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Woodrow Wilson defeats Charles Evans Hughes in US presidential election
Events · 1916
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- 2600s BCE · 1
- 2400s BCE · 1
- 2300s BCE · 1
- 1700s BCE · 2
- 1600s BCE · 2
- 1500s BCE · 1
- 1200s BCE · 2
- 1100s BCE · 1
- 800s BCE · 4
- 700s BCE · 3
- 600s BCE · 4
- 500s BCE · 2
- 400s BCE · 10
Plato founds Academy
Events · 387 BCE
The campaigns & conquests of Alexander the Great of Macedon
Events · 336 BCE
Battle of Issus
Events · 333 BCE
Siege of Tyre
Events · 332 BCE
Battle of Gaugamela
Events · 331 BCE
Battle of the Persian Gate
Events · 330 BCE
Battle of Jaxartes
Events · 329 BCE
Siege of the Sogdian Rock
Events · 327 BCE
Siege of Mallia
Events · 326 BCE
Battle of the Hydaspes
Events · 326 BCE
- 300s BCE · 4
- 200s BCE · 2
- 100s BCE · 11
Posidonius calculates earth's circumference and confirms Eratosthenes
Events · 90 BCE
Siege of Athens ends with Roman conquest
Events · 86 BCE
Spartacus leads a revolt against Rome
Events · 71 BCE
Julius Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus form the First Triumvirate
Events · 60 BCE
Battle of Pharsalus
Events · 48 BCE
Library of Alexandria by Caesar
Events · 47 BCE
Julian calendar goes into effect by decree of Julius Caesar
Events · 46 BCE
Julian calendar year 1 lasts 445 days to correct erroneous old Roman calendar
Events · 46 BCE
Julian calendar goes into effect
Events · 46 BCE
Jesus of Nazareth
Events · 4 BCE
Jesus of Nazareth is born
Events · 4 BCE
- 0s · 21
China's Han Dynasty census
Events · 2
Battle of the Teutoburg Forest
Events · 9
Arminius defeats three Roman legions at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest
Events · 9
Xin
Events · 9
Emperor Wang Mang establishes income tax through a 10% tax of net earnings
Events · 9
Augustus, first emperor of Rome, dies
Events · 14
The Trial of Jesus of Nazareth
Events · 30
the crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth
Events · 31
the stoning of Saint Stephen
Events · 34
the conversion of Paul the Apostle
Events · 36
Caligula plans to invade Britain, but declares war on sea taking shells as spoils
Events · 40
James the Apostle (son of Zebedee) martyred
Events · 44
council of Jerusalem (rules regarding Gentile converts)
Events · 50
City of Rome Burns
Events · 64
Rome (Nero's Fire)
Events · 64
Nero commits suicide
Events · 68
Rome destroys Jerusalem
Events · 70
Temple in Jerusalem by Titus
Events · 70
the siege of Jerusalem [Jewish rebels vs. Roman Empire]
Events · 70
Mt. Vesuvius (~18,000 d)
Events · 79
City of Pompeii is buried by Mt Vesuvius
Events · 79
- 100s · 4
- 200s · 2
- 300s · 5
- 400s · 3
- 500s · 3
- 600s · 1
- 700s · 1
- 800s · 1
- 900s · 1
- 1000s · 1
- 1100s · 5
Great Jin dynasty or Jurchen Jin
Events · 1115
the Knights Templar founded
Events · 1118
the military order of the Poor Knights of Christ and the Temple of Solomon founded
Events · 1118
first medieval universities are founded
Events · 1150
the "Saladin tithe" introduced by Henry II to raise money for the Third Crusade
Events · 1188
- 1200s · 5
- 1300s · 7
the Crete earthquake that toppled the Pharos
Events · 1303
Petrarch climbs Mont Ventoux for recreation and view
Events · 1336
Black Death, Europe, Asia (25-50 million d)
Events · 1338
Black Plague in Europe (~100,000,000 d)
Events · 1340
The Renaissance (Europe)
Events · 1350
Ming
Events · 1368
Wycliffe's Bible
Events · 1382
- 1400s · 6
the conquest of Constantinople by the Ottoman Empire
Events · 1453
the Fall of Constantinople [Byzantine Empire vs. Ottoman Empire]
Events · 1453
Gutenberg Bible
Events · 1455
The War of the Roses
Events · 1455
Christopher Columbus sets sail with the Niña, Pinta, and Santa Maria
Events · 1491
Christopher Columbus discovers America
Events · 1492
- 1500s · 16
Michelangelo paints the Sistine Chapel ceiling
Events · 1508
Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses marking the beginning of the Protestant Reformation
Events · 1517
Ferdinand Magellan's expedition around the world
Events · 1519
Martin Luther excommunication from the Catholic Church
Events · 1521
Tyndale's NT Bible
Events · 1526
Spain grants license for the Narváez expedition
Events · 1527
Cocoliztli Epidemic or the Great Pestilence, Mexico (5-15 million d)
Events · 1545
Council of Trent
Events · 1545
Dunkirkers launch Dutch Revolt
Events · 1568
the 'massacre of Novgorod' launched by Ivan the Terrible's oprichniki on the city
Events · 1570
Gregorian calendar goes into effect by issue of Pope Gregory XIII
Events · 1582
Gregorian calendar year 1 lasts only 355 days to reset seasons
Events · 1582
Gregorian calendar goes into effect
Events · 1582
Tsar Cannon cast
Events · 1586
The Spanish Armada
Events · 1588
Roanoke Colony found mysteriously abandoned
Events · 1590
- 1600s · 18
Huaynaputina eruption, largest recorded in S America (>1,500 d.)
Events · 1600
settling of Jamestown by John Smith
Events · 1607
the legend of Pocahontas of the Powhatan people
Events · 1608
King James Version
Events · 1611
King James Bible and the Authorized Version, first published
Events · 1611
The Thirty Years' War
Events · 1618
signing of Mayflower Compact
Events · 1620
Pilgrims establish Plymouth Colony
Events · 1620
Hungarian nobleman Gregor Baci survives for 1 year spear thru the head
Events · 1621
Dutch East Indies merchantman Batavia wreck
Events · 1629
Qing (the Great Qing)
Events · 1636
the Dutch "purchased" land on Long Island from the Lenape (or Leni Lenape) tribe
Events · 1637
Richard Fairbanks' tavern named repository for overseas mail
Events · 1639
the Battle of the Sound between an allied Dano-Norwegian–Dutch fleet and the Swedish navy
Events · 1658
first successful human blood transfusion
Events · 1667
The Salem Witch Trials
Events · 1692
the Salem witch trials
Events · 1692
Salem witch trials accuse 200+ people of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts
Events · 1692
- 1700s · 53
Espada Aqueduct built by Franciscan friars
Events · 1731
Tsar Bell construction
Events · 1733
Scottish physician James Lind demonstrates diet with citrus fruit combats scurvy
Events · 1747
Liberty Bell cast
Events · 1752
the British Empire adopts the Gregorian Calendar, skipping 11 days from 3 Sept to 13 Sept
Events · 1752
French and Indian War
Events · 1754
the Albany Congress
Events · 1754
the great Lisbon earthquake destroys most of Portugal's capital (100,000+ d.)
Events · 1755
New York City St. Patrick's Day Parade
Events · 1762
the Stamp Act Congress
Events · 1765
Encyclopædia Britannica first published
Events · 1768
lightning bolt/gunpowder explosion in Brescia (Italy), 3,000 d
Events · 1769
the Boston Massacre
Events · 1770
Brit John Newton, slave ship captain, writes his poem "Amazing Grace"
Events · 1772
the Boston Tea Party
Events · 1773
the First Continental Congress
Events · 1774
The Battles of Lexington and Concord
Events · 1775
Paul Revere's Ride (actual event, not poem)
Events · 1775
Benjamin Franklin appointed 1st postmaster general
Events · 1775
the first meeting of the Second Continental Congress
Events · 1775
Declaration of Independence signed
Events · 1776
Declaration of Independence
Events · 1776
New York City (occupied by Gen. Howe)
Events · 1776
The Battle of Trenton
Events · 1776
The Battles of Saratoga
Events · 1777
the adoption of the flag by resolution of the 2nd Continental Congress
Events · 1777
The Battle of Yorktown
Events · 1781
the Congress of the Confederation, or Confederation Congress
Events · 1781
the first meeting of the Confederation Congress
Events · 1781
Constitution
Events · 1787
Delaware
Events · 1787
New Jersey
Events · 1787
Pennsylvania
Events · 1787
Connecticut
Events · 1788
Georgia
Events · 1788
Maryland
Events · 1788
Massachusetts
Events · 1788
New Hamphire
Events · 1788
New York
Events · 1788
South Carolina
Events · 1788
Virginia
Events · 1788
The mutiny onboard the HMS Bounty
Events · 1789
Bill of Rights
Events · 1789
North Carolina
Events · 1789
the Storming of the Bastille [civil insurgents vs. Royal government]
Events · 1789
Rhode Island
Events · 1790
Vermont
Events · 1791
United States Bill of Rights ratified
Events · 1791
Court-Martial Trials of Bounty crew
Events · 1792
Kentucky
Events · 1792
Tennessee
Events · 1796
Irish Rebellion fails to overthrow British rule in Ireland
Events · 1798
British PM William Pitt the Younger institutes tax to pay for weapons and equipment
Events · 1798
- 1800s · 134
HMS Invincible (~400 d, 196 rescued)
Events · 1801
the 'Louisiana Purchase'
Events · 1803
Ohio
Events · 1803
the Louisiana Purchase by the US from the French First Republic for $15M
Events · 1803
The Battle of Trafalgar
Events · 1805
Battle of Trafalgar
Events · 1805
Parliament passes bill that abolishes the slave trade in the British Empire
Events · 1807
Anglo-American War
Events · 1812
Moscow, to deny shelter to Napoleon
Events · 1812
Louisiana
Events · 1812
Washington D.C. (White House & Capital)
Events · 1814
Battle of Waterloo
Events · 1815
Mt. Tambora (>71,000 d)
Events · 1815
Napoleon Bonaparte exiled to St Helena
Events · 1815
Indiana
Events · 1816
Mississippi
Events · 1817
Illinois
Events · 1818
Alabama
Events · 1819
the Adams-Onís Treaty (the Florida Purchase) between US & Spain
Events · 1819
Maine
Events · 1820
American whaling ship Essex attacked and sunk by a sperm whale
Events · 1820
Missouri
Events · 1821
Monroe Doctrine
Events · 1823
Scotland Yard
Events · 1829
Postmaster general becomes part of Presidental Cabinet
Events · 1829
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints formed
Events · 1830
the 'Trail of Tears' or the forced displacement of 60,000 native Americans
Events · 1830
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is founded by Joseph Smith
Events · 1830
Nat Turner's slave rebellion
Events · 1831
John Bull (British-built steam locomotive) operates for the first time
Events · 1831
2nd voyage survey expedition of HMS Beagle includes Charles Darwin
Events · 1831
Noah Webster's Bible
Events · 1833
United Kingdom (mainland)
Events · 1834
Sir Henry Rawlinson began studying the Behistun Inscription in earnest
Events · 1835
Texas Rangers
Events · 1835
Arkansas
Events · 1836
Battle of the Alamo in San Antonio
Events · 1836
the Battle of the Alamo
Events · 1836
Michigan
Events · 1837
Spain (mainland)
Events · 1837
the Pyramid of the Magician ruins were rediscovered
Events · 1838
The mutiny onboard the La Amistad
Events · 1839
diethyl ether
Events · 1842
Samuel Morse sends first telegraph message
Events · 1844
nitrous oxide
Events · 1844
Florida
Events · 1845
Texas
Events · 1845
Newspaper editor John O'Sullivan coins the term "manifest destiny"
Events · 1845
Henry David Thoreau embarks on a two-year experiment in simple living
Events · 1845
Iowa
Events · 1846
the Oregon Treaty, the boundary dispute between US & UK
Events · 1846
chloroform
Events · 1847
Wisconsin
Events · 1848
the California Gold Rush
Events · 1848
the Mexican Cession ceded land to the US in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Events · 1848
American railroad construction foreman Phineas Gage survives head being impelled by a tamping iron
Events · 1848
France (post Bonaparte)
Events · 1848
David Rice Atchison, purported US president for a day
Events · 1849
California
Events · 1850
German-American artist Emanuel Leutze paints famous Washington Crossing the Delaware
Events · 1851
Harriet Beecher Stowe publishes Uncle Tom's Cabin
Events · 1852
The Crimean War
Events · 1853
German immigrant Rudolph Wurlitzer starts his music company in Cincinnati
Events · 1853
the Gadsden Purchase/the Treaty of Mesilla between US & Mexico
Events · 1853
Minnesota
Events · 1858
street letter boxes installed
Events · 1858
Oregon
Events · 1859
Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry
Events · 1859
Pony Express mail service active
Events · 1860
Pony Express express mail service begins
Events · 1860
Pony Express started
Events · 1860
Pony Express mail service ends
Events · 1861
transcontinental telegraph completed
Events · 1861
Battle of Bull Run (1st battle)
Events · 1861
Kansas
Events · 1861
The American Civil War
Events · 1861
USS Monitor battles CSS Virginia
Events · 1862
railway mail service begins experimentally
Events · 1862
Lincoln says to HBS, "so you're the little woman who wrote the book that started this great war"
Events · 1862
West Virginia
Events · 1863
the Siege of Vicksburg [USA vs. CSA]
Events · 1863
Atlanta by Gen. Sherman
Events · 1864
Nevada
Events · 1864
Abraham Lincoln
Events · 1865
United States
Events · 1865
Edward Roberts patents "oil well torpedo"
Events · 1865
the Alaska Purchase from the Russian Empire by the US for $7.2M
Events · 1867
Government of Canada established
Events · 1867
first use of a traffic light, red and green lights
Events · 1868
transcontinental railroad completed at Promontory Summit
Events · 1869
John Henry's duel against the drilling machine
Events · 1870
Chicago
Events · 1871
Henry Stanley finds David Livingstone in central Africa
Events · 1871
Great Boston Fire destroys 800 buildings, 30 d.
Events · 1872
Battle of Little Big Horn
Events · 1876
Colorado
Events · 1876
the origins of the Betsy Ross myth
Events · 1876
the Battle of the Little Bighorn
Events · 1876
George Wright becomes the first batter in National League history
Events · 1876
'Great Railroad Strike' resolved using U.S. Army against the railroad workers
Events · 1877
domestic mail divided into four classes
Events · 1879
James Garfield
Events · 1881
the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Events · 1881
Trial of Charles J. Guiteau for the assassination of US president James A. Garfield
Events · 1881
Kraktoa (>36,000 d)
Events · 1883
Brooklyn Bridge completed & opened
Events · 1883
Oxford English Dictionary began publication [Vol. 1, A & B]
Events · 1884
first Fabergé egg crafted for Alexander III
Events · 1885
special delivery begins
Events · 1885
Sitting Bull signs a four-month contract with Buffalo Bill's Wild West
Events · 1885
Talgai Skull discovered
Events · 1886
Punxsutawney Phil tradition begins
Events · 1886
Asa Griggs Candler acquires control of the Coca-Cola recipe
Events · 1888
Johnstown Flood, USA (~2,200 d)
Events · 1889
Montana
Events · 1889
Washington
Events · 1889
South Dakota
Events · 1889
North Dakota
Events · 1889
Idaho
Events · 1890
Wyoming
Events · 1890
Armenian genocide, 1,200,000 d.
Events · 1890
The Rose Parade (or Tournament of Roses Parade or the Tournament of Roses)
Events · 1890
Assassination of David Hennessy/New Orleans lynchings
Events · 1891
the Sierra Club is founded
Events · 1892
Trial of Lizzie Borden for the double murder of her father and stepmother
Events · 1893
first US peacetime income tax was passed via the Revenue Act or the Wilson-Gorman tariff
Events · 1894
The Three Trails of Oscar Wilde
Events · 1895
Mark Twain accepts offer from Robert S. Smythe and embarks on a year-long around-the-world lecture tour
Events · 1895
J. W. Westcott II, a post office boat with its own zip code, begins delivering mail to ships
Events · 1895
Klondike Gold Rush
Events · 1896
Crush, TX staged train crash, 3 d
Events · 1896
Utah
Events · 1896
Battle of San Juan Hill
Events · 1898
Nome Gold Rush
Events · 1899
- 1900s · 231
first stamp booklet issued
Events · 1900
William McKinley
Events · 1901
Spindletop gusher in Beaumont
Events · 1901
Queen Victoria dies ending an era
Events · 1901
Trial of Leon Czolgosz for the assassination of US president William McKinley
Events · 1901
Mt. Pelée, Lesser Antilles (~32,000 d)
Events · 1902
Henry M. Leland forms the Cadillac Automobile Company
Events · 1902
the Dodge brothers make first Ford automobile engines
Events · 1903
Paul Bunyan & Babe in an uncredited editorial in the Duluth News Tribune
Events · 1904
Treaty of Portsmouth signed, ending the Russo-Japanese War
Events · 1905
San Francisco
Events · 1906
Oklahoma
Events · 1907
Tunguska event/explosion
Events · 1908
Messina, Italy struk by 7.1 MW earthquake, 80,000 d.
Events · 1908
Bureau of Investigation (later the FBI) is founded
Events · 1908
FBI
Events · 1908
1st regular radio broadcast in US
Events · 1909
Henry M. Leland sells Cadillac to General Motors for $4.5 million
Events · 1909
theft of the Mona Lisa by Italian Vincenzo Peruggia
Events · 1911
Norwegian Roald Amundsen reaches South Pole
Events · 1911
President Theodore Roosevelt
Events · 1912
Republic established
Events · 1912
Arizona
Events · 1912
New Mexico
Events · 1912
Piltdown Man discovered/presented
Events · 1912
Brit Robert F. Scott & team die during South Pole expedition
Events · 1912
Tsar Tank built
Events · 1914
Christmas Eve Truce between British & German soldiers
Events · 1914
St. Petersburg renamed Petrograd
Events · 1914
Talgai Skull theory
Events · 1914
recovery of the stolen Mona Lisa
Events · 1914
First Battle of Ypres (200,000 casualties)
Events · 1914
Manifesto of the Ninety-Three written
Events · 1914
World War I
Events · 1914
government-owned and -operated vehicles instituted
Events · 1914
Greyhound company precursor begans first route
Events · 1914
RMS Lusitania (1,198 d)
Events · 1915
Second Battle of Ypres (67,000 casualties)
Events · 1915
by presidential proclamation, Flag Day was officially established
Events · 1916
Woodrow Wilson defeats Charles Evans Hughes in US presidential election
Events · 1916
Russian Revolution, Communism begins
Events · 1917
Third Battle of Ypres (or Battle of Passchendaele) (>500,000 casualties)
Events · 1917
British transatlantic ocean liner SS Laurentic sank
Events · 1917
Pecos Bill published by Edward "Tex" O'Reilly
Events · 1917
execution of the Romanov family
Events · 1918
scheduled airmail service begins
Events · 1918
yellow light added to traffic light
Events · 1918
crossing the Atlantic Ocean
Events · 1919
American Legion established in Paris, France
Events · 1919
Paris Peace Conference
Events · 1919
U.S. women win right to vote
Events · 1920
League of Nations
Events · 1920
Treaty of Versailles
Events · 1920
U.S. 18th Amendment, established prohibition
Events · 1920
Canadian Mounties
Events · 1920
Lenin and his aides formed the Soviet Union
Events · 1922
Mussolini seizes power in the march on Rome
Events · 1922
Walther Rathenau, the German foreign minister is assassinated
Events · 1922
Great Kanto Earthquake that crumbles Tokyo (est. 142,800 d.)
Events · 1923
Vladimir Lenin dies
Events · 1924
Petrograd renamed Leningrad
Events · 1924
Lenin dies, Stalin rises to power
Events · 1924
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Events · 1924
44 tons of gold bullion recovered from SS Laurentic
Events · 1924
Grand Ole Opry was founded by George D. Hay as the WSM Barn Dance
Events · 1925
successful liquid rocket flight
Events · 1926
Goddard‘s first liquid-fueled rocket flight
Events · 1926
solo crossing the Atlantic Ocean
Events · 1927
1st flight of the Spirit of St. Louis
Events · 1927
solo crossing the Pacific Ocean
Events · 1928
St. Francis Dam, USA (~450 d)
Events · 1928
Hirohito enthroned as Emperor of Japan
Events · 1928
Trotsky is exiled
Events · 1928
Mussolini abolishes elections
Events · 1928
U.S. stock market crashes
Events · 1929
Chicago's St. Valentine's Day massacre
Events · 1929
The Great Depression (worldwide)
Events · 1929
The Al Capone Trial
Events · 1931
Famine in Ukraine
Events · 1931
Adolph Rickenbacker & George Beauchamp found company to sell electric guitars
Events · 1931
The Holodomor or Great Famine (>3-5 million d)
Events · 1932
Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Vega 5B transatlantic fllight
Events · 1932
first federal gasoline tax
Events · 1932
1st Drive-In Theater in Camden, NJ
Events · 1933
President Franklin Roosevelt
Events · 1933
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Events · 1933
U.S. 21st Amendment, repealed prohibition
Events · 1933
Albert Einstein emigrated from Germany to U.S.
Events · 1933
Reichstag (Germany) Fire Decree
Events · 1933
Reichstag fire
Events · 1933
Night of the Long Knives (assassination of Ernst Rohm and others)
Events · 1934
Alcatraz Island is converted into a federal prison
Events · 1934
Jeannette Piccard pilots a hot-air balloon that reaches the stratosphere
Events · 1934
Triumph of the Will written, directed and produced by Leni Riefenstahl
Events · 1935
Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr. kidnapping trial
Events · 1935
Joseph Stalin's Great Purge or Great Terror
Events · 1936
Japan operates Unit 731 (300,000 d)
Events · 1936
Hitler remilitarizes the Rhineland
Events · 1936
The Negro Motorist Green Book first published
Events · 1936
Hindenburg zeppelin disaster; 37 d
Events · 1937
The Nanjing Massacre or "the Rape of Nanjing" (~200,000 d.)
Events · 1937
Rape of Nanking (200,000 d)
Events · 1937
USSR purges begin under Stalin
Events · 1937
the disappearance of Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan
Events · 1937
Olympia written, directed and produced by Leni Riefenstahl
Events · 1938
Studebaker opens Proving Ground at Bendix Woods County Park
Events · 1938
TV debuts at New York World's Fair
Events · 1939
Lou Gehrig's "Luckiest Man on the Face of the Earth"
Events · 1939
Grand Ole Opry debuts nationally on NBC Radio
Events · 1939
multiple physicists realize that chain reactions could produce the possibility of developing nuclear weapons
Events · 1939
Battle of Britain
Events · 1940
Trotsky is murdered in Mexico
Events · 1940
Brothers Richard and Maurice McDonald found McDonald's in San Bernardino, CA
Events · 1940
Japan attacks US at Pearl Harbor
Events · 1941
The Holocaust genocide of European Jews
Events · 1941
Arcadia Conference
Events · 1941
U.S. begins the ‘Manhattan Project’
Events · 1942
Bataan Death March (~10,000 d)
Events · 1942
Capitol Records
Events · 1942
Bataan Death March (5,500...18,650 d)
Events · 1942
Tehran Conference
Events · 1943
Battle of the Bulge
Events · 1944
German V-2 missile attacks begin
Events · 1944
USS Mount Hood explodes killing 372
Events · 1944
MV Wilhelm Gustloff (~9,400 d)
Events · 1945
United Nations
Events · 1945
Potsdam Agreement
Events · 1945
Manila (Philippines) massacre (upto 500,000 d)
Events · 1945
Nuremberg trials
Events · 1945
Yalta Conference
Events · 1945
Potsdam Conference
Events · 1945
Grand Rapids, MI becomes first US city to add fluoride to water supply
Events · 1945
ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer), the 1st programmable, electronic, digital computer
Events · 1945
International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE)
Events · 1946
the bikini is invented
Events · 1946
Jackie Robinson breaks MLB color barrier
Events · 1947
Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier
Events · 1947
Larry Doby breaks MLB AL color barrier
Events · 1947
The Cold War
Events · 1947
a malfunction in a computer is first termed "bug"
Events · 1947
Pepsi targets Black community with marketing team assembled by Edward F. Boyd
Events · 1947
Bell Labs’ scientists invent the transistor
Events · 1948
Nation of Israel achieves statehood
Events · 1948
World Health Organization (WHO)
Events · 1948
Larry Doby hits HR in World Series
Events · 1948
Columbia Records introduces its Long Play (LP) 33⅓ rpm microgroove record
Events · 1948
The Alger Hiss Trials
Events · 1949
National Flag Day was established by an Act of Congress
Events · 1949
RCA Victor introduced the 7" 45 rpm micro-grooved vinylite record
Events · 1949
President Harry Truman
Events · 1950
The Korean War
Events · 1950
Richard Nixon is first elected to the United States Senate
Events · 1950
Three-anti and Five-anti Campaigns
Events · 1952
Sun Records
Events · 1952
American Bandstand (AB) first airs regularly
Events · 1952
American Bandstand first airs on Philadelphia TV station WFIL-TV Channel 6
Events · 1952
Pete Harman of South Salt Lake, UT renames his restaurant "Kentucky Fried Chicken"
Events · 1952
'Great Smog of London', (~12,000 die)
Events · 1952
Structure of DNA discovered
Events · 1953
Jonas Salk polio vaccine proven effective
Events · 1953
Piltdown Man deemed hoax
Events · 1953
Soviet leader Joseph Stalin dies
Events · 1953
First constitution
Events · 1954
Castle Bravo nuclear test U.S.
Events · 1954
Ann Hodges hit by 8.5 lb meteorite in Sylacauga, AL
Events · 1954
Rosa Parks/Montgomery bus boycott
Events · 1955
14 year old Emmett Till brutally murdered in Mississippi; murderers acquitted
Events · 1955
The Vietnam War
Events · 1955
the Brooklyn Dodgers win their first and only World Series before their move to LA
Events · 1955
British reference book Guinness World Records first published
Events · 1955
Coca-Cola runs ads with Black men & women in everyday, respectable situations
Events · 1955
SS Andrea Doria (46 d, 1660 rescued)
Events · 1956
Hundred Flowers Campaign
Events · 1956
Nikita Khrushchev's "We Will Bury You"
Events · 1956
American Bandstand first hosted by Dick Clark
Events · 1956
Alan Freed hosts "The Camel Rock and Roll Dance Party"
Events · 1956
Princess Grace Kelly appears in her last film High Society and marries Prince Rainier III of Monaco
Events · 1956
halothane
Events · 1956
Soviets launch Sputnik 1
Events · 1957
Sony TR-63 transistor radio becomes best saler
Events · 1957
U.S. launches Explorer I
Events · 1958
Great Leap Forward
Events · 1958
Vega de Tera, Spain (144 d)
Events · 1959
"3 Years of Great Famine" (15-55 million d.)
Events · 1959
Motown Records
Events · 1959
Alaska
Events · 1959
FDA approves birth-control pill
Events · 1960
Tsar Bomba detonated
Events · 1961
Mercury (Mercury-Redstone 3)
Events · 1961
JFK's "Ask Not What Your Country Can Do For You"
Events · 1961
Tsar Bomba nuclear test Soviet Union
Events · 1961
Soviet K-19 nuclear incident, 22 d. <2 years
Events · 1961
Dr. Charlie Sifford becomes the first African American to play on the PGA Tour
Events · 1961
the Chicago River dyed green for Saint Patrick's Day
Events · 1961
1st Multi-Plex Theater in Kansas City, Mo
Events · 1962
Mona Lisa first insured for $100 M
Events · 1962
John F. Kennedy
Events · 1963
Vajont Dam, Italy (~2,000 d)
Events · 1963
Martin Luther King's "I Have A Dream"
Events · 1963
President John F. Kennedy assassinated in Dallas
Events · 1963
"March on Washington" for jobs and freedom
Events · 1963
Dr. Martin Luther King addresses 250,000 in front of the Lincoln Memorial
Events · 1963
ZIP code introduced/instituted
Events · 1963
American Bandstand relocates show to LA (from Philadelphia)
Events · 1963
Batavia discovered, $10-20M
Events · 1963
Rat Fink, created by Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, makes first appearance
Events · 1963
The Beatles arrive at the JFK International Airport, New York City
Events · 1964
students James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner are murdered
Events · 1964
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue first published
Events · 1964
Britian's Top of the Pops (TOTP) first broadcast by BBC
Events · 1964
Gemini (Gemini 3)
Events · 1965
Jonathan Myrick Daniels shot/killed by Tom Coleman
Events · 1965
Chick-fil-A licenses their sandwich to be sold at the Houston Astrodome
Events · 1965
Cultural Revolution
Events · 1966
The Cultural Revolution (China)
Events · 1966
The Negro Motorist Green Book ceases publication
Events · 1966
first human heart transplant
Events · 1967
U.S Apollo I disaster
Events · 1967
Soyuz (Soyuz-1)
Events · 1967
Chick-fil-A opens first dedicated location in Atlanta mall
Events · 1967
Apple Records
Events · 1968
Apollo (Apollo 7)
Events · 1968
USS Pueblo seized by North Korea
Events · 1968
The Chicago 7 Trial
Events · 1969
Sesame Street debuts
Events · 1969
NASA puts man on the Moon
Events · 1969
Woodstock music festival attracts 400,000
Events · 1969
Dave Thomas opens his first Wendy's in Downtown Columbus, OH
Events · 1969
Pope Paul VI
Events · 1970
The Charles Manson Trial
Events · 1970
foul ball hit by Manny Mota off of Gaylord Perry kills 14-year-old fan Alan Fish in a SF Giant-LA Dodger game
Events · 1970
