The USS Nautilus crossed the North Pole in 1958, Rev. Canon V. Gene Robinson was appointed as the first openly gay bishop in 2003, the NBA was founded in 1949, Columbus left Spain for the Americas in 1492, the first intercollegiate competition was held in the US in 1852, the Statue of Liberty reopened after […]
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 […]
Theodore Roosevelt was the first US president to drive a car, the first air raid took place in 1849, the first America’s Cup was won in 1851, Nolan Ryan struck out for 5,000 in 1989, the International Red Cross was born in 1864, the first nuclear-powered cargo ship set sail in 1962, Rhodesia was expelled […]
The first solar system other than ours was discovered, as well as the opening of Tivoli Gardens, the worst terrorist attack during “The Troubles,” and other historical events. The first solar system other than ours has been discovered. (2001) National Science Foundation (NSF) and NASA astronomers discovered two stars orbiting the star 47 Ursae Majoris […]
The US Census in 1790 counted 4 million people, while in 2010 the population was nearly 310 million. Other significant events include the deadliest shooting in US history in 1966, the last entry in Anne Frank’s diary in 1944, and the launch of MTV in 1981. The Panama Canal was bought by the US in […]
Anarchists Vanzetti and Sacco were executed for murder in 1927. West Nile virus was diagnosed in the US in 1999, and Pete Rose was banned from baseball in 1989. The Freckleton Air Disaster killed 61 people in 1944. Natascha Kampusch escaped after eight years of captivity in 2006. Other events include Saddam Hussein’s TV appearance […]
The US dropped a nuclear bomb on Nagasaki, killing 39,000 people. Charles Manson killed Sharon Tate and four others. Terry Nichols was sentenced to 161 life sentences for the Oklahoma City bombing. Work on the Leaning Tower of Pisa began. Bridgestone/Firestone recalled 6.5 million tires linked to 46 deaths. Mahatma Gandhi was arrested by the […]
Marilyn Monroe died from a drug overdose in 1962. 22 IRA members were sentenced to prison in 1983. The first electric traffic light was installed in Cleveland in 1914. Marie Noe was accused of killing her eight children in 1998. Ronald Reagan fired over 11,000 air traffic controllers in 1981. Bertha Benz made the first […]
Marilyn Monroe died from a drug overdose, IRA members were sentenced to prison, the first electric traffic light was installed, Marie Noe was accused of killing her children, Reagan fired air traffic controllers, Bertha Benz made the first long-distance car trip, income tax was introduced, the Mayflower set off for North America, caning was abolished […]
The first successful oil well was drilled in the US in 1859. The Anglo-Zanzibar War lasted only 45 minutes, the shortest war in history. The Heinkel He 178 became the world’s first jet aircraft in 1939. Krakatoa erupted in 1883, causing 36,000 deaths. Mariner 2 successfully reached Venus in 1962. Edmund Kemper killed his grandparents […]
David Berkowitz, the “Son of Sam” serial killer, was arrested and sentenced to six life sentences. The Smithsonian Institute was founded by James Smithson’s donation. Charles Manson and his followers were convicted of murder. John Walsh’s son was kidnapped and killed, leading to the creation of America’s Most Wanted. NASA’s Magellan probe mapped Venus. The […]
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I have a dream” speech to 250,000 civil rights protesters in Washington D.C. in 1963, influencing the movement. Other events include the first TV broadcast in Japan (1953), the first radio commercial in the US (1922), and the founding of Pepsi-Cola (1898). Women picketed President Woodrow Wilson for […]
The world’s first bionic heart was implanted in a human in 1994, but the patient died nine months later. Other events include the successful test of an ICBM by the Soviet Union in 1957, the first televised Major League Baseball game in 1939, and the birth of Mother Teresa in 1910. The world’s first bionic […]
John Lennon’s killer was sentenced to prison. The British burned Washington DC in 1814. Amelia Earhart flew nonstop across the US in 1932. Captain Matthew Webb swam across the English Channel in 1875. Maria Teresa de Filippis raced in a Formula car in 1958. The Gutenberg Bible was printed in 1456. Mikhail Gorbachev resigned in […]
Paris liberated from Nazi occupation (1944), New York Sun publishes “Great Moon Hoax” (1835), US President Truman orders seizure of US railroads (1950), discovery of bacteria causing bubonic plague (1894), American Nazi Party leader George Lincoln Rockwell killed (1967), Wizard of Oz movie premieres (1939), Galileo presents first telescope (1609), Voyager 2 makes closest flyby […]
The US bought the Danish Virgin Islands for $25 million in 1916. The bodies of three civil rights activists were found in 1964, and Lizzie Borden’s parents were killed in 1892. Louis Armstrong was born in 1901, and the Department of Energy was established in 1977. The United States bought the Danish Virgin Islands from […]
The US dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945, killing 166,000 people. The first woman swam across the English Channel in 1926, and Norwich University was established in 1819 as the first US military school. The United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. (1945) It was the first atomic bomb detonated in […]
Japan Airlines Flight 123 crashed, killing 520 people in 1985. The Soviet Union tested its first atomic bomb in 1953. Swiss banks agreed to pay back US$1.25 billion to Holocaust survivors in 1998. Thirteen Jewish poets and intellectuals were executed in the “Night of the Murdered Poets” in 1952. The California Supreme Court annulled 4,000 […]
Hawaii became the 50th US state in 1959. The American Bar Association was founded in 1878, the Soviet Union invaded Czechoslovakia in 1968, and Benigno S. Aquino Jr. was assassinated in 1983. The Mona Lisa was stolen in 1911, Oldsmobile was founded in 1897, and Nat Turner led a slave revolt in Virginia in 1831. […]
Edison patented the first movie projector, Princess Diana died in a car accident caused by paparazzi, the first solar-powered car was demonstrated, the Night Stalker was captured, and the IRA declared a ceasefire. Jack the Ripper killed his first victim, and Hurricane Carol killed 70 people in New England. Thomas Edison patented the first movie […]
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