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Sep 20, 1519
Around the world.
Ferdinand Magellan, is known as the first sea captain to sail around the world, with five other ships, but, only one ship returned. He wasn't in the ship. -
Capitol Building.
Our first president of the United staed, laid the cornerstone in the capitol building. ( George Washington ) -
The Battle of Lake Erie.
Captain Oliver Perry defeated the British navy. Britain's history that one of its fleets had surrendered. Helped the U.S. -
Sad Day For Inidans
Tecumseh. Great leader of the Sawnee Indians, died in battle. He wanted to drive the white settlers from the lands that belonged to the the Indians. -
Star Spangled Banner
National anthem of the United States. Written by Francis Scott Key. -
Sam Houston
He became the first President of the Republic of Texas. -
Jesse James
He was famous for being a outlaw bank and train robber, and cold blooded killer. -
Walter Reed
Looking for the carrier of the disease called 'Yellow Fever'. -
Jane Addams
She helped the poor. Because of her new laws were passed to help workers, women and children. -
John Pershing
Was put in charge of the American army. His job was to organize all American forces and to get his soldiers trained. After the war, he was giving the higest rank of any American army offiicer. Got a rank for the General of the Armies of the United States. -
James Naismith
He invented Basketball.The only major sport that can be called truly American. It is only major sport that was developed in the United States. Not even baseball can be called truly American. -
William Sydney Porter. 'O.Henry'
He is famous for writting short stories. -
The Mary Celeste
One of the great unsolved mysteries of all time. -
James Garfield.
Killed at a railroad in Washington D.C. Was shot. -
Pablo Picasso
Best painter in 1900's and also a great sculptor. -
Gunfight At The Ok Corral
A famous gunfight took place in Tombstone AZ. The gunfight was between Earp brothers, their friend Doc Holliday and a band of outlaws. -
Eleanor Roosevelt
She was a very unhappy women, yeah she was very wealthy but she didnt like the way her mother felt about her. She was not a pretty child, her mother on the other hand was very beautiful. Eleanor was an embarrassment to her mother. -
Geroge Eastman
Invented the Kodak. Recieved a patent for the first roll-film camera. -
Montana
Became the 41st state. Only the states of Alaska, Texas, and California are larger than Montana. It is nicknamed the treasure State. Cause of the valuable minerals such as gold, silver, and copper. -
First Gasoline Automobile
Frank Duryea and his brother Charles built the first successful American-made, gasoline powered automobile. -
First Pane Tragedy
The victim of the crash was thomas Selfridge. A lieutenant in the U.S Signal Corps. -
First Coast-To-Coast Flight
Calbraith Rodgers landed his airplane in Pasadena, California, and became the first person to fly across the united states. -
Jesse Owens
Considered the fastest human. -
Panama Canal
President Woodrow Wilson pressed a button in his White House office and caused an explosion 4,000 miles away. The blast 1,600 pounds of dynamite helped clear a mass of earth and rock so workers in panama could continue building the Panama canal. The canal is very important because it lets ships travel between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. -
Alvin York
An American soldier single-handedly captured an entire battalion of German soldiers. Became famous as a Sergeant York. -
Black Sox Scandal
Eight Chicago White Sox players became known as the ''Black Sox''. They took money from gamblers to le t the reds win the series. -
James Earl Carter, Jr.
The 39th President of the United States. -
Jim Henson
Creator of the muppets. Created them for television. -
United Nations Day
The purpose of the United Nations is to work for world peace. -
Charlie Brown
Leading character in the comic strip ''Peanuts''. -
Sputnik 1
The Russians sent into space a manmade satellite named Sputnik 1. This marked the beginning of the space age. -
Trapped Miners
The earth shook under a small mining town in Canada. When the earth stopped shaking, 24 miners were found dead. After the count, they leaned that 69 men were trapped 4,000 feet below ground. They found 19 more the next week, they thought it was a miracle that they survived. -
Nixon-Kennedy Debate
First presidential election debate. -
Warren Commission
His report was released to people, of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. -
Woody Guthrie
America lost a great song writer named Woody Guthrie. He wrote songs about the poor people and the world in which they lived. -
Sandra Day O'Connor
First woman to serve as an associate justice on the Supreme Court of the United States. -
Columbus Day
500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus discovery of a strange new land. The new land Columbus discovered later became America. -
Leif Ericson
many people believe that Ericson was the first person to discover America nearly 500 years before Columbus.
