The Sony Walkman was sold in Japan in 1979, revolutionizing the music industry. The Ford Thunderbird was discontinued in 2005 after being produced since 1955. The first international telephone call was made between Canada and the US in 1881. The US Department of Justice was created in 1870. The “pay-as-you-go” tax program was instituted in […]
Gianni Versace was murdered by serial killer Andrew Cunanan in 1997. The Ford Motor Company received its first order in 1903, and the Philadelphia Phillies lost their 10,000th Major League Baseball game in 2007. US President Jimmy Carter delivered his “malaise” speech in 1979, and the Rosetta Stone was found in 1799. Georgia became the […]
Mariner 4 took the first deep space photographs of Mars in 1965. Boston discontinued its racially segregated school bus system in 1999. Hank Aaron hit his 500th home run in 1968. MP3s were introduced in 1995. The George Washington Carver National Monument was established in 1943. Billy the Kid was killed in 1881. The US […]
The US Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence in 1776, and the first Fourth of July celebration was held in 1804. West Point opened in 1802, and founding fathers John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died in 1826. Lou Gehrig retired from baseball in 1939, and the 49th and 50th stars were added to the […]
The world’s first IVF baby was born in 1978. A Chorus Line opened on Broadway in 1975 and became the longest-running musical produced in the US. Svetlana Savitskaya became the first woman to walk in space in 1984. The Concord Jet had its first and only crash in 2000. Rock Hudson announced he had AIDS […]
Spam lunch meat was named in a marketing contest and has since sold over 7 billion cans. Dolly the sheep was cloned in 1996. The “black sox” trial began in 1921. The bikini debuted in Paris in 1946. Elvis Presley recorded his first hit in 1954. Larry Doby signed with the Cleveland Indians, becoming the […]
The Declaration of Independence was read publicly for the first time and the Liberty Bell was rung in 1776. The last execution by electric chair took place in Florida in 1999. The Wall Street Journal was first published in 1889. Paris celebrated its 2,000th birthday in 1951. The first recorded tornado in the US hit […]
The Grateful Dead played their last concert in 1995 after 30 years and over 2,300 live shows. The MLB All-Star game ended in a tie in 2002, only the second time in history. US President Zachary Taylor died in 1850 after serving just 16 months. The first woman was appointed to a permanent military rank […]
Skylab crashed on Earth in 1979, causing debris to fall in the Indian Ocean and Western Australia. The world population exceeded 5 billion in 1987, and Babe Ruth made his pitching debut in 1914. US Vice President Aaron Burr killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel in 1804. Jean-Louis Pons discovered 37 comets in 1801, William […]
Disneyland opened in California with over 600 million total visitors. TWA Flight 800 exploded, killing all 230 people on board. Woolworth Corp. closed its 400 remaining dime stores after 117 years. The Great Train Wreck of 1856 killed over 60 people. Spongebob Squarepants premiered on Nickelodeon. Harvard School of Dental Medicine opened. Disneyland opened in […]
Walmart’s first store opened in 1962, now the largest grocery chain in the US. Amelia Earhart went missing in 1937, and Steve Fossett flew around the world in a hot air balloon in 2002. The US declared independence from Great Britain in 1776, and Ernest Hemingway shot himself in 1961. A stampede in Mecca killed […]
David Berkowitz, also known as “Son of Sam,” began his killing spree in New York City, claiming a total of six lives. Mark O. Barton killed nine people in Atlanta before taking his own life. Prince Charles married Lady Diana Spencer, who later died in a car accident. Vincent van Gogh committed suicide at the […]
Andrea Yates found not guilty by reason of insanity for drowning her five children. NASA launched Space Shuttle Discovery after the Columbia disaster. Jimmy Hoffa convicted of fraud and conspiracy, later disappeared. Greg Maddux struck out his 3,000th batter. The United States Postal Service was established. Grasshoppers destroyed crops in the Midwest. The first recorded […]
Sliced bread was first sold in the US in 1928. Mary Surratt was the first woman executed by the US federal government in 1865. Frances Xavier Cabrini became the first American saint in 1946. Sandra Day O’Connor was named the first female justice of the Supreme Court in 1981. Construction began on the Hoover Dam […]
Ted Bundy found guilty of murdering two college students, Lance Armstrong wins seventh Tour de France, US Capitol shooting kills two officers, James Traficant expelled from House of Representatives, SS Eastland capsizes killing 845, Ford reports worst quarterly earnings, first BASE jump at El Capitan, Machu Picchu rediscovered, Mary, Queen of Scots forced to cede […]
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