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First Immigrated
During 1899 to 1915 around half a million Slovak people traveled from their home country to America. Many Slovakians left because of overcrowding hoping to find new jobs, sometimes being paid more than 5 times the amount of their normal pay when they immigrated. -
Peak Immigration
In the year 1905 around 52,368 immigrated to the United States. 1905 marks the peak year for Slovak immigration. -
The Slovak League of America
In 1907 The Slovak League of America was born. It was created to help Slovak immigrants prepare to become a citizen of the United States. It was also created to advocate for Slovak welfare. -
New Classifiction
Slovak and other ethnic leaders were successfully able to convince individuals in power in the U.S. to classify people by their language rather than their country of origin. After the petition was signed and agreed upon, the Slovak people were no longer known as "Austrians" or "Hungarians". -
New Wave of Immigration
In 1948 many people part of the Czechoslovakia left their country due to communist take over. Many of the people that left were post-war political figures. -
Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences
In 1958 the Czech republic and the Slovaks formed an alliance in the United States. The alliance is known as the Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences. -
Slovakian Hockey
Besides Milan Hejduk, there were other Slovakian hockey players. One of the other Slovakian hockey players is called Stan Mikita. He played for The Chicago Blackhawks professional hockey team and he won the Stanley cup in 1861. -
The Slovak World Congress
In 1970 The Slovak World Congress was formed in New York. The organization soon became a leader to many Slovak people living abroad. -
Milan Hejduk
Milan Hejduk is a famous Avalanche player and is marked #5 of the best Players on the Avalanche team. He was born on February 14, 1976 and started to play hockey in 1998. He then retired in 2013 and is 47 years old, still living in Denver to this day. -
Slovak Ancestry
In 1991 around 1.8 million people were identified as having Slovak ancestry. This mean that a great amount of Slovak immigrants came over to America, enough to make up for a great portion of America's population. -
Stanley World Cup
Milan Hejduk won the Stanley cup on June 9th 2001 while playing for the Avalanche.