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When Was Air Conditioning Invented?
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I was born
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Bubble Gum Invented
Bubble Gum Invented
Chewing gum has a history that spans as far back as the ancient Greeks, who chewed the resin from mastic trees; however, bubble gum, a type of chewing gum that allows the chewer to make bubbles, has a much more recent history. -
Amelia Earhart First Woman to Fly Solo Across the Atlantic
Amelia Earhart becomes first woman to fly across the Atlantic
On June 17, after several delays due to bad weather, Amelia Earhart flew in a plane named Friendship with co-pilots Wilmer "Bill" Stultz and Louis "Slim" Gordon. The plane landed at Burry Port, South Wales, with just a small amount of fuel left. -
The great deppression
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Stock Market Crashes
Stock Market Crashes
By early 1929, interest in the stock market reached a fevered pitch. The upward swing in the summer of 1929 convinced many that the high stock prices were going to remain high.
Then panic struck on Black Thursday, October 24, 1929. Prices began to plummet. Although there was rally in the afternoon, investors had become frightened.Massive number of people were trying to sell their stocks. -
U.S. Officially Gets National Anthem
U.S. Officially Gets National Anthem
On March 3, 1931, U.S. President Herbert Hoover signed an act that officially made "The Star Spangled Banner" the national anthem for the United States. Before this time, the United States had been without any national anthem. -
Parker Brothers Sells the Game "Monopoly"
History of Parker Brothers' Monopoly
Inventor and salesman Charles Darrow sold his version of the game, which he called Monopoly, to Parker Brothers in 1935. Set in Darrow's favorite vacation spot, Atlantic City, Monopoly sold by the tens of thousands within its first few weeks of production. Read more: History of Parker Brothers' Monopoly | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/about_5105629_history-parker-brothers-m -
The blizzard of 1936
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The Hindenberg Disaster
Hindenburg Disaster
After a three-day trip across the Atlantic from Frankfurt, Germany to New Jersey, the Hindenburg (a large, rigid airship) was in the process of landing when it broke into flames at 7:25 p.m. on May 6, 1937. Within 34 seconds, the entire airship was consumed by fire. -
Broadcast of The War of the Worlds Causes Panic
Broadcast of The War of the Worlds Causes Panic Before there was television, people used to turn on their radios to listen to music, hear talk programs, and to get news. On Sunday, October 30, 1938, millions of radio listeners turned on their radios and heard realistic sounding descriptions of an attack of Martians on the United States. -
Battle of Britain
Battle of Britain The Battle of Britain was the intense air battle between the Germans and the British over Great Britain's airspace from July 1940 to May 1941, with the heaviest fighting from July to October 1940. After the fall of France at the end of June 1940, Nazi Germany had one major enemy left in Western Europe -- Great Britain. Overconfident and with little planning, -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Attack on Pearl Harbor the Japanese launched a surprise air attack on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. After just two hours of bombing, more than 2,400 Americans were dead, 21 ships* had either been sunk or damaged, and more than 188 U.S. aircraft destroyed. -
Anne Frank Goes Into Hiding
Anne Frank Goes Into Hiding Thirteen-year-old Anne Frank had been writing in her red-and-white-checkered diary for less than a month when her sister, Margot, received a call-up notice around 3 p.m. on July 5, 1942. Although the Frank family had planned to go into hiding on July 16, 1942, they decided to leave immediately so that Margot would not have to be deported to a "work camp." -
Got Married
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Slinky Toy Hits Shelves
Slinky Toy Hits Shelves In 1943, the idea for the Slinky toy originated when engineer Richard James dropped a tension spring on the ground and saw how it moved. Thinking he might be on to something a bit more fun and universal than a tension spring, he took the spring home to his wife, Betty, and the two of them tried to come up with a name for this potential toy. After searching and searching, Betty found the word "slinky" in -
The cold war
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First Modern Credit Card Introduced
First Modern Credit Card Introduced In 1949, Frank X. McNamara thought of a way for customers to have just one credit card that they could use at multiple stores. McNamara discussed the idea with two colleagues and the three pooled some money and started a new company in 1950 which they called the Diners Club. The first Diners Club credit cards were given out in 1950 to 200 people (most were friends and acquaintances of Mc -
The korean war
Korean War Summary
In November 1947, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution which called for a general election under the supervision of the UN Commission. However, the Soviet Union refused to comply with the UN resolution and denied the UN Commission access to the northern part of Korea. The UN Assembly adopted a new resolution calling for elections in areas accessible to the UN Commission. -
Color TV Introduced
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Joseph Stalin Dies
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Segregation Ruled Illegal in U.S.
Segregation Ruled Illegal in U.S.
Across the country, blacks and whites were legally forced to use separate train cars, separate drinking fountains, separate schools, separate entrances into buildings, and much more. Segregation was the law. -
Disneyland Opens
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Rosa Parks Refuses to Give Up Her Bus Seat
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Soviet Satellite Sputnik Launches Space Age
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LEGO Toy Bricks First Introduced
LEGO Toy Bricks First Introduced In 1953, the Automatic Binding Bricks were renamed LEGO Bricks and in 1958, these bricks underwent a slight change in their design, which transformed them into the LEGO Bricks we know today. Also in 1958, Ole Kirk Christiansen passed away and his son Godtfred became head of the LEGO company. -
1961: Soviets Launch First Man in Space
Soviets Launch First Man in Space
On board Vostok 1, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin made history on April 12, 1961 when he became both the first person in the world to enter space and the first person to orbit the Earth. See full article: Yuri Gagarin, The First Man in Space -
The Berlin wall built
The Berlin Wall BuiltJust past midnight during the night of August 12-13, 1961, East German soldiers and construction workers headed to the border of West and East Berlin. While most Berliners were sleeping, the workers quickly constructed a barrier made of concrete posts and barbed wire along the border. -
Martin Luther King Jr. Makes His "I Have a Dream" Speech
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JFK Assassinated
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U.S. Sends Troops to Vietnam
U.S. Sends Troops to Vietnam In response to the Gulf of Tonkin Incident of August 2 and 4, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson, per the authority given to him by Congress in the subsequent Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, decided to escalate the Vietnam Conflict by sending U.S. ground troops to Vietnam. On March 8, 1965, 3,500 U.S. Marines landed near Da Nang in South Vietnam; they are the first U.S. troops arrive in Vietnam. -
Neil Armstrong Becomes the First Man on the Moon
Neil Armstrong Becomes the First Man on the MoonOn July 20, 1969, as part of the Apollo 11 mission, astronaut Neil Armstrong opened the hatch of the lunar module (nicknamed Eagle) and stepped out onto the ladder. Once at the bottom of the ladder, Armstrong stepped onto the surface of the moon and became the very first man on the moon. A few minutes later, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin followed him. -
Terrorists Attack at the Olympic Games in Munich
Terrorists Attack at the Olympic Games in Munich Early in the morning on September 5, 1972, eight members of the Palestinian terrorist organization, Black September, snuck into the Olympic Village at the XXth Olympic Games which were held in Munich, Germany. The Black September members raided the building housing the Israeli athletes. Two Israeli athletes were killed during the raid and nine others were taken hostage. -
Abortion Legalized in U.S.
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•Star Wars Movie Released
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Rubik's Cube Becomes Popular
Rubik's Cube Becomes Popular
The Rubik's Cube (originally called "Magic Cube") was first sold in Hungary in 1977 and then sold internationally in 1980. The simple cube immediately became immensely popular all around the world. -
Pac-Man
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Assassination Attempt on U.S. President Reagan
Reagan Assassination Attempt On March 30, 1981, 25-year-old John Hinckley Jr. opened fire on U.S. President Ronald Reagan just outside the Washington Hilton Hotel. President Reagan was hit by one bullet, which punctured his lung. Three others were also injured in the shooting. -
E.T. Movie Released
E.T. Movie Released
The movie E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial was a hit from the day it was released (June 11, 1982) and quickly became one of the most beloved movies of all time. -
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
In the evening of November 9, 1989, East German government official Günter Schabowski stated during a press conference that travel through the border to the West was open. People who heard the broadcast were shocked. They went to the border to see if it was true. The border guards, who had no explicit instructions as to what to do, let them through. As the news spread on both sides of th -
World Trade Center Bombed
World Trade Center Bombed
At 12:18 p.m., a terrorist bomb explodes in a parking garage of the World Trade Center in New York City, leaving a crater 60 feet wide and causing the collapse of several steel-reinforced concrete floors in the vicinity of the blast. Although the terrorist bomb failed to critically damage the main structure of the skyscrapers, six people were killed and more than 1,000 were injured. The -
D-Day
D-DayDuring World War II, the Allied powers planned to create a two-front war by continuing the Soviet Union's attack of Nazi-occupied lands from the east and by beginning a new invasion from the west. In June 1944, the United States and the United Kingdom (with help from many other western countries) began the long-awaited attack from the west, the Normandy Invasion (Operation Overlord). June 6, 1944, also known as D-Day, was the very first day of this massive amphibious invasion, which brought tho
