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Oct 12, 1492
Columbus “Discovers” America
Started sailing for spain in 1492 but ended up in america .October 12, 1492 is the day that he landed in America. picture by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Columbus -
Jan 1, 1497
John Cabot claims North America for England
1st English person to set put on america sence the Vikings. 1497 is the year that he came to america. picture by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:JohnCabotPainting.jpg -
May 10, 1534
Jacques Cartier explores the Great Lakes and the the St. Lawrence River
he left on may 10th 1534 for his 1st trip. picture by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Cartier -
Virginia colony of Roanoke Island established by Walter Raleigh
Sir Walter Raleigh sent some people to land in America to see what to do with it. His colony is called "The Lost Colony, " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roanoke_Colony -
Captain John Smith explorer and founder of Jamestown
John Smith setter in Jamestown on May,14 1607. John Smith was an Admiral of New England. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Smith_%28explorer%29 -
Important Dates in Slavery
1619 - Twenty slaves in Virginia Africans brought to Jamestown are the first slaves imported
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Goveronment Important dates
1620 - Mayflower Compact The Mayflower Compact was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayflower_Compact -
1635 - First Public School (Boston Latin School)
It is both the first public school and oldest existing school in the United States. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Latin_School -
Harvard College,
1636 - First College - Harvard College, the first institute for higher education in a north American
colony, established at Cambridge in Massachusetts -
Important Dates in Slavery
1636 - Colonial North America's slave trade begins when the first American slave carrier,
Desire, is built and launched in Massachusetts. -
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1689 - English Bill of Rights -
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1754 - 1763 French & Indian
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1763 - Proclamation of 1763 by King George III -
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1765 -1766 - Stamp Act -
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1776 - Declaration of Independence -
1773 - Santa Claus - Colonial America
Santa Claus, or Santa, is a figure in the culture of North America, The United Kingdom, Ireland,Australia, New Zealand and more who reflects an amalgamation of the Dutch Sinterklaas,[1] the English Father Christmas, and Christmas gift-bringers in other traditions.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Claus -
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1775 - 1784 Revolution
April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War -
Important Dates in Slavery
1777 - Vermont is 1st colony to free all slaves. -
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Government Important Dates
1781 - 1787 Articles of Confederation -
Government Important Dates
1787 - Constitution -
Delaware Dec. 7, 1787
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Pennsylvania Dec. 12, 1787
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New Jersey Dec. 18, 1787
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Georgia Jan. 2, 1788
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Connecticut Jan. 9, 1788
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Massachusetts Feb. 6, 1788
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Maryland Apr. 28, 1788
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South Carolina May 23, 1788
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New Hampshire June 21, 1788
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Virginia June 25, 1788
Virginia June 25, 1788 -
New York July 26, 1788
New York July 26, 1788 -
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George Washington, 1789-1797
1st president
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George Washington, 1789-1797
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North Carolina Nov. 21, 1789
North Carolina Nov. 21, 1789 -
population
4 million people lived in America -
Rhode Island May 29, 1790
Rhode Island May 29, 1790 -
1791 - Bill of Rights
1791 - Bill of Rights -
Vermont Mar. 4, 1791
Vermont Mar. 4, 1791 -
Kentucky June 1, 1792
Kentucky June 1, 1792 -
1793 - Eli Whitney - Cotton Gin
A cotton gin (short for cotton engine[2]) is a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton_Gin -
1749 - Ben Franklin - Lightning Rod
A lightning rod (US, AUS) or lightning conductor (UK) 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. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_Rod -
Government Important Dates
1795 - 11th Amendment -
Tennessee June 1, 1796
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John Adams, 1797-1801
American lawyer, statesman, diplomat and political theoristhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Adams -
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John Adams, 1797-1801
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population
5.3 million people lived in America -
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Thomas Jefferson, 1801-1809
was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson -
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Thomas Jefferson, 1801-1809
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Ohio Mar. 1, 1803
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Government Important Dates
1804 - 12th Amendment -
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James Madison, 1809-1817
was an American statesman and political theorist http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Madison -
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James Madison, 1809-1817
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population
7.2 million people lived in America -
Louisiana Apr. 30, 1812
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1812 - 1815 War of 1812
June 18, 1812 – February 18, 1815 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812 -
Indiana Dec. 11, 1816
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James Monroe, 1817-1825
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Mississippi Dec. 10, 1817
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Illinois Dec. 3, 1818
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Alabama Dec. 14, 1819
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9.6 million people lived in America -
Maine Mar. 15, 1820
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Missouri Aug. 10, 1821
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John Quincy Adams, 1825-1829
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1829 - Graham Cracker
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Andrew Jackson, 1829-1837
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population
12.8 million people lived in America -
Government Important Dates
1831- Indian Removal Act (1838 Trail of Tears) -
Oberlin College
1833 - Oberlin College - First college to accept Women
Oberlin College is a private liberal arts college in Oberlin, Ohio, noteworthy for having been the first American institution of higher learning to regularly admit female and black students.
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Oberlin College
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberlin_College
Oberlin College is a private liberal arts college in Oberlin, Ohio, noteworthy for having been the first American institution of higher learning to regularly admit female and black students. -
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1835 - 1836 Texas Revolution
October 2, 1835 – April 21, 1836 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Revolution -
Arkansas June 15, 1836
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West Virginia June 20, 1863
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U of M
1837 - U of M- 1817 - Founded in Detroit, Moved to Ann Arbor in 1837 -
Michigan Jan. 26, 1837
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Martin Van Buren, 1837-1841
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1839 - Vulcanized Rubber - Charles Goodyear
Vulcanization or vulcanisation is a chemical process for converting rubber or related polymers into more durable materials via the addition of sulfur or other equivalent "curatives
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population
23 million peolp -
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William Henry Harrison, 1841
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John Tyler, 1841-1845
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Florida Mar. 3, 1845
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James Knox Polk, 1845-1849
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1845 - Baseball - Alexander Cartwright
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The goal is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot square, or diamond.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball -
Texas Dec. 29, 1845
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1846 - 1848 Mexican American War
April 25, 1846 – February 2, 1848 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_American_War -
Iowa Dec. 28, 1846
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1847 - Doughnut
A doughnut or donut ( /ˈdoʊnət/ or /ˈdoʊnʌt/) is a fried dough food and is popular in many countries and prepared in various forms as a sweet
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Wisconsin May 29, 1848
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Zachary Taylor, 1849-1850
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Population
1850 - 23 million -
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Millard Fillmore, 1850-1853
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California Sept. 9, 1850
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Franklin Pierce, 1853-1857
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1855 - Michigan State
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James Buchanan, 1857-1861
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1858 - Pencil Eraser - Hymen Lipman
On 30 March 1858, Hymen Lipman received the first patent for attaching an eraser to the end of a pencil http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pencil#Eraser_attached -
Minnesota May 11, 1858
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Oregon Feb. 14, 1859
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Popultion
1860 - 31.4 million -
1860 - Repeating Rifle - Benjamin Tyler Henry
A repeating rifle is a single barreled rifle containing multiple rounds of ammunition -
Kansas Jan. 29, 1861
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1861 - 1865 American Civil War
April 12, 1861 – April 9, 1865 (last shot fired June 22, 1865) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War -
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Abraham Lincoln, 1861-1865
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1861 - Jelly Bean - William Schrafft
It wasn't until July 5, 1905 that the mentioning of jelly beans was published in the Chicago Daily News -
1861 - Machine Gun - Richard Gatling
A machine gun is a fully automatic mounted or portable firearm, usually designed to fire rounds in quick succession from an ammunition belt or large-capacity magazine, typically at a rate of several hundred rounds per minute.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_gun -
1863 - Breakfast Cereal - James Caleb Jackson
Ferdinand Schumacher, president of the American Cereal Company, created a cereal made from oats; manufacturing took place in Akron, Ohio
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakfast_cereal -
Nevada Oct. 31, 1864
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Important Dates in Slavery
1865 - 13th Amendment - Abolition of Slavery -
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Andrew Johnson, 1865-1869
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Nebraska Mar. 1, 1867
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Government Important Dates
1868 - 14th Amendment -
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Ulysses Simpson Grant, 1869-1877
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1869 - American Football - Walter Camp
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football,
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Popultion
1870 - 38.6 million -
Government Important Dates
1870 - 15th Amendment -
Important Dates in Slavery
1870 - African Americans’ Right to Vote -
1873 - Jeans - Levi Strauss
Some of the earliest American blue jeans were made by Jacob Davis, Calvin Rogers, and Levi Strauss in 1873
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeans -
Colorado Aug. 1, 1876
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Rutherford Birchard Hayes, 1877-1881
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1877- Toilet Paper- Seth Wheeler
Toilet paper is a soft paper product (tissue paper) used to maintain personal hygiene after human defecation or urination
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toilet_Paper -
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
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_Bulb -
Popultion
1880 - 50.1 million -
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James Abram Garfield, 1881
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Chester Alan Arthur, 1881-1885
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Grover Cleveland, 1885-1889
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1886 - Coca-Cola - John S. Pemberton
Coca-Cola is a carbonated soft drink sold in stores, restaurants, and vending machines in more than 200 countries
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca-Cola -
1887 - Softball - George Hancock
Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softball -
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Benjamin Harrison, 1889-1893
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North Dakota Nov. 2, 1889
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South Dakota Nov. 2, 1889
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Montana Nov. 8, 1889
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Washington Nov. 11, 1889
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Popultion
1890 - 62.9 million -
Idaho July 3, 1890
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Wyoming July 10, 1890
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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
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Michigan_University -
1893 - Radio - Nikola Tesla
In 1893, in St. Louis, Missouri, Nikola Tesla made devices for his experiments with electricity
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio -
1894- Corn Flakes- Will Keith Kellogg
In 1906, Will Keith Kellogg, who served as the business manager of the sanitarium, decided to try to mass-market the new food
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn_Flakes -
1895 - Volleyball
Volleyball is an Olympic team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.[1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volleyball -
1869 - Soccer - Princeton vs. Rutgers (6-4 Rutgers)
Association football, commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball. At the turn of the 21st century, the game was played by over 250 million players in over 200 countries,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soccer -
Utah Jan. 4, 1896
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William McKinley, 1897-1901
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Popultion
1900 - 76.2 million -
1901 - Assembly Line - Henry Ford
An assembly line is a manufacturing process (sometimes called progressive assembly) -
1901 - Car - Oldsmobile - Ransom E. Olds
It was founded by Ransom E. Olds in 1897. In its 107-year history, it produced 35.2 million cars, including at least 14 million built at its Lansing, Michigan factory. -
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Theodore Roosevelt, 1901-1909
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1902- Teddy Bear - Morris Michtom
The name Teddy Bear comes from former United States President Theodore Roosevelt, whose nickname was "Teddy". -
1904 - Banana Split - David Strickler
He staged an employee contest to come up with a new ice cream dish. When none of his workers were up to the task, he split a banana lengthwise, threw it into an elongated dish and created his own dessert http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_Split -
Oklahoma Nov. 16, 1907
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William Howard Taft, 1909-1913
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Popultion
1910 - 92.2 million -
New Mexico Jan. 6, 1912
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Arizona Feb. 14, 1912
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Government Important Dates
1913 - 16th Amendment (Income Tax) -
Government Important Dates
1913 - 17th Amendment (direct election of United States Senators by popular vote) -
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Woodrow Wilson, 1913-1921
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1914 - 1918 World War 1
28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_1 -
1915- Stop Sign - William Phelps Eno
Stop signs originated in Michigan in 1915.[19] The first ones had black letters on a white background and were 24 by 24 inches (61 × 61 cm)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_sign -
Government Important Dates
1919 - 18th Amendment (prohibits alcohol) -
Popultion
1920 - 106 million -
Government Important Dates
1920 - 19th Amendment - Women’s Right to Vote -
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Warren Gamaliel Harding, 1921-1923
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Calvin Coolidge, 1923-1929
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1927 - Kool Aid
Kool-Aid was invented by Edwin Perkins in Hastings, Nebraska, United States. All of his experiments took place in his mother's kitchen
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kool-Aid -
1927- Television - Philo T. Farnsworth
In 1927, Philo Farnsworth made the world's first working television system with electronic scanning of both the pickup and display devices,[12] which he first demonstrated to the press on 1 September 1928
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television -
1928 - Mickey Mouse - Walt Disney
Mickey Mouse is a cartoon character created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks at The Walt Disney Studio.[4] Mickey is an anthropomorphic black mouse and typically wears red shorts, large yellow shoes, and white gloves
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Mouse -
1928 - Bubble Gum - Walter Diemer “Double Bubble”
In 1928, Walter Diemer, an accountant for the Fleer Chewing Gum Company in Philadelphia, was experimenting with new gum recipes. One recipe was found to be less sticky than regular chewing gum, and stretched more easily.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubble_gum -
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Herbert Clark Hoover, 1929-1933
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Popultion
1930 - 123 million -
1931 - Electric Guitar - George Beauchamp and Adolph Rickenbacker
Invented in 1931, the electric guitar became a necessity as jazz musicians sought to amplify their sound. Since then, the electric guitar has undeniably become one of the most important instruments in popular music around the world.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Guitar -
Government Important Dates
1933 - 21st Amendment - Repeal 18th amendment. -
Government Important Dates
1933 - 21st Amendment - Repeal 18th amendment. -
Government Important Dates
1933 - 20th Amendment - Jan. 20 inauguration. -
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1933-1945
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1938 - Soft Serve Ice Cream
Soft serve is generally lower in milk-fat (3% to 6%) than ice cream (10% to 18%) and is produced at a temperature of about −4 °C compared to ice cream, which is stored at −15 °C.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_serve_ice_cream -
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1939 - 1945 World War 2
1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_2 -
Popultion
1940 - 132 million -
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Harry S. Truman, 1945-1953
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1948 - Cable TV
Cable television is a system of providing television programs to consumers via radio frequency (RF) signals transmitted to televisions through coaxial cables or digital light pulses through fixed optical fibers located on the subscriber's property,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable_TV -
1948 - Video Game
Video games typically use additional means of providing interactivity and information to the player.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game -
Poplultion
1950 - 151 million -
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1950 - 1953 Korean War
25 June 1950 – present
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War -
Government Important Dates
1951 - 22nd Amendment - 2 term limit for President. -
1952 - Barcode
A barcode is an optical machine-readable representation of data, which shows data about the object to which it attaches
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcode -
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Dwight David Eisenhower, 1953-1961
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1956 - Video Tape
A videotape is a recording of images and sounds on to magnetic tape as opposed to film stock or random access digital media
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_tape -
Alaska Jan. 3, 1959
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Hawaii Aug. 21, 1959
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Popultion
1960 - 179.3 million -
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1960 - 1975 Vietnam War
1 November 1955 – 30 April 1975 (19 years, 180 days)
For every 50,000 shots fired one enemy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War -
Government Important Dates
1961 - 23rd Amendment - Wash. D.C. representation -
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 1961-1963
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Lyndon Baines Johnson, 1963-1969
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Government Important Dates
1964 - 24th Amendment - poll taxes illegal -
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. Upon the unannounced, late-night arrival of their son, Dominic, with several of his friends from college
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_Wings -
1965 - Minicomputer ($18,000!)
A minicomputer (colloquially, mini) is a class of multi-user computers that lies in the middle range of the computing spectrum, in between the largest multi-user systems (mainframe computers) and the smallest single-user systems (microcomputers or personal computers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minicomputer -
1965 - CD
The Compact Disc (also known as a CD) is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD -
Government Important Dates
1967 - 25th Amendment - presidential succession -
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Richard Milhous Nixon, 1969-1974
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Popultion
1970 - 203 million -
1963 - Computer Mouse
In computing, a mouse is a pointing device that functions by detecting two-dimensional motion relative to its supporting surface
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Mouse -
Government Important Dates
1971 - 26th Amendment - 18 as voting age -
1971 - Email
Electronic mail, commonly called email or e-mail, is a method of exchanging digital messages from an author to one or more recipients. Modern email operates across the Internet or other computer networks. Some early email systems required that the author and the recipient both be online at the same time, in common with instant messaging
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email -
1973 - Cel Phone
A mobile phone (also known as cellular phones, cell phones and hand phones) allows calls into the public switched telephone system over a radio link -
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Gerald Rudolph Ford, 1974-1977
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James Earl Carter, Jr., 1977-1981
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Popultion
1980 - 226.5 million -
1981 - Laptop
A laptop, also called a notebook,[1][2] is a personal computer for mobile use.[3][4][5] A laptop integrates most of the typical components of a desktop computer, including a display, a keyboard, a pointing device -
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Ronald Wilson Reagan, 1981-1989
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1983 - Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
The Nintendo Entertainment System (also abbreviated as NES or simply called Nintendo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Entertainment_System -
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George Herbert Walker Bush, 1989-1993
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Popultion
1990 - 248.7 million -
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1990-1991 Persian Gulf War
2 August 1990 – 28 February 1991
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Government Important Dates
1992 - 27th Amendment - Congress salary changes take place in next term. -
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William Jefferson Clinton, 1993-2001
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Popultion
2000 - 281.4 million -
Period: to
George Walker Bush, 2001-2009
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2003: Invasion of Iraq
March 19, 2003 – May 1, 2003 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Iraq
we went because we thought that BIn Laden was there -
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2001: US Invasion of Afghanistan
October 7, 2001 – present
The primariy driver of the invasion was the September 11 attacks on the United States. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_invasion_of_Afghanistan -
2001 - iPod
iPod is a line of portable media players created and marketed by Apple announced on October 23, 2001, and released on November 10, 2001 -
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Barack Hussein Obama, 2009-
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Popultion
2010 - 308.7 million
