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This Week in History read by Annette Roe

8/12 - 1990 - The Skeleton of a T-Rex is discovered.   8/13 - 1981 - Reagan signs the economic recovery tax act, ERTA.   8/14 - 2003 - A black out hits the northeastern United States.   8/15 - 1969 - The Woodstock festival opens in Bethel, New York.   8/16 - 2009 - Usain Bolt sets the 100 meter dash world record.   8/17 - 1978 - A Balloon crosses the Atlantic.   8/18 - 1590 - Roanoke island colony is found deserted.  

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This Week in History read by Annette Roe

8/5 - 1861 - Abe Lincoln signs the Reveue Act imposing Federal Income tax for the first time.   8/6 - 1930 - The missingist man in New York.   8/7 - 1974 - Pettit walks a high wire tight rope between New York's Twin Towers.   8/8 - 1988 - The lights go on at Wrigley Field.   8/9 - 2010 - A Jet Blue Flight attendant quits his job by sliding on the airplane escape chute.   8/10 - 1945 - Japan accepts the Potsdam conference terms of unconditional surrender.   8/11 - 1984 - Reagan jokes about bombing Russia while testing a microphone. 

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7/29 - 1967 - The Doors score their first number 1 hit.   7/30 - 1965 - President Johnson signs Medicare into law.   7/31 - 1975 - Labor leader Hoffa is missing!   8/1 - 1944 - Ann Frank writes her final journal entry.   8/2 - 1776 - Delegates sign the Declaration of Independence.   8/3 - 1996 - The Macarena begins its reign.   8/4 - 1944 - Ann Frank is captured.

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7/22 - 2003 - Jessica Lynch receives a hero's welcome.   7/23 - 1878 - Black Bart strikes again!   7/24 - 1911 - An encounter with an ancient Inca settlement.   7/25 - 1897 - Jack London joins the gold rush.   7/26 - 1775 - The US Postal system is established.   7/27 - 1949 - The first commercial jet makes its maiden test flight in England.   7/28 - 1868 - The 14th  Amendment is adopted. 

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This Week In History by Annette Roe

7/15 - 1978 - The 2800 mile long Native American justice walk ends in DC.   7/16 - 1995 - Amazon opens for business.   7/17 - 1955 - Disneyland opens.   7/18 - 1940 - FDR is nominated for a Third term.   7/19 - 1799 - Rosetta Stone is found.   7/20 - 1963 - Jan and Dean's Surf City goes Number 1.   7/21 - 1960 - Germany passes the Volkswagen law. 

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This Week in HIstory read by Annette Roe

7/8 - 1776 - The Liberty Bell tolls to announce the Declaration of Independence.   7/9 - 2000 - Venus Williams wins Wimbledon for the first time.   7/10 - 2018 - A Soccer team was rescued from a cave.   7/11 - 1960 - To Kill a Mockingbird is published.   7/12 - 1979 - Disco is dealt a death blow by the Chicago White Sox.   7/13 - 1978 - Ford Motor Company fires Lee Iacocca.   7/14 - 1099 - Jerusalem is captured in a first crusade. 

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Annette Roe reads This Week in History

7/1 - 1863 - The Battle of Gettysburg begins.   7/2 - 1964 - President Johnson signs the Civil Rights act.   7/3 - 1890 - Idaho becomes the 43rd state.   7/4 - 1997 - The Pathfinder lands on Mars.   7/5 - 1946 - The Bikini is introduced.   7/6 - 1994 - Forrest Gump opens.   7/7 - 1930 - The Building of Hoover Dam begins.

This Week In History read by Annette Roe

6/24 - 1997 - Disney pulls Insane Clown Posse album.   6/25 - 1876 - The Battle of Little Big Horn.   6/26 - 1844 - President John Tyler marries a 21 year old.   6/27 - 1829 - The James Smithson estate establishes the Smithsonian Institute.   6/28 - 1992 - Two Big earthquakes rock California.   6/29 - 1613 - The Globe Theater burns down.   6/30 - 1936 - Gone with the Wind is published. 

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This Week In History read by Annette Roe

6/17 - 1579 - California is claimed for England. 6/18 - 1967 - The Monterey pop festival reaches its climax. 6/19 - 2006 - The Global Seed Vault. 6/20 - 1975 - The film JAWS is released. 6/21 - 1965 - Mr. Tambourine Man is released. 6/22 - 1775 - Continental Currency is introduced. 6/23 - 2013 - A tight wire walk across the Grand Canyon gorge.

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6/10 - 2002 - The Donut truck thief is arrested.   6/11 - 1982 - ET is released.   6/12 - 1942 - Anne receives a diary.   6/13 - 1983 - Pioneer 10 departs the solar system.   6/14 - 1777 - Congress adopts the Stars and Stripes.   6/15 - 1846 - The US Canadian border is established.   6/16 - 1884 - The first roller coaster in America opens in Coney Island.

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6/3 - 1943 - The Zoot Suits in Los Angeles.   6/4 - 1876 - An express train crosses the USA in 83 hours.   6/5 - 1933 - FDR takes the United States off the gold standard.   6/6 - 1933 - The First drive in theater opens.   6/7 - 1966 - Ronald Reagan nominated for Governor of CA.   6/8 - 1949 - George Orwell's novel 1984 is published.   6/9 - 1956 - Crime novelist Patricial Cornwell is born. 

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5/27 - 1937 - The Golden Gate Bridge opens.   5/28 - 1935 - Steinbeck publishes Tortilla Flat.   5/29 - 2003 - Bob Hope celebrates his 100th birthday.   5/30 - 1806 - President Jackson kills a man in a duel.   5/31 - 1859 - Big Bens rings for the first time.   6/1 - 1968 - Helen Keller dies.   6/2 - 1886 - Grover Cleveland marries in the White House.  

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5/20 - 1873 - The Patent for Blue Jeans.   5/21 - 1881 - The American Red Cross is founded.   5/22 - 1972 - President Nixon arrives in Moscow.   5/23 - 1960 - A deadly tsunami hits Hilo Hawaii.   5/24 - 1883  - The Brooklyn bridge opens.   5/25 - 1961 - JFK asks Congress to support the space program.   5/26 - 1897 - Dracula goes on sale in London. 

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5/13 - 1846 - The US Congress declares war on Mexico.   5/14 - 1948 - The State of Israel is proclaimed.   5/15 - 2009 - GE finally cleans up the Hudson River.   5/16 - 1980 - Magic Johnson plays basketball as a rookie.   5/17 - 1885 - Geronimo flees Arizona for the second time.   5/18 - 1980 - Mt. St. Helens Erupts.   5/19 - 1864 - President Lincoln proposes equal treatment of spouses and children.  

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5/6 - 1940 - Steinbeck wins a Pulitzer for The Grapes of Wrath.   5/7 - 1965 - Satisfaction comes to Keith Richards in his sleep.   5/8 - 1973 - The American Indian Movement.   5/9 - 1914 - Woodrow Wilson establishes the first national Mother's Day.   5/10 - 1869 - The Transcontinental Railroad is completed.   5/11 - 1947 - Goodrich Announces the development of the tubeless tire.   5/12 - 1963 - Bob Dillon walks out on the Ed Sullivan show. 

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4/29 - 2004 - The WW2 monument opens in DC.   4/30 - 1997 - The Big Ben clock stops!   5/1 - 1955 - Babe Didrickson Zaharias wins the final LPGA tournament of her career.   5/2 - 1933 - The Loch Ness Monster sighted for the first time, igniting the modern legend.   5/3 - 1933 - Funk Master James Brown is born.   5/4 - 1959 - Ella Fitzgerald becomes the first black woman to win a grammy.   5/5 - 1921 - Chanel perfume launches. 

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This Week in History

4/22 - 1992 - Sewers Explode in Guadalajara 4/23 - 1954 - Hank Aaron hits the first home run of his MLB career 4/24 - 1800 - The Library of Congress is established 4/25 - 1974 - The NFL adopts new overtime rule 4/26 - 1977 - Studio 54 opens 4/27 - 1994 - South Africa holds first multiracial elections 4/28 - 1967 - Muhammed Ali refuses Army induction

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4/15 - 1947 - Jackie Robinson breaks the color barrier.   4/16 - 1943 - LSD is discovered.   4/17 - 1970 - Apollo 13 safely returns to Earth.   4/18 - 1956 - Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier of Monaco marry.   4/19 - 1897 - The First Boston Marathon is held.   4/20 - 1777 - New York adopts a state constitution.   4/21 - 1895 - The first movie projector is demonstrated in the United States.  

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4/8 - 1974 - Hank Aaron breaks Babe Ruth's record.   4/9 - 1962 - Rita Moreno wins an Oscar.   4/10 - 1866 - The ASPCA is founded.   4/11 - 1977 - President Jimmy Carter's White House Easter Egg Roll.   4/12 - 1954 - Rock Around the Clock is recorded.   4/13 - 1742 - Handel's Messiah premiers in Dublin.   4/14 - 1865 - John Wilkes Booth shoots Lincoln. 

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4/1 - 1700 - An April Fool’s Day tradition is popularized.   4/2 - 1917 - Rankin in the first woman ever elected to US Congress.   4/3 - 1860 - The Pony Express debuts.   4/4 - 1975 - Microsoft is founded.   4/5 - 1933 - FDR establishes the Civilian Conservation Corps.   4/6 - 1968 - 2001 A Space Odyssey debuts.   4/7 - 1970 - John Wayne wins his first Academy Award for True Grit.  

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3/25/2001 - Bjork makes a splash at the Oscars.   3/26/1804 - President Jefferson is presented with "the mammoth loaf".   3/27/1973 - Brando declines the Academy Award for The Godfather.   3/28/1979 - A nuclear disaster at 3 Mile Island.   3/29/1929 - President Hoover has a telephone installed in the White House Oval Office.   3/30/1955 - The First Asian American to win an Academy Award.   3/31/1889 - The Eiffel Tower opens.  

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3/18 1911 This biggest pop song in the early 20th century

3/19 1931 The State of Nevada legalizes gambling

3/20 1854 The Republican Party is Established

3/21 1963 Alcatraz prison closes its doors

3/22 1972 The Equal Rights Amendment is passed by the US Senate

3/23 1998 The Titanic wins 11 Academy Awards

3/24 1989 The Exxon Valdez runs aground

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Monday, 3/11/2009, Toyota sells its 1M gas-electric hybrid car.   Tuesday, 3/12/1894, Coca-Cola is sold in glass bottles for the first time.   Wednesday, 3/13/1942, The US Army launches the Canine Corps.   Thursday, 3/14/1958, Perry Como gets a gold record for Catch a Falling Star.   Friday, 3/15/1869, Cincinnati Red Stockings become the first professional baseball team.   Saturday, 3/16/1802, The US Military Academy is established by Congress.   Sunday, 3/17/461, St. Patrick Dies!  

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Monday, 3/4/2004, Mianne Bagger of Denmark becomes the first transgender athlete to play in a pro golf tournament.   Tuesday, 3/5/1963, The Hula Hoop is patented.   Wednesday, 3/6/1899, Bayer patents the aspirin.   Thursday, 3/7/1876, The telephone is patented.   Friday, 3/8/1950, The VW Bus, an icon of the counterculture movement, goes into production.   Saturday, 3/9/1959, The Barbie doll makes its debut.   Sunday, 3/10/1876, First discernable speech is transmitted by telephone.  

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This Week in History - 2/26-3/3 - read by Annette Roe - AIRSLA

2/26 - 1919 - Two National Parks are Preserved

2/27 - 1922 - The Supreme Court defends Women's voting rights

2/28 - 1982 - The Getty Museum is endowed

2/29 - 1980 - Buddy Hollie's spectacles are found

3/1 - 1961 - President Kennedy establishes the Peace Corps

3/2 - 1978 - Charlie Chaplin's body is stolen

3/3 - 1887 - Helen Keller meets Anne Sullivan "The Miracle Worker"

This Week in History - 2/19-2/25 - read by Annette Roe - AIRSLA2/19 The Donner Party is Rescued John Glenn Jr. the first American to orbit earth Button wins a second Olympic Gold medal George Washington is born Guthrie writes of the American West - This Land in Your Land Alamo defenders call for help The Passion of the Christ opens in theaters

This Week in History - 2/12-2/18 - read by Annette Roe - AIRSLA Rhapsody in Blue is performed for the first time! Herman Mayer's dramatic crash in the Olympics St. Valentine is beheaded The first Teddy Bear goes on sale The tomb of King Tut is opened Madam Butterfly appears The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published

This Week in History - 2/5-2/11 - read by Annette Roe - AIRSLA United Artists is created Of Mice and Men is published A Navy Captain becomes the first human to walk in space untethered Nicholsen's road rage with a golf club Daylight Saving time is instituted Grand Master Chess player Kasparov loses to the Big Blue computer Sacajawea gives birth to her first child

This Week in History - 1/29-2/4 - read by Annette Roe - AIRSLA Peter Paul and Mary sign their first music contract The Lone Ranger Debuts on Detroit radio The First McDonald's opens in the Soviet Union The Oxford Dictionary debuts James Joyce is born Gonzales becomes the first Hispanic US Attorney General Facebook launches

This Week in History - January 22 thru January 28 - Read by Annette Roe - AIRSLA

This Week in History - January 15 thru January 21 - Read by Annette Roe

Ragtime wins the National Book Critics award

Apple Launches a media player called iTunes

AOL Time Warner was formed

Amelia Earhart flies from Hawaii to California

Hattie Wyatt Caraway becomes the first woman elected to the Senate

The Pope Recognizes The Knights Templar

FDR Becomes the first president to travel by airplane on official business

Read by Annette Morales Roe - AIRSLA

1/1 1818 Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is published 1/2 2009 A Rare Bugatti is found in a British garage 1/3 1987 The rock and roll hall of fame inducts its first woman 1/4 1999 The Euro Debuts 1/5 1920 The New York Yankees announce the purchase of Babe Ruth 1/6 1975 Led Zepplin fans trash the Boston Garden 1/7 1950 Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer is the #1 song on the US Pop Charts

Read by Annette Morales Roe - AIRSLA

12/4 1783 Future President George Washington Bids farewell to his officers 12/5 1945 An aircraft disappears in the Bermuda Triangle 12/6 1969 Murder at the Altamont 12/7 1941 Air Raid on Pearl Harbor 12/8 1941 The Presidents Address and Declaration of War 12/9 1979 Smallpox officially eradicated 12/10 1690 The first paper currency is issued

11/27 1582 Shakespear marries Anne Hathaway 11/28 1925 The Grand Ole Opry begins broadcasting 11/29 1942 Coffee Rationing begins 11/30 1974 Elton John's greatest hits reaches the top of charts 12/1 1990 The Chunnel Makes a breakthrough 12/2 2001 Enron files for bankruptcy protection 12/3 1947 A Streetcar Named Desire opens on Broadway

11/20 1820 An American Vessel is attacked by a Whale! 11/21 1934 Amateur Night at the Apollo Theater 11/22 1963 Assassination of a President in Dallas Texas 11/23 1992 The IBM Simon is Introduced 11/24 1971 DB Cooper parachutes out of a plane 11/25 1949 The song Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer makes the music charts 11/26 1941 FDR Establishes the modern-day Thanksgiving Day holiday

12/18 1912 The Piltdown man is discovered 12/19 1843 A Christmas Carole is published 12/20 1957 Elvis Presley is drafted 12/21 1970 President Nixon Meets Elvis! 12/22 1808 The Fifth Symphony is presented in Vienna 12/23 1888 Vincent chops off his ear 12/24 1923 The First National Christmas Tree is lit with electric lights

12/11 1872 Buffalo Bill Coty makes his first stage appearance 12/12 1913 The Stolen Mona Lisa is recovered in a Florence hotel room 12/13 2000 The Texas 7 Prison Break 12/14 1900 The Birth of the Quantum Theory 12/15 1944 Captain and Band Leader Glenn Miller disappears over the English Channel 12/16 1773 The Boston Tea Party 12/17 1979 The Sound Barrier is Broken

12/25 6 Christ is Born? 12/26 1946 The Flamingo Hotel opens by a mobster 12/27 1941 Automobile tires are rationed 12/28 1869 America's first Labor Day 12/29 1845 Texas Enters the Union 12/30 1968 Led Zepplin records for the very first time 12/31 1961 Kennedy and Khruschev exchange holiday wishes

10/16 1847 Charlotte Bronte publishes an immediate success 10/17 1906 A shoemaker leads German soldiers in a robbery 10/18 1968 Lennon and Ono are arrested 10/19 1987 Black Monday 10/20 1947 Congress investigates Hollywood 10/21 1959 The Guggenheim museum opens in New York City 10/22 1962 JFK's shocking address about Cuba

11/6 1917 Bolsheviks revolt! 11/7 1989 Two African American Firsts in Politics 11/8 1994 Proposition 187 is approved 11/9 1990 Willie Nelson's assets are ceased by the IRS 11/10 1969 Sesame Street Debuts! 11/11 1978 The General Lee makes TV History with a car Jump! 11/12 1864 The Destruction of Atlanta Begins!

11/13 2020 The First Female Major League Baseball General Manager 11/14 1851 Melville publishes Moby Dick 11/15 1956 Elvis makes his movie debut 11/16 1959 The Sound of Music premieres on Broadway 11/17 1968 The NFL Football game is cut short to air a popular children’s story 11/18 1883 US Railroads create the first continental time zones 11/19 1975 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest opens in theaters

10/30 1938 War of the Worlds broadcast 10/31 1926 Harry Houdini dies 11/1 1800 John Adams moves into the White House 11/2 1986 Greta wins her 8th New York City Marathon 11/3 1948 A Newspaper makes a  mistake 11/4 1922 The Entrance to King Tut's tomb is discovered 11/5 1605 King James the 1st, learns about "The gun powder plot"

10/23 1993 Joe Carter wins the World Series in the 9th inning! 10/24 1901 Annie Taylor becomes the first person over Niagara Falls in a barrel 10/25 1853 Native Americans Attack 10/26 1881 Shoot out at the OK Corral 10/27 1904 NYC subway opens 10/28 1919 Congress enforces prohibition 10/29 1998 John Glenn returns to space

10/9 1974 German businessman Oscar Schindler dies 10/10 1935 The First Great American Opera appears on Broadway 10/11 2002 Jimmy Carter wins the Nobel Peace Prize 10/12 1492 Italian explorer Columbus reaches the New World 10/13 2010 Chilean miners rescued after 69 days under ground 10/14 1947 Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier 10/15 1965 Students stage Draft Card burning demonstrations in the United States

10/2 1944 Warsaw uprising ends! 10/3 1895 The Red Badge of Courage is published 10/4 1861 President Lincoln Observes a Balloon demonstration 10/5 1892 The Dalton Gang is Wiped out 10/6 1683 The First Mennonites arrive in America 10/7 1985 Woodward becomes the first Female player for the Harlem Globe Trotters 10/8 1957 Jerry Lee Lewis records Great Balls of Fire

9/4 1951 Truman makes his first Trans Continental television broadcast 9/5 1958 Dr.  Zhivago published in the United States 9/6 1915 The First Tank "Little Willie" is produced 9/7 1813 The United States is Nicknamed "Uncle Sam" 9/8 1965 The Delano Grape Strike begins 9/9 1850 California becomes the 31st state in record time! 9/10 1608 John Smith is elected to lead Jamestown Virginia

9/11 1851 The Christiana Riot 9/12 1993 The New Floating bridge opens in Seattle 9/13 1963 Mary Kay launches her namesake company 9/14 1964 John Steinbeck is awarded the US Medal of Freedom 9/15 1858 The First transcontinental US mail service begins! 9/16 1940 The United States imposes the Draft 9/17 1976 Nasa unveils its first space shuttle

8/28 1869 3 Leave Powells' Expedition 8/29 1876 Charles Kettering is born 8/30 1980 Christopher Cross Hit ballad "Sailing" hits the top of the charts 8/31 1955 William Cobb demonstrates the world's first solar power car 9/1 1985 The Wreck of the RMS Titanic is found 9/2 2013 Diana Nyad the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida 9/3 1783 The Treaty of Paris is signed - America is a free nation!

8/21 1920 It's Christopher Robbins Birthday! 8/22 1864 The International Red Cross is founded 8/23 1989 Pete Rose gets booted from baseball 8/24 2006 Pluto is demoted in Prague 8/25 1835 The Great Moon Hoax is published 8/26 1939 The First Major League baseball game is televised 8/27 1883 Krakatoa explodes!

8/14 2003 A blackout hits the Northeastern United States 8/15 1969 The Woodstock Music Festival opens in Bethel New York 8/16 2009 Usain Bolt sets a 100 meter dash world record 8/17 1969 The Woodstock Music Festival concludes 8/18 1931 The Yangtze River peaks in China 8/19 1964 The Beatles kick off their first tour in San Francisco 8/20 1945 A 17 year old becomes the youngest to hit a Major League home run

8/7 1782 George Washington creates the purple heart 8/8 1988 The Lights go on at Wrigley 8/9 2010 Jet Blue Flight Attendant quits his job via airplane escape slide 8/10 1945 Japan accepts Potsdam terms and agrees to unconditional surrender 8/11 1984 Reagan jokes about bombing Russia 8/12 1990 The Skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus Rex is discovered 8/13 1981 Reagan signs the Economic Recovery Tax Act (ERTA)

7/31 1964 Ranger 7 Photographs the Moon 8/1 1943 Operation Tidal Wave 8/2 1945 The Potsdam conference concludes 8/3 1958 The Nautilus submarine travels under the North Pole 8/4 1753 George Washington becomes a Master Mason 8/5 1861 Abraham Lincoln imposes the first federal income tax 8/6 1996 Researchers claim Martian life in meteorite

7/24 1911 American Archeologist encounters Machu Picchu ruins 7/25 1965 Dylan goes electric 7/26 1931 Midwestern crops vs grasshoppers 7/27 1949 The first commercial jet makes a test flight 7/28 1945 A Plane crashes into the Empire State Building 7/29 1996 At age 35, Carl Lewis wins 4th consecutive long jump 7/30 1965 President Johnson signs Medicare into law

7/17 1955 Disneyland Opens 7/18 1986 Video of Titanic wreckage released 7/19 1943 America Bombs Rome 7/20 1969 Neil Armstrong walks on the moon 7/21 1899 Earnest Hemingway is born 7/22 2005 March of the Penguins debuts 7/23 1878 Black Bart Strikes again!

7/10 2018 Thai Soccer team rescued from a cave 7/11 1960 To Kill a Mockingbird is published 7/12 1979 Disco music is dealt a death blow by Chicago White Sox fans 7/13 1978 Henry Ford II fires Lee Iacocca 7/14 1099 Jerusalem captured in the First Crusade 7/15 1978 A 2,800-mile-long walk for Native American justice concludes in Washington DC 7/16 1995 Amazon opens for business

7/3 1890 Idaho becomes the 43rd state 7/4 1997 The Pathfinder lands on Mars 7/5 1946 The Bikini is introduced 7/6 1994 Forrest Gump opens and wins Tom Hanks a second Oscar 7/7 1930 The building of Hoover Dam begins 7/8 1776 The Liberty Bell tolls to announce the Declaration of Independence 7/9 2000 Venus Williams wins her first Wimbledon

6/26 1959 The St. Lawrence Seaway opens 6/27 1939 Famous scene from "Gone with the Wind" is filmed 6/28 1997 Mike Tyson bites ears 6/29 1967 The Rolling Stones fight the law, and the law won! 6/30 1936 Gone with the Wind is published 7/1 1997 Hong Kong is returned to China 7/2 1937 Amelia Earhart disappears

6/19 2006 Construction on the Global Seed Vault begins 6/20 1969 Buzz Aldren takes holy communion on the moon 6/21 1965 The Folk Rock revolution is on! 6/22 2001 Blockbuster hit movie "The Fast and the Furious" is released 6/23 2013 Wallenda makes the Grand Canyon crossing on a high wire 6/24 1997 U.S. Airforce reports on Roswell 6/25 1956 Last Packard - The classic American luxury car produced

6/12 1920 Big Red sets record at Belmont Stakes 6/13 1966 Miranda rights are established 6/14 1951 Univac, the first commercially produced digital computer is dedicated 6/15 1300 Dante is named Prior of Florence 6/16 1884 American opens its first Roller Coaster 6/17 1876 Native Americans score a victory at the Battle of the Rosebud 6/18 1983 Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space

6/5 1956 Elvis Rocks the Milton Berle Show 6/6 1933 The First Drive in movie theater opens 6/7 1962 Switzerland welcomes the first drive through bank 6/8 1949 George Orwell's 1984 is published 6/9 1954 Have you no sense of decency?,  Senator McCarthy is asked in a hearing 6/10 2002 A Donut thief is arrested 6/11 1982 ET The Extraterrestrial is released

5/1 1955 Babe Didrikson Zaharias wins the final LPGA tournament of her career 5/2 1933 The Loch Ness Monster sighted for the first time, igniting modern legend 5/3 1933 Funk Master James Brown is born 5/4 1959 Ella Fitzgerald becomes the first black woman to win a grammy 5/5 1921 Chanel perfume launches 5/6 1940 Steinbeck wins a Pulitzer for The Grapes of Wrath 5/7 1965 “Satisfaction” comes to Keith Richards in his sleep

24 1800 The Library of Congress is established 4/25 1974 The NFL adopts new overtime rule 4/26 1977 Studio 54 opens 4/27 1994 South Africa holds first multifacial elections 4/28 1967 Muhammed Ali refuses Army induction 4/29 2004 The World War II Monument opens in DC 4/30 1997 The Big Ben clock stops!

3/20 1854 The Republican party is founded 3/21 1963 Alcatraz Closes its doors 3/22 1972 The Equal Rights Amendment is passed by Congress 3/23 1998 Titanic wins 11 academy awards 3/24 1989 The Exxon Valdez crashes 3/25 2001 Icelandic Pop Singer Bjork makes a splash 3/26 1804 President Jefferson and a loaf of bread

3/13 1965 Eric Clapton leaves the Yardbirds 3/14 1879 Albert Einstein Is born 3/15 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings become the first professional baseball team 3/16 1850 The Scarlet letter is published 3/17 461 St. Patrick Dies 3/18 1852 Wells and Fargo starts a shipping and banking company 3/19 1931 Nevada Legalizes Gambling

3/6 1899 Bayer patents aspirin 3/7 1923 Stopping by woods on a snowy evening is published 3/8 1950 VW Bus, icon of counterculture movement, goes into production 3/9 1959 The Barbie doll makes its debut 3/10 1926 First Book of the Month Club selection is published 3/11 1959 A Raisin in the Sun debuts on Broadway 3/12 1894 Coca-Cola sold in glass bottles for the first time

2/27 1922 Supreme Court defends women's voting rights 2/28 1982 The Getty Museum is endowed 3/1 1961 President Kennedy establishes the Peace Corps 3/2 1978 Grave Robbers steal Charlie Chaplin's body 3/3 1887 Helen Keller meets Anne Sullivan, her teacher and miracle worker 3/4 2004 Mianne Bagger becomes first transgender athlete to play a pro golf tournament 3/5 1963 The Hula Hoop is patented

2/20 1792 The Postal Service Act regulates the US post Office Department 2/21 1961 Rockefeller imposter and felon is born 2/22 2006 A Gang commits the largest robbery in British history 2/23 1954 Children receive the first polio vaccine 2/24 1988 The Supreme Court defends the right to satirize public figures 2/25 2004 The Passion of the Christ opens in the United States 2/26 1929 The Grand Teton National Park is established

f 2/13 1633 Galileo arrives in Rome to face charges of heresy 2/14 1886 The First Trainload of Oranges leaves Los Angeles 2/15 1950 Disney's Cinderella opens in theaters 2/16 1878 Silver Dollars are made legal 2/17 1972 A Beetle overtakes the Model T 2/18 1929 The First Academy Awards Announced 2/19 1847 The Donner Party is Rescued

2/6 1937 Of Mice and Men is published 2/7 1964 The Beatles arrive in New York 2/8 1943 Americans secure Guadalcanal 2/9 1971 Satchel Paige nominated to the Baseball Hall of Fame 2/10 1972 Ziggy Stardust makes his earthly debut 2/11 2020 The WHO officially names novel coronavirus disease COVID 2/12 1924 George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue is performed for the first time

1/30 1933 The Lone Ranger Debuts on Detroit radio 1/31 1990 The First McDonald's opens in the Soviet Union 2/1 1884 The Oxford Dictionary debuts 2/2 1882 James Joyce is born 2/3 2005 Gonzales becomes the first Hispanic US Attorney General 2/4 2004 Facebook launches 2/5 1919 United Artists is created

1/23 1957 Toy Company Wham-O produces first Frisbees   1/24 1935 The First Canned Beer goes on Sale   1/25 1905 The World's Largest Diamond is found   1/26 1788 British settlement begins in Australia   1/27 1945 Auschwitz is liberated   1/28 1985 Music stars gather to record "We are the World"   1/29 1936 US Baseball Hall of Fame Elects its first members       Annette Roe

1/16 1605 Groundbreaking Novel Don Quixote is published 1/17 1994 Paula Jones accuses Bill Clinton of Sexual harassment 1/18 2009 GM Auctions of historic cars 1/19 1809 Edgar Allan Poe is born 1/20 1971 Marvin Gaye's hit single "What's Going On?" is released 1/21 1910 US Immigration Station Angel Island opens in the San Francisco Bay 1/22 2003 Hispanics are officially declared the largest minority group in the US

f 1/9 2001 Apple Launches Itunes 1/10 2000 AOL Time Warner was Formed 1/11 1935 Amelia Earhart flys from Hawaii to California 1/12 1932 Hattie Wyatt Caraway becomes the first woman elected to the US Senate 1/13 1128 The Pope Recognizes Knights Templar 1/14 1943 FDR Becomes the first president to travel by airplane on official business 1/15 1870 The First appearance of the Democratic Donkey

12/19 1943 A Christmas Carol is Published 12/20 1957 Elvis Presley is drafted 12/21 1970 President Nixon meets Elvis 12/22 1808 Beethoven's Fifth Symphony Given world premiere in Vienna 12/23 1888 Vincent van Gogh chops off his ear 12/24 1923 President Coolidge lights first national Christmas Tree 12/25 6 Christ is born?

1/2 2009 A Rare Bugatti is found in a british garage 1/3 1987 The rock and roll hall of fame inducts its first woman 1/4 1999 The Euro Debuts 1/5 1920 The New York Yankees announce the purchase of Babe Ruth 1/6 1975 Led Zepplin fans trash the Boston Garden 1/7 1950 Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer is the #1 song on US pop charts 1/8 1976 Ragtime wins the National Critic Book Circle Award

12/12 1913 Stolen Mona Lisa recovered in Florence 12/13 2000 The Texas Seven Prison Break 12/14 1900 The Birth of the Quantum Theory 12/15 1944 Legendary bandleader Glenn Miller disappears over the English Channel 12/16 1773 The Boston Tea party 12/17 1979 Stuntman Stan Barrett breaks the sound barrier 12/18 1912 Fradulent "Piltdown Man" fossil discovered

12/5 1945 Aircraft squadron disappears in the Bermuda Triangle 12/6 1884 The Washington Monument is completed 12/7 1988 Earthquakes wreak havoc on Armenia 12/8 1993 NAFTA is signed into law 12/9 1917 Jerusalem surrenders to British Troops 12/10 1690 The First Paper currency is issued in the colonies 12/11 1978 Millions stolen from JFK Airport

11/28 1582 William Shakespeare marries Anne Hathaway 11/29 1942 Coffee rationing begins 11/30 1974 Elton John's Greatest Hits reaches #1 12/1 1990 The Chunnel makes a breakthrough 12/2 2001 Enron Files for Bankruptcy 12/3 1947 A Streetcar Named Desire opens on Broadway 12/4 1783 George Washington bids farewell to his officers

11/21 1934 Ella Wins Amateur Night at the Apollo 11/22 1986 Tyson becomes the youngest heavyweight champ in history 11/23 1959 The Birdman of Alcatraz is allowed a taste of freedom 11/24 1971 DB Cooper parachutes out of a plane 11/25 1990 The Murrow Bridge sinks 11/26 1941 FDR Establishes the modern Thanksgiving holiday 11/27 2005 Aerosmith and 50 Cent Headline a 10M bat mitzvah

11/14 1851 Herman Melville publishes Moby Dick 11/15 1956 Elvis makes his movie debut in Love Me Tender 11/16 1959 The Sound of Music premieres on Broadway 11/17 1968 The Football game is cut off to air the movie "Heidi' – TV Viewers are outraged! 11/18 1883 The First Time Zones are created by Railroads 11/19 1975 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest opens in Theaters 11/20 1820 An American Vessel sunk by a sperm whale

11/7 1989 Two African American Firsts in politics 11//8 1994 Proposition 187 is approved in California 11/9 1990 Willie Nelson's assets are seized by the IRS 11/10 1969 Sesame Street debuts 11/11 1978 The Dukes of Hazzard makes TV History with a car jump 11/12 1864 The Destruction of Atlanta Begins 11/13 2020 Kim Ng Named the First Female Major League GM

f 10/31 1926 Celebrated Magician Harry Houdini Dies 11/1 1800 Adams moves into the White House 11/2 1986 Grete Waitz wins her 8th New York City Marathon 11/3 1948 Newspaper mistakenly declares "Dewey Defeats Truman" 11/4 1922 Entrance to King Tuts tomb is discovered 11/5 1605 King James learns of Gunpowder plot 11/6 19917 The Bolsheviks revolt

10/24 1969 Burton buys Taylor a diamond 10/25 1929 Cabinet member found guilty in the Teapot dome scandal 10/26 1984 Infant receives a baboon heart 10/27 1873 Glidden applies for a patent 10/28 1905 George Bernard Shaw's "Mrs. Warren's Profession" is performed in New York 10/29 1858 The first store opens in the frontier town of Denver Colorado 10/30 1974 Muhammad Ali wins Rumble in the Jungle

10/17 1906 A shoemaker leads German soldiers into a robbery 10/18 1968 Lennon and Ono are arrested 10/19 1987 Black Monday --- The Stock markets have the largest one day crash ever 10/20 1947 Congress investigates Hollywood 10/21 1959 The Guggenheim museum opens in New York city 10/22 1962 John F Kennedy's address shocks the nation 10/23 1993 Toronto Blue Jay Joe Carter Wins the World Series in the 9th

9/26 1960 The First televised presidential debate 9/27 1869 Sheriff Wild Bill Hickock proves too wild for Kansas 9/28 1965 Fidel Castro announces that Cubans are free to leave the island 9/29 1995 Mexican American Velasquez awarded the Presidential medal of freedom 9/30 2005 Eisner resigns as Disney's CEO 10/1 1890 Yosemite National Park is Established 10/2 1944 Warsaw Uprising ends

9/12 1993 New Floating Bridge opens in Seattle 9/13 1963 Mary Kay launches her namesake company 9/14 1964 John Steinbeck awarded the Medal of Freedom 9/15 1858 The first transcontinental mail service to San Francisco begins 9/16 1940 The United States imposes the draft 9/17 1976 NASA unveils its first space shuttle, the Enterprise 9/18 1846 The struggling Donner Party sends ahead to CA for food

9/19 1893 New Zealand is the first Country allowing women to vote 9/20 1963 Kennedy proposes joint mission to the moon 9/21 1780 Benedict Arnold commits treason 9/22 1953 The famous "Four-Level" opens in Los Angeles 9/23 1944 FDR Defends his dog in a speech 9/24 1902 Fannie Farmer opens a cooking school 9/25 1775 Ethan Allen is captured

10/3 1895 The Red Badge of courage is published 10/4 1861 President Lincoln watches a balloon ascension 10/5 1892 The Dalton Gang is wiped out 10/6 1683 The First Mennonites arrive in America 10/7 1985 Woodard becomes the first female Harlem Globetrotters player 10/8 1957 Jerry Lee Lewis records "Great Balls of Fire" 10/9 1974 Oskar Schindler who is credited with saving 1,200 Jews during the holocaust dies

10/10 1935 The First Great American Opera premiers on Broadway 10/11 2002 Jimmy Carter wins the Nobel Peace Prize 10/12 1492 Columbus reaches the "New World" 10/13 2010 Chilean miners are rescued after 69 days under ground 10/14 1947 Yeager breaks the sound barrier 10/15 1965 Draft Card burning demonstrations 10/16 1847 Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre is published in London