Birthday Facts

  • Jamestown

    On May 14, 1607, the Virginia Company settlers landed on Jamestown Island to establish an English colony 60 miles from the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay.
  • Kitty Hawk

    Kitty Hawk is a town in Dare County, North Carolina, and is a part of what is known as North Carolina's Outer Banks. The population was 3,272 at the 2010 Census. It was established in the early 18th century as Chickahawk
    It was also the sight of the first man flight.
  • Fulton's Folly

    he North River Steamboat or North River is widely regarded as the world's first commercially successful steamboat. Built in 1807, the North River Steamboat operated on the Hudson River between New York and Albany
  • Ft. Leavenworth

    Fort Leavenworth is a United States Army installation located in Leavenworth County, Kansas, immediately north of the city of Leavenworth in the upper northeast portion of the state
  • Alamo

    On February 23, 1836, the arrival of General Antonio López de Santa Anna's army outside San Antonio nearly caught them by surprise. Undaunted, the Texians and Tejanos prepared to defend the Alamo together. The defenders held out for 13 days against Santa Anna's army.
  • Trail of Tears

    n 1838 and 1839, as part of Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policy, the Cherokee nation was forced to give up its lands east of the Mississippi River and to migrate to an area in present-day Oklahoma. The Cherokee people called this journey the "Trail of Tears," because of its devastating effects.
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    Trail of Tears

    n 1838 and 1839, as part of Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policy, the Cherokee nation was forced to give up its lands east of the Mississippi River and to migrate to an area in present-day Oklahoma. The Cherokee people called this journey the "Trail of Tears," because of its devastating effects.
  • Manassas

    On July 21, 1861, two armies clashed for the first time on the fields overlooking Bull Run. Heavy fighting swept away any notion of a quick war. In August 1862, Union and Confederate armies converged for a second time on the plains of Manassas. The Confederates won a solid victory bringing them to the height of their power.
  • Antietam

    The Battle of Antietam, also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg, particularly in the South, fought on September 17, 1862, near Sharpsburg, Maryland, and Antietam Creek.
  • Gettysburg

    Gettysburg is a borough and the county seat of Adams County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The Battle of Gettysburg and President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address are named for this town.
    The battle took place during July 1–3, 1863.
  • Chicago Fire

    The Chicago Fire of 1871, also called the Great Chicago Fire, burned from October 8 to October 10, 1871, and destroyed thousands of buildings, killed an estimated 300 people and caused an estimated $200 million in damages.
  • Custer's Last Stand

    An armed engagement between combined forces of the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes, against the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army.
  • Statue of Liberty

    The Statue of Liberty is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor in New York City, in the United States. On October 28, 1886, we made a dedication to it.
  • Mount Rushmore

    Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a sculpture carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore near Keystone, South Dakota, in the United States.
    Construction began on October 4, 1927 and ended on October 31, 1941
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    Hoover Dam ( Construction - Opening )

    Hoover Dam, once known as Boulder Dam, is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada
  • Golden Gate Bridge

    Production began on 1933 and opened on May 27, 1937.
  • Black Hills

    August 14, 1938
    The Black Hills are a small, isolated mountain range rising from the Great Plains of North America in western South Dakota and extending into Wyoming, United States.
  • Pearl Harbor

    The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, in the United States Territory of Hawaii, on the morning of December 7, 1941.
  • Ft. Sumter

    Fort Sumter is a sea fort located in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, and notable for two historic battles of the American Civil War.
  • Sutter's Mill

    Sutter's Mill was a sawmill owned by 19th-century pioneer John Sutter. It was located in Coloma, California, at the bank of the South Fork American River.
    March 7, 1955
  • Important Headline

    Important headline was: Ken Livingston becomes first mayor of London
  • My Birth

    On a Thursday, I was born at 4:00 am.
  • #1 Song

    1 Song was: Maria Maria by Santana Feat. The Product G&B
  • President

    The current president was Bill Clinton
  • Cost of certain items

    Gold was: $276.37
    Oil was:
    Dow Jones was: 10,633.89
    Gas was: $1.51
    Milk was: $3.32
    A loaf of bread was: $0.92
  • Niagara Falls

    Niagara Falls is the collective name for three waterfalls that straddle the international border between Canada and the United States
  • Sports Headline

    Sports Headline was: Summer Olympics held at Sydney, Australia
  • Cahokia Mounds

    Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site is located on the site of a pre-Columbian Native American city situated directly across the Mississippi River from modern St. Louis, Missouri.