The 18th Amendment to the US Constitution prohibited the production, transport, and sale of alcohol, leading to the Prohibition era and an increase in illegal activity and organized crime. The amendment failed to create a nationwide temperance movement and was eventually repealed by the 21st Amendment in 1933. The problems created by organized crime were […]
Nadia Comaneci scored a perfect 10 in gymnastics at the 1976 Olympics, becoming a famous gymnast. David Cone pitched the 14th perfect game in MLB history. Ty Cobb scored his 4,000th career hit and is regarded as one of the best baseball players. Franklin D. Roosevelt was nominated for a third term as US President. […]
BTK killer sentenced to 175 years in prison (2005), South Africa banned from Olympics due to apartheid policies (1964), Hitler temporarily halted euthanasia program (1941), helium discovered (1868), first person of color graduates from University of Mississippi (1963), women gain right to vote in US (1920), French priest burned at stake for witchcraft (1634), first […]
Events: Earth passed through Halley’s Comet (1910), “separate but equal” doctrine upheld (1896), Aimee Semple McPherson goes missing (1926), Mount St. Helens erupts (1980), TVA created (1933), Beijing protest (1989), Dracula published (1897), Lincoln nominated for president (1860), Jackie Cochran breaks sound barrier (1953), Les Miserables closes on Broadway (2003). Earth passed through the tail […]
The Mayflower landed in Plymouth in 1620, the UN condemned South African apartheid in 1960, and the first American Thanksgiving was observed in 1777. The first voice recording from space was heard in 1958, Carthage defeated Rome at the Battle of Trebia in 218 BC, and the first live giant panda arrived in the US […]
Voyager 1 took the first photo of Earth and Moon in 1977, while the National Security Act united the US armed forces in 1947. The New York Times was founded in 1851, and the Fugitive Slave Act was passed in 1850. Sammy Sosa set a new MLB home run record in 1999, and the West […]
The Stamp Act was repealed in 1766, but taxation without representation remained an issue. Aleksei Leonov performed the first spacewalk in 1965. Mohandas Gandhi was sentenced to prison in 1922. The Pedaliante, the first man-powered aircraft, flew in 1936. The War Relocation Authority was established in 1942, relocating Japanese Americans to internment camps. The Evian […]
US drops World Court case against Nicaragua (1985); George McGovern starts presidential campaign (1971); Robert F. Scott reaches South Pole after Roald Amundsen (1912); Mayor of Washington DC Marion Barry arrested on drug charges (1990); Eugene Ely lands aircraft on USS Pennsylvania (1911); Captain Cook discovers Hawaii (1778); German forces resume deportations from Warsaw (1943); […]
Events throughout history include Paul Revere’s ride warning of British plot (1775), a radio broadcast with no news (1930), Ezra Pound’s release from asylum (1958), the first crossword book published (1924), the Great San Francisco Earthquake (1906), the first stone laid in St. Peter’s Basilica (1506), the Doolittle raids on Tokyo (1942), Joan of Arc’s […]
Jim Jones led a mass murder-suicide of over 900 members of the Peoples Temple in Jonestown, Guyana. Railroads established time zones in North America in 1883, later becoming law in 1918. The first push-button telephone was commercially available in 1963. Spain became a democracy in 1976 after the death of dictator Francisco Franco. William Tell […]
Alaska was purchased from Russia by the US in 1867, while women were declared “persons” in Canada in 1929. The first union was formed in the US in 1648, and the Mason-Dixon line was drawn in 1767. The TR-1 Regency radio was produced in 1954, and the atmospheric pressure of Venus was measured in 1967. […]
The 18th birthday is significant in the US as it marks legal adulthood. Gifts should reflect this transition period, with practical items for those heading to college or living independently. Some choose to celebrate newfound freedoms, while others create keepsakes to mark the occasion. Different cultures have different milestone birthdays, usually between the ages of […]
The Academy Awards began in 1929, with winners’ names printed in a bulletin. The Lincoln County War began in 1878 over control of beef markets. Pluto was discovered in 1930, and the first cow flew by plane. The White Rose Party was arrested in 1943, and snow fell in the Sahara in 1979. The Church […]
AIDS epidemic recognized by medical professionals in 1981, LP record introduced in 1948, Paul McCartney born in 1942, War of 1812 begins, Susan B. Anthony fined for attempting to vote in 1873, Sally Ride becomes first female astronaut in 1983, Unabomber indicted in 1996, International Declaration of Human Rights adopted in 1948, Charles Darwin prompted […]
