Hubble discovered other galaxies (1924), Mickey Mouse was accused of draft evasion (1980), the first color TV was sold (1953), the Beatles disbanded (1974), USSR formed (1922), masquerade balls banned in Boston (1809), ephedra banned by FDA (2003), Ginza subway line opened in Tokyo (1927), first coffee bushes planted in Hawaii (1817), and first music […]
The brightest supernova appeared (1006), Saigon fell to communist forces (1975), Hitler committed suicide (1945), the first federal prison for women opened (1927), George Washington’s inauguration took place (1789), hail the size of oranges fell in India (1888), the Louisiana Purchase was finalized (1803), Fairbanks and Pickford left their mark on Grauman’s Chinese Theater (1927), […]
The Berlin Airlift ended in 1949 after delivering supplies to West Berlin during a Soviet blockade. The Munich pact failed to prevent WWII, and Wyoming became the first state to allow women to vote in 1889. The USS Nautilus, the first nuclear-powered submarine, was commissioned in 1954. The Berlin Airlift has ended. (1949) After World […]
Orson Welles’ radio broadcast of War of the Worlds caused panic in 1938. The Soviet Union detonated the largest nuclear weapon in 1961. Rosa Parks was honored in the US Capitol in 2005. The World Trade Organization was founded in 1947. The Perfect Storm hit the Atlantic in 1991. The first kidney transplant in England […]
Gandhi was assassinated; Hitler became Chancellor of Germany; Maryland signed the Articles of Confederation; Jackson survived an assassination attempt; the first cash register was patented; the Tet Offensive happened; Bloody Sunday occurred; the first lifeboat was tested; King Charles I was executed; and the first episode of “Lone Ranger” aired. Gandhi was assassinated. (1948) Mohandas […]
The Brady Bill was signed into law, requiring background checks for handgun buyers. The Green River killer was arrested and sentenced to life in prison. The American Revolutionary War ended with the Treaty of Paris. Operation Desert Storm officially ended. The WTO meeting in Seattle was disrupted by protesters. The Flying Scotsman set a land […]
The USS Indianapolis was torpedoed, killing most soldiers. A fighter plane collided with a passenger plane, killing all passengers. The Staten Island Ferry Westfield exploded, killing up to 100. Bruce Jenner won the decathlon. “In God We Trust” became the US motto. Jimmy Hoffa disappeared. Blair Witch Project was released. Lisa Leslie dunked in a […]
A hotline was set up between Moscow and Washington DC after the Cuban Missile Crisis. Other events include the attempted assassination of Lenin, the launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery, and the passing of California’s Global Warming Solutions Act. Thurgood Marshall became the first black justice on the US Supreme Court, and Guion S. Bluford […]
The Moscow-Washington hotline was established in 1963 after the Cuban Missile Crisis. Other events include the attempted assassination of Lenin in 1918, the launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery in 1984, and the passing of the Global Warming Solutions Act in California in 2006. Thurgood Marshall became the first black justice of the US Supreme […]
Reagan was shot in 1981 by John Hinckley Jr. Anesthesia was first used in surgery in 1842. The US bought Alaska in 1867, and a Danish prince was elected king of Greece in 1863. The modern pencil was patented in 1858. Paris was captured by the Sixth Coalition forces in 1814, and the 15th amendment […]
Andrew Jackson killed a man who insulted his wife in a duel. Joan of Arc was martyred. The First Balkan War ended, leading to the assassination of Franz Ferdinand and indirectly to WWI. King Henry VIII married Jane Seymour. Big Ben rang for the first time. Mikhail Gorbachev visited Washington DC. The Lincoln Memorial was […]
The first Corvette was produced in 1953, Hong Kong was handed back to China in 1997, the US Supreme Court ruled against homosexual acts in 1986, Spain legalized same-sex marriage in 2005, Tonya Harding was banned for life from figure skating in 1994, The Guiding Light made its TV debut in 1952, a French acrobat […]
