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Oct 7, 776
776 B.C held the earliest athletic competitions to date
In 776 B.C, Athletic competitions were held. There were possibly more competitions held in the past, but the ones in 776 B.C are the earliest that were documented. -
The first English born in America
Virginia Dare is the first person who is born to English-men in the Americas. -
The first African-american slaves arrive
The first African-americna slaves arrive in Virginia. -
There is finally the first published American woman writer
Anne Bradstreet becomes the first published American woman writer. -
There is the first known professional woman artist in America
Henrietta Johnston becomes the first known professional woman artist in America. -
There is the first woman oublisher in America
Mary Katherine Goaddard became the first woman publisher in America. -
There is the first American woman to own a print shop
When Anne Catherine Hoof's husband passes away, she is given the leadership of his printing and newspaper buisness, thus becoming the first Ameircan woman to own a print shop. -
Phillis Wheatley becomes the first African-american women to have her book published
Phillis Wheatley becomes the first African-american women to have her book published. Her book was called "Various Subjects, Religious and Moral. -
Lucy Terry becomes the first known African-American poet
Lucy Terry becomes the first known African-American poet because of the poem she made whilst she was a slave called "Bar's Fight". -
The first commercial bank is founded
The first commercial bank was founded in Philidalphia. The name of the bank is Bank of North America. -
Slavery becomes illegal
Slavery becomes illegal in the North-western area of America. -
There is the first group of Roman Catholic Nuns in the Thirteen Colonies
Mother Bernardina Matthews creates a carmalite which become the first group of Roman Catholic Nuns in the Thirteen Colonies. -
Only certain people could vote
Only White males who owned a property were allowed to vote. -
The first bank of U.S.A is chartered
The first bank of the United States is chartered. -
There is the first woman in America who has occupation as a choreographer and a set designer
Suzanne Vaillande becomes the first woman to have an occupation as a choreographer and a set designer in America. -
The invention of cotton gin has affects on slavery
The invention of the cotton gin (invented by Eli Whitney), creates a higher demand for slavery. -
The is the first charitable organization in America, is founded
Anna Perrish becomes the founder of the charitable organization called the House of Industry which became the first charitable organization in America. -
Gabriel Prosser is hanged along with his friends
Gabriel Prosser is a slaved who was hanged with his friends who were looked down upon as rebels, because they attempted to create a slave revolt. -
The action of slave importation is banned
The Congress bans the action of slave importation from slaves from Africa. -
There is the first woman to be given a patent for weaving straw with silk
Mary Kies takes the title of the fisrt woman to be given a patent for a way of weaving straw with silk. -
The last religious prior condition has been cacelled
The last religious prior condition (for something else to happen), for voting has been cancelled. -
The first women right's meeting is held in New York
The first women right's meeting is held in New York. This meeting was very convincing that after 2 days, 68 women and 32 men signed the Decleration of Sentiments -
The first Women's Rights Convention
There was the first Women's Right Convention held in Worcester Massachusetts. 1,000 pupils attended the event as participants. -
The first Women's Rights Convention was held
The first Women's Rights Convention was held in Worchester, Massachusettes. 1,000 pupils attended the vent as participants. -
Almost all White males had the right to vote
By this year, the rule of having to own a property and a White male to vote, was overthrown. Almost all White males had the right to vote. -
Conneticut starts to use the literacy test
Conneticut is the first state to use the literacy test to determine whether or not one may have the right to vote. This test was used to discriminate Irish-Catholic immigrants. -
A financial panic spread thorugh the United States
A financial panic spread thorugh the United States. The name "Black Friday", was soon developed for this particular financial panic. -
The National Women's Sufferage Association was founded
Susan B. Anothony and Elizabeth Candy Staton founded the association "National Women's Sufferage Association". This association's goal was to grant voting rights to Women. -
The American Women Sufferage Association is founded
Lucy Stone and Henry Blackwell (plus un-identified others), form the American Women Sufferage Association. This Association also focusing on granting women the right to vote for individual state constitutions. -
Wyoming holds the first women's sufferage law
Wyoming State passes the the first women's sufferage law, thus women start serving jury duty. -
The 15th Amendment is over thrown
The 15th Amendment (which is a rule that certain races and previous servitude cannot vote), is over thrown. This event lead to giving the right to vote to former slaves and a male of any race. -
Florida starts a poll tax
Florida starts to have a poll tax. -
Mississippi uses the literacy test
Mississippi starts to use the literacy test to determine whether or not one deserves the right to vote. Though, because of this test, many White males couldn't vote because they failed the test. -
The National Women's Sufferage Association and the American Women's Sufferage Association combine to make one large association
The National Women's Sufferage Association and the American Women's Sufferage Association combine their groups to create N.A.W.S.A (National American Women's Sufferage Association). The large Association still focuses on granting women the right to vote and holds state to state protests/campaigns to help them achive thier goal. -
The United States adapt the gold standard system
The United States adapt the gold standard system which means that currency can be exchanged by or for gold. -
Colorado becomes the first state to grant women the right to vote
Colorado takes the title of being the first state to grant voting rights to Women. -
The National Association of Colored Women is founded
The National Association of Colored Women is founded. This Association cosisted of more than 100 African-american Women's clubs. The leaders of this African-american association consisted of Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, Mary Church Terell and Anna Julia Cooper. -
The first modern Olympic Games are in place
In Athens, the first "modern Olympic Games" is held. 245 are participating in 43, representing 14 different countries. -
The second modern Olympic Games are held in Paris
The second modern Olympic Games are held in Paris. 75 events have 1,319 men from 26 different countries competing. In this game, 11 women were allowed to compete in lawn tennis and golf. -
The second modern Olympic Games are held in Paris
The second modern Olympic Games are held in Paris. 75 events have 1,319 men from 26 different countries competing. In this game, 11 women were allowed to compete in lawn tennis and golf. -
The St. Louis Games only has 13 countries competing
When the St. Louis Games were held, only 13 countries showed up to compete. One competor (Fred Lorz), rode a car for 11 miles of the marathon, yet was still considered as the winner. -
The Intercalated Games are held in Athens
The only Intercalated Games were held in Athens. During this time, the Greeks stated that the Interim games should happen only every four years. -
Sonora Smart Dodd
Sonora Smart Dodd organizes the first Father's Day Celebration on her father's birthday. The mayor of Spokane and governor of Washington supported the touching event. -
The 17th Amendment is in order
The 17th Amendment has been in order. Though, the amendment states that the U.S senetors that are running for presidency, must be elected by the people. The rule of the State Legislatures only being allowed to elect the U.S senetors, has been over thrown. -
The Federal Reserve System is founded
The Federal Reserve System is founded. -
Oklahoma was the last state to us the literacy test with the "grandfather clause rule"
Oklahoma was the last state to use the literacy test as a way to determine whether or not one should be granted the right to vote, with the extra "grandfather clause rule". -
President Calvin Coolage
President Calvin Coolage supports the idea and events of Father 's Day -
First Father's Day Meeting
The World-wide Father's Day Comitee holds a meeting in New York. -
Ceaser Chavez was born
Ceaser Chavez was born into a poor Mexican Family whom own(ed) a series of family buisnesses. -
There is a stock-market crash
There is a stock-market crash on October 24. This event soon develops the name "Black Thursday". -
The Great Depression has begun
The Great Depression has begun and over 10,000 banks have failed/closed down. -
Boris Nikolayevvich Yeltsin is born
Boris Nikolayevich is born in the Sverdlovsk Reigion. -
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is founded
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is founded to help prevent banks from failing/closing down. During the time, the United States closes the gold standard system down. -
The Federal Reserve Board takes over the Board of Governers
The Federal Reserve Board takes over the Board of Governers. Each term of the Federal Reserve Board is estimated at 14 years. -
Dr Hans Spemann suggested an out of the ordinary experiment
Dr Hans Spemann suggested that there was an experiment conducted where ( an un-fertilized egg of course), they would switch the original nucleas, with a completley different one. -
The Chavez family was evicted from their own home
The Chavez family lost so much of their wealth that they were evicted from their own home and had to become migrant workers in Arizona and California. -
Cassius Marcellus Clay is born
Cassius Marcellus Clay or Muhammed Ali is born on January 17th. -
Ceaser Chavez quit secondary school for work
Cesar Chavez quit secondary school to be a full-time worker on the farmlands. -
Ceaser Chavez joins the U.S. Navy
Ceaser Chavez enrolls in the U.S Navy, which he serves for, for two years. -
Ceaser Chavez marries Helen Favela
Cesar Chavez marries Helen Favela. Throughout their marriage they have eight children. Ceaser Chavez works as a ranch hands and at a lumber yard in San Jose, California. -
Ceaser Chavez joins the Community Service Organization
Ceaser Chavez joins the Community Service Organization, which then leads him to become the organizer of the Mexican American Community. -
The structure of the DNA was discovered
The structure of a DNA was discovered by Francis C. Crick and James D. Watson. -
Congress Acknowledge the Father's Day obeservance
The Father's Day Observance is acknowledged by Congress. -
Boris Nikovayevich Yeltsin marries Naina Losifovna Girina
Boris Nikolayevich marries Naina Losifovna Girina. Throughout the years of their marriage, they have two daughters named Yelena and Tatyana. -
Ceaser Chavez becomes the executive director of Community Service Organization
Ceaser Chavez becomes the executive director of the Community Service Organization. He is then "upgraded" or moved if you will, to the organization's headquaters in Los Angeles, U.S.A. -
Muhammed Ali wins the light-heavyweight gold medal
Muhammed Ali wins the light-heavyweight gold medal but throws it into the river becomes of recieving racial slurs. In the same year, he becomes a professional boxer and wins his first two matches. -
Ceaser Chavez becomes the founder of National Farm Workers Assciation
Ceaser Chavez becomes the founder of the National Farm Workers Association in Delano, California. The organization aims to help grant the rights of a minumum wage, insurance and collective bargaining to farm workers. -
Muhammed Ali changes his name
Muhammed Ali has an impecible 19-0 score, but he is still seen as a underdog. In the same year, he announces he is a African-amercian muslim. That is why he has two names, he changed his name to Muhammed Ali after announcing he is a African-american muslim. -
Father's Day becomes a National Holiday
President Lyndon Johnson announces that Father's Day is an official National Holiday. -
A frog was cloned
A frog was cloned by taking the intestinal cell of a tadpole into a enucleated frog egg. This experiment was developed by Dr. John B. Gurdon. -
Prince Charles of Wales and Camilla Shand meet
At a polo match, Prince Charles of Wales meets Camilla Shand. They begin to date. -
Muhammed Ali returns to Atlanta
Muhammed Ali returns to Atlanta where he Knocks-out Jerry Quarry in three rounds, because there is no boxing commision in Georgia. -
Prince Charles joins the Royal Navy
Prince Charles joins the Royal Navy, during this time, his love life (which is with Camilla Shand), begins to fall apart. -
Lance Armstrong is born in Texas
The Teenager (at the time), gives birth to her son, Lance Armstrong, in Texas. -
President Richard Nixon says Father's Day is being observed
President Richard Nixon says Father's Day to be observed on the third Sunday of June. -
There is the first succesful gene splicing
Paul Berg and Stanley N. Cohen conducted the first succesful gene splicing. -
Camilla Shand marries Andrew Parker Bowles
Camilla Shand finds a new partner (Cavalry Officer, Andrew Parker Bowles), which she marries in July. -
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin becomes a hardworking secretary of the Sverdlovsk District Central Comitee
Boris Nikovalayevich Yeltsin becomes the secretary of the Sverdlovsk District Central Comitee. He was praised for his enthusiastic performance. -
Prince Charles and Diana Spencer meet
Prince Chalres meets Diana Spencer (whom at the time was a teenager), for the first time. -
The first "dish baby" is concieved
The first "dish baby" is concieved to Leslie brown in the United Kingdom. -
A new bacterium may be patened
The U.S Supreme Court states that a new bacterium may be patened. -
121 pupils die of Gay Cancer
121 pupils die of Gay Cancer. -
Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer marry
Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer marry in London. -
There is a new name for Gay Cancer
Scientists develop another name for Gay Cancer, which is A.I.D.S. -
H.I.V is discovered by Dr. Robert Gallo
H.I.V. (a diseas that causes A.I.D.S) was discovered by Dr. Robert Gallo from the National Institutes of Health. -
Dr. Steen M. Willadsen clones a lamb
Dr. Steen M. Willadsen clones a lamb by developing a sheep unborn cell. His experiment was mimicked by many other sceintists who tried this on a wide variety of different animals. -
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin and Mikhail Gorbachev have an outting together
Mikhail Gorbachev (general secretary of the Communist), invites Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin to Moscow because of being the secretary of the Central Committee for Construction. -
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin is promoted
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin is promoted to the title " first secretary of the Moscow City Party Committee". -
There are more A.I.D.S cases
The Soviet Union reports its first case of a perosn being diagnosed with A.I.D.S. Scientists also discover another type of A.I.D.S called HIV-2. -
Prince Charles was accused of having an affair with Camilla Shand
Prince Charles's biographer stated that Prince Charles began his affair with Camilla Shand. -
The Food and Drug Administration approves the drug AZT
The Food and Drug Administration approves the drug AZT, that is given to patients with A.I.D.S, which prolongs the life of the diagnosed patient for a while, by reducing the amount of infections. -
Lnace Armstrong is a sponsered athlete at age 16
At the age of 16, Lance Armstrong gets sponsored and competes in various competitions, maing him a young professional athlete. -
The extermination of Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin
The Moscow City Party Committeemeets with Mikhail Gorbachev. This meeting leads to the extermination of Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin because of his comments made towards Mikhail Gorbachev's ways. -
The World's A.I.D.S day is created
The World's A.I.D.S day is created by the World Health Organization. -
Lance qualifies to trian with the U.S Olympic development team
Lance becomes so good that he is qualified enough to trian with the U.S Olympic development team. -
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin is elected to the Soviet parliament
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin is elected to the Soviet parliament. His politcal side of his career bloomed when he sope his vocal protest against the corruption that was happening in the political elite. -
Lance Armstrong becomes the National Cycling Champion
Lance Armstrong becomes the National Cycling Amateur Champion. -
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin is the winner of the first popular Russian Federation presedential election
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin takes the title of the winner for the first popular Russian Federation presidential election. -
The achivements of Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin, that happened because or on this day
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin's large achievement of winning the first popular presidential election was on this day. He is also called the defender of democracy. -
Lance competes in various cycling competitions and is signed with the professional cycling team, the Motorola
Lance Armstrong places 14th on the individual road race, in the Barcelona Olympics. Lance then is signed with a professional cycling team called the Motorola, but finished last in his first ever professional race called the Classico San Sebastian. -
Lance Armstrong wins 10 titles and becomes the world's youngest road racing champion
Lance Armstrong wins 10 titles, including the U.S pro-championship title and the title of being stage 8 in the Tour De France. At 22 years old, Lance Armstrong becomes the world's youngest road racing champion. -
Dr Ned First clones calves
Dr Ned First clones calves from cells from early unborn. -
Dr. Ian Wilmut and Dr. Keith Campbell make the first cloned sheep
Dr. Ian Wilmut and Dr. Keith Campbell make the first cloned sheep in the world. They made the sheep from embryo cells. The sheep are named Megan and Morag. -
Father's Day is the 5th card selling holiday world-wide
On Father's Day, cards are being sold so much that they are the 5th national-most-card-selling-holiday. -
Wikipedia has been released
Wikipedia the world famous site has been released. -
American people have trouble buying Father's Day gifts
53% of Americans (whom celebreate Father's Day) have trouble chosing what to buy fathers for Father's Day. -
The website Stumbleupon is released
The website called Stumbleupon (a webstie that redirects internet users to another site if the url they requested cannot be found), is released. -
The website called LinkedIn is released
The social buisness site called LinkedIn is released. -
The site "Wordpress" is released
A site that hosts blogs called Wordpress is released. -
The famous company Google starts Gmail
The world-famous internet company called Google, starts its own email site, Gmail. -
Myspace is released
The fmaous site, Myspace is released. -
The website Flickr goes public
The website, Flickr (an image and video sharing website) goes public. -
The site called Facebook spreads through Universities
The site called Facebook spreads through many Universities. -
The site called Yelp is released
The site where people can review restaraunts, books etc, called Yelp begins. -
The website called DIGG is launched
The website called DIGG (a online social news website) is launched. -
The very famous site called Facebook reaches 1,000,000 memebers
The very famed website called Facebook reaches 1,000,000 members. -
The video sharing site called Youtube, goes live
Youtube (the video sharing website) goes live. -
The site called Mashable is released to the public
The news and blog website called Mashable is released to the public. -
High Schools in the U.S. can use Facebook
High Schools in the United States have the access to Facebook. -
More places have the access to Facebook
People in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, have access to Facebook. -
Myspace becomes the most popular social- networking site in the U.S
The website called Myspace becomes the number one most popular social-networking site in the whole Nation of the United States. -
The site called Twitter is launched
The site where people can make short posts during their day, called Twitter, is launched. -
Facebook adds the news feed feature to its website
Facebook adds the feauture of the news feed. Many of the users have mixed feeling because their every move on Facebook is being tracked and shared to their friends or even the world. -
Google purchases Youtube
Google purchases Youtube. -
Muhammed Ali refuses to join the U.S army
Muhammed Ali refuses to join the U.S army because of his religion. In June, Muhammed Ali is sentenced to five years in jail because of draft evasion. -
The late famed actor, Rock Hudson passes away from A.I.D.S
The late famed actor Rock Hudson passes away from A.I.D.S. As a result to this tragedy, the public starts to realize the affects of A.I.D.S. -
Roman Emperor Theodosis I discontinues the games
During the time period of 394 A.D, Roman Emperor Theodosius I, discontinues the games because of pagan practices being second priority. -
The website called WikiLeaks is launched
The website called WikiLeaks (a website where anonymous sources can post things) launches.
