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THE LAST 100 YEARS .

1914:
July 28 - Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. World War I began as other
nations quickly followed.
Sept. 8 - F. A. March School opened.

1915:
Jan. 25 - the inventor of the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell, began U. S.
transcontinental telephone service.

1916:
July 1 - Coca-Cola bring the current coke formula to the market.
October 7 - Georgia Tech, coached by John Heisman, defeats Cumberland 222 0,
the most lopsided score in the history of college football.

1917:
April 6 the United States declares war on Germany and enters World War I.
November 3 - first class U. S. mail now cost 3 cents per ounce.

1918:
Nov. 11 - fighting in World War I came to an end with the signing of an armistice
between the Allies and Germany.

1919:
June 28 - the Treaty of Versailles was signed in France, ending World War I.

1920:
August 26 - the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, guaranteeing
American women the right to vote, was declared in effect.

1921:
March 3 - Torontos Dr. Banting and Dr. Best announce the discovery of insulin.
August 5 - the first radio baseball broadcast was heard, Pirates 8 and Phillies 0
(KDKA, Pittsburgh.)
October 23 - the Green Bay Packers play in the first National Football League game,
defeating Minnesota 7 6.

1922:
January 24 the Eskimo Pie is patented by Christian K. Nelson of Iowa (not an
Eskimo.)
June 27 - the Newberry Medal is first presented for childrens literature to Hendrik
VanLoon.
November 26 - English archaeologist, Howard Carter, opens Tutankhamens
virtually intact tomb in Egypt.

1923:
December 6 - a presidential address was broadcast on the radio for he first time as
President Coolidge spoke to a joint session of Congress.

1924:
September 28 - two United States Army planes landed in Seattle, Washington,
having completed the first round-the-world flight in 175 days.

1925:
January 5 - Nellie Taylor Ross becomes the governor of Wyoming, the first woman
governor in the United States.

1926:
March 7 - the first transatlantic telephone was made from London to New York.
June 23 the College Board administers the first SAT exam in the United States.
November 27 - restoration of Williamsburg, Virginia, begins.

1927:
May 21 - Charles A. Lindbergh landed his Spirit of St. Louis near Paris, completing
the first solo airplane flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
November 13 - the New York-New Jersey Holland Tunnel, the first twin-tube
underwater auto tunnel opens.

1928:
January 31 - Scotch tape is first marketed by 3-M Company.
May 11 - General Electric opens the first TV station in Schenectady, New York.
July 7 - sliced bread is sold for the first time by the Chillicothe Baking Company of
Chillicothe, Missouri. It is described as the greatest forward step in the baking
industry since bread was wrapped.
September 15 - Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin.

1929:
October 29 - Black Tuesday descended upon the New York Stock Exchange. Prices
collapsed amid panic selling and thousands of investors were wiped out as
Americas Great Depression began.

1930:
February 26 - the first red and green traffic lights were installed in Manhattan, New
York City.
March 6 - Clarence Birdseye develops a method for quick freezing food.

1931:
March 3 - the Star Spangled Banner officially became the United States national
anthem by congressional resolution.
May 1 - the Empire State Building opens in New York City.

1932:
December 27 - Radio City Music Hall opens in New York City.

1933:
March 4 - the start of President Franklin Roosevelts first administration brought
with it the first woman to serve in the Cabinet Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor
from 1933 1945.

1934:
February 17 - the first high school driving course was offered in State College,
Pennsylvania.
March 8 - an Edwin Hubble photo shows as many galaxies as the Milky Way has
stars.
March 22 - the first Masters Golf Championship begins in Augusta, Georgia.

1935:
July 30 - the first Penguin book is published starting the paperback revolution.
August 14 - the Social Security Act becomes law.
December 31 - Charles Darrow patents Monopoly.

1936:
January 4 - Billboard magazine publishes its first music hit parade.
March 1 - Boulder Dam, now called Hoover Dam, was completed.
June 30 - the 40-hour work week law is approved for United States federal
employees.

1937:
July 2 - aviator Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared over the
Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first round-the-world flight at the
equator.

1938:
September 21 - a hurricane struck parts of New York and New England, causing
widespread damage and claiming more than 600 lives.

1939:
September 1 - World War II began as Nazi Germany invaded Poland.

1940:
October 1 - The Pennsylvania Turnpike opened as the first long-distance limited-
access highway in the United States. It ran from Irwin to Carlisle.

1941:
December 7 - Japanese warplanes attacked the home base of the United States
Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, an act that led to Americas entry into World War II.

1942:
November 26 - President Roosevelt ordered nationwide gasoline rationing,
beginning December 1.

1943:
Jan. 15 - the Worlds largest office building, the Pentagon, is completed.
Jan. 18 the United States rations bread and metal banning presliced bread
reduces bakery demand for metal parts.
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1944:
June 6 - the D-Day invasion of Europe took place during World War II as Allied
Forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, France.
August 25 - Paris was liberated by Allied forces after four years of Nazi occupation.

1945:
October 24 - the United Nations officially came into existence as its charter took
effect.

1946:
January 10 - the first general assembly of the United Nations convened in London.

1947:
April 10 - Brooklyn Dodgers president Branch Rickey announced he had purchased
the contract of Jackie Robinson from the Montreal Royals.
August 15 - India and Pakistan became independent after some 200 years of British
rule.
October 5 - in the first televised White House address, President Truman asked
Americans to refrain from eating meat on Tuesdays and poultry on Thursdays to
help stockpile grain for starving people in Europe.

1948:
May 14 - the independent state of Israel was proclaimed as British rule in Palestine
came to an end.

1949:
January 21 - the first inaugural parade is televised (President Harry Truman.)
October 4 - the dedication of the permanent home of the United Nations in New
York City.
November 25 - Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer appears on music charts.

1950:
June 27 - President Truman ordered the Air Force and Navy into the Korean War
following a call from the United Nations Security Council for member nations to help
South Korea repel and invasion from the North.


1951:
June 14 - the first commercial computer, UNIVAC 1, enters service at the Census
Bureau.
June 25 - the first color TV broadcast the Arthur Godfrey Show on CBS from New
York City to 4 cities.
October 15 - the I Love Lucy show debuts on CBS TV.


1952:
Britains King George VI died; he was succeeded by his daughter, Elizabeth II. Her
coronation was held on June 2, 1953.

1953:
May 29 - Mount Everest was conquered as Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and
Tensing Norgay of Nepal became the first climbers to reach the summit.
July 27 - the Korean War armistice was signed, ending three years of fighting.

1954:
February 23 - the first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk
vaccine began in Pittsburgh.
May 17 the Supreme Court issued its landmark Brown vs. Board of Education of
Topeka ruling, which declared that racially segregated public schools were
inherently unequal.

1955:
January 19 - Scrabble debuts on the board game market.
April 15 - Ray Kroc starts McDonalds chain of fast food restaurants (Illinois.)
June 27 - the first automobile seat belt legislation is enacted (Illinois.)
August 12 - President Eisenhower raises minimum wage from 75 cents to $1 an
hour.

1956:
March 3 - Elvis Presleys first hit in Billboards top 10 Heartbreak Hotel. It
becomes number one on April 21st.
July 30 - the United States motto In God We Trust is authorized.
October 6 - Dr. Albert Sabin discovers oral polio vaccine.

1957:
September 29 - the New York Giants played their last game at the Polo Grounds,
losing to the Pittsburgh Pirates 9 1. The Giants moved to San Francisco for the
next season.
October 4 - the Space Age began as the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the first
man-made satellite, into orbit.

1958:
August 3 - the nuclear-powered submarine, Nautilus, became the first vessel to
cross the North Pole underwater.

1959:
January 3 - President Eisenhower signed the proclamation admitting Alaska to the
Union as the 49th state.
August 21 - President Eisenhower signed an executive order proclaiming Hawaii
the 50th state of the Union.
1960:
September 26 - the first televised debate between presidential candidates Richard
M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy took place in Chicago.

1961:
March 1 - President John Kennedy issued an executive order creating the Peace
Corps, enlisting men and women for voluntary, unpaid serve in developing countries
around the world.
October 1 - Roger Maris of the New York Yankees hit his 61st home run of the
season, breaking Babe Ruths record of 60 set in 1927.

1962:
February 20 - astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit Earth as he
flew aboard the Friendship 7 Mercury capsule.

1963:
August 28 - 200,000 people participated in a peaceful civil rights rally in
Washington, D. C., where Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered his I Have a Dream
speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial.
November 22 - President Kennedy was assassinated while riding in motorcade in
Dallas. Texas Governor John B. Connally was seriously wounded. Vice President
Lyndon B. Johnson became the 36th president of the United States.
December 12 - Kenya gained its independence from Britain.

1964:
June 19 - the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was approved after surviving an 83-day
filibuster in the United States Senate.

1965:
March 15 - addressing a joint session of Congress, President Lyndon B. Johnson
called for new legislation to guarantee every Americans right to vote.
June 3 - astronaut Edward White became the first American to walk in space,
during the flight of Gemini 4.

1966:
January 1 - all United States cigarette packs have to carry Caution: cigarette
smoking may be hazardous to your health.

February 3 - the first operational weather satellite, ESSA-1, is launched by the

United States.
March 18 - Scott paper begins selling paper dresses for $ 1.

1967:
January 15 - the first Super Bowl was played as the Green Bay Packers of the NFL
defeated the Kansas City Chiefs of the AFL 35 10.
October 2 - Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as an associate justice of the United
States Supreme Court; he was the first African-American appointed to the Nations
highest court.

1968:
April 4 - civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., 39, was shot to death in Memphis,
Tennessee.

1969:
July 20 - Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the
moon when he stepped out of the lunar module.
August 17 - the Woodstock Music and Art Fair concluded near Bethel, New York.
November 15 - a quarter of a million protestors staged a peaceful demonstration in
Washington, D. C., against the Vietnam War.

1970:
April 13 - Apollo 13 announces Houston, weve got a problem! The Beech-built
oxygen explodes en route to the Moon.
April 22 - the first Earth Day is held internationally to conserve natural resources.
October 5 - PBS becomes a United States television network.

1971:
May 16 - first class postage now costs 8 cents.
July 5 - the 26th amendment certified reduces the voting age to 18.
October 1 - Walt Disney World opens in Orlando, Florida.

1972:
March 22 - Congress sent the proposed Equal Rights Amendment to the
Constitution to the states for ratification. It fell short of the three-fourths approval
needed.

1973:
January 23 President Richard Nixon announced an accord had been reached to end
the Vietnam War.

1974:
January 2 - 55 mph speed limit imposed by President Richard Nixon.
February 27 - People magazine begins sales.

April 5 - then tallest building, World Trade Center opens in New York City (110
stories.)

1975:
January 6 - Wheel of Fortune debuts on NBC-TV.
April 4 - Microsoft is founded as a partnership between Bill Gates and Paul Allen.
October 11 - Saturday Night Live premieres with guest host George Carlin.

1976:
July 4 - the United States celebrated its Bicentennial. In 1776, the Continental
Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence.
November 2 - former Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter defeated Republican
incumbent Gerald R. Ford, becoming the first U. S. president from the Deep South
since the Civil War.

1977:
August 16 - Elvis Presley died at Graceland Mansion in Memphis, Tennessee, at age
42.

1978:
February 14 - the first micro on a chip patented by Texas Instruments.
April 18 - Senate votes to turn Panama Canal over to Panama on December 31,
1999.
April 25 - Phillie Phanatic makes first appearance.

1979:
July 11 - the abandoned United States space station Skylab made a spectacular
return to Earth, burning up in the atmosphere and showering debris over the Indian
Ocean and Australia.

1980:
February 22 - in a stunning upset, the U. S. Hockey Team defeated the Soviets at
Lake Placid, N. Y., 4 3. The U. S. team went on to win the gold medal.
May 18 - the Mount St. Helens volcano in Washington state exploded.

1981:
July 7 - President Reagan announced he was nominating Arizona Judge Sandra Day
OConnor to become the first female justice on the United States Supreme Court.
July 29 - Britains Prince Charles married lady Diana Spencer at St. Pauls Cathedral
in London.

1982:
November 10 - the newly finished Vietnam Veterans Memorial was opened to its
first visitors in Washington, D. C.

1983:
February 28 - final TV episode of M*A*S*H airs on CBS, a record 125 million
viewers watch in United States.
May 20 - Larry Holmes beats Tim Witherspoon in 12 rounds for heavyweight
boxing title.

1984:
July 12 - Democratic presidential candidate Walter F. Mondale announced he had
chosen U. S. Representative Geraldine A. Ferraro of New York to be his running
mate; Ferraro was the first woman to run for vice president on a major party ticket.

1985:
March 10 - Mikhail Gorbachev became leader of the Soviet Union.

1986:
December 23 - the experimental airplane Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana
Yeager, completed the first non-stop, around-the-world flight without refueling as it
landed safely at Edwards Air Force base in California.

1987:
May 11 - first heart-lung transplant takes place in Baltimore.
June 11 - Margaret Thatcher is first British Prime Minister in 160 years to win 3rd
consecutive term.

1988:
May 11 - Mario Andretti records fastest Indianapolis 500 lap (221.565 mph.)
September 26 - New York Citys Rockefeller Center is declared a national landmark.

1989:
March 24 - one of the nations worst oil spills occurred as the supertanker Exxon
Valdez ran aground on a reef in Alaskas Prince William Sound and began leaking 11
million gallons of crude oil.

1990:
January 13 - Douglas Wilder of Virginia became the nations first elected black
governor.

1991:
January 16 - the White House announced the start of Operation Desert Storm to
drive Iraq forces out of Kuwait.
August 29 - the Supreme Soviet, the parliament of the U.S.S.R., suspended all
activities of the Communist Party, bringing an end to the institution.

1992:
January 26 - Americans with Disabilities Act went into effect.
March 3 - the nation of Bosnia was established.

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May 22 - Johnny Carsons final appearance as host of the Tonight Show.

1993:
January 1 - Czechoslovakia separates into Czech Republic (Bohemia) and Slovakia.
March 22 - Intel introduces Pentium-processor.
April 30 - the World Wide Web is born at CERN.

1994:
July 18 - Crayola announces the introduction of scented crayons.
December 19 - Rolls-Royce announces its future cars will feature V12 engines
which will be produced by BMW.

1995:
June 29 - the shuttle Atlantic and the Russian space station Mir docked, forming the
largest man-made satellite ever to orbit the Earth.

1996:
September 24 - the United States and the worlds other major nuclear powers
signed a treaty to end all testing and development of nuclear weapons.

1997:
July 1 - Hong Kong reverted to Chinese rule after 156 years as a British Colony.

1998:
February 27 - Britains House of Lords agrees to end 1,000 years of male preference
by giving a monarchs first-born daughter the same claim to the throne as any first-
born son.
May 14 - last episode of Seinfeld airs on NBC commercials are $2 million for 30
seconds.
September 4 - Google is found by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two students at
Stanford University. It is launched on September 27th.

1999:
January 1 - the Euro currency is introduced.
March 21 Bertrand Picard and Brian Jones become the first to circumnavigate the
Earth in a hot air balloon.

2000:
February 13 - the last original Peanuts comic strip appears in newspapers, one
day after Charles M. Schulz dies.
May 2 - President Bill Clinton announces that accurate GPS access would no longer
be restricted to United States military.
December 28 - United States retail giant Montgomery Ward announces it is going
out of business after 128 years.

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2001:
September 11 - suicide hijackers crashed two airliners into the World Trade Center
in New York, causing the 110-story twin towers to collapse. Another hijacked
airline hit the Pentagon and a fourth crashed in a field in Pennsylvania.

2002:
January 1 - Euro banknotes and coins become legal tender in twelve of the
European Unions member states.
April 9 - the funeral of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, is held at Westminster
Abbey, United Kingdom. More than a million people line the streets.
September 23 - the first public version of the web browser Mozilla Firefox is
released.

2003:
March 19 - President George W. Bush ordered the start of the war on Iraq.

2004:
January 8 - the RMS Queen Mary 2, the largest passenger ship ever built is
christened by her namesakes granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II.
April 1 - Google introduces Gmail; the launch is met with skepticism because of the
launch date.
April 29 - Oldsmobile builds its final car ending 107 years of production.
October 27 - the Boston Red Sox win the World Series for the first time in 86 years.

2005:
August 30 - Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast with devastating force, killing
more than 1700 people and flooding New Orleans after the citys levees failed.

2006:
February 16 - the last Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) is decommissioned by
the United States Army.
April 27 - construction begins on the Freedom Tower for the new World Trade
Center in New York City.
October 17 - population of the United States reaches 300 million.

2007:
January 9 - Steven P. Jobs introduced Apples long-awaited entry into the cellphone
world, the I-Phone.

2008:
June 27 - Bill Gates steps down as Chairman of Microsoft Corporation to work full
time for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
October 3 - $700 billion bailout bill for the United States financial system is signed
by President George Bush.

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November 4 Barack Hussein Obama is elected the 44th president of the United
States, the first black chief executive.

2009:
January 15 - US Airways Flight 1549 makes an emergency landing into the Hudson
River all passengers and crew members survive.
June 12 - all television broadcasts in the United States switch from analog to digital
transmission.


2010:
December 8 - with the launch of the SpaceX Dragon, SpaceX becomes the first
privately held company to successfully launch, orbit and recover a spacecraft.

2011:
January 15 - Wikipedia, the free internet encyclopedia, turns 10 years old.
October 15 - Legoland Florida (the worlds largest legoland theme park) opens in
Winter Haven, Florida.

2012:
February 6 - Queen Elizabeth II marks her 60th anniversary of becoming British
monarch.
March 13 - Encyclopedia Britannica announces it will no longer publish printed
versions of its encyclopedias.
October 29 - publishing companies Penguin and Random House merge to form the
worlds largest publishers.
November 1 - Googles Gmail becomes the worlds most popular email service.

2013:
February 11 Pope Benedict XVI announces his resignation, the first pope to resign
since 1415.
May 6 - Wal-Mart becomes the largest company by revenue on the Fortune 500 list.
September 3 - Microsoft purchase Nokia for $7.2 billion.
October 16 - the United States ends its 16-day government shut down and avoids
default in a bi-partisan deal in the Senate.

2014:
September 8 - March School celebrates 100 years with a balloon launch.
October 10 and 11 - March School continues the celebration of its founding with
special events.