Darwin set sail on the HMS Beagle (1831), Fossey was killed in Rwanda (1985), Nation trashed her first bar (1900), ether was first used as an anesthetic (1845), the World Bank was founded (1945), USSR occupied Afghanistan (1979), Greater Poland uprising began (1918), West was banned from radio (1937), Indonesia became independent (1949), and the […]
Japan surrendered to end World War II after the US dropped atomic bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima. A blackout hit the northeastern US and Canada in 2003, and Mattel recalled 18 million toys in 2007. The Social Security Act was passed in 1935, and Steve Martin was born in 1945. Japan surrendered to the Allies, […]
Van Gogh cut off his ear in 1888, the coelacanth was rediscovered in 1938, the first non-stop round-the-world flight ended in 1986, the transistor was demonstrated in 1947, ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas was published in 1823, space motion sickness was recorded in 1968, the crew of the USS Pueblo was released in 1968, St. […]
Balto led the Great Race of Mercy in 1925, ending an epidemic of diphtheria in Nome. The Battle of Stalingrad ended in 1943, a key victory for the USSR. South Africa lifted the ban on an anti-apartheid group and promised to free Nelson Mandela in 1990. Other events include the establishment of a fur trading […]
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 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 […]
Dow Jones closed above 1,000 for the first time (1972), US government shut down due to budget deadlock (1995), first US streetcar in operation (1832), Apollo 12 launched (1969), Battle of la Drang began (1965), Sedna discovered (2003), Iranian assets frozen by President Carter (1979), Nellie Bly began trip around the world (1889), BBC radio […]
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 […]
The first roller coaster was installed in Brooklyn in 1884, Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space in 1963, Roosevelt’s New Deal began in 1933, the first commercial aircraft hijacking occurred in 1948, Ford Motor Co. was incorporated in 1903, Bob Dylan recorded “Like a Rolling Stone” in 1965, Geronimo was born in 1829, […]
The US Air Force denies that the Roswell incident involved alien bodies, while controversy and conspiracy theories continue. John Cabot saw North America in 1497, possibly Canada or Newfoundland. Germans in 1374 experienced St. John’s Dance, possibly caused by a poisonous mushroom. The Humber Bridge, once the longest suspension bridge, opened in 1981. O Canada […]
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 […]
The “Saturday Night Massacre” occurred in 1973 when President Nixon fired the Watergate special prosecutor. The House Judiciary Committee investigated Nixon for possible impeachment. Other historical events include the Hollywood blacklist, the Louisiana Purchase, the establishment of the US-Canada border, the creation of the Continental Association, the Cleveland gas explosion, the “Johnny Bright Incident,” the […]
Important events in history include the first mass polio vaccine (1954), printing of Gutenberg’s Bible (1455), production of commercially viable aluminum (1886), raising of the US flag on Iwo Jima (1945), Battle of the Alamo (1836), Lincoln’s assassination attempt (1861), lease of Guantanamo Bay to the US (1903), monitoring of US radio broadcasts by the […]
The US hockey team won the “Miracle on Ice” in 1980, Spain sold Florida to the US in 1819, Woolworth’s opened in 1879, the Battle of Fishguard began in 1797, Galileo published “Dialogue on the two main systems of the world” in 1632, a gang stole £53m in 2006, Suharto seized power in Indonesia in […]
Yellow fever vaccine created (1932). Mutiny on HMS Bounty (1789). Muhammad Ali refuses army draft (1967). iTunes store launched (2003). Dennis Tito becomes first space tourist (2001). Railway workers set track-laying record (1869). Mussolini executed (1945). International Congress of Women opens (1915). Kon-Tiki Raft expedition begins (1947). University of Santo Tomas founded (1611). The creation […]
Nixon released the Watergate tapes, Hitler married Eva Braun and committed suicide, riots erupted in LA over Rodney King verdict, Dachau liberated, first 3D TV episode aired, Hair opened on Broadway, Chemical Weapons Convention entered into force, Joan of Arc lifted siege in Orleans, William Randolph Hearst born, WWII Monument opened in DC. Nixon announced […]
The Supreme Court rules segregation of public schools unconstitutional (1954). Watergate hearings begin, leading to Nixon’s resignation (1973). First legal same-sex marriage in the US (2004). Antikythera Mechanism discovered (1902). Louie Louie lyrics declared unintelligible (1965). WHO declares homosexuality not a mental illness (1990). Napoleon annexes papal states (1809). First Kentucky Derby held (1875). Megan’s […]
Kodachrome film was discontinued after 72 years, Galileo retracted his view, John Lennon’s killer pleaded guilty, and the US Supreme Court protected cross-burning as free speech. Other events include the creation of the DOJ, the lowering of the US voting age, and the signing of the GI Bill. Meryl Streep was born, Fred Astaire and […]
