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ECONOMIC 1000 YEAR TIMELINE
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First World Series
The very first World Series was between the Boston Americans and the Pittsburgh Pirates. The winner of the 1903 World Series was the Boston Americans. -
Panic Of 1907
The generally optimistic economic tenor of the decade was threatened when the stock market precipitously dropped in 1907. The first overt sign of financial panic was a run on the Knickerbocker Trust Company of New York, which collapsed the bank, but the root causes of the panic ran much deeper, to the weak federal banking and credit system. -
Ford Introduces the Model-T
Ford introduced the ford model T on Aug 12 1908 and the only colors grey, green, blue, and red the onlu color that was not made was the color black. -
Panic of 1910–1911
This was a mild but lengthy recession. The national product grew by less than 1%, and commercial activity and industrial activity declined. The period was also marked by deflation.[22] -
Universal Studios was made
Universal Studios was made in 1913. It is a big event because Universal Studios is a big time money making movie studio and it makes a lot of money. -
World War 1
In order to harness all the power of their societies, governments created new ministries and powers. New taxes were levied and laws enacted, all designed to bolster the war effort; many have lasted to this day. -
The strike of 1918 in England
UPPO informed the authorities that unless their demands were met by midnight on the 29 August, they would call a strike. The strike of 1918 caught the government off guard at a time of domestic and international labour unrest. -
Great Gatsby published
The Great Gatsby which was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald was published on this day and the book sold 20,000 copies in it's first year. -
The Great Crash Book is published
The Great Crash is a book that is written by John Kenneth Galbraith and the book talks about Wall Street Crash of 1929. -
The Great Depression
he Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding World War II. The timing of the Great Depression varied across nations, but in most countries it started in 1930 and lasted until the late 1930s or middle 1940s. It was the longest, most widespread, and the deepest depression of the 20th century. -
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF PHILADELPHIA
the Federal Reserve Bank Of Philadelphia was made in 1930. -
The New Deal
The New Deal was a series of domestic economic programs enacted in the United States between 1933 and 1936. The programs were in response to the Great Depression, and focused on what historians call the "3 Rs": Relief, Recovery, and Reform. That is Relief for the unemployed and poor; Recovery of the economy to normal levels; and Reform of the financial system to prevent a repeat depression. -
Recession of 1937–1938
The Recession of 1937–1938 was an economic downturn that occurred during the Great Depression in the United States. Unemployment jumped from 14.3% in 1937 to 19.0% in 1938 -
World War 2 for America
The reason that the United States got out of the Great Depression during World War 2 is because it sparked manufacturing for America. -
Unemployment and Federal spending
The Unemployment rate of 1944 was only .2%. The federal spending money in 1944 was $91.30 billion -
The Recession of 1948-1949
the 1948 recession was a brief economic downturn; forecasters of the time expected much worse, perhaps influenced by the poor economy in their recent lifetime. The recession began shortly after President Truman's "Fair Deal" economic reforms. The recession also followed a period of monetary tightening by the Federal Reserve. -
Recession of 1953
In the United States the Recession of 1953 began in the second quarter of 1953 and lasted until the first quarter of 1954. The total recession cost roughly $56 billion. -
US sends money to Vietnam
The US starts sending $216 million in aid to Vietnam. -
Recession of 1957-1958
It hit economically disadvantaged countries hardest, because it involved a decline in the purchases of raw materials, both agricultural and mineral, by developed nations. -
Chile Earthquake
The 1960 Valdivia earthquake or Great Chilean Earthquake (Spanish: Terremoto de Valdivia/Gran terremoto de Chile) of Sunday, 22 May 1960 is to date the most powerful earthquake ever recorded, rating 9.5 on the moment magnitude scale. -
Spider Man first published
Spider-Man is a fictional character, a comic book superhero who appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. In the comics Spider-Man is often referred to as "Spidey", "web-slinger", "wall-crawler", or "web-head". -
JFK Assassination
JFK got killed by a person by the name of Jack Ruby. He was shot once in the throat, once in the upper back, with the fatal shot hitting him in the head. -
1970 Bhola cyclone
The 1970 Bhola cyclone was a devastating tropical cyclone that struck East Pakistan and India's West Bengal on November 11, 1970. Over 500,000 lost their lives. -
Microsoft Founded
Microsoft was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen -
Elvis Presley dead
Presley was scheduled to fly out of Memphis on the evening of August 16, 1977, to begin another tour. That afternoon, Alden discovered him unresponsive on his bathroom floor. Attempts to revive him failed, and death was officially pronounced at 3:30 pm at Baptist Memorial Hospital -
Rubik's Cube
Rubik's Cube is a 3-D combination puzzle. As of January 2009, 350 million cubes had been sold worldwide making it the world's top-selling puzzle game. It is widely considered to be the world's best-selling toy. -
John Lennon's death
John Lennon died on this day and he was a former member of the Beatles. -
Thriller Released
The album Thriller is a album by Michael Jackson and it is the most sold album of all time. -
PlayStation was made
The playstation was made on this day. It is a video game system made by Sony. -
Oklahoma City bombing
The Oklahoma City bombing was a domestic terrorist bomb attack on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City on April 19. Over 168 people lost their lives. -
Columbine High School massacre
The Columbine High School massacre was a school shooting which occurred on April 20, 1999, at Columbine High School in Columbine, an unincorporated area of Jefferson County in the State of Colorado. In addition to shootings, the complex and highly planned attack involved a fire bomb to divert firefighters, propane tanks converted to bombs placed in the cafeteria, 99 explosive devices, and bombs rigged in cars. Two senior students, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, murdered a total of 12 students. -
9/11
9/11 was an attack on the twin towers during the day of 9/11. It was a terrorist attack on America. -
Virgina Tech Massacre
The Virgina Tech Massacre was a shooting at the university of Virginia Tech. Around 33 people died inculding the shooter and 23 got injured. -
Deepwater Horizon oil spill
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill (also referred to as the BP oil spill, the BP oil disaster, the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, and the Macondo blowout) was an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico on the BP-operated Macondo Prospect,
