience-vegas/postcards/hoover-dam.jpg | Science/Technology | ADC | . | | 1st Penguin Paperback Book | 1935-07-30 | | First <a href="http://www.penguin.co.uk/static/packages/uk/aboutus/history.html">Penguin Paperback book</a> appeared beginning the paperback revolution and increasing the amount of books in circulation. Paperback books have made literature extremely accessible and have saved many students’ backs. | http://www3.telus.net/sabinesbooks/penguin.jpg | Literature | ADC | . | | Treaty of Portsmouth | 1905-08-09 | 1905-09-05 | President Theodore Roosevelt acts as a mediator for the <a
href="http://www.onwar.com/aced/data/romeo/russojapanese1904.htm"> peace talks</a> between Russia and Japan in Portsmouth, New Hampshire during the Russo-Japanese war. Roosevelt was later awarded a Nobel Peace prize for his efforts in the Treaty of Portsmouth; his mediation signified that the US was becoming a world power. | http://www.historycentral.com/WStage/RussoJapanWar.jpg | Politics | RMC | . | | Lochner v. New York | 1905-04-17 | | The Supreme Court ruled in <a
href="http://www.lectlaw.com/files/case37.htm"> Lochner v. New York</a> that "the right to free contract" was understood in the Due Process Clause on the Fourteenth Amendment which led to the use of this clause in many more cases involving free speech and privacy rights. | http://www.pbs.org/wnet/supremecourt/capitalism/images/lochner.jpg | Politics | RMC | . | | Wright Flyer III | 1905-10-05 | | Wilbur Wright flew the Wright brother's third airplane called the <a
href="http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/types/usa/wright/flyer/flyer.htm"> Wright Flyer III</a> for 38 minutes and four seconds (24 miles). This aircraft is now considered to have been the first practical aircraft built because of the zero anhedral wings, the upright seating for a pilot and passenger, and the control system that allowed for independent controlling. | http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/types/usa/wright/flyer/wright_flightx.jpg | Science/Technology | RMC | . | | "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies" | 1905-06-30 | | Albert Einstein published his paper <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_relativity"> "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies"</a> in which his theory of special relativity appears. He also published papers in which Brownian motion is explained, the photoelectric effect using the notion of quanta is introduced, and the existence of atoms is proved. | http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a0/Einstein_patentoffice.jpg/180px-Einstein_patentoffice.jpg | Science/Technology | RMC | . | | Tetra-ethyl Lead | 1921-01-23 | | <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Midgley"> Thomas Midgley, Jr. </a> discovers the anti-knocking effects of tetra-ethyl lead when applied to the internal combustion engine. His employer, General Motors, immediately begins implementing the chemical despite its well-documented toxicity. | http://www.dartmouth.edu/~toxmetal/images/Midgley.gif | Science/Technology | JSG | . | | First National Park established | 1872-03-01 | | <a href="http://us.national-parks.net/history.html">Yellowstone National Park </a>, which spans across Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho, includes Old Faithful, other geysers and hot springs, the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, and a diverse collection of wildlife. This concept of the National Parks created a way to preserve and protect some of the natural landscape of America, in the midst of industrialization. | http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Imgs/Jpg/Yellowstone/yellowstone_falls.jpg | Science/Technology | RSF | . | | Babe Ruth Traded to Yankees | 1920-01-06 | | On January 6, 1920, <em>The New York Times </em> reports that Babe Ruth had been traded by the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees for $125,000, the highest purchase price in baseball history at the time. As a Yankee, Ruth brings tremendous success to the team, vitalizes the sport, and establishes himself as a legend and cultural icon while leaving the <a href="http://www.bambinoscurse.com/whatis/"> “Curse of the Bambino” </a> for the Red Sox. | http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/cph/3c00000/3c05000/3c05200/3c05246r.jpg | Biography | JHS | . | | 18th Amendment - Prohibition | 1920-01-16 | 1933-12-05 | On January 16, 1920, <a href="http://prohibition.osu.edu/content/why_prohibition.cfm"> Prohibition </a> begins in the United States with the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution, banning the sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcohol for consumption. Advocated by organizations such as the Anti-Saloon League and the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, Prohibition was a chance to eliminate crime, corruption, and other social problems associated with alcohol, but it received little public support as it created more serious social problems and was repealed in 1933. | http://bbsnews.net/bbsnphotos/Timeless-Events/detroit_police-prohibition-one.jpg | Politics | JHS | . | | 19th Amendment - Women's Suffrage | 1920-08-18 | | On August 18, 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution extends suffrage to all women in the United States when it is ratified by Tennessee (36th of 48 states). <a href="http://www.rochester.edu/sba/suffragetimeline.html"> Years of women’s suffrage movement</a> have resulted in the Amendment, which allowed women to vote in the Presidential election for the first time in 1920. | http://www.albany.edu/~eb7540/women.jpg | Politics | JHS | . | | Wall Street Bombing | 1920-09-16 | | On September 16, 1920, a <a href="http://www.crimemagazine.com/06/wallstreetbomb,0115-6.htm"> bomb in a horse wagon explodes </a> in front of the J.P.Morgan building of the Financial District in Manhattan, New York City killing 38 and injuring 400 people. Although anarchists and communists were blamed for the attack, especially as an act of revenge for Sacco and Vanzetti’s indictment, the perpetrators were never identified and the crime remains officially unsolved. | http://www.fbi.gov/headlines/wallstreet091707a.jpg | Politics | JHS | . | | Emergency Quota Act | 1921-05-19 | | The <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Quota_Act"> Emergency Quota Act </a>passes in the Senate by a vote of 78-1. Setting a numerical prescription for the first time, it limits the number of immigrants admitted into the country to 3% of the nationality's current American population, according to the 1910 census. | http://faculty.umf.maine.edu/~walters/web%20104/anti-Immigrant%20cartoon%201896.jpeg | Politics | JSG | . | | Wireless Transmission Machine | 1921-01-02 | 1921-04-11 | More commonly known as the <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1921_in_radio"> radio</a>, between January 2 and April 11 the first religious, weather, and sports broadcasts are made, signifying a shift in popular communication. People hear their president-elect, Warren G. Harding, inaugurated over the radio for the first time. | http://www.westga.edu/~bquest/2001/radio2.gif | Science/Technology | JSG | . | | New Waves of Prejudice | 1921 | | Massachusetts jury declares <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacco_and_Vanzetti"> Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti</a> guilty of first-degree murder and sentences them to death via electric chair in a trial fraught with controversy. The severity of the punishment elicits widespread rebuke of jury bias against Italians, immigrants, and anarchists, and ultimately led Massachusetts governor Michael Dukakis to apologize for the “high standards of justice that failed Sacco and Vanzetti” in 1977. | http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/Sacvan.jpg | Politics | JSG |
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| | | | | | | | | . | | Railway Air Brake created | 1872-03-05 | | The <a href="http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventors/westinghouse.htm"> air brake system </a> which was patented by George Westinghouse, used compressed air which enabled the growth of the railroads. Westinghouse also promoted the use of electricity for transportation in his other inventions. | http://www.tbdfconnects.org/tbdf/Portals/0/Swissvale%20Pictures/george%20westinghouse.jpg | Science/Technology | RSF | . | | First woman nominated for President of the United States | 1872-11-05 | | <a href="http://www.victoria-woodhull.com/whoisvw.htm"> Victoria Claflin Woodhull</a> was an American suffragist who was nominated for President of the United States by the Equal Rights Party, however, her name did not appear on the ballot. Historians disagree over why her name did not appear, including such reasons as she was too young, she was a woman, and women could not legally vote until 1920. | http://www.antjeschrupp.de/woodhull/woodhull2.gif | Politics | RSF | . | | New York Metropolitan Museum of Art opens | 1872-02-20 | | Originally located at 681 Fifth Avenue in New York City, <a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/Press_Room/full_release.asp?prid={8EAB3ECC-C29C-4B26-ABC0-70D58D45E5E3}">The Metropolitan Museum of Art</a> is an art museum that houses a permanent collection of more than two million works of art. The Museum was founded in 1870 by a group of American citizens which included businessmen and financiers, as well as leading artists and thinkers of the day, who wanted to open a museum to bring art and art education to the American people. | http://www.new-york-city-travel.net/images/attractions/natural-history.jpg | Arts | RSF | . | | Stephen Crane dies | 1900-06-05 | | Writer of many famous American works such as <em>Maggie</em> and <em>The Red Badge of Courage</em>, Stephen Crane dies from tuberculosis, aggravated by malarial fever, in <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badenweiler> Badenweiler</a> in Germany. | http://images-cdn01.associatedcontent.com/image/A2342/234255/300_234255.jpg | Biography | LMS | . | | Theodore Dreiser, <em>Sister Carrie</em> | 1900-11-08 | | Theodore Dreiser's novel, <em>Sister Carrie</em>, is first published, describing a young girl's move to Chicago and the more "adult" world she encounters there. Dreiser had trouble finding a publisher for the book because of its "sordid" content, according to the <a href=http://sceti.library.upenn.edu/dreiser/scculhist.cfm> standards of the time </a>. | http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media/03/79803-004-5977FE1E.jpg | Literature | LMS | . | | Gold Standard Act | 1900-03-14 | | As the name suggests, this act ratified during the <a href=http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/WilliamMcKinley/> McKinley administration </a> made gold the national standard for currency. Up until this point, other metals (such as silver) could be used instead. | http://www.common-place.org/vol-06/no-03/omalley/images/buzz.jpg | Economics | LMS | . | | Foraker Act | 1900-04-12 | | Through this act, United States' new acquisition from the <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish-American_War> Spanish-American War </a>, Puerto Rico, is given a limited civilian government of their own. The act is named after one of its greatest champions, <a href=http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=140> Joseph B. Foraker </a> from Ohio. | http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/1900/maptimelineimages/cac_april.jpg | Politics | LMS | . | | Claude Monet dies | 1926-12-05 | | French Impressionist painter <a href=http://inmonetsgarden.com/monet_bio.html
>Claude Monet </a>dies of lung cancer. Monet's <i>Impression, Sunrise</i> (seen above) is the painting from which the Impressionist Movement got its name. | http://rogerkuin.net/journal/Monet%20Impression.jpg | Arts | GNK | . | | The Spanish Flu | 1918-08 | | <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_flu >Influenza in Spain</a> becomes pandemic and kills 25 million people in the next six months. This number represents nearly twice the amount of casualties of World War One. | http://img.slate.com/media/1/123125/123104/2112652/2127172/2127859/051011_me_SpanishFlu1918ex.jpg | Politics | BAB | . | | First SAT administered | 1926-06-23 | | The first <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAT>Scholastic Aptitude Test</a> is administered June 23, 1926. The SAT would eventually become an integral part of the college admissions process, as well as the bane of high-schoolers nationwide. | http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/funny-pictures-black-cat-stairs-sat.jpg | Science/Technology | GNK | . | | First liquid-fueled rocket launched | 1926-03-16 | | American scientist <a href=http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Sgoddard.htm
>Robert Goddard </a>launches the first rocket propelled by liquid fuel. Such rocket technology would eventually allow NASA to send astronauts to the moon. | http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Sfigs/SGoddard.jpg
| Science/Technology | GNK | . | | Marilyn Monroe born | 1926-06-01 | | Norma Jeane Mortenson is born June 6, 1926. Later known as <a href=http://www.marilynmonroe.com/about/bio.html
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| Biography | GNK | . | | The End of World War I | 1918-11-11 | | <a href=http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=52123>World War One</a> ends as Germany signs an armistice agreement with the Allies in France. The surrender becomes official on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of the year. | http://www.whereistheoutrage.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/1918toronto_bayandking_armistace_day.jpg | Military | BAB | . | | First U.S. Presidential Visit to Europe | 1918-12-04 | | United States President Woodrow Wilson <a href=http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=5573 >attends</a> the Paris Peace Conference, becoming the first U.S. President to visit Europe during his term in office. | http://www.cleptestreview.com/supporting-images/Council_of_Four_Versailles.jpg | Politics | BAB | . | | First Regular Airmail Service Begins | 1918-05-15 | | The United States Post Office Department issues the first definitive airmail stamps and subsequently begins the world's first <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airmail#History >regular airmail</a> service, delivering between New York City, Philadelphia and Washington, DC. This Department is later renamed the United States Postal Service. | http://www.icollectstamps.com/appraise/SoldImages/290286874776.JPG | Science/Technology | BAB | . | | Ratification of the 15th Amendment | 1870-02-03 | | The Fifteenth Amendment gave African American men the right to vote, affirming <a href=http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=44>that this right could not be denied</a> or abridged "on account of race, colour or previous condition of servitude". Nonetheless, former confederate states continued to disenfranchise Black people through the use of poll taxes and literacy tests until the mid 20th century. | http://americanhistory.si.edu/Brown/history/1-segregated/images/15th-amendment-l.jpg | Politics | CL | . | | First successful insulin treatment for diabetes | 1922-01-11 | | <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insulin">Insulin<a/> is first used as a means to treat type two diabetes. This indicates an initial onset of invented medicines and treatments for diseases which people previously thought had no cure or remedy. | http://diabetes.taragana.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/insulin-in-treating-diabetes.jpg | Science/Technology | ZS | . | | Joseph Stalin appointed General Secretary for Communist Party | 1922-04-03 | | It was at this point that <a href="http://www.stel.ru/stalin/joseph_1922.htm">Josef Stalin</a> first obtained a position of power in the Soviet Union. Stalin would not only cause the slaughter of thousands of Russian civilians, but he also played an immense role throughout World War II, including its initiation and all the ensuing alliances and events which shaped the war and world history. | http://josephstalinfans.com/files/2008/12/joseph-stalin3.gif | Politics | ZS | . | | Birth of Kurt Vonnegut | 1922-11-11 | | It was on this date that popular American novelist <a href="http://www.vonnegut.com/artist.asp">Kurt Vonnegut</a> was born. With his innovative and intriguing style, Vonnegut was able to reshape the use of science fiction components in novels while simultaneously offering societal critiques and important views on the state of American culture. | http://vonnegut.com/images/art/vonn.jpg | Biography | ZS | . | | Georgia is readmitted to the Union | 1870-07-15 | | First readmitted in 1868, Georgia was ejected again after its decision to expel <a href=http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2533&hl=y>Black people from its state legislature</a>. In 1870, it becomes the last former confederate state to be readmitted to the Union, five years after the end of the Civil War. | http://www.sonofthesouth.net/revolutionary-war/battles/state-seal-georgia.jpg | Politics | CL |
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| | | | | | | | | . | | Birth of Stan Lee | 1922-12-28 | | It was at this point that American cartoonist <a href="www.answers.com/topic/stan-lee">Stan Lee</a> was born, a figure who would reshape the face of grphic novels in America. In creating his Marvel comics, Lee not only invented an alternate reality in which people with super powers could influence the world, but he also created a new form of literature in which imagination and possibility became more important that realistic events. | http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Stantheman.jpg | Biography | ZS | . | | First official meteorological forecast | 1870-11-01 | | The decision to create a national weather service was essentially motivated by the desire to avoid losses of sailors and ships <a href=http://www.nws.noaa.gov/pa/history/timeline.php>because of storms</a>. According to the Congress Resolution signed in February 1870, the new agency was "to provide for taking meteorological observations at the military stations in the interior of the continent and at other points in the States and Territories". | http://z.about.com/d/weather/1/0/K/B/-/-/weather-bureau-office.jpg | Science/Technology | CL | . | | J.D. Rockefeller founds Standard Oil Company | 1870-01-10 | | Founded by John D. Rockefeller in Cleveland, Ohio, Standard Oil Company soon gained control of nearly all the oil refineries in the U.S.. <a href=http://www.bgsu.edu/departments/acs/1890s/rockefeller/bio2.htm>It became the first of the great corporate trusts</a>. Its monopoly ended only in 1911 after the Supreme Court's decision to condemn Standard Oil for its violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act. | http://www.history.org/Foundation/journal/autumn04/images/perry_standardoilbldg.jpg | Economics | CL | . | | Ford Motor Company Founded | 1903-06-06 | | Founded by Henry Ford, <a href="http://www.ford.com/about-ford/heritage/people/henryford/650-henry-ford">the Ford Motor Company</a> began as 1 of 88 other automotive companies in the United States. Today it is one of the three largest U.S. car companies, known as the "US Big Three" or "Detroit Big Three."
| http://www.automotivehistoryonline.com/1903%20Ford%20Model%20A-b.jpg | Science/Technology | AMW | . | | Guantanamo Bay Leased to U.S. | 1903-02-23 | | Guantanamo Bay was perpetually <a href="http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/220/guantanamo-bay-history.html">leased</a> to the United States for the purpose of operating naval bases and coal mines. Since 2002, the bases at "GITMO" have served as prison camps for people who have been detained from Afghanistan and other parts of the world. |
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| Military | AMW | . | | Ivan Pavlov Classical Conditioning | 1903 | | Ivan Pavlov reports his findings, at the 14th International Medical Congress, on the classical conditioning of animals, specifically in <a href="http://www.learning-theories.com/classical-conditioning-pavlov.html">dogs</a>. This famous discovery is fundamental in basic studies of psychology. |
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| Science/Technology | AMW | . | | Birth of Robert Lowell | 1917-03-01 | | American poet <a href="http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/g_l/lowell/lowell.htm">Robert Lowell was born on March 1st into one of Boston’s oldest aristocratic families. He changed his </a> writing style many times throughout his life, and he died (1977) one of the most well-known and honored poets of his generation. | http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2005/06/26/books/cover164.jpg | Biography | LMB | . | | U.S. Enters WWI | 1917-04-06 | | On April 6, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I">United States declared war on Germany, joining Britain and France. Entry into the war caused a massive economic boom in the U.S.</a> as war production increased, and also helped to spur changes in political and social life. | http://www.solarnavigator.net/images/explorers_history/world_war_australian_infantry_small_box_respirators_ypres_1917.jpg | Military | LMB | . | | "I WANT YOU" Poster | 1917 | | This poster was created by James <a href="http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trm015.html">Montgomery Flagg, and over four million copies were printed once America officially joined WWI in 1917. The subject</a> of the poster soon became the most popular image of Uncle Sam in the U.S. | http://nwcfoundation.org/zencart/images/143%20I-Want-You-for-the-U-S-Army-c-1917-Posters.jpg | Military | LMB | . | | 1st Pulitzer Prizes | 1917-06-04 | | The first Pulitzer prizes were awarded in four categories: Editorial Writing, Reporting, <a href="http://www.pulitzer.org/awards/1917">Biography or Autobiography, and History. The winners were New York Tribune, </a> Herbert Bayard Swope (of New York World), Laura E. Richards and Maud Howe Elliott (for Julia Ward Howe), and J.J. Jusserand (for With Americans of Past and Present Days), respectively. | http://www.fbi.gov/headlines/pulitzer500.jpg | Literature | LMB | . | | New Mexico admitted as 47th state | 1912-01-06 | | After three decades of bloodshed between US and Native Americans <a href="http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=article&id=4651 "> New Mexico is admitted as the 47th U.S. state</a> | http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/AZ-NM1867.jpg | Politics | EC | . | | Arizona admitted as 48th state | 1912-02-14 | | Arizona is admitted as the 48th U.S. state. It was the <a href="http://phoenix.about.com/od/phoenixfactsandfiction/qt/statehood.htm">last of the 48 states to be admitted into the Union.</a> | http://www.whitehousehistory.org/04/subs_pph/images/uploads/27/2890.jpg | Politics | EC | . | | The Girl Scouts of the USA founded | 1912-03-12 | | <a href="http://www.girlscouts.org/who_we_are/history/">The Girl Scouts of the USA</a> are founded by Juliette "Daisy" Gordon Low who believed all girls should be given the opportunity to develop physically, mentally, and spiritually. | http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/2007/12/23-End/Girl_Scouts_Lrg.jpg | Biography | EC | . | | Woodrow Wilson becomes 28th President of US | 1912-11-05 | | <a href="http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h887.html">Democratic challenger Woodrow Wilson</a> wins by a landslide victory over Republican incumbent William Howard Taft in 1912 election. | http://www.historycentral.com/elections/elects/1912.gif | Politics | EC | . | | Oklahoma City Bomber Executed | 2001-06-11 | | In April of 1995, <a href="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0882060.html">Timothy McVeigh (now 33)</a> detonated a fertilizer bomb, killing 149 adults and 19 children. His sentence was served on June 11, 2001 when he was executed by lethal injection. | http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee173/peeps80/timothy-mcveigh.jpg | Biography | PD | . | | Eudora Welty dies | 2001-07-23 | | <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eudora_Welty">Eudora Welty</a>, the Puliter Prize-winning author of "Death of a Traveling Salesman" dies at the age of 92. | http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f46/amandaloden/people/welty04.jpg | Biography | PD | . | | Twin Tower Attacks | 2001-09-11 | | On September 11, 2001, two hijacked planes crash into the <a href="http://www.wisegeek.com/what-happened-on-september-11-2001.htm">Twin Towers in New York City</a>, killing 2,974 people (not including the terrorists themselves) and launching the United States' "War on Terror." | http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa258/thefreshprince101/twintowers.jpg | Politics | PD | . | | First artificial heart transplant | 2001-07-02 | | Costing about $75,000 to make, <a href=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-wellbeing/health-news/worlds-first-artificial-heart-implanted-in-us-676592.html> the first self-contained mechanical heart <a/> was implanted into a patient in the United States on July 2, 2001. The patient had been given 30 days to live, and the artificial heart doubled the patient's estimated survival time, but was never expected to be a complete success. | http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x235/salt_lover/artificial-heart-abiocor-hand.jpg | Science/Technology | PD | . | | The sinking of the Luisitania | 1915-05-01 | | On May 1, 1915, The <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RMS_Luisitania.jpg"> RMS Luisitania,</a> a Brittish passenger ship, was sunk by a German U-boat. There were more than a hundred americans on board, and the sinking of the ship turned public opinion harshly against the Germans in WWI. | http://news.webshots.com/photo/2124594060098837763CXUSRX | Military | BL | . | | Booker T. Washington dies | 1915-11-14 | | <a href="http://www.nps.gov/archive/bowa/btwbio.html"> Booker T. Washington <a/> was a very influencial free black man and educator. We read some of his works, and discussed his idea of the “Talented Tenth,” that at least ten percent of black people should have a form of higher education. His death increases the influence of the NAACP, which formed in 1909, in promoting the African-American community. | http://publicdomainclip-art.blogspot.com/2007/02/black-history-month-booker-t-washington.html | Politics | BL |
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| | | | | | | | | . | | The 1,000,000th Ford car is produced | 1915 | | This time period was one in which industry was thriving, and <a href="http://www.nps.gov/history/NR/travel/atlanta/for.htm"> Ford Motors <a/> was a big hirer. The millionth for car is symbolic of the importance of factories and the importance of industry in the US. Also, Ford might be going out of business soon, so it is worth noting the company's high point of value. | http://www.oldcarandtruckpictures.com/hantscountycarshows/hantsport2006/ | Science/Technology | BL | . | | The second Klu Klux Klan is started | 1915 | | The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ku_Klux_Klan"> Klu Klux Klan <a/> is a fervently anti African-American group, which was composed mostly of southern whites. People in the South still did not accept blacks into southern society, and at this time, lynchings and unfair indentured servitude were common practices. | http://www.st-marys.hull.sch.uk/sites/history/USA.htm | Politics | BL | . | | Black students protest in Greensboro, NC | 1960-02-01 | | Ezell A. Blair Jr., David Richmond, Joseph McNeil, and Franklin McCain, four African American students from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, began a <a href=http://americanhistory.si.edu/Brown/history/6-legacy/freedom-struggle-2.html> sit-in</a> at a Woolworth's whites-only lunch counter. They were joined by other Black students the following days and on July 25th, the first Black consumer was served at the counter. Sit-ins were then launched in other southern states and became a common non-violent form of resistance for Civil Rights advocates. | http://americanhistory.si.edu/Brown/history/6-legacy/images/greenboro-first-day.jpg | Politics | CL | . | | J.F. Kennedy is elected President | 1960-11-08 | | Senator of Massachusetts, Kennedy defeated Nixon, the Republican candidate, in <a href=http://www.beyondbooks.com/gop00/1b.asp> one of the closest elections in American history</a>. Aged 43, he became the youngest and the first Roman Catholic president of the US. During the campaign, he promised to escalate American competition against the Soviet Union and participated with Nixon in the first televised Presidential debate. | http://www.davidpietrusza.com/sitebuilder/images/Web-kennedy-johnson-button-346x245.jpg | Politics | CL | . | | Microsoft founded by Gates and Allen | 1975-03-04 | | Friends Bill Gates and Paul Allen create a partnership called Micro-soft that grows into one of the largest U.S. corporations and places them among the world's richest people. <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/en/us/default.aspx">The Microsoft Corporation</a> is an American-based multinational computer technology corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of software products for computing devices. | http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5WOelVd05LY/RrTYE5wXe4I/AAAAAAAAHPI/PoqD59_b34M/s400/Bill%2BGates%2Band%2BPaul%2BAllen%2B(1981).jpg | Science/Technology | ANP | . | | End of the Vietnam War | 1975-03-30 | | The President of Siagon, Duong Van Minh, announces via radio broadcast Siagon's unconditional surrender to the Vietcong. The last U.S. helicopter leaves U.S. embassy grounds in Siagon ending the 20-year <a href="http://www.vietnamwar.com/">Vietnam War</a>. | http://traveltovietnam.cc/Upload/tour/288200834634_Vietnam%20War2.jpg | Military | ANP | . | | Apollo-Soyuz Test Project | 1975-07-15 | 1975-07-24 | The Apollo 18 and Soyuz 19 space shuttles are launched in the first joint flight between U.S. and Soviet space shuttles. The <a href="http://www.hq.nasa.gov/pao/History/apollo/soyuz.html
">ASTP</a> is seen as a symbol of the policy of détente and this flight presaged an era of cooperation between the Russians and Americans, leaving the "Space Race" behind. | http://www.epicidiot.com/thisday/images/Apollo_Soyuz.jpg | Science/Technology | ANP | . | | "Saturday Night Live" | 1975-10-11 | | <a href="http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/about/history.shtml
">Saturday Night Live</a>, the weekly late-night 90-minute American sketch comedy/variety show filmed in New York City, one of the longest-running network programs in American television history, debuts with host George Carlin. | http://www.scaddistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/snl.jpg | Arts | ANP | . | | Time Magazine hits shelves for the first time | 1923-03-02 | | Time Magazine hits news stands for the first time. <a href="http://www.bztv.typepad.com"> Time magazine was first published in 1923 by Briton Hadden. It became the first weekly news magazine in the United States. | http://bztv.typepad.com/instanthistory/images/1923_33_joseph_g_cannon.jpg | Arts | HRB | . | | Vladimir Lenin suffers third stroke | 1923-03-09 | | Vladimir Lenin suffers his third stroke, which renders him bedridden and unable to speak; consequently he retires his position as Chairman of the Soviet government. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lenin-last-photo.jpg"> Vladimir Lenin suffers his third stroke, which leaves him unable to talk, and remain in politics. He is bedridden until his death in 1924. | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lenin-last-photo.jpg | Biography | HRB | . | | The Birth of Interpol | 1923 | | At the International Police Conference in Vienna, the International Criminal Police (Interpol) is set up <a href="http://www.police.gov.bn/Interpol/interpol_logo.jpg"> Interpol was founded in Austria in 1923 as the International Criminal Police (ICP). Interpol headquarters is located in Lyon, France. | http://www.police.gov.bn/Interpol/interpol_logo.jpg | Politics | HRB | . | | Yankee Stadium opens | 1923-04-18 | | First baseball game played at Yankee Stadium <a href"http://www.nydailynews.com/.../ openingday-650-wide.jpg"> on April 18th 1923. Baseball is America's past time and the Yankee's have been well-renowned club who have had legends where their uniform, such as Babe Ruth. According to the New York Evening Telegram, “everything smelled of ...fresh paint, fresh plaster and fresh grass.” | http://www.nydailynews.com/.../openingday-650-wide.jpg | Social | HRB | . | | Civil rights movement goes North | 1966 | | Martin Luther King, Jr. moves with his family into the slums of <a href="http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/1438.html">Chicago</a> to connect with poor blacks in the North. | http://www.cpl.org/images/mlk/15181.jpg | Biography | KRA | . | | N.O.W. | 1966-06-30 | | Author of "The Feminine Mystique" Betty Freidan announces the founding of <a href="http://www.now.org/history/purpos66.html">The National Organization for Women</a> (N.O.W.) on June 30 to help women in the United States in the ongoing fight for equality. | http://accel10.mettre-put-idata.over-blog.com/1/65/78/90/Divers-3/Betty-20Friedan.jpg | Politics | KRA | . | | The Crying of Lot 49 | 1966 | | Thomas Pynchon publishes his second novel, <a href="http://cl49.pynchonwiki.com/">_The Crying of Lot 49_, the most widely-studied Pynchon novel because of its comparatively short length and accessibility. | http://blog.oregonlive.com/steveduin/2007/12/medium_lot49.jpg | Literature | KRA | . | | "Miranda Rights" established | 1966-06-13 | | In <a href="http://www.usconstitution.net/miranda.html">Miranda v. Arizona</a>, the Supreme Court overrules the 1963 conviction of a confessed rapist, ruling that he was not advised of his right to legal council upon his arrest. Henceforth, police are required to recite the Miranda warning before a suspect is questioned. | http://www.beelinebonding.com/images/arrest01.jpg | Politics | KRA | . | | Osama Bin Ladin born. | 1957-03-10 | | <a href="http://looklex.com/e.o/osama_b_laden.htm">Osama Bin Ladin</a>, a man who has grown to be the poster child for Anti-American terrorism, is born. | http://www.walrusmagazine.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/bin-laden.jpg | Biography | blb | . | | John Lennon and Paul McCartney meet. | 1957-07-06 | | John Lennon and Paul McCartney meet for the first time. Lennon invites McCartney to join his band, The Quarrymen, thus beginning a relationship that will blossom into what is arguably the most well-known and successful band of all time, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles#Formation">The Beatles</a>. | http://www.beatlesebooks.com/files/1619622/uploaded/Lennon_McCartney.jpg | Biography | blb | . | | Little Rock Nine enroll in Little Rock High School | 1957-09-24 | | With the help of Dwight D. Eisenhower and the National Guard, nine students, dubbed the <a href="http://www.centralhigh57.org/1957-58.htm">Little Rock Nine</a>, are allowed to attend Little Rock High School, the first time a public school has been integrated. | http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/ff/Little_Rock_Desegregation_1957.jpg | Politics | blb | . | | Toyota begins exporting cars to the United States | 1957-10-31 | | <a href="http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/autos/0710/gallery.toyota_history//index.html">Toyota</a> begins exporting cars to the United States, a market they, along with other foreign car companies, will eventually seem to take over in light of the drooping US economy and various American car companies. | http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/10/61toyopet1_for_post.jpg | Economics | blb |
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| | | | | | | | | . | | Ronald Reagan Elected President | 1980-11-04 | | Former actor <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a> is elected to be the United States' 40th president. Reagan goes on to become one of the country's most well-liked presidents,and is probably best known for his economic policies. | http://www.hudsonlibrary.org/hudson%20website/Images/Web%20Collection/Pins/Reagan-Bush2.jpg | Politics | SVF | . | | US Announces Boycott of Moscow Olympics | 1980-03-21 | | After much debate, President Jimmy Carter announces that the US will <a href="http://formaementis.wordpress.com/2008/04/04/olympic-boycott-history/">boycott</a> the Summer Olympics, held in Moscow. This boycott comes as a result of the US disapproval of the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. | http://www.currybet.net/images/articles/2008/olympic_dissent/1980_newsweek_cover.jpg | Politics | SVF | . | | Apple Introduces the Macintosh Computer | 1984-01-10 | | The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh">Macintosh</a> computer is introduced, the first commercially successful computer to have a mouse and an interface based on images rather than text. | http://stephenyears.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/apple_1984_mac.jpg | Science/Technology | BAB | . | | John Lennon Murdered | 1980-12-08 | | As John Lennon returns home from the recording studio with his wife, Yoko Ono, Mark David Chapman <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_death_of_John_Lennon">shoots</a> him to death in front of the entrance to the New York City building. Shortly after the news of Lennon's shooting is reported, large crowds gather at both Roosevelt Hospital, where he has been taken, and his apartment building. | http://autone.files.wordpress.com/2006/12/newyorkpostdecember91980.jpg | Biography | SVF | . | | The First Untethered Space Walk | 1984-02-07 | | Astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart make the <a href="http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=4744">first</a> untethered space walk. | http://whatstheskinnymacca.files.wordpress.com/2007/06/gpn-2000-001156.jpg | Science/Technology | BAB | . | | Mount St. Helens Erupts | 1980-05-18 | | Once thought to be a dormant volcano, <a href=http://volcanoes.suite101.com/article.cfm/eruption_of_mount_st_helens_1980"> Mount St. Helens</a> erupts in Washington State, following a 5.1 magnitude earthquake. The eruption kills 57 people and thousands of animals, as well as destroys hundreds of homes and 60,000 acres of trees. | http://volcano-pictures.info/pictures/st_helen_7-22-08_1.jpg | Science/Technology | SVF | . | | The Substance "Crack" Is First Introduced | 1984-01-01 | 1984-12-31 | The smokeable form of cocaine known as “<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crack_cocaine">crack</a>” is first introduced into the Los Angeles area, subsequently spreading across the U.S. in a period of time known as the Crack Epidemic. | http://www.markhoustonrecovery.com/images/upload/crack-15.jpg | Politics | BAB | . | | Reagan Jokingly Announces Bombing of Russia | 1984-08-11 | | United States President Ronald Reagan, warming up for a radio broadcast speech, jokingly announced "My fellow Americans, I'm pleased to tell you today that I've signed <a href="http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=50722">legislation</a> that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes," a controversial statement that significantly dropped his approval rating. | http://images.chron.com/blogs/txpotomac/reagan.jpg | Politics | BAB | . | | Berlin wall comes down | 1989-10-10 | | As the regime of Erich Hoenecker ended the government announced that all travel restrictions had been lifted in Germany. Thousands of people participated in tearing down the <a href="http://www.historycentral.com/dates/1988.html#Anchor-48712">Berlin wall</a>, the wall that had separated the city for 27 years. | http://www.tparents.org/Library/Unification/Photos/Uph-1920/Members-BerlinWall.jpg | Politics | RMC | . | | George H.W. Bush became the 41st president | 1989-01-20 | | <a href="http://americanhistory.about.com/od/uspresidents/ig/Images-of-US-Presidents/George-H-W-Bush.htm">George H. W. Bush</a> became the 41st president of the United States of America succeeding Ronald Reagan in office. | http://z.about.com/d/americanhistory/1/0/5/A/41-georgebush_1.jpg | Politics | RMC | . | | Tiananmen Square massacre | 1989-06-04 | | The <a href="http://www.lycos.com/info/tiananmen-square-massacre.html">Tiananmen Square massacre</a> occurred after a series of student demonstrations against the Chinese Communist Party turned violent when the military got involved in Beijing leaving many civilians dead and injured. | http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/tiananmen2.jpg | Politics | RMC | . | | Batman movie released | 1989-06-23 | | The first <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096895/">Batman</a> movie is released based on the DC comic, directed by Tim Burton, starring Michael Keaton as Batman, Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger, and Robert Wuhl. This movie was the highest grossing film based on a DC comic until the release of The Dark Night in 2008. | http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/mmpo/5103497.jpg | Arts | RMC | . | | Harvey Milk is elected city supervisor | 1977-11-08 | | Harvey Milk is elected<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Milk"> City Supervisor</a> of San Francisco. He is the first openly gay city elected official in any large city in the United States. | http://www.kpfk.org/pledge/catalog/images/harvey-milk.jpg | Politics | ADC | . | | The first birth control pill is authorized | 1960-05-09 | | Approved for therapeutic purposes in 1957, Enovid, the progesterone pill developed by Dr Gregory Pincus and Dr John Rock, becomes in 1960 the <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/pill/timeline/timeline2.html">first birth control pill</a> authorized by the Food and Drug Administration. | http://faculty.umf.maine.edu/%7Ewalters/web%20104/60s%20birth%20control.jpg | Science/Technology | CL | . | | Jimmy Carter becomes 39th president | 1977-01-20 | 1980-11-04 | Jimmy Carter becomes the <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/jimmycarter/">39th president</a> of the United States. Introducing foreign policy focusing on human rights worldwide. | http://www.obama-presidential.com/images/jimmy_carter-749000.jpg | Politics | ADC | . | | Elvis Presley dies | 1977-08-16 | | Elvis Presley,<a href="http://www.elvis.com/elvisology/bio/elvis_1970_1977_5.asp"> King of Rock N' Roll</a>, dies of heart failure at his home in Graceland. The death of this legendary musical icon shocks millions worldwide. | http://imagecache.allposters.com/images/pic/142/069_3726~Elvis-Presley-Posters.jpg | Arts | ADC | . | | Smallpox is eradicated | 1977-10-28 | | The last case of naturally contracted <a href="http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/smallpox/en/">smallpox</a> is found in Somalia. The WHO and the CDC consider this the date the end of their intense eradication plan which began in 1967. | http://www.mdconsult.com/das/patient/body/130284219-1/0/10041/19059_en.jpg | Science/Technology | ADC | . | | The U-2 Incident | 1960-05-01 | | An American <a href="http://www.espionageinfo.com/Te-Uk/U-2-Incident.html">U-2 spy plane,</a> flown by CIA pilot Gary Powers, was shot down by the USSR while illegally overflying Soviet territory. The US government tried to deny the plane’s role as a covert surveillance aircraft. The incident contributed to the deterioration of American relations with the Soviet Union and to the failure of the East-West summit, which took place in Paris two weeks later. | http://www.espionageinfo.com/images/eeis_03_img1058.jpg | Military | CL | . | | Clinton is aquitted in impeachment trial | 1999-02-13 | | After the <a href="http://www.eagleton.rutgers.edu/e-gov/e-politicalarchive-Clintonimpeach.htm"> Monica Lewinski Incident, <a/> President Bill Clinton was acquitted by a vote of 45-55 on a perjury charge, and 50-50 on a charge of tampering with witnesses in a previous, 1995 lawsuit | http://img.timeinc.net/time/magazine/archive/covers/1998/1101980202_400.jpg | Politics | BL | . | | World Population reaches 6 billion | 1999-10 | | The world population <a href="http://whyfiles.org/096y6b/index.html"> reaches 6 billion people <a/> a huge milestone. It also leads to fears of over population from many scientists. This milestone also serves to show the exponential growth in population that has occurred over the last few centuries in history. | http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0ePD0cj1i2cEl/610x.jpg | Global | BL |
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| | | | | | | | | . | | Y2K Bug scare | 1999 | | As the world approaches the year 2000, there was a <a href="http://www.y2ktimebomb.com/"> fear <a/> that computer systems, which were only programmed to count the last 2 digits of the year would advance the year from 1999 to 1900 and malfunction. The transition to the year 2000 turned out to be no big deal, but many were considering it to be "the end of the world." | http://www.plim.org/2y2k.gif | Science/Technology | BL | . | | Columbine School Shooting | 1999-04-20 | | Two teenagers with guns rampaged through <a href="http://judicial-inc.biz/columbine_killers.htm"> Columbine High School <a/> in Jefferson County, Colorado, killing 12 students and injuring 23 more, before committing suicide. The killing engendered shock and fear amongst parents nationwide, and still gives may people pause about the safety of our public schools. | http://judicial-inc.biz/columb63.jpg | Social | BL | . | | Peanuts comic strip first created | 1950-10-02 | | <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_M._Schulz"> Charles Schulz <a/> debuted his comic strip Peanuts (originally Li'l Folks) in seven different newspapers throughout the country. A staple of American culture, old Peanuts cartoons still appear in cartoons today, even after Schulz's death in 2000. | http://rapidcityjournal.com/blogs/editor/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/peanuts_gang.png | Arts | LMS | . | | NSC-68 released, solidifying tense U.S.—Soviet relations | 1950-09-30 | | The <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/nsc/">National Security Council <a/> released this document, basically stating that the Soviet Union and the United States were the two major world powers at this time and were at odds with one another. It proposed that the only way for America to remain in its position of power was for Truman to endorse stocking up on arms. | http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/korea/large/week2/nsc68_3.jpg | Politics | LMS | . | | President Truman orders hydrogen bomb production | 1950-01-31 | | In order to protect America against aggressors, Truman endorses the <a href="http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1813.html"> Atomic Energy Commsission <a/> to increase in hydrogen bomb production. This too encourages tense Soviet Union—America relations. | http://dontsqueezethejj.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/csp_hydrogen-bomb.jpg | Science/Technology | LMS | . | | America becomes involved in Korean War | 1950-06-27 | | After Truman received information that <a href="http://traditionsonwheels.org/asia/NKoreaInvadesS.html"> Communist North Korea invaded American-supported South Korea <a/>, he released an issue stating that America would counter any "unprovoked aggression". This importantly reverted the earlier decision that South Korea was outside of the U.S.'s zone of control. | http://img.groundspeak.com/waymarking/a8212146-f7c2-4a7b-95e9-ff13b9c5dfab.jpg | Military | LMS | . | | William Kennedy Dickson receives a patent for motion picture film | 1894-01-07 | | <a href="http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/162204/William-Kennedy-Laurie-Dickson">William Kennedy Dickson</a>, alongside Thomas Edison, invented the motion picture in 1891. Originally, it required the viewer to look through a peep-hole as pictures passed rapidly in front of a light bulb. | http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp194/swish518/americanlit-timelinewilliamkennedy.jpg | Science/Technology | PD | . | | The first significant american protest march | 1894-03-25 | 1894-05-01 | A total of 500 men marched from Masillon, Ohio, to Washington, D.C. on March 25, 1894. <a href="http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=583">Coxey's army</a>, as it would later be known, demanded relief from the economic downturn after the Panic of 1893. | http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/Coxey_commonweal_army_brightwood_leaving.jpg | Politics | PD | . | | founding of the International Olympics Committee | 1894-06-23 | | Composed of the 205 National Olympic Committees, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Olympic_Committee">the International Olympic Committee</a> was founded on June 23, 1894 in Lausanne, Switzerland. This group organizes the summer and winter Olympics held every four years. | http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m171/gymnast99gold1/96logo.jpg | Global | PD | . | | e.e. Cummings is born | 1894-10-14 | | Famous author of works such as "anyone lived in a pretty how town" and "In Just-," <a href="http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/156">e.e. Cummings</a> is born on October 14, 1894. | http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg61/noellehughes/eecummings.jpg | Biography | PD | . | | The Centennial Olympic Park Bombing | 1996-07-27 | | The Centennial Olympic Park bombing at the <a href="http://www.cnn.com/US/9607/27/olympic.bomb.main/">1996 Summer Olympics</a> kills 1 and injures 111. | http://pro.corbis.com/images/WL002579.jpg?size=67&uid={0D1505D3-615D-4197-AA0F-0F97129C61AA} | Politics | EC | . | | Welfare Reform Act of 1996 | 1996-08-22 | | President Bill Clinton signs <a href="http://www.mrsc.org/Subjects/HumanServices/welfare/welfare.aspx">Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996</a> Public Law 104-193, better known as the Welfare Reform Bill into law. | http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/04/11/us/welfare600.jpg | Politics | EC | . | | Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty | 1996-09-24 | | U.S. President Bill Clinton signs the <a href="http://www.ctbto.org/the-treaty/">Comprehensive Nuclear-Test Ban Treaty</a> at the United Nations which bans all nuclear explosions in all environments, for military or civilian purposes | http://untreaty.un.org/English/Photos/2000/09/kiribati.jpg | Politics | EC | . | | OJ Simpson civil trial | 1996-10-23 | | The <a href="http://www.cnn.com/US/OJ/">OJ Simpson civil trial</a> begins in Santa Monica, California for the murder of ex-wife and has been described as the most publicized criminal trial in history. | http://arjewtino.com/wp-content/uploads/oj-simpson.jpg | Biography | EC | . | | "New Coke" released | 1985-04-23 | | Coca-Cola changes their formula and releases <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Coke">"New Coke. </a> It is an overwhelming failure, and the old formula returned as “Coke Classic” less than three months later. | http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/06/failures/image/coke.jpg | Economics | GNK | . | | NES reaches the US | 1985-10-18 | | The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Entertainment_System">Nintendo Entertainment System</a> Nintendo’s first home console, is released in the United States. The NES would almost single-handedly save the ailing video game industry. | http://old-wizard.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/nes-system.jpg | Science/Technology | GNK | . | | "Calvin and Hobbes" first printed | 1985-11-18 | | <a href="http://www.marcellosendos.ch/comics/ch/index.html">"Calvin and Hobbes"</a>, written and drawn by Bill Watterson, makes its debut in 35 newspapers. The comic would run for 10 years. | http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/7879/first.gif | Arts | GNK | . | | Discovery Channel debuts | 1985-06-17 | | The <a href="http://dsc.discovery.com/">Discovery Channel</a> is first aired on American television. The network features documentary-style programming, and would eventually become home to such shows as "Mythbusters" and "Dirty Jobs." | http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlLA/original/discoveryFeature300.jpg | Entertainment | GNK | . | | Plane crash kills musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper | 1959-02-03 | | The plane crash, which killed all four occupants including the pilot, was due to intense fog conditions near Clear Lake, Iowa. The crash is now known as <a href="http://www.fiftiesweb.com/crash.htm">“the day the music died,”</a> as it is later termed in 1972 by Don Mclean in his song “American Pie.” | http://thebsreport.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/trio.jpg | Biography | RSF | . | | The Barbie doll debuts | 1959-03-09 | | The <a href="http://www.billbam.com/barbiehistory.html"> Barbie doll </a> was first introduced by inventor Ruth Handler (co-founder of Mattel) at the American Toy Fair in New York City. It is estimated that over a billion Barbie dolls, named after Handler’s daughter Barbara, have been sold worldwide, despite the fact that the doll has been the subject of many lawsuits and controversy regarding the image the doll’s figure and lifestyle project to young girls. | http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/07/barbie/image/2.jpg | Science/Technology | RSF |
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| | | | | | | | | . | | "A Raisin in the Sun" opens on Broadway | 1959-03-11 | | This was the first <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Raisin_in_the_Sun"> play </a> written by a black woman (Lorraine Hansberry) to be produced on Broadway, as well as the first play to be directed by a black man. The story, which chronicles the Younger family’s experiences living on the South side of Chicago, has gone on to be adapted into numerous film versions as well as a musical. | http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8VBd_1WkFPA/SbfOJ_7ytsI/AAAAAAAAAgw/04t0J_eeIto/s400/RaisinInTheSun.jpg | Arts | RSF | . | | Nixon and Khrushchev have the “Kitchen Debate” | 1959-07-24 | | The <a href="http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?document=176 ">Kitchen Debate </a> was an impromptu debate between United States Vice President Richard Nixon and USSR Premier Nikita Khruschev in the kitchen of a suburban model house at the opening of the American National Exhibition in Moscow. The two men discussed the merits of each of their respective economic systems, capitalism and communism. | http://hitchcock.itc.virginia.edu/ViewingAmerica/roundtables/roundtable5/images/kitchen.jpg | Politics | RSF | . | | Malcolm X Assasinated | 1965-02-21 | | Malcolm X was a <a href="http://www.cmgww.com/historic/malcolm/about/bio.htm"> leader </a> of The Movement, known for his radical statements directed towards both African and Caucasian Americans especially during his 12 years as a minister in the Nation of Islam. He made a significant contribution in the Civil Rights Movement through his ability to articulate accompanied by his drive and focus towards improving the livelihood of African Americans.
| http://www.malcolm-x.org/media/pic/mf33.jpg | Biography | AMW | . | | Voting Rights Act of 1965 | 1965-08-06 | | This <a href="http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=100"> law </a> prohibited states from denying people the right to vote based on race or color. It also banned the imposing of any "voting qualifications" such as literacy tests. | http://isgreaterthan.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/vote.jpg | Politics | AMW | . | | Sony Introduces the CV-2000 | 1965-08 | | One of the first <a href="http://www.labguysworld.com/Sony_CV-2000D.htm"> video tape recorders </a> initially sold at $695. An optional video camera add-on kit was available, but sold separately. | http://a6.vox.com/6a00d09e7bc293be2b0110162d63c6860c-pi | Science/Technology | AMW | . | | Vietnam War | 1965-03-08 | | On this date, the U.S. sent its first combat troops into Vietnam. <a href="http://www.vietnamwar.com/warhistory.htm">"America's Longest War"</a> (1959-1975) was arguably the most unpopular conflict of the United States until the current wars in Iraq and in Afghanistan. | http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Newsweek/Photos/Web_Exclusives/040308_040314/040313_vietnamIraq_vl.widec.jpg | Military | AMW | . | | South Ossetia War | 2008-08-07 | | Georgia and Russia go to war over <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_South_Ossetia_war">South Ossetia</a> in August of 2008. | http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/2008_South_Ossetia_war_en.svg/800px-2008_South_Ossetia_war_en.svg.png | Military | MDT | . | | Emergency Economic Stabilization Act | 2008-10-03 | | The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Economic_Stabilization_Act_of_2008"> Emergency Economic Stabilization Act</a> authorized the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury to spend $700 billion to purchase distressed assets and make capital injections into banks. | http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ABPub/2007/11/22/2004029977.jpg | Economics | MDT | . | | Barrack Obama elected President | 2008-11-04 | | On November 4th, <a href="http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/president/">Barrack Obama</a> became the first African-American elected President of the United States of America. | http://www.whatdahell.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/obama.jpg | Politics | MDT | . | | Israel airstrikes in Gaza strip | 2008-12-27 | | <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008%E2%80%932009_Israel%E2%80%93Gaza_conflict">Israel</a> began airstrikes and a ground assault in an attempt to stop Hamas attacks in southern Israel. | http://cdn.wn.com/o25/ph//2008/12/30/f8e9c247c6ed604691da9192c2014009-grande.jpg | Military | MDT | . | | "Grandfather Clause" | 1898-12-12 | | The <a href="http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5352/">Grandfather Clause</a>, adopted by Louisiana in 1898, excluded freed Blacks from voting by stating that a person is only allowed to vote if his father or grandfather was eligible to vote on or before January 1, 1867. | http://www.blackpast.org/files/blackpast_images/Freedmen_Voting__South_Carolina__1868.jpg | Politics | DW | . | | Spanish American War | 1898-04-25 | 1898-08-12 | On April 25, 1898, U.S. Congress officially declared war against Spain. The <a href="http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/today/apr25.html">Spanish American War</a> was the first U.S. war in which motion picture camera was used and enabled us to have a digital record of this historical event. | http://www3.eou.edu/hist06/images/21785_000.jpg | Military | DW | . | | "Greater New York" | 1898-01-01 | | The <a href="http://www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org/modules.php?name=Sections&op=viewarticle&artid=45">"Greater New York"</a> was formed when New York City extended its territory to nearby counties forming the five boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx, and Staten Island. | http://www.planetware.com/i/map/US/greater-new-york-boroughs-map.jpg | Politics | DW | . | | Henry Bessemer dies | 1898-03-15 | | <a href="http://www.nndb.com/people/062/000094777/">Henry Bessemer</a>, also known as The Steel Man, died on March 15, 1898. He invented the first process for mass-producing steel inexpensively, which was essential to the development of skyscrapers, bridges, and other modern architectures. | http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/SCbessem2.jpg | Science/Technology | DW | . | | Stonewall Riots | 1969-07-28 | 1969-08-02 | At 1:20 AM, police raid <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonewall_riots">The Stonewall Inn</a>, one of very few gay bars in New York City, but encounter explosive hostility when a handcuffed transvestite is struck in the head with a billy club. Crowds congregating outside chant 'We Shall Overcome', heralding the expansion of the Civil Rights movement to include sexuality, too. Allen Ginsberg comments the next day upon visiting, "You know, the guys there were so beautiful–they’ve lost that wounded look that fags all had 10 years ago." | http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/42/Stonewall_riots.jpg | Politics | JSG | . | | Man on the Moon | 1969-06-20 | | Four days into the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11">Apollo 11 Mission</a>, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first two people to set foot on the lunar surface. Strongly motivated by a political superiority complex with Soviets, the astounding accomplishment nonetheless signals the saddling of a new frontier and testifies to the unbounded capacity of human ingenuity. | http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9c/Aldrin_Apollo_11.jpg | Science/Technology | JSG | . | | Woodstock Festival | 1969-08-15 | 1969-08-18 | Government and local officials in <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/18/newsid_2760000/2760911.stm">Woodstock</a>, New York prepare for a 3 day rock festival in the summer of '69. Roughly 400,000 recalcitrant youth congregate for perhaps the most famous concoction of drugs, sex, and rock 'n roll, embodying the reactionary heterodoxy of the late 1960s. | http://www.bergoiata.org/fe/woodstock/woodstock_csg025.jpg | Politics | JSG | . | | March Against Death | 1969-11-20 | | In Washington, DC, 250,000-500,000 protesters stage a sensational <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=Ky1ClToQayUC&pg=PA112&lpg=PA112&dq=nixon+watches+football+redskins+protest&source=bl&ots=dC_68jMOuA&sig=PbSHMDzcoj1XQtZlPdn50L7G0nA&hl=en&ei=viXcSY6nOeKrtgfcwaSEDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4#PPA332,M1">"March Against Death"</a> to protest American participation in the Vietnam War. Inside the White House, President Nixon watches the Washington Redskins football game, revealing the schism between the American public and its elected leader. | http://www.rit.edu/news/lib/views/public/images/picsadmin//Flower_Power.jpg
| Politics | JSG | . | | Arthur Miller's <em>The Crucible</em> | 1953-01-22 | | On January 22, 1953, Arthur Miller’s play <em>The Crucible</em>, which is based on the <a href="http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/salem.htm"> Salem Witch Trials of 1692</a>, premieres at the Martin Beck Theater on Broadway. Using the idea of witch-hunt in the play, Miller harshly criticizes McCarthyism and the House Committee on Un-American Activities for accusing “Communist sympathizers” without proper evidence, including the author himself. | http://library.wustl.edu/units/westcampus/govdocs/onlinedisplay/Crucible.jpg | Literature | JHS | . | | Structure of DNA Discovered | 1953-04-25 | | On April 25, 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick publishes an article named <a href="http://www.nature.com/nature/dna50/watsoncrick.pdf"> “Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid”</a> in <em>Nature</em>, describing the double helix structure of DNA. Considered as one of the most significant advancements in science in the 20th century, the discovery of the structure of DNA quickly fuels research in molecular biology with an emphasis on genetics and biochemistry. | http://www.chem.ucsb.edu/~kalju/chem110L/public/tutorial/images/WatsonCrick.jpg | Science/Technology | JHS |
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| | | | | | | | | . | | First Corvette Produced | 1953-06-30 | | On June 30, 1953, the Chevrolet Corvette, nicknamed and marketed as “America’s Sports Car,” is first produced in Flint, Michigan. <a href="http://www.edmunds.com/chevrolet/corvette/history.html"> Over the years</a>, the Corvette has been described as “crude, unrefined and powerful” compared to its European counterparts and evolves into a car and also an icon that is distinctly “American.” | http://www.corvettemuseum.com/library-archives/chronicle/images/1953-ad.jpg | Science/Technology | JHS | . | | Korean War Armistice | 1953-07-27 | | On July 27, 1953, the United States, China, and North Korea sign the Korean Armistice Agreement to suspend the Korean War that had been going on for more than three years, resulting in <a href="http://imcom.korea.army.mil/imakoroweb/sites/local/news/020808_IMCOMK_DMZ.asp"> the DMZ along the 38th parallel</a>. Perceived by many as a proxy war between the United States and the Soviet Union, the Korean War signifies the clash of the two superpowers’ ideologies during the Cold War. (Picture: North Korean Premier Kim Il Sung signing the armistice) | http://kcm.kr/dic_image/4c079607301f779a3e66d0ec12fddf1b.jpg | Military | JHS | . | | Alabama Governor Inaugurated | 1963-01-14 | | On this date, George C. Wallace takes the oath as the governor of Alabama. In his inaugural address, <a href="http://www.archives.state.al.us/govs_list/InauguralSpeech.html">he explicitly promotes segregation,</a> stating, “ I say segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever.” | http://www.kennedyorangebowlcar.com/images/james_stewart_air_force_photo.jpg | Politics | AT | . | | The Beatle's First Album | 1963-03-22 | | This date marks the beginning <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Please_Please_Me">of the great Beatle’s legacy.</a> With their first album released on this date, the album showed off a straight-forward, live version of The Beatle’s. | http://991.com/newGallery/The-Beatles-Please-Please-Me-245866.jpg | Arts | AT | . | | Martin Luther King Junior Speech | 1963-08-28 | | Martin Luther King Jr. addresses a crowd of over 250,000 people at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, in his famous “I Have a Dream” speech. The speech <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Have_a_Dream">is credited for transforming the spirit of the American people.</a> | http://www.msc.navy.mil/sealift/2007/February/graphics/KingPhoto.jpg | Politics | AT | . | | The Assassination of John F. Kennedy | 1963-11-22 | | The 35th president, John F. Kennedy is assassinated <a href="http://www.maryferrell.org/wiki/index.php/JFK_Assassination">at age 46 during his political trip in Dallas, Texas.</a> He was shot twice in the head, by the principle suspect, Lee Harvey Oswald, although many believe in a conspiracy. | http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2006/08/09/jfk4_wideweb__470x291,0.jpg | Politics | AT | . | | D-Day Invasion | 1944-06-06 | | The D-DAY invasion (Operation Overlord) starts with allied forces crossing the English Channel to land in Normandy. <a href="http://www.paperlessarchives.com/d-day_documents.html">This was the first time the United States used paratroopers to invade another country (Easy Company).</a> | http://www.orbitcast.com/archives/d-day.jpg | War/Military | HRB | . | | Operation Valkyrie a Failure | 1944-07-20 | | Operation Valkyrie <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20_July_plot"> was an assassination plot intended to kill Adolf Hitler and strip the Nazi Party of this military dictator. </a> Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg played the key role in the plot. | http://funnytogo.com/stories/Hitler%20assasination/Stauffenberg.jpg | Military | HRB | . | | The Birth of Joe "Smokin' Joe" Frazier | 1944-01-12 | | Joe Frazier was one of the most successful boxers of his time, and was an Olympian who fought heavyweight division in the 1960’s. He is also known for his infamous bouts <ahref="http://espn.go.com/classic/biography/s/Frazier_Joe.html"> with world-renowned boxer Muhammad Ali.</a> | http://www.solarnavigator.net/sport/sport_images/joe_frazier.jpg | Arts | HRB | . | | Anne Frank is Captured | 1944-08-04 | | Anne frank was captured by the gestapo and was arrested <ahref="http://www.historum.com/archive/index.php/t-638.html"> with her family and the other people in hiding.</a> She and her family are sent to concentration camps. | http://www.inmycommunity.com.au/_uploads/images/myblogs/annefrank.jpg | War | HRB | . | | Shoe Rationing Announced | 1943-02-07 | | <a href="http://www.ameshistoricalsociety.org/exhibits/events/rationing2.htm">In the United States, it is announced that shoe rationing will go into effect in 2 days: People were to be limited to three pairs of leather shoes per year. </a> Upon hearing this announcement, people rushed to shoes stores to stock up on their shoes. | http://www.worthpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/feb-7-1943-shoe-rationing.jpg | Military | LMB | . | | Albert Hoffman LSD Trip | 1943-04-19 | |
<a href="http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/04/lsd-inventor-al.html">Albert Hofmann self administers the drug LSD for the first time in history, and </a> records the details of his trip. | http://www.techshout.com/images/albert-hoffman.jpg | Science/Technology | LMB | . | | Creation of ENIAC | 1943-05-31 | | <a href="http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/183842/ENIAC">The United States Army contracts with the University of Pennsylvania's Moore School to develop the computer ENIAC.</a> It was first general-purpose electronic computer, created to calculate artillery-firing tables for the U.S. Army's Ballistic Research Laboratory.
| http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/images/1946_eniac_large.jpg | Science/Technology | LMB | . | | Invention of Aqua-Lung | 1943-07-01 | | <a href="http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/cousteau_gagnan.html">Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Emile Gagnan co-invent the Aqua-lung.</a> It was the first open-circuit scuba diving equipment. | http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/archeosm/archeosom/imatges/archeosm/sca-cg2.jpg | Science/Technology | LMB | . | | Freedom of Information Act | 1966-07-04 | | President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the <a href="http://www.usdoj.gov/oip/index.html">Freedom of Information Act</a>, which would go into effect the following year. This legislation allowed for the full or partial disclosure of unreleased information and documents by the United States government. The time period was riddled with a distrustful attitude in the government and while citizens felt their Constitutional rights were being constantly overlooked, many thought it necessary to increase government transparency. | http://healthinformatics.wikispaces.com/file/view/foi.jpg | Politics | ZS | . | | 28th NCAA Championship | 1966-03-18 | | The Texas Western Miners defeat the Kentucky Wildcats in the 28th <a href="http://espn.go.com/classic/s/013101_texas_western_fitzpatrick.html">NCAA championship</a>, marking the first time in history that a team with an entirely black starting five had such a level of success. While representative of the rising position of African Americans in society, this event also changed recruitment attitudes allowing more black teenagers the opportunity to attend universities. | http://graphics.fansonly.com/schools/bhof/graphics/bhof_tx_west_wide.jpg | Sports | ZS | . | | Anti-war demonstrations | 1966-05-15 | | Tens of thousands of demonstrators and picketers march on the White House in protest of the Vietnam War, continuing to rally at the Washington Monument. This was the culmination of the frequent and widespread <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opposition_to_the_Vietnam_War#1966">anti-war demonstrations</a>, which were indicative of the vastly disapproving attitude in America during this time period. | http://pro.corbis.com/images/U1650850-9.jpg?size=67&uid=%7B33C9C2E3-267F-4833-83BA-E6D9E0239C48%7D | Politics | ZS | . | | Beatle's Release <em>Revolver</em> | 1966-08-05 | | <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolver_(album)">Beatles</a> release legendary Revolver album. Whereas earlier in this year John Lennon had made his famous and controversial “We’re now more popular than Jesus” comment, this album not only reignited interest in The Beatles, but also the way of life associated with the 60’s. Music obviously played a large role in the anti-conformist and anti-institution attitude of the 1960s and there is no band more essential to the development of this attitude than the Beatles. | http://ninh.nl/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/revolver.jpg | Arts | ZS | . | | Operation Desert Storm | 1991-01-15 | | After Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait, President George H. W. Bush deployed troops with the backing of several other countries to Saudi Arabia. When Iraq refused to remove their soldiers from Kuwait, America went on the offensive with a large air attack on Iraq, the first stage of <a
href="http://www.historycentral.com/desert_storm/index.html ">Operation Desert Storm,</a> on the morning of January 16. | http://freespeech.vo.llnwd.net/o25/pub/pp/images/august2008/120808uss.jpg | Military | DS | . | | World Record in Long Jump Set By Mike Powell | 1991-08-30 | | At the 1991 World Track and Field Championships in Tokyo, American Mike Powell edged out the celebrated jumper Carl Lewis with a <a
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9N7qMqx9rNs">world record long jump of 8.95 meters</a> – nearly 30 feet. His world record jump still stands today. | http://www.sportingimages.com.au/images/blog/1991Tokyo/powellwr.jpg | Sports | DS |
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| | | | | | | | | . | | Death of Dr. Seuss | 1991-09-24 | | Born Theodore Seuss Geisel, <a
href="http://www.seussville.com/">Dr. Seuss</a> died in 1991 after publishing over 60 children’s books. As both the writer and artist of his works, Dr. Seuss is best known for <em>Green Eggs and Ham, The Cat in the Hat, and One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish,</em> which include his two specialties: rhyme and imaginative creations | http://www.hazlet.org/middle/lib/middle/cat-in-the-hat-printable-invitation.jpg | Literature | DS | . | | Mainstream Breakthrough of Grunge Music | 1991-01 | 1991-12 | With the release of Pearl Jam’s <em>Ten</em> on 27 August and Nirvana’s <em>Nevermind</em> shortly after on the 24 September 1991, Grunge music, a Seattle-based alternative rock movement known for <a
href="http://tr.youtube.com/watch?v=fbsQKd9ELf4&feature=related"> distortion and angst-filled lyrics,</a> exploded turning “a nation of teens suddenly punk” (<em>Rolling Stone Magazine</em>, 2003). The Red Hot Chili Peppers, although not labeled as a Grunge band, breakthrough to the mainstream with their release of <em>Blood Sugar Sex Magik</em> on the same day as Nirvana's <em>Nevermind</em>. | http://radiofreephoenix.com/images/m062%7Epearl-jam-live-crowd-view.jpg | Arts | DS | . | | Speaking at SHANTI | 2009-06-01 | | Hellop world | | Biography | | . | | <img src="http://flashyourstache.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/stalin.jpg"> | | | | | | |
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