“Uncle Sam” nickname originated from Samuel Wilson, a meat packer who shipped beef to US soldiers during the War of 1812. The first submarine attack occurred in New York Harbor in 1776. The first car race was held in Rhode Island in 1896, and ESPN made its debut in 1979. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac […]
Major nuclear powers signed the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, but it has yet to enter into force. The Supreme Court of the United States was created in 1789. Compu-Serve launched the first consumer internet service in 1979. The Warren Report was delivered in 1964. The Japanese began secretly gathering intelligence on Pearl Harbor in 1941. The […]
The US Bill of Rights was adopted in 1789. Switzerland closed its borders to Jews in 1942, but reopened them in 1944. Sandra Day O’Connor became the first female justice of the Supreme Court in 1981. The IRA disarmed in 2005. The first transatlantic telephone service was installed in 1956. The first Chicago Marathon took […]
The first self-service food market opened in the US in 1916. Palestinian terrorists hijacked and blew up four planes in Europe in 1970. The first tank was produced in England in 1915. The first circumnavigation of the world on the high seas was completed in 1522. US President William McKinley was assassinated in 1901. The […]
The Dow Jones fell by a record 777.68 points in 2008. The Hindenburg Line was broken during World War I. The Mayak Nuclear Power Plant accident exposed 500,000 people to radiation. The London Metropolitan Police was founded in 1829. Italy and the US signed an armistice agreement in 1943. The Space Shuttle Discovery launched in […]
Roosevelt urged Congress to repeal Neutrality Acts to help European nations facing Nazi Germans. France abolished monarchy. B-29 bomber made its debut and was used to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Marcos declared martial law in the Philippines. Investment banks became traditional holding companies. Women were admitted to the Military Institute of Virginia. Congress granted $15 […]
Lincoln announced the Emancipation Proclamation (1862), Nathan Hale was executed as America’s first spy (1776), the US penny was redesigned (2008), the Peace Corps was established (1961), Iran-Iraq War began (1980), US Postmaster General’s Office was established (1789), National Geographic published its first issue (1888), the first American-made car was unveiled (1893), Dead Sea Scrolls […]
Google founded by two PhD students from Stanford University in California. Kodak registered. Geronimo surrendered, ending the Indian Wars of the Southwest. The first NASCAR 500-mile race was held. Los Angeles, California is established. The first “American Idol” was voted stardom. The first transcontinental television broadcast in America took place, starring the president of the […]
Truman announced the US lost its nuclear monopoly, as Soviet Union detonated a nuclear bomb in 1949. Greeks gained independence from Ottoman Empire in 1821. John Paul Jones won “Battle of Flamborough Head” in 1779. Harvard College graduated its first students in 1642. Neptune was discovered in 1846. First gas chamber tests were carried out […]
The Axis Powers formed in 1940 with Japan, Germany, and Italy signing the Tripartite Pact. Hungary joined later. The Nazis overpowered Poland in 1939, and Mexico gained independence in 1821. The first steam-powered passenger trains operated in 1825, and the Balinese tiger went extinct in 1937. The US Department of Education was approved in 1979. […]
China and Russia agreed to stop targeting nuclear weapons at each other. The US flag was flown in battle for the first time. The Treaty of Paris ended the American Revolutionary War. Steve Fossett went missing while flying over Nevada. A siege on a Russian school ended in over 300 deaths. The Dow Jones hit […]
The United States was named in 1776 and Washington DC was nominated in 1791. The Attica prison riot occurred in 1971, Texas lost land in 1850, and the largest pre-American Revolution slave rebellion happened in 1739. Elvis Presley debuted on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1956, and the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act […]
US military planes complete first round-the-world flights, breaking four world records (1924). The flu epidemic spreads globally, causing over 30 million deaths (1918). France emancipates its Jewish population, the first country to do so (1791). Sir Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin (1928). SpaceX launches the world’s first private spacecraft (2008). Ted Williams hits over 0.400 in […]
The Star Spangled Banner was written by Francis Scott Key in 1814 and later became the US national anthem. OPEC was founded in 1960, the Gregorian calendar was adopted by the British Empire in 1752, and the MLB season was cancelled due to a strike in 1994. Elizabeth Ann Seton was canonized as the first […]
The Red Baron shot down his first aircraft in 1916, becoming a German fighter pilot during World War I. The US Constitution was signed in 1787, and the bloodiest battle in US history took place in 1862. NASA unveiled its first space shuttle in 1976, and the world’s first mass-produced amphibious car drove across the […]
The US conducted the first underground nuclear explosion in 1957 as part of “Operation Plumbbob”. New Zealand allowed women to vote in 1893, while the US did not until 1920. Witold Pilecki wrote the first Auschwitz intelligence report in 1940. Bruno Hauptmann was arrested for kidnapping and killing the Lindbergh baby in 1934. The Unabomber […]
