People Who Have Made a Difference

By Megan Roberts

  • Thomas Edison founded Edison Electric Light Company in New York City.

    Thomas Edison founded Edison Electric Light Company in New York City.

  • Pablo Picasso's show opens at Berthe Weill Gallery

    Pablo Picasso's show opens at Berthe Weill Gallery

  • Mahatma Gandhi attempts to register all Indians as members into the Boer Republic Transvaal

    Mahatma Gandhi attempts to register all Indians as members into the Boer Republic Transvaal

  • Einstein completes General Theory of Relativity

    Einstein completes General Theory of Relativity

  • Frank Lloyd Wright starting using a building process called the textile block system

    Frank Lloyd Wright starting using a building process called the textile block system

  • Martha Graham presents her first independent concert at the 48th Street Theater in New York City

    Martha Graham presents her first independent concert at the 48th Street Theater in New York City

  • Amelia Earhart becomes first woman to fly across the Atlantic

    Amelia Earhart becomes first woman to fly across the Atlantic

  • Walt Disney: the U.S. State Department sent Disney and a group of animators to South America as part of its Good Neighbor policy, at the same time guaranteeing financing for the resultant movie, Saludos Amigos.

    Walt Disney: the U.S. State Department sent Disney and a group of animators to South America as part of its Good Neighbor policy, at the same time guaranteeing financing for the resultant movie, Saludos Amigos.

  • Maria Callas opens seasons at La Scala, Milan in "I Vespri Sicilani."

    Maria Callas opens seasons at La Scala, Milan in "I Vespri Sicilani."

  • Buckminster Fuller made first geodesic dome

    Buckminster Fuller made first geodesic dome

  • Alfred Hitchcock releases his famous movie "Psycho"

    Alfred Hitchcock releases his famous movie "Psycho"

  • Jim Henson shows The Muppets on the Today Show

    Jim Henson shows The Muppets on the Today Show

  • Bob Dylan sings during Civil Rights "March on Washington for jobs and freedom"

    Bob Dylan sings during Civil Rights "March on Washington for jobs and freedom"

  • Martin Luther King Jr. gives "I Have a Dream" speech

    Martin Luther King Jr. gives "I Have a Dream" speech

  • the Kennedy administration backed the coup against the government of Iraq headed by Abd al-Karim Qasim, who five years earlier had deposed the Western-allied Iraqi monarchy

    the Kennedy administration backed the coup against the government of Iraq headed by Abd al-Karim Qasim, who five years earlier had deposed the Western-allied Iraqi monarchy

  • Muhammad Ali fights Sonny Liston for Heavyweight title

    Muhammad Ali fights Sonny Liston for Heavyweight title

  • Gene Roddenberry creates the TV show Star Trek

    Gene Roddenberry creates the TV show Star Trek

  • John Lennon releases allbum "Imagine"

    John Lennon releases allbum "Imagine"

  • Ted Turner launches CNN

    Ted Turner launches CNN

  • Richard Branson founded Virgin Atlantic Airways