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Jun 24, 1564
PENCIL
Graphite came into widespread use following the discovery of a large graphite deposit in Borrowdale, England in 1564. Originally, graphite sticks were wrapped in string. Later, the graphite was inserted into hollowed-out wooden sticks and, thus, the wood-cased pencil was born! -
President letter
President Nixon's letter of resignation is addressed to the Secretary of State.When Kissinger initialed the document at 11:35 a.m., Nixon's resignation became official. -
shoes
Jan Ernst Matzeliger (September 15, 1852 – August 24, 1889) was an African-American inventor in the shoe industry. Matzeliger was born in Paramaribo (then Dutch Guyana, now Suriname). His father was a Dutch engineer. He was very wealthy and very well educated. -
reeses
Reese was born May 24, 1879 in Pennsylvania to a farming family. He married in 1900 and went on to have sixteen children. (Yes, 16!) By 1903, not surprisingly, he was struggling to support his growing family, so took on all manner of jobs from butcher to factory worker -
PIZZA
An often recounted story holds that on 11 June 1889, to honour the Queen consort of Italy, Margherita of Savoy, the Neapolitan pizzamaker Raffaele Esposito created the "Pizza Margherita", a pizza garnished with tomatoes, mozzarella, and basil, to represent the national colours of Italy as on the Italian flag. -
head phones
1895 – Thanks to the Electrophone system, in 1895 folks could start rocking out to the sick beats of the local opera house from the comfort of their own home. Subscribers to the pricey service would listen through headphones that looked more like stethoscopes than a modern offerings as very large people produced very big sound on a stage miles away. -
ROSA PARKS
Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was an African-American Civil Rights activist, whom the United States Congress called "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom movement" -
MALCOlM X
Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little and also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, was an American Muslim minister and a human rights activist. -
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR
Michael Luther King, Jr., but later had his name changed to Martin.King's family long tenure as pastors of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. -
News Paper
The Chicago Defender announces President Truman's executive order ending segregation in the U.S. armed forces. -
Television
The television was a toy for only a few thousand wealthy Americans. Later On about two-thirds of American households had a television. -
philip mangano
He had been shot three times in the head. Albert Anastasia is believed to be responsible for the assassination of Philip Mangano. -
Japanese peace treaty
the San Francisco peace conference. There, with the American negotiator John Foster Dulles and representatives of 47 nations, he hammered out the final details of the Treaty of Peace with Japan. -
Dwight David Eisenhower
34th president of the United states of America. Dwight was a member of the American Battle Monuments Commission. -
Meyer Lansky
Lansky served three months in a New York prison .after he plead guilty to five of the 21 gambling charges against him. -
Bert The Turtle
Bert the Turtle warned American children to "duck and cover" durning the Cold War.All schools practiced the "duck and cover" drills in which children clambered beneath their desks. -
Korean war
Armistice signed (July 27). Chinese troops withdraw from North Korea. Over 200 violations of armistice noted to 1959. -
Joseph McCarthy
The Army fired back at the accusations, sending information about McCarthy and advisors abusing congressional privileges to known critics of McCarthy.Through the televised investigations into the United States Army and the reporters’ attack, the nation grew to realize that McCarthy was “evil and unmatched in malice.” -
vietnam war
The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States.It was an intense Cold War between two global superpowers. -
battlefield:vietnam
Vietnamese forces celebrate their victory over the French.Vietnamese forces occupy the French command post at Dien Bien Phu and the French commander orders his troops to cease fire. -
The supreme court
The Supreme Court — in the case of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka — rule. the public segregation of schools was a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment. -
Rebel without a Cause
This Nobel Was a story of anguished middle-class juvenile delinquents. The main characters in this novel "came from good families." -
Emmett Till
Emmett Louis Till (July 25, 1941 – August 28, 1955) was an African-American teenager who was murdered in Mississippi at the age of 14 after reportedly flirting with a white woman. -
Spy Planes
U-2 spy planes infiltrated Soviet airspace .they were taking photos & also were trying to determine the number of bomber planes possessed by the USSR. -
Novel
The novel was published in 1957. The young people dissatisfied with the blandness of American culture . -
The little rock nine
The story of the Little Rock Nine and the events of the 1957 desegregation crisis are artfully told in the Central High national historic site museum. -
Laika Stamp
This stamp commemorates Laika, the dog that was sent into space. The launch of the first Sputnik earlier that year triggered a massive American effort. -
HIV/AIDS
The chimpanzee version of the immunodeficiency virus (called simian immunodeficiency virus or SIV) most likely was transmitted to humans and mutated into HIV when humans hunted these chimpanzees for meat and came into contact with their infected blood. Over decades, the virus slowly spread across Africa and later into other parts of the world. -
The Election
John F. Kennedy had spent time relaxing in Florida while Richard Nixon maintained a hectic campaign schedule. As a result, Kennedy appeared tan and relaxed during the debate while Nixon seemed a bit worn down. -
kenndey johnson
The combination of New Englander John F. Kennedy and Texan Lyndon B. Johnson created what some called a "Boston-Austin connection" that helped balance the 1960 Democratic ticket geographically. -
George Wallace
"Today I have stood, where once Jefferson Davis stood, and took an oath to my people. It is very appropriate that from this Cradle of the Confederacy, this very Heart of the Great Anglo-Saxon Southland, that today we sound the drum for freedom as have our generations of forebears before us done, time and again through history." -
Martin luther king
Martin Luther King Jr. Spoke to a crowd in Washington about Jobs and Freedom .Gave them sone type of motivation to keep going . -
John F Kennedy assassination
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, was the 35th President of the United States, John was assassinated at 12:30 p.m. -
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
as another sea battle, but instead evidence was found of Tonkin ghosts. National Security Agency historical study was declassified -
Robert f kenndey
He was known by his initials RFK, was an American politician from Massachusetts. He served as a Senator for New York from 1965. -
Robert f Kennedy
After winning the California and South Dakota primary elections for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States. Kennedy was shot as he walked through the kitchen of the Ambassador Hotel and died. -
Neil Armstrong
Neil Armstrong descends a ladder to become the first human to step onto the surface of the Moon. The mission durion took 8 days, 3 hours, 18 minutes, 35 seconds. -
Palestinian terrorists
Palestinian terrorists were responsible for the murder of 11 Israeli athletes, coaches, and judges . It all happened durning the olympics , hoping they release some people. -
Assassation attempt George Wallace
Had just finished talking to a crowd , taken off his coat shakin hands while 4-5 shots were fired . Was taken To a hospital right outside of Washington . -
Undoing a President
The Watergate office complex. The break-in that led to the first Presidential resignation in American history. -
Richard nixon
Richard Nixon delivers his trademark .Signing with both arms he prepared to leave the White House . -
Gerald Ford "WIN"
Gerald Ford hoped to curb the inflation rate with his "WIN" campaign .Even though his effort, inflation kept increasing throughout the 1970s. -
Jimmy carter
Jimmy Carter used his "common man" image to defeat Gerald Ford . He also do it to capture the White House . -
Elvis Presley
The passing Elvis Presley was in 1977. He Was A Role Model To many . -
Jimmy carter
Though Jimmy Carter's presidency is often remembered for creating sense. He was able to take step in the middle east on peace. -
Iran Crisis
During the crisis in Iran in U.S.. They broadcast videos of angry mobs in Iran and shouting, "Death to America." -
Michael Jordan
Michael Jordan dominated the sport from the mid-1980s to the late 1990s. He led the Chicago Bulls to six National Basketball Association championships. -
COLD WAR
It began with the rise of Mikhail Gorbachev as leader of the Soviet Union. Gorbachev was a revolutionary leader for the USSR. -
scrunchie
Jane Reid of Vancouver, Canada showed a version of the fabric-covered device (called the "Bunch Bangle" and meant to be worn as a stretchy bracelet) at a New York fashion accessories fair in 1984. Rommy Revson of New York patented the scrunchie design in the US in 1987. -
the incident movie
Harmon Cobb, defends a Nazi prisoner of war against murder charges ,World War II, Cobb has to contend with the difficulties of defending the devil when the town's only doctor dies while at Colorado. -
Miami Heat
The 1999-2000 Miami Heat season is the 12th season of the Miami Heat in the NBA.
