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Oct 12, 1492
Christopher Columbus Discovers America
In 1492 Christopher Columbus a great explorer found America. Many people thought that he was crazy because he said that the world was round but many others did not. Therfore giving him a bad reputation -
Aug 23, 1497
John Cabot
John Cabot was a very expirienced sailor. He was compared to Christopher Columbus beacause he found America for his country just like Christopher. -
May 10, 1534
Jaques Cartier explores Great Lakes + St. Lawrence River
Jaques Cartier starts his journey in 1534 looking for a passage westwasrd. But instead of finding a passage he finds the land of America. -
Roanoke, Virginia Island established by Walter Raleigh
Roanoke Island was granted rights to be colonized. But after it was finally colonized, everyone dissapeared. -
Captian John Smith explores and founds Jamestown
Captian John Smith was the founder of Jamestown in Virginia. He was also the one who explored Jamestown. -
First bought slaves
Twenty slaves in Virginia Africans were brought to Jamestown, they were the first slaves brought to the colonies. They were probably released from slavery after a period of time. -
Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower Compact is an agreement written by the first settlers arriving in New Plymoth -
1635 First Public School (Boston Latin School)
The Boston Latin School is a public exam school founded on April 23, 1635. In 2007 the school was named one of the top twenty high schools in the United States by U.S. News & World Report. -
1636 First college-Harvard college the first institute for higher education in a north American colony established at Cambridge in Massachusetts
Harvard is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard was named after its first benefactor, John Harvard. -
Slave trade begins
Colonial North America's slave trade begins when the first American slave carrier, Desire, was built and launched in Massachusetts. -
English Bill of Rights
The English Bill of Rights is the ten commandments made by the people. -
1749 - Ben Franklin - Lightning Rod
A lightning rod (US, AUS) or lightning conductor is a metal rod or conductor mounted on top of a building and electrically connected to the ground through a wire, to protect the building in the event of lightning. -
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French and Indain War
The French and Indian war was a war between The French and the Indains vs the British. -
Proclamation of 1763 by King George III
The proclamation by King George the third was created for six reasons
1) calm the fighting,
2) so he could hold control,
3) be respected,
4) to be honored again,
5) just for the glory,
6) he didn't care about the people. http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_did_King_George_issue_the_proclamation_of_1763#ixzz1ZGxwG3lg -
1766 stamp act
The stamp act was a way to tax the americans, to help them pay for the war they just had, on paper. -
Santa Claus
In 1773 Santa Claus first appeared in media as St. A Claus. -
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Revolution
The Revolution was a war between Great Britian and the thirteen colonies of America. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Idependence is an announcement that previous British people will no be part of their own country instead of being controlled by Great Britian. -
Vermont frees slaves
In 1777 Vermont became the first slave free state. -
1787 Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation were to replace the Constitution, and allow confederation states to deal with forgien affairs alone. They had no troops to have this processed so it did not happen. -
Constitution
The constitution is a piece of paper that contains 27 amendments. The Constitution was made from the Articles of Confederation -
Delaware
The Blue Hen Chicken is their official state bird. -
Pennsylvania
The first automobile service station was made in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. -
New Jersey
New Jersey has the highest population density in the U.S. , an average 1,030 people per sq. mi., which is 13 times the national average. -
Georgia
In Gainesville, the Chicken Capital of the World it is illegal to eat chicken with a fork. -
Connecticut
Cattle branding in the United States began in Connecticut when farmers were required by law to mark all of their pigs. -
Massachusetts
The fig newton was named after Newton, Massachusetts. -
Maryland
In 1830 the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company built the first railroad station in Baltimore. -
South Carolina
Myrtle Beach is in the center of the Grand Strand, a 60-mile crescent of beach on the South Carolina coast. In the last 25 years, Myrtle Beach has become the best resort destination on the East Coast. -
New Hampshire
Of the thirteen original colonies, New Hampshire was the first to declare its independence from England, a total of six months before the Declaration of Independence was signed. -
Virginia
The biggest cash crop of Virginia is tobacco and many of the people who live there earn their living from the tobacco industry. -
New York
The first ever Chess tounament was held in New York. -
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George Washington presidency
Washington grew marijuana on his farm and promoted its growth for soil stabilization. -
North Carolina
The Outer Banks of NC has some of the most beautiful beaches in the country. -
Census 1790
Four Million -
Rhode Island
1.Rhode Island is the smallest state in the US. It covers an area of 1,214 square miles. Its distances North to South are 48 miles and East to West 37 miles. -
Vermont
2.With fewer than nine thousand people in Montpelier, Vermont it is the smallest state capital in the U.S. -
Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution on this date. -
Kentucky
The Kentucky Derby is the oldest continuing horse race in the country. It is held at Churchill Downs in Louisville on the first Saturday in May. -
1793 - Eli Whitney - Cotton Gin
A cotton gin is a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds, a job formerly performed by hand, The fibers are processed into cotton goods, and the seeds may be used to grow more cotton or to produce cottonseed oil; if they are badly damaged, they are disposed. -
11th Amendment
This amendment states that one citizen in a state, can sue another state in an original action in the Supreme Court. Read more: http://www.answers.com/topic/amendment-xi-to-the-u-s-constitution#ixzz1ZMnMpjbR -
Tennessee
Tennessee won its nickname as The Volunteer State during the War of 1812 when volunteer soldiers from Tennessee displayed Valor in the war of 1812. -
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John Adams presidency
John Adams was the longest living president. -
Census 1800
5.3 million -
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Thomas Jefferson presidency
Jefferson kept a mockingbird named dick in the white house with him, and let it ride around on his shoulder. -
Ohio
The first ambulance service was established in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1865. -
12th Amendment
States that the person voting must be alone when voting for the vice president and president. -
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James Madison presidency
Madison was the shortest president at 5' 4'' -
census 1810
7.2 million -
Louisiana
The world famous "Mardi Gras" is held in New Orleans, Louisiana. -
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The war of 1812
The war of 1812 was between the US and the Bristish Empire. -
Indiana
The first long-distance car race in the U. S. was held May 30, 1911, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The winner only had a 70 mph average. -
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James Monroe presidency
Monroe was the first president to ride on a steamboat -
Mississippi
In 1963 the University of Mississippi Medical Center finished the world's first human lung transplant. -
Illinois
The world's first Skyscraper was built in Chicago, 1885. -
Alabama
Alabama workers built the first rocket to put humans on the moon. -
Census 1820
9.6 million -
Maine
Maine is the only state that shares its border with only one other state. -
Missouri
The 'Show Me State' phrase may have began in 1899 when Congressman Willard Duncan Vandiver stated, "I'm from Missouri and you've got to show me." -
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John Adams presidency
Adams was the first president to have his picture taken. -
1829 - Graham Cracker
The Grham Cracker was developed in 1829 in Bound Brook, New Jersey, by Presbyterian minister Rev. Sylvester Graham. Though called a cracker, it is sweet rather than salty and so it is a cookie. -
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Andrew Jackson presidency
Jackson learned to read before he was five years old. -
1830 census
12.8 million -
Indian Removal Act
First legislation that got rid of the U.S. policy of respecting the rights of American Indians. -
1833 Oberlin college first college to accept women
Oberlin College is a private liberal arts college in Oberlin, Ohio. It was the first American institution of higher learning to regularly admit female and black students. -
1835 Oberlin college first school to accept blacks
Oberlin College is a private liberal arts college in Oberlin, Ohio. It was the first American institution of higher learning to regularly admit female and black students. -
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Texas Revolution
The Texas Revolution is a war between the settlers of Texas and Mexicans. -
Arkansas
Elevations in the state range from 54 feet above sea level in the far southeast, to 2,753 feet above at Mount Magazine, the state's highest point. -
1837 - U of M- 1817 - Founded in Detroit, Moved to Ann Arbor in 1837
The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. The university was founded in 1817 in Detroit as the Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania, about 20 years before Michigan officially became a state. -
Michigan
Detroit is known in the US as the car capital of the world. -
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Martin Van Buren presidency
Van Buren was the only president who's first language wasn't english. (He spoke Dutch) -
1839 - Vulcanized Rubber - Charles Goodyear
Vulcanization is a chemical process for converting rubber or related polymers into more durable materials. -
Census 1840
17 million -
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William Harrison presidency
Harrison died because of complications from pneumonia on his 32nd day of office. -
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John Tyler presidency
John Tyler had 14 children. -
Florida
Miami is the only metropolitan area in the United States whose borders are around two national parks. -
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James Polk
Polk died of exhaustion only three months after his term ended. -
Alexander Cartwright, invention of baseball
Cartwright is believed to be the first person to draw a baseball field as a diamond, and the modern rules for baseball are modeled after the rules that he invented -
Iowa
Ripley's Believe It or Not says Burlington's Snake Alley the most crooked street in the world. -
Texas
Texas is known as the lone-star state because at one point they were their one country. -
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Mexican American War
The Mexican American war was a war between the Mexicans and the US. The US claimed a lot of previous Mexico in this war. -
1847 - Doughnut
A doughnut is a fried dough food and is popular in many countries and prepared in various forms as a sweet (or occasionally savory) snack that can be homemade or purchased in bakeries, supermarkets, food stalls, and franchised. -
Wisconsin
Wisconsins rivers stretch a total of 26,767 miles. -
Census 1850
23 million -
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Zachry Taylor presidency
Zachry Taylor died while in office. It is believed that he died of stomach flu. -
California
California's Mount Whitney is the highest peak in the lower 48 states. Its most famous climb is Mount Whitney Trail to the 14,495 feet summit. Wilderness permits are required. -
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Millard Fillmore presidency
Fillmore and his wife had a personal library of 4,000 books -
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Franklin Pierce presidency
Pierce was the first president to put a Christmas tree in the White House -
1855 - Michigan State
Michigan State University (MSU) is a public research university in East Lansing, Michigan. MSU pursued the studies of packaging, hospitality business, telecommunication and music therapy.
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James Buchanan presidency
Buchanan is the only president who was born in New Hampshire. -
1858 - Pencil Eraser - Hymen Lipman
An eraser or rubber is an article of stationery that is used for rubbing out pencil. -
1858 - Pencil Eraser - Hymen Lipman
An pencil eraser or rubber is an article of stationery that is used for rubbing out pencil. -
Minnesota
The Mall of America in Bloomington is the size of 78 football fields, 9.5 million square feet. -
Oregon
Oregon's flag has designs on both sides of it. -
Census 1860
31.4 million -
1860 - Repeating Rifle - Benjamin Tyler Henry
The original Henry rifle was a .44 caliber rimfire, lever-action, breech-loading rifle made by Benjamin Tyler Henry. The Henry rifle was an improved version of the earlier Volcanic Repeating rifle. -
1861 - Jelly Bean - William Schrafft
Jelly beans are a bean-shaped type of confectionery with a hard candy shell and a gummy interior which come in a wide variety of flavors. The confection is made of sugar. -
Kansas
At one time it was against the law to serve ice cream on cherry pie in Kansas. -
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Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln nearly died in 1818 from being kicked in the head by a horse. -
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American Civil War
The American Civil War is a war between the North and the South. -
1861 - Machine Gun - Richard Gatling
Dr. Richard Jordan Gatling (September 12, 1818 – February 26, 1903) was an American inventor best known for his invention of the Gatling gun. The Gatling gun was the first succesful machine gun. -
West Virginia
West Virginia has the oldest population of any state. The median age is 40 years old. -
1863 - Breakfast Cereal - James Caleb Jackson
A breakfast cereal (or just cereal) is a food made more or less from processed grains often, but not always, eaten with the first meal of the day or sometimes as a snack later in the day. -
Nevada
In 1899 Charles Fey invented a slot machine named the Liberty Bell. The device became the model for all slots to follow. -
Slavery ends
In 1865 slavery was abolished. -
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Andrew Johnson presidency
Johnson was the first president to be impeached. -
Nebraska
Nebraska used to be called "The Great American Desert". -
14th Amendment
All people born in the US are US citizens. -
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Ulysses S Grant presidency
Grant ate his meat so well done it was almost charred, -
American football
1869 was the first season of intercollegiate football. -
Census 1870
38.6 million -
Africans can vote
In 1870 African-Americans can vote. -
15th Amendment
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied. -
1873 - Jeans - Levi strauss
Levi Strauss was a German-Jewish immigrant to the United States who founded the first company to manufacture blue jeans. -
Colorado
Colorado is the only state in history, to turn down the Olympics. In 1976 the Winter Olympics were going to be held in Denver. -
1877- Toilet Paper- Seth Wheeler
Twenty-six billion rolls of toilet paper, worth about US$2.4 billion, are sold yearly in America. Toilet paprer is used after using the bathroom. -
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Ruthford Hayes presidency
Hayes was the first president to use a telephone in office. -
1879 - Light Bulb - Thomas Alva Edison
The incandescent light bulb, incandescent lamp or incandescent light globe makes light by heating a metal filament wire to a high temperature until it glows. -
Census 1880
50.1 million -
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James Garfield presidency
Garfield was assassinated by Charles Guiteau 200 days after his presidency began. -
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Chester Arthur presidency
Arthur had no vice president and did not make an inagural adress. -
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Grover Cleveland's 1st presidency
Grover Cleveland was the 22nd and 24th president because he ran twice, but with one president in between them. -
1886 - Coca-Cola - John S. Pemberton
Coca cola is a carbonated drink invented by John S pemberten. Coke is now the biggest drink company in the U.S. -
George Hancock, Softball
Hancock, while a reporter for the Chicago board of trade invented the game of softball. It was invented when one man found a boxing glove and threw it and another hit it with a stick. -
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Benjamin Harrison presidency
Harrison was the first president to have his voice preserved. -
North Dakota
North Dakota passed a bill in 1987 to make English the official state language. -
South Dakota
Gutzon Borglum began drilling into the 6,200-foot Mount Rushmore in 1927. Creation of the Shrine to Democracy took 14 years and cost a mere $1 million, though it's now considered priceless. -
Montana
Montana has the largest mirgating elk herd in the nation. -
Washington
Washington is the only state to be named after a United States president. -
Census 1890
62.9 million -
Idaho
In Idaho law forbids a citizen to give another citizen a box of candy that weighs more than 50 pounds. -
Wyoming
Wyoming's license plates has a man on a bucking bronco. -
1890 - Stop Sign - William Phelps Eno
Stop signs originated in Michigan in 1915. There are many different stop signs across the world. -
1892-CMU
Central Michigan University (also known as CMU) is a public research university located in Mount Pleasant in the U.S. state of Michigan. Established in 1892. -
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Grover Cleveland's 2nd presidency
Grover Cleveland's actual name is Stephen Grover Cleveland. Later in his life he decided to be called by his middle name. -
1893 - Radio - Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla was a , mechanical engineer, and electrical engineer. He was an important contributor to the birth of commercial electricity, and is best known for his many revolutionary developments in the field of electromagnetism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. -
1894- Corn Flakes- Will Keith Kellogg
Dr. John Harvey Kellogg, the superintendent of The Battle Creek Sanitarium in Michigan and an Adventist, used these recipes as part of a strict vegetarian regimen for his patients. -
Volleyball is invented
William Morgan invented volleyball at a YMCA in Massechusetts. -
Utah
Utah made the first department store. -
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Willliam McKinley presidency
McKinley was assassinated by an anarchist not long into his second term. -
Census 1900
76.2 million -
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Theodore Roosevelt
The Teddy Bear was named after Theodore Rosevelt. -
1901 - Car - Oldsmobile - Ransom E. Olds
He claimed to have built his first steam car as early as 1894, and his first gasoline powered car in 1896. The modern assembly line and its basic concept is credited to Olds, who used it to build the first mass automobile, the Oldsmobile Dash beginning in 1901. -
1901 - Assembly Line - Henry Ford
Henry Ford may not have made the first car but he made the first assembly line. His first mass produced car was the model t. We still use the assemblyy line today -
1902- Teddy Bear - Morris Michtom
Morris Mitcom was an Russian Jewish immigrant, who with his wife Rose invented the Teddy Bear. -
1904 - Banana Split - David Strickler
David Strickler, a d apprentice pharmacist at Tassel Pharmacy in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, who enjoyed inventing sundaes at the store's soda fountain, invented the banana-based triple ice cream sundae in 1904. -
Oklahoma
Oklahoma is the place where the first installed parking meter was held. -
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William Howard Taft presidency
Taft is the only person to serve as president and Chief Justice of the United States. -
Census 1910
92.2 million -
New Mexico
Santa Fe is the highest capital city in the United States. 7,000 feet above sea level. -
Arizona
The Arizona trout is found in only Arizona. -
16th amendment
The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes. -
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Woodrow Wilson presidency
Wilson was pictured on the 100,000 dollar bill, but it was never put into circulation. -
17th Amendment
The Senate of the United States shall bemade of two Senators from each State, elected by the people there, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. -
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World War 1
The thing that cuased this war is the assasination of the heir to the throne of Austria. -
18th amendment
It disallowed the manufacturing or distributing alcohol. -
Census 1920
106 million -
19th amendment
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied by the United States or by any State because of sex (women are allowed to vote). -
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Warren Harding presidency
Harding won in the biggest presidential popular vote landslide at 60.36% to 34.19%. -
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Calvin Coolidge presidency
When Warren Harding died, Coolidge was sworn in by his own father. -
1927 - Kool Aid
Kool-Aid was invented by Edwin Perkins. All of his experiments took place in his moms kitchen. -
1927- Television - Philo T. Farnsworth
Philo Farnsworth made the world's first working television system with electronic scanning of both the pickup and display devices, He first demonstrated it to the press on 1 September 1928. -
Mickey Mouse
Mickey Mouse was created in 1928 by Walt Disney. -
1928 - Bubble Gum - Walter Diemer “Double Bubble”
Dubble Bubble is a brand of bubble gum invented in 1928 by Philadelphia-based Fleer. Walter E. Diemer an accountant at Fleer enjoyed experimenting with recipes during his free time. -
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Herbert Hoover presidency
Hoover did not make any money from his presidency. He donated some to charity and used the rest to add to the salary of the men under him. -
Census 1930
123 million -
1931 - Electric Guitar - George Beauchamp and Adolph Rickenbacker
The first electrically amplified guitar was invented by George Beauchamp. Commercial production began in late summer of 1932 by the Ro-Pat-In Corporation. -
20th Amendment
On the twentieth day of January at noon the presidents and vice presidents term will end. The congress will asselmble once every year. If the vice president has not been elected and the president dies the vice president will be elected like a president. -
21st amendment
States that the 18th amendment shall be repealed, and that The transportation into any State, Territory, or possession of the United States for delivery or use therein of liquors, in violation of the laws thereof, is hereby prohibited. -
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Franklin Roosevelt presidency
Roosevelt died just befor the allies defeated Hitler. -
1938 - Soft Serve Ice Cream
In 1934, Tom Carvel, the founder of the Carvel brand and franchise, suffered a flat tire in his ice cream truck in Hartsdale, New Yorks so he pulled into a parking lot next to a pottery store and began selling his melting ice cream to vacationers driving by. He soon relized he sold all his icecream and started selling more. -
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World War 2
This war started when the Germans invaded Poland. -
Census 1940
132 million -
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Harry S Truman
The S in Truman's name doesn't stand for anything, it's just a letter. -
1948 - Video Game
The first video game was made in 1948. It used a analog controlor. -
1948 - Cable TV
Durin the 1940s channels didnt like antenna tradio so they created cable. -
1950
151 million -
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Korean War
The Korean war was a war between North Korea and South Korea. -
22nd amendment
States that all presidents can only have two terms of presidency. -
1952 - Barcode
In 1948 Bernard Silver, a graduate student at Drexel Institute of Technology in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, overheard the local food chain, Food Fair, asking one of the deans to research a system to automatically read product information during checkout. Him and his friend created that. -
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Dwight Eisenhower presidency
Eisenhower was the first person to be president of all 50 states. -
1956 - Video Tape
Bing Crosby Enterprises gave the world's first demonstration of a videotape recording in Los Angeles. In 1956 they were released publicaly. -
Alaska
On October 18, 1867 Alaska officially became the part of the United States. -
Hawaii
There are only 12 letters in the Hawaiian alphabet.
1.Vowels: A, E, I, O, U
2.Consonants: H, K, L, M, N, P, W -
Census 1960
179.3 million -
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Vietnam War
The only reason that the US joined the Vietnam war was because they wanted to prevent communism. -
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Also known as JFK, Kennedy was thirty-fifth president, serving from 1961 until his assasination in 1963 -
23rd amendment
States that people in Washington D.C. can vote for the president. -
1963 - Computer Mouse
Engelbart invented the mouse. The idea came from a telegrapher. It had two buttons only. -
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Lyndon Baines Johnson
Also known as LBJ, he was one of the four people to serve in all four federal offices: Represenative, Senator, Vice President, and the President. -
24th amendment
Anyone who has not payed their taxes can still vote for the president. -
1964 - Buffalo Wings
The first story is that Buffalo wings were first prepared at the Anchor Bar by Teressa Bellissimo, who owned the bar along with her husband Frank -
1965 - CD
The Compact Disc is a spin-off of Laserdisc technology. Sony was the first compony to release them. -
1965 - Minicomputer ($18,000!)
The term evolved in the 1960s to describe the "small" third generation computers that became possible with the use of integrated circuit. They usually took a large refrigerator or two. -
25th amendment
If the president dies then the vice president will take his spot. if the vice president spot is open then the president will choose another upon confirmation of both houses of congress. -
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Richard Milhous Nixon
Nixon was the only president to resign from office. -
Census 1970
203 million -
Email is invented
Email was invented in 1971 by Ray Tomlinson. -
26th amedment
Anyone over the age of eighteen shall not be denied the right to vote. -
Cell phone is invented
Martin Cooper invented the cell phone in 1937 while he was working for motorola. The first publicly available cell phone cost $3,500. -
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Gerald Rudolph Ford
Ford was the thirty-eighth president and arguably had the worst economy since the great depression. -
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James Earl Carter Jr.
Carter was the thirty-ninth president, and was the recipient of Nobel Peace Prize after he left office. -
Census 1980
226.5 million -
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Ronald Wilson Reagan
Reagan, before his presidency, was a, radio, film, and telivision actor. -
laptop is invented
The first laptop was invented by Adam Osbourne in 1981. It was called the Osbourne 1 and sold for $1,795. -
Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) is invented
The NES was originally released in Japan as the "Famicom" (family computer). -
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George Herbert Walker Bush
At the age of 18 Bush was the youngest aviator in the Navy at the time. He then attended Yale, and became a millionaire at the age of forty. -
Census 1990
248.7 million -
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Persian Gulf War
The invasion of Kuwait by Iraq troops was the reason that this war started. -
27th amendment
No law, changing the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of representatives shall have intervened. -
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William Jefferson Clinton
He served as the forty-second president. When he bacame president at the age of forty-six he was the third youngest president. -
Census 2000
281.4 million -
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George Walker Bush
He became the second president to be the son a former president. -
2001 U.S invasion of afghanistan
Afghanistan has been invaded many times, its boundaries and governments almost always in dispute. Contolling Afgahnistan is a big part of controlling South America. -
iPod is invented
Tony Fadell worked with apple and lead a group of about 30 people to create a better .mp3 player. Today over 20% of americans have an ipod. Even Yoda has one. -
Invasion of Iraq
The 2003 invasion of Iraq (March 19–May 1, 2003), was the start of the conflict known as the Iraq War or also Operation Iraqi Freedom in which a combined force of troops from the United States, the United Kingdom, and smaller contingents from Australia and Poland invaded Iraq and toppled the regime of Saddam Hussein in 21 days of major combat operations. -
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Barack Hussein Obama
He was the first african-american president to hold office. He also attended Harvard. -
Census 2010
308.7 million
