Important events in history: dried blood serum produced (1933), John Gacy arrested (1978), first manned lunar mission launched (1968), radium discovered (1898), Irish Republic declared independence (1948), Snow White debuted (1937), first crossword puzzle published (1913), Elvis offers services to Nixon in War on Drugs (1970), It’s a Wonderful Life previewed (1946), Vespasian becomes fourth […]
Nazi Germany’s “Operation Typhoon” to seize Moscow failed in 1941, leading to the deadly “Battle of Moscow.” The Tlatelolco massacre occurred during a student protest in Mexico in 1968. The Warsaw Uprising was suppressed by Nazis in 1944, resulting in the deaths of over 250,000 Polish citizens. Other events include the signing of the Electronic […]
A US Army bomber crashed into the Empire State building killing 14 people in 1945. The most devastating earthquake in the 20th century hit Tangshan, China, killing 242,000 people in 1976. Monica Lewinsky was given immunity for her testimony regarding her relationship with US President Bill Clinton in 1998. Dennis Martinez became the first Latino […]
Queen Elizabeth II was crowned in 1953, the Rolling Stones launched their first US tour in 1964, and Bhutan got its first TV transmission in 1999. Other events include a tornado outbreak in 1990 and Timothy McVeigh’s conviction for the Oklahoma City bombing in 1997. Queen Elizabeth II was crowned. (1953) More than 3 million […]
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 […]
Over 40 microphones were found in the US embassy in Moscow, causing tension with the Soviet Union. Other events include the Dark Day in New England, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Marilyn Monroe’s birthday performance for JFK, and Anne Boleyn’s execution. More than 40 microphones were found in the US embassy in Moscow, the State […]
The bubonic plague hit San Francisco in 1907, but was stopped after a rat-catching drive. Centralia, Pennsylvania has been burning since 1962. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn returned to Russia in 1994. The British Navy sank the Bismark in 1941. President Roosevelt declared an unlimited state of emergency on the same day. St. Petersburg was founded in 1703 […]
Nuremberg Trials began (1945) with 24 Nazi leaders tried for war crimes. My Lai Massacre photos published (1969), exposing US army atrocities. Microsoft Windows® 1.0 released (1985). New Jersey ratified Bill of Rights (1789). Zarya module launched for International Space Station (1998). Mexican Revolution began (1910). Three-position traffic light patented (1923). Sinking of the Essex […]
The first moon landing, Mars landing, Ford’s first car shipment, Hank Aaron’s last home run, Roosevelt’s fourth term nomination, Hitler assassination attempt, first US Congresswoman, Canada legalizing same-sex marriage, Special Olympics founding, and Bruce Lee’s death. The first man walked on the moon. (1969) Apollo 11 was the first manned mission of the Apollo series […]
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 […]
Pearl Harbor was attacked, leading to the US entering WWII. Delaware ratified the US constitution, becoming the first state. The microwave oven was patented and used to cook popcorn. Chiang Kai-Shek fled to Taipei. Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras I restored relations between Catholic and Orthodox churches. Instant replay was used in a live […]
Events in American history: Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points, African American suffrage in DC, national debt eradication, Citizen Kane controversy, Watergate trial, Mona Lisa exhibit, Battle of New Orleans, War on Poverty, Gallipoli withdrawal, No Child Left Behind Act. Woodrow Wilson outlined his Fourteen Points. (1918) The Points would continue to form the backbone of American […]
The 2000 US presidential election was decided by the Supreme Court due to voting irregularities in Florida. Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected to a fourth term in 1944, but the 22nd Amendment was later passed to limit the presidency to two terms. The Republican Party was first symbolized by an elephant in 1874, while the […]
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 […]
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 Hollywood 10 were blacklisted for alleged communist ties, while Alfred Nobel patented dynamite and used the proceeds to found the Nobel Prizes. The Iran-Contra affair was exposed, and The Mousetrap opened in London. The International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women was established, and the last British military installation in the US […]
The word “OK” gained national recognition in 1839, Hitler became dictator of Germany in 1933, and the Wright brothers applied for a patent for their flying machine in 1903. Teddy Roosevelt left for an African safari in 1909, and scientists announced cold fusion in 1989. Pakistan became the first modern Islamic republic in 1956, Titanic […]
The Brooklyn Bridge opened in 1883, Samuel Morse sent the first telegraph message in 1844, Peter Minuit bought Manhattan in 1626, cell phones were banned in North Korea in 2004, and Mary had a little lamb was published in 1830. Temba Tsheri became the youngest person to climb Everest in 2001, the Tolerance Act was […]
The USSR lifted the Berlin blockade in 1949, the Z3 computer was created in 1941, Pope John Paul II survived an assassination attempt in 1982, Bob Dylan left The Ed Sullivan Show in 1963, a strong earthquake hit Sichuan, China in 2008, Alcoholics Anonymous was founded in 1935, Jimmy Carter visited Cuba in 2002, the […]
